The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-03-21
SOLDIERS WANT BOOKS
How the American Library Association of War Service is
Supplying Our Soldiers With Books
Selected.

whether they training
of the trenches France the American Library
Service has turned loose of books which destined
of the powerful factors winning the fight for be
Already the efforts by sig
nal and this of the fact that the of last
summer had nothing but plan and determination
that idea into operation
for itself the task of putting into the
hands the soldiers and sailors the books they
would appreciate has extensive campaign
umn raised million and half dollars; has procured through
nation and by purchase than half which has
and with the by the
poraon for the has erected library buildings
and has others the
patch station of the points embarkaon which
being shipped France together trained
workers to out its plans gigantic scale.
The headquarters of the American Library Association
Service the library Dr. Herbert
of is the director. Assistants the
Milan librarian public library Birmingham Ala and Joseph
Wheeler librarian of the public library Youngstown
Utey of Chicago of the Library association
is executive Of the Slad
the periodical division of the library and Windsor
director of the library school of the University
the headquarters staff
1T has been Putnam and his asso
the work overhead
Much the most important work of the
and drawn from libraries all
working only for the salaries they
TONS The standard salary of the camp 800 month";
and by obtaining board the Y M c. the camp
cost of subsistence is held to low figure.
To the service the most gratifying result of its work
demand great and 80
wide in it's concluvey the
has definite field of endeavo which bringing happiness
thousands of At all the camp libraries system
has been installed and giving
the read.
ITO great surprise of the older army officers the draft men
calling continuously for books Fiction naturally leads
but not by wide margin who thought
the matter might For example, days record the
library Camp Meade Nd the following subjects
French history mechanics and strategy war; propelled
geology hydraulics electricity medieval history CAL
culus civil engineering geography history
eras of construction general history masonry
Burton E. Stevenson the author who camp
Camp Sherman that the requests
first for book the valuation of public ule second for
conservation of natural third for Rouman
ian dictionary.
"A young stevenson Office and asked
for book Mr. Stevenson found which looked highly
technical The soldier turned the leaves and handed
Shucks sad drew the pictures for this book want
something advanced.
Mr. Stevenson promptly for a M advanced book
system borrowing public
proven great camp they
have been making the of this privilege. All the libraries
doing their bit toward making the leisure hours the soldiers happy
by lending the camps what they need.
The librarians have that extremely high
of the soldiers study Most them ambitious
taking advantage opportunities by
the bar association serious books Because of
the demand for the has
spend the
public donate fiction light literature the
launch intensive for gift books Judging from the free
dom with which the public has
misgivings the of its campaign
The the campaign has the
association wanted perfect it's organization for the
prompt handling of the great expecting
the standard of books donated has been high Few
shown inclination their library shelves
the of the soldiers sailors On contrary
books have been Occasionally undesirable books
but they promptly thrown the librarian fact
who might be inclined may we'll
would take dispatch them They will reach the
diers.
Before library buildings completed
ton distributed it's books through the chapans M c.
the knights of Columbus the Red Cross and other organizations
which volunteered handle These still
sting distributions by books their The
A. L. A. has established automobile all the
where libraries have been completed daily deliveries