The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1918-09-10

lection and rendered him the amount
of his fare to the East and back if he
would go with them
Everywhere along the line, both at
home and abroad, the men are volu-
able in their appreciation of the servi-
ces rendered by the Y. NJ. C. A.
"Out of every 1000 letters examined
by the censor, 99S specifically com
mend this organization and most of
them request their friends at home
to boost the Y. M. C. A
1.-TWO secretaries accompany every
transport, and do much to relieve the
tedium and discomfort of the voyage.
Some of these transports carry as
many as 10000 troops, which is far be-
yond their normal passenger capacity
so that the men have to sleep in re-
lays of eight hour shifts. When they
land in France, after being cooped up
on the voyage they very sorely need
athletic exercise. The Y. NJ. G. A
has proper athletic fields thoroughly
equipped for the recreation of these
great hordes of men that pour in by
every steamer.
I'm the trenches the Y. NJ. c. A
furnishes that most vital of all things,
recreation, as a relief from the intense
strain that would otherwise drive men
to the mad house. They do this in
different ways; By means of athletics
they have an option on all the ath-
letic equipment in America and are
turning to England besides-they do
it by means of music through such
men as Harry Lauder, whom you
know. They do it through summer
rest hotels and outing places-every-
where, all along the line, and under all
the trying conditions, the Y. M. G. A.
is serving the soldier, making him
more fit and more contented.
You all know of the supreme con-
fidence that General Pershing places
in the Y. NJ. C. A, and that the whole
canteen service has been given over
to them. This is an enterprise of
giagantic proportions which calls Of
course for vast sums of money.
in the matter of campaigns for
funds for the Y. NJ. c. A. and similar
interests, it has been considered ex-
pedient to make a combined joint eff
fort rather than scattered individual
efforts. A conference of these various
interests has placed the combined
buget of the Y. M. C. A, Y. w. C. A.,
the knights of Columbus and the Lii
brary work at 133,OOO,OOO. This vast
sum has been CAREFULLY apportioned
to the various sections OF the country
The Pacific Coast quota, to which Ha
wGii belongs, being percent or &c.
675,000, and of this, $I75,000 has been
apportioned to the Hawaiian Islands,
which is very much less than the Red
Cross campaign called for from these
Islands.
"A meeting is to be held in Homo
lulu on Monday to arrange the appor-
tionment of this sum among the vari
Gus islands, and in that meeting you
will of course be represented.
in conclusion l am authorized to
say that Liberty Bonds will be accept
ed at par by way of subscription to
this cause, which may perhaps facili-
tate somewhat the success of the
enterprise"
1t being then so near steamer time,
it seemed hardly feasible to appoint
a delegation to this Honolulu meeting
from those present, unless it was some
one who was going any way. No one
volunteering, Mr.. Warner was ap-
pointed as delegate to represent the
Chamber, to be assisted in that ca
pacity by any other member of the
Chamber who might be going TO town.