The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-01
Y. NJ. c. A, SHIPMENTS
eoldiers Received Smokes, Sports
Supplies and Sweets,

SoidierS Received SMOKES, sports
Supplies and Sweets.
Boston, Mass Jan 3i--Tne tnree
sibilants. smokes. sports supplies and
sweets, made famous by the Y. NJ. c.
A. War Work Council in its program
of service fer the doughboy, again
predomnate in the record of ship
ments OF our comforts to the soldiers
overseas during December, according
to statement issued today by VIII
liam Sloane, chairman of the y
War Work Council One item OF
5s,473,000 cigarettes, another Of lO2.'
37S baseballs and third Of l,5ll.7s2
tins OF Jam helped TO swell the total
value of the months shipments to
s2.77S,2OS,92
This December total, although 1t
is more than $l,00000 below that
for November, due to the fact that
the government to furnish goods to
be sold at cost in the soldiers stores
operated by the Y NJ. c. A., never
less increases the grand total in the
overseas purchasing department for
eighteen months service to S24,455-
05927. Tho interesting feature OF
the December total as seen by Mr.
Sloane In his statement, Is that more
than thirty-six per cent of the sup
plies are FOR the free use Of the sol
diers
This proportion is somewhat in
excess OF that which prevailed prior
to the signing Of the armistice," Mr.
Sloane adds. and is due primarily to
the comprehensive program OF edu-
cation, athletics and entertainment
SET up by the " for the period Of
occupation and rehabilitation. How
these features OF our War Service
have been extended IS shown by
comparative figures on shipments of
athletic goods December contrib
uted $419354 to an Is months total
of $1,24S ,S54
add to our investment in athletic
supplies the sum of $274,l71 for
books, magazines and papers; $99,5O6
for motion picture equipment and
new film features; smaller amounts
for stationery and writing materials;
and S20S.4 .459 for motor transport
equipment, without which we could
not serve the soldiers to any con
siderable extent, and we obtain to-
tai which shows that our free service
without restriction is Increasing by
leaps and bounds The overseas
purchasing department, for instance
is preparing to ship to France dur
ing this month of January, 1919, ath
letic goods valued at approximately
$60O,O0O'
The list of goods shipped overseas
during the month reveals many in
teresting details and enormous totals
There are thirty-six different items
on the list of sports equipment alone
For chewing gum Sl61,iS2 was eX
pended. With a reasonable allow
ance for waste l6,762 900 letters may
be written home within the next few
weeks; that many envelopes wer,
sent to France last month. The Y
NJ. C, A. has been buying its station
cry abroad until the signing OF The
armistlce made available the ton
' mage required to transport the com
| forts demanded by the American sol
, dier abroad
Lady Nicotine, as usual CONTINUES
, to be most popular with the soldiers
Contributing to shipments valued a
i S495,S65.5i in December alone wer
= 54,473 cigarettes. 10000 cigars AM
, 234,467 pounds of tobacco.
e Consigned to the entertainment
r section OF the Y NJ. c. a. were 74O
q 600 feet OF film, the equivalent o
> about 250 new feature productions
: comedies and shorter subjects o.
). gans by the hundred. musical INSTR
. ments and music by the case and a
the talking machine needles tht
$6,2b9 will buy were sent across. T
= keep the boys trim there were 1850
u 600 cakes of soap shoe polish, sha'
ing kits, tooth paste, towels an
e trench mirrors. And for some reaso
t or other the ~" sent overseas, tw
fire eXtinguishers.