The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-07
HOW THE s. A.
SERVES THE BOYS
MOTHERS AND SISTERS PROXY
IN BRINGING HOME TO THE
FIGHTING FRONT.

DOU{IuULS ana cone WILL F0U6l0
always as the popular IDEA Of wha.
the work Of the Salvation Army
abroad is, but its field Of endaavor
is far more extended and the fol-
lowing outlines will present a few
other phases not SO generally
known:
Cash Pay Checks and Loan Money
To the Boys
The Salvation Army workers cash
the boys pay checks without ques
ton and during April in a certain
division the workers sent home over
$4,000 for the soldiers. They also
take care of the lads keepsakes
when the order comes to go lover
tina top" and in every hutment are
barrels or boxes of those intimate
treasures the lads want sent home.
should they be compelled to make
the great sacrifice" and "go west !"
Lassies Nurse the Wounded
These sweet and pure girls go
from hospital to hospital and from
ward to ward talking to the boys.
always carrying them fruit and can
ay and filing any request that a
wounded soldier may make, no mat
ter how extraordinary it may seem.
They jot down in note book a
memo of any article desired and
that very day make every efort tn
get it. Hours have been spent try
ing to buy particular brand of
tooth paste for lad whose nerves
were torn to shreds by shell shock
In fact they seek to give the same
wondTous service that the mothers
OF these boys would give IL they
were over in France.
Mend Clothes, L.arn Socks, Knit
and Sew
II a boys uniform has become tat
tered and torn, if his socks are full
OF holes and he can't get a new pair
Immediately If his shit has rips
and his trousers rents he can al
ways get first class tailoring done
1t q Salvation Army hutmant This
u emergency work and the boys
surely do appreciate T.
'kseeGjnos Ia Hsd0sa&D-ku Welcome.
When the boys 40 resting in the
rear hnas the doors a the hutments
are open to all End meetings are
held that attract crowded houses.
Old songs and hymns arc sung. . re-
ligious talk Is g'van and prayoas are
said. There ts raal rsEe1nn In the
army overseas and else boys realize
that they can get v9y close to tho
Savior in the hospbn11s halls OF the
Salvation Army. ~ 0atherings are
non-sectarian and there Is no at
tmnpt made to force attendance.
Ambulance Work Develops
When the Salvation Army first
reached France there was tremen.
dous need fC~ am Jliances, the num-
Der in operation being unable to
transfer the wounded to hospitals
and hospital ships An ambulance
corps was QUILTED, equ; pped, man.
ned and placed under the control Of
the Red Cross. Fiftyseven of these
ambulaRces are now il operation
and hundreds Of thousands of wound
ed boys have been carried off the
battlefield since the beginning of the
war. The Salvation Army Ambu
lance unit was de<sared by the head
of the British Red Cross to be
among the most efficient in the SER
vice.
Army Chapians Of the Salvation
Army
General PerShing believes that the
morals Of his men are CT the great
est Importance ana has appointed
larger and more effective corps OF
chap ,ns ian am other command
ing officer in his ary One of the
mos. popular OF these ministers Of
God is Major Jcaa E. Atk ms, as
signed to the battalion OF which Ar
chic ho0se. 1T 5 siertaaa~- Colonel!