The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-10-31
Do You Know
These Facts?

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That the r M.Gxx. has built sss
hnts a Amefic6i eSaltonnei,ts, mo e
in Fran6e and stks number q CROWNS
At the rate of 100 ! month. That sI4..
i0D0 900 yas spent IN building them
last year and more Is needed during
the coming year vish the increase or
the army.
/ That IN. one hue alone 100000 men
were cared for II ! year.
| That ehspiains. Roman Catholics,
Protestant and Jewish use these huts
for innumerabse services.
That 2.50oe00 Testaments were dis
,tributed free 10 the men last year.
Thar the men want religion; 1t is
forced on nc one.
| That the ~Y's plass ITO spend ss,-
l0ee. 900 on maiufsinins the soldiers
;charch a H. <s16ins year.
That ne -Es b maintaining schoo,
and csllt6e eoutpss ID the butts to i'm
prove ~ n>n aaa1 prepare them to
take fhalft plAeesr in civil life with
Ereatef t1pws6dEe than when they
left ftss9r
| That ehs sersnosf educators OF the
couAtry are ss<ne this work.
Thar me rYr spent 81 GEO 900 on
this phase Of work last year. and plans
to spend ss.ooe.oo0 during The com
ing year.
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stage is secures 70 entertain the men
That Is cnAoanies and 100 individ-
'ual players tEnvelsthe -Yy circuit all
the tine ~
That ii vim coat sI.eoo.Ooo to pro
vide these stheaters for the coming
That the men need the re,axation
OF the -.moviesr vhen they come from
the inferno ofsx1s trenches.
That tie hips Is miles of film
each week 1ezFr1nce
That ..5eoeeo men witness these
Flows each week
That they eoss the .'y'' $4,000 each
week
That the ;y~ is the official canteen
Of tiae army.
That all thtngs-tobacco. candy.
soap. rasors. etc. are sold at less than
cost. losins money on almost every
sale and psytr making any profit
That u ~ front line nothing is
old. choe fzpit. soup and cisa-
ssss are yEiven eway though tiey cost
i se '.Y- thousands of dollars.
| That such gifts have saved the lives
ef hundreds Of wounded.
That all the athletic materials. such
as baseballs. basketbalIs. footballs.
etc. by the carload are furnished free
to the men by the "Y."
That there are 54l athletic directors
on this side and more than 500 over
there
That there are 1000 huts maintained
for OR Allies-England. France and
tally. at the request of those govern
ments.
That the "" has rented great sum
mer hotels in pleasant parts of France
where the man may spend their fur
'loughs.
That the French and English so to
their homes on furloughs, but the
Americans cannot
That our men would fall by the
wayside but for these pleasant places
in which to spend these times Of re-
taxation.
! That 1t costs a great deal OF money
10 rent and maintain these hotels.
That the biggest men and fines;
women Of the country are devotins
their time and energy to. this work
without compensation.
That our duty is TO maintain the
material fabric of this organization b.
risins until il hurts.
That Gen. Pershine has said that
500 men plus the -yr are equal =
1900 raen.
liz other words. these facts so Ia
show that this great orsanizs ion Is
doing ! trer,endons work at the r.
Guest OF the governments /; is do
.ag work which is absolutely essen.
iial in winning this war. II. n the
ether aeencivs in the unitei Wa
Work campaign is keeping up I ? me
isie CT the asiny and navy without
Atch tie war could not be Won. Il
b giving 10 the men some few scm.
70 IS in the midst of their harA life.
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