Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-04-16
Y WILL MEET
GREATER NEEDS
IdIeness Following ArmiStice
Calls or Enlarged Wei
fare Program
|. cCoRDING to the Oficial an.

N CCOHSD14N0 10 lne OnClai an
n ouncemen Of the Wal Depart
ment on March IS there were
still 1,50e,113 American officers and
men In Europe. In Siberia there we're
S,970 American troops, in Insular pos
sessions 47,21s, In the United States
GOODS and 64.203 men at sea-. In
plain English, the statement meant
that on the date mentioned there were
2,26S,537 men In uniform In the war
service OF Uncle Sam, but with very
little fighting for any Of them to do
except In Siberia.
More than 100000 men with little
to do but drill and kill time" with
all the excitement attendant upon &C
tual warfare q thing Of the past and
the desire to return home and resume
civilian occupations growing stronger
each day, presented a huge problem
10 all Of those interested in maintain
ing the morale Of the men until most
of them could be mustered out of serv-
Ice.
Almost anyone will appreciate that the
task OF keeping soldiers and sailors moral
ly. physically and mentally At in time
such IS the present is far more dificult
than when actual fighting IL taking place.
From the very FIRST day that this nation
entered the iists against the Teutons the
T. NJ. c. A. has been In the forefront Of
the organisations laborinE for the welfare
Of the men in khaki ana blue. and
throughout the period Of actual fighting
the efforts Of the ~" were crowne with
q splendid success which won worldwide
praise. Once the armistice was signed,
this organization appreciated the real
Significance of the comparative idleness
among the soldiers and promptly began
preparations for increasing the number Of
its workers and accomplishing the add
tional tasks which peace thrust upon II.
A program of enlarged effort was in
augurated both here and abroad. and
plans for q big increase In the entertain
ment, recreationsl and educational fea-
lures were pushed everywhere. Today
there 10 absolutely no way Of forecasting
when the greater part OF the men still In
uniform will be mustered out of service,
but, no matter how long that time may be
postponed. the Y. NJ. c. A. will continue to
labor increasingly In behalf of the soldiers
and sailors.
Recently DR.. John r. Mott. Director
General Of the United War Work Cam
paign. announced that the Wa and Navy
Departments had given their complete APP
proval for an expenditure OF $2o5. 49,
sSi. 20 IL after war work among the Amer
lean and Allied soldiers. Mr.. Motifs state
ment in part was: with the full APP
prevail Of the War and Navy Depart
ments the expenditure noted win have
been made by January l, 1890. from funds
obtained through the United War Work
Campaign last November by the seven
officially recognised war welfare work or
ganixations. The money wi be used In
needed service for our soldiers. sailors
and marines. among the civilian ~popula-
ton and the armies and navies Of our al
lies and in aiding return war prisoners"
In approving the budgets of the seven
societies, Secretary Of War Newton I.
Baker n Secretary Of the Navy Jo-
sephus Daniels, after urging the American
public. to pay In full the pledges made
during the November campaign, state:
"All reports which reach US from overseas
confirm our estimate as to the necessity
Of maintaining and, in some respects,
augmenting the work among the troops.
In our Judgment the full sum subscribed
in the campaign will be required II these
societies are to do what the American
people desire to have done In serving the
soldiers, sailors and other classes included
judgment, there could be no wiser use Of
funds. disqualification plans, so far de-
tsrmined, make 1t plain that the work OF
the din ersnt organizations win be needed
for q long time to come. and. owing to con-
ditions which necessarily characterize the
period Of demobiliza,i Tor this practical
welfare work will be needed more than
ever" ~
The budgets Of the seven welfare agen-
cies made public at the time Of the above
statement and officially approved by the
Washington authorities how the follow
ing plan Of expenditures over a period Of
fifteen months from October 1, 1918,
through December 81. 1913: Young Mems.
sis. 34z, 042; Young Women's. SIS. ST., 100;
National Catholic Wal Council. $3s, 015.-
s75; Jewish Welfare Board. 4.2o3. $40;
War Camp. SIS. III, 1854. 70; American Lii
brary. t4.s17, 500; Salvation Army. s4.2lo.-
500.