The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-25
GET READY FOR
THE UNITED WAR
WORK CAMPAIGN
Big Fund TO be Raised for Ben
eft of Soldier Bows
SET GOAL AT sl7o,ooo,OOo
Seven Organizations Unite in Raising
This Amount for Aid and Comfort
Of Our Troops.

Many may wonder what the United
War Work campaign is. 1t is the
most colossal free will offering cam
paign in the interest OF the human
family that the world has ever seen.
The. Y. NJ. c. A., the Y. w. C.. A.,
the National Catholic War Council
(k. OF c., the Jewish Welfare Board.
the American Library Association, the
War Camp Community Service and
the Salvation Army, instead of gather
ing funds as separate organizations,
will unite their forces and work shoul-
der to shoulder to raise a fund OF one
hundred million, five hundred thous-
and dollars.
This campaign is to begin Novem.
Der IL, and will last to November Is.
1t has the approval of President VIII
son.
This immense sum Is to be spent
for your boy and mine, or somebody
else's boy; so that when he comes in
from the front line trench over
there, wracked in mind and spent in
body, he may find welcome and a
semblace Of home out there in that
inferno Of bloody war.
It is to be spent for chocolate and
coffee that is handed him steaming
hot even as he reloads another charge
for the benefit of the Hun.
1t is to be spent for books for him
to read so that he can at least tenn
porarily forget the ever recurring hor
rors that he goes through.
It is to be spent for clothing so that
he may cast aside his mud.soaked
uniform after sloughing all day long
through the Flanders country on a
rainy day.
1t is to be spent for recreation and
entertainment that he must have to
keep his poise.
Both General Pershing and General
Foch have emphasized over and over
again the great principle that morale
is the chief factor in winning the war
That in itself is enough to bring
universal response.
But this campaign represents even
more than that 1t stands for the
eventual homecoming of your boy and
mine, or somebody else's boy, still
clean in mind and body.
Some substitute for the home in.
luence they have left behind. is neces
sary for the boys at the front and in
the camps, that they may be more
likely to come back clean in mind and
body. This substitute is provided by
this united war work fund.
New Englands share in this great
undertaking Is $l5,539,373 The quo
tas for the various states are as fol.
lows:
Massachusetts $9,04S.435
Connecticut 3,000O00
Rhode Island l,290.57J
Maine 906327
New Hampshire 722.3gl
Vermont 47i,705
This great United War Work cam
paign is simply our own community
work carried into the training camps
and among the troops in the field. In
word 1t is a case of you contribut.
ing your bit to make the life of your
own boy or somebody else boy just
bit more comfortable during the
stress OF the mighty conflict which is
being waged for the very safety and
future peace of this country of ours.
Let us follow one single soldier on
the long road that leads from his
front door to far away France, and see
how these seven organizations that
you are asked 10 aid as one join hands
to form great chain of helpfulness
all the way.
He steps aboard troop train that
Is to carry him to the cantonment A
long lonesome ride. full OF homesick
thoughts, but, perhaps, there is a
band furnished by the Jewish Welfare
League or the War Camp Community
service to speed him on his way. and
on the train are friends whom he had
not expected--a Y NJ. c. A. or a k.
OF c. secretary or a big friendly fel.
low. who has travelled for months with
other boys just like him, and knows
how to help.
AT the cantonment the evidence
that the folks back home are thinking
OF him lies on every side. Here are