New-York tribune., 1918-11-05
Cardinal Gibbons
Joins Roosevelt in
Message to Yanks
"Regard You as Saviors of
Our Country" Is Tribute
of Prelate
ask Vital, Says T. r.
Appeals in 10000 Churches
To Be Part Of War Work
ers' Fund Drive

Cardinal Gibbons and Colonel Roose-
velt united yesterday in sending mes
sages Of encouragement to the fighting
men of the American expeditionary
army for whose benefit the great S170,-
OO0,OOO drive of the United War Work
campaign will begin next Monday.
We regard you as the saviors Of our
country" wrote the venerable Catholic
churchman in his communication. eve
earnestly hope that you will come back
to your beloved America safe and
sound. Or if you have wounds they
Will be honorable wounds, which you
will exhibit with pride to your mothers
and families and in years to come show
them to your children and grandchil-
dren. Keep clean heart and clean
body, and may God be with you"
The message from Colonel Roosevelt
bespeaks his own keen yearning to
share the fortunes of war with the men
who are fighting for liberty.
Colonel Roosevelts Message
III send my heartiest greetings to you
men at the 'front.'" he wrote. "You
have made all of us who stay behind
lift our heads high with pride by whac
you are doing. 1t is you men, and only
you, who are doing the one vital work
for America to-day.
Call good Americans at this time owe
homage to the fighting men at the fight
ing front. What you are doing is
vital for the honor and the interest,
for the future welfare and for the very
existence of our Republic.
"You arc also battling for the liberty
of every we'll behaved civilization, big
or little. 1 congratulate you on the
great good fortune that is yours in
that you now have the chance to endure
hardships and peril for a great ideal
and to render to our country the great
est OF all services. l would give any,
thing to be over there with YOU"
The messages were intrusted to Cass
Connaway, a Y. M. C. A. secretary.
whose family are all in the service. 1t
is Mr.. Connaway's purpose to deliver
the message at every hut, hostel, dug
out and shelter of the seven accredited
welfare agencies-the Y. M. C. A.,
7. w. c. A., War Camp Community
Service, National Catholic War Coun-
cll, Jewish Welfare Board, American
Library Association and Salvation
Army.
Priests to Appeal
To further the appeal of the gigantic
war work drive Catholic priests in
every one of the 10 900 churches
throughout the country, will at every
mass from now until the end of the
campaign speak for the support Of the
boys Of all sects and religions now
fighting in France. More than 100000
such appeals will be made 1T was esti-
mated yesterday.
Commander Evangeline c. Booth of
the Salvation Army, one of the organi
cations participating in the drive. spoke
yesterday afternoon at meeting at
the home Of Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw.
3 East Sixty-sixth Street Commander
Booth said that her organization had
been giving trained service of sacri
ficlal love at the front for seventeen
months. She reminded her audience
that while great deal has been said
about Salvation Army doughnuts and
apple pies, not enough had been heard
about the brave women who are daily
risking their lives for the comfort Of
the boys over there.
Colonel Parker, of the Salvation
Army, who, with the McAllister sisters
and Adjutant Publiance, all present at
the meeting, had seen service in the
Argonne Forest three weeks ago, said
that the famous doughnuts had origi-
mated in moment of idleness on the
part of one of the workers. The first
batch, instead of being the last. had
resulted in permanent institution.