What Your Money Is Doing for Your Boys A Bird's-eye View of the Work of the Young Men's Christian Association Young Women's Christian Association National Catholic War Council — K. of C. — Jewish Welfare Board War Camp Community Service American Library Association Salvation Army United War Work Campaign November, 11-18 $170,500,000 HOW WE ARE BAC1 A t t\ C\ance A hundred and seventy million dollars is a lot of money; ' /\i a vjianvc. ^ j t means i ess than a dollar a week for each of the boys of our Army and Navy. And certainly no man in America will say that a dollar a week is too much for their cheer and entertainment— at least not if one of the boys is his boy. Wnrkers The 6eld army of these seven great agencies comprises more y» ui &n lhan fiJteen t b ous and uniformed workers on both sides of the water, and General Pershing is asking that additional workers be sent at the rate of at least a thousand a month. They represent every type of activity— secretaries, athletic directors, librarians, preachers, lecturers, entertainers, motion picture operators, truck drivers, hotel and restaurant workers, etc. Many are bearing all their own expenses; those who cannot are paid their actual living expenses, if single, and are given an allowance approximately equal to the pay of a second lieutenant to cover their own aud their families' expenses, if they have families. HutS, Clubs, Hotels, More than 3600 separate buildings have n, ' „ ir „ nt . _„j been either erected or rented to make possible Kesrauran it> aim this huge work They are of every sort> vary _ Hostess Houses. mg f rom the great resorts at Aix les Bains, where American soldiers may spend their furloughs, to the huts and hostess nouses made familiar by the cantonments on this side. In addition there are scores of warehouses and garages; and hundreds of "huts" which consist of nothing but ruined cellars or dug-outs. Nor do these figures include, of course, the hundreds of buildings operated in peace times by these organizations, all of which have been placed at the disposal of the soldiers and sailors, and are doing a magnificent work sup- ported by their regular funds and special contributions entirely apart from this war work fund. Character The spirit of each of these seven organizations is uplifting Inflnpnre in the biggest and broadest sense of the word. Theydepend inuueute. upon people of ideals for their support, and their purpose is to surround each boy, so far as possible, with the influences that were best in his life at home. The huts of each organization are opened freely to men of all faiths. The Scriptures and booklets sent abroad would, if piled one upon the other, make a pile more than twenty miles high. Differences of creed and dogma do not divide men who are fighting and dying together. They stand shoulder to shoulder there in a great common faith in the Fatherhood of God, whose creed is Service in the spirit of brotherhood toward all men. Libraries. 1° camps and cantonments on this side, and on the other, there are 812 libraries and 1,547 branches containing more than 8,600,000 books and 5,000,000 copies of periodicals. There are 250 additional libraries on the ships of our fighting fleets and merchant marine; and the number should be vastly increased. Letter Paper. Almost every home in America flying a service flag has received a letter on the paper furnished by one of these organizations. Together they supply more than 125,000,000 sheets of station- ery a month; and probably half a million dollars is kept tied up all the time in postage stamps. KING UP YOUR BOYS Shipments. More than 500 tons of supplies for the boys leave our porta every week under the direction of these agencies. Individ- ual items on the shipping lists run into figures that are astonishing; as for ex- ample, these figures taken from the shipping lists of one organization, for the period between July, 1917, and August, 1018: Canned fruit 1,959,156 cans; chewing gum 14,510,000 pkgs; cigarettes 848,785,80*; cigars 32,358,- 700; tobacco 2,557,431 packages; cocoa 463,824 pounds; condensed milk 1,665,120 cans; flour 31,279,020 pounds; sugar 10,227,735 pounds; tooth paste 551,520 tubes. In France and Switzerland two cracker factories and a chocolate factory have been entirely taken over so that the boys may have something good in their pockets between meals. Theatrical An average of a hundred of the best actors and Entertainments. actjesse ? m America are touring the huts in France all the time. These are sent under the direction of the "Over There Theatre League" of which George M. Cohan is president; and they are managed by such well-known leaders as Winthrop Ames and E. H. Sothern. Among the stars who have appeared on the "hut circuit" over there are Elsie Janus. Walter Damrosch and Margaret Mayo. Athletics. Leisure has been the foe of every army that ever marched to war. These seven great agencies are turning our boys' leisure from a liability into an asset. More than a thousand athletic directors in France and an equal number on this side help the soldiers to forget their troubles with football, baseball and other wholesome outdoor games. The athletic orders placed on this side for shipment abroad are the largest single orders of their kind in the history of athletics. Motion Pictures. Literally thousands of feet of film have been pur- chased by these agencies for exhibition here and over there. Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks fol- low the boys clear to the front line. The average shipment of film per week to France is more than fifteen miles; and the attendance at motion picture shows (all free) averages 2,500,000 a week. In General. The long arm of these great agencies extends all the way from the 500 clubs operated by the War Camp Commun- ity Service on this side, to the front line trenches where the Y. M. C. A. and Knights of Columbus and Jewish Welfare Board distribute chocolate and cig- arettes to the tired fighters; the American Library Association furnishes books; and the Salvation Army passes out pies and doughnuts, sews and mends for our fighters, and mans ambulances. It reaches into the factories through the Y. W. C. A. to protect the girls who are making munitions for the fighters, and into the shipyards and munition plants. In short, wherever you find a soldier or sailor, you find also the evidence of the loving care of the folks back home, expressed through the medium of one of these seven affiliated and co-operating organizations. They go with the boy "every step of the way." Helping the Home to Follow the Flag (Continued from page 5) Co-operating with the Y. W. women are the Salvation Army lassies who toil among the men, sewing, mending, cooking savory pies and the doughnuts that have made thera famous, and standing out in the night to serve piping hot coffee and home-made sandwiches to the troops as they shift locations and bring up their ammunition. If the hoy is allowed to visit the armies of our Allies he will 2nd that they too have asked for the hut, and received it. More than a thousand Y huts under the name of "Foyers du Soldat" are helping to maintain morale in the French army — erected at the special request of the French Ministry of War. The King of I taly made a personal request for the extension of the " Y" work to his armies. The men who are charged with the task of winning this war believe that America can do nothing better to hasten victory than to extend the influence of these great creators and conservers of morale to the brave soldiers of our Allies Every Dollar Made to Do Its Utmost. There is no room for figures in so brief a statement as this. It should be re- membered, however, that these organizations are not private agencies. Every one of them is operating under an Executive Order of President Wilson. The budget of each one is scrutinized and passed upon by the War Department. In addition the work of each organization is governed by a War Work Council of nationally known men and women of whom these twelve members of the National Campaign Committee are representative: Haymond B. Fosdick, Chairman Commission on Training Camp Activities. John II. Mott George W. Perkins Mrs. Henry P. Davison John G. Agar James F. Phelan Mortimer L. Schiff Honorable Myron T. Herrick Frank A. Vanderlip George Gordon Battle John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Cleveland H. Dodge Every king, premier and prominent general of the Allies has written to urge the necessity of the work which is represented by these united agencies — not merely as a fine service to the soldiers, but as an actual military necessity, re- sponsible to large degree for the maintenance of morale. The whole argument was summed up in a letter received in May from Lieut. Col. E. S. Wheeler, who, in commenting on the work of one of these agencies, said in a report to General Pershing: *'Give me nine men who have a hut and I will have a more effective fighting force than as though I had ten men without it." Nine men who are kept happy and contented can outfight ten men who are lonesome and homesick. Every military man certifies to the importance of that truth. If it is worth $24,000,000,000 to America to keep its men under arms next year, surely it is worth $170,500,000 to make them fight 10 per cent, more efficiently — to contribute that factor which, as Napoleon said, is "as other factors in war as three to one" — that indefinable, indispensable factor. Morale. S What Your Money Is Doing for Your Boys A Bird's-eye View of the Work of the Young Men's Christian Association Young Women's Christian Association National Catholic War Council — K. of C. — Jewish Welfare Board War Camp Community Service American Library Association Salvation Army United War Work Campaign November, 11-18 $170,500,000 Helping- the Home to Follow the Flag- in other wars the influence of the American home has had to stop at the soldier's own front gate. All that made life comfortable and happy for him deserted him there when he kissed his family good-bye. In this war the home follows the flag clear up to the front line trenches. That, in one word, is the story of these seven great co-operating war work agencies. Let us follow one single soldier on the long road that leads from his front door to far-away France, and see how these seven organizations join hands to form a great chain of helpfulness all the way. He steps aboard a troop train that is to carry him to the cantonment. A long, lonesome ride, full of homesick thoughts, but, perhaps, there is a band furnished by the Jewish Welfare League or the War Camp Community Service to speed him on his way, and on the train are friends whom he had not expected — a Y. M. C. A. or a K. of C. secretary — a big friendly fellow, who has traveled for months with other boys just like him, and knows how to help. At the cantonment the evidence that the folks back home are thinking of him lies thick on every side. Here are the 750 great homey huts of the K. of C, the Jewish Welfare Board, the Salvation Army, and the Y — as the soldiers speak of it. Places where he can write letters home, play games at night, wit- ness motion picture shows, hear helpful lectures, attend church service, and keep up with his studies under the direction of the best college professors and teachers in the country. Here also are the 85 Hostess Houses of the Y. W. C. A., where mother and sister and sweetheart may make their headquarters when they visit. In all these buildings are branch libraries provided by the American Library Association, and filled with books and magazines. In 43 of the large camps and several hundred smaller ones are library buildings besides, with trained librarians and comfortable reading-rooms. No Duplication Anywhere. In the larger camps and cantonments the soldier will find houses of all five of the camp agencies— the Y. M. C. A., K. of C, Y. W. C. A., Jewish Welfare Board and Salvation Army — and all full at every hour of the day and evening. In the smaller camps and naval stations, the organizations have working agree- ments which prevent duplication. In such a camp there will frequently be only one hut, its doors open to all the boys alike. To it come on Saturdays and Sundays the prominent preachers, priests and rabbis to conduct worship; for the hut is the soldier's church and synagogue. There he may have one of the more than three million copies of the Scriptures that have been supplied by these agencies; or a half dozen helpful, inspiring booklets on a variety of subjects. Basket-ball and indoor baseball are played in the hut, under the direction of one of the 2,000 trained physical directors; for the hut is the soldier's gymnasium. Two motion picture shows a week are furnished on the average; and prom- 2 No man who has heard from his boy in one of those French villages, and who knows what the hut means to him, will ever regret one penny of the money given to these great organizations. His message will be: "Do more for my boy; no matter what it costs, whatever else you must forego, you must not'let At'i village go without its hut." The boy is called into the front line trenches. He is there through the long, cold night, his feet wet, his whole body chilled to the bone. As the first rays of the sun announce the new day, a shout of welcome runs through the trench. He looks to see a secretary— Y, or K. of C, or Jewish Welfare Board or Salva- tion Army— it matters not. Down the trench he comes with chocolate and cigarettes and doughnuts and hot coffee or cocoa — the reminder that even here, in front, the love and care of the folks back home still follows him. Is he wounded? Aiding the stretcher bearers, the secretaries work side by side, taking the wounded back to the dressing stations. Already fifteen of these brave workers have given up their lives, and scores have been gassed and sent to the hospitals. Even If He Is Taken Prisoner. Is he taken prisoner? Even in the prison camp the long arm of these friendly organizations reaches out to aid him. In Switzerland both the Y and the K. of C. have established headquarters and through such neutral agencies as the Danish Red Cross they carry on their program of helpfulness even in the prison camps of Germany and Austria. Does he wish to send money back to the folks at home? The Y and the K. of C, the Jewish Welfare Board and the Salvation Army transmit hundreds of thousands of dollars a month from the front to mothers and sisters and wives over here. Is he given a furlough? At Aix les Bains, one of the most famous resorts in the world, the Y has taken over six great hotels, as well as the great casino, and here he may swim, ride in the mountains, play golf and tennis, and listen to the best preachers, lecturers and entertainers America can provide. The resort at Aix is only one of six which are operated, by these agencies as a haven for the boys on furlough. Has he a girl friend or relative over there in the service or with one of the war work agencies? He will discover that she too is cared for by the Y. W. C. A., just as this great mothering organization cares for the girls in war in- dustry on this side. It is the business of the Y. W. C. A. to back up the women who are backing up the men. In France are sixteen huts for American nurses and fifteen for French women workers in munition plants. Thousands of American girls, working as telephone operators under the Signal Corps, are looked after in Y. W. hotels in Paris and Tours; and the Hotel Petrograd has become a center for American girl life in that city. All this in addition to the immense work for girls in war industry in this country. (Continued on -page 8) 5 HOW WE ARE BAC] At a Glance. A hundred and seventy million dollars is a lot of money; but it means less than a dollar a week for each of the boys of our Army and Navy. And certainly no man in America will say that a dollar a week is too much for their cheer and entertainment — at least not if one of the boys is his boy. Worker8. The 6eld army of these seven great agencies comprises more than fifteen thousand uniformed workers on both sides of the water, and General Pershing is asking that additional workers be sent at the rate of at least a thousand a month. They represent every type of activity — secretaries, athletic directors, librarians, preachers, lecturers, entertainers, motion picture operators, truck drivers, hotel and restaurant workers, etc. Many are bearing all their own expenses; those who cannot are paid their actual living expenses, if single, and are given an allowance approximately equal to the pay of a second lieutenant to cover their own and their families' expenses, if they have families. HutS, Clllbs, Hotels, More than 3600 separate buildings have Restaurants and been either erected or rented to make possible Hnstoe« Hmicoe this huge w ork. They are of every sort, vary- i iusilss liuusis. mg from tilc gj^j rcsort3 at Aix les Bains, where American soldiers may spend their furloughs, to the huts and hostess houses made familiar by the cantonments on this side. In addition there are scores of warehouses and garages; and hundreds of "huts" which consist of nothing but ruined cellars or dug-outs. Nor do these figures include, of course, the hundreds of buildings operated in peace times by these organizations, all of which have been placed at the disposal of the soldiers and sailors, and are doing a magnificent work sup- ported by their regular funds and special contributions entirely apart from this war work fund. Character Th e spirit of each of these seven organizations is uplifting Influence. in the biggest and broadest sense of the word. They depend upon people of ideals for their support, and their purpose is to surround each boy, so far as possible, with the influences that were best in his life at home. The huts of each organization are opened freely to men of all faiths. The Scriptures and booklets sent abroad would, if piled one upon the other, make a pile more than twenty miles high. Differences of creed and dogma do not divide men who are fighting and dying together. They stand shoulder to shoulder there in a great common faith in the Fatherhood "of God, whose creed is Service in the spirit of brotherhood toward all men. Libraries. In camps and cantonments on this side, and on the other, there are 842 libraries and 1,547 branches containing more than 3,000.000 books and 5,000,000 copies of periodicals. There are 250 . additional libraries on the ships of our fighting fleets and merchant marine; and the number should be vastly increased. Letter Paper. Almost every home in America flying a service flag has received a letter on the paper furnished by one of these organizations. Together they supply more than 125,000,000 sheets of station- ery a month; and probably half a million dollars is kept tied up all the time in postage stamps. ING UP YOUR BOYS Shipments. More than 500 tons of supplies for the boys leave our porta every week under the direction of these agencies. Individ- ual items on the shipping lists run into figures that are astonishing; as for ex- ample, these figures taken from the shipping lists of one organization, for the period between July, 1917, and August, 1918: Canned fruit 1,959,150 cans; chewing gum 14,510,000 pkgs; cigarettes 848,785,802; cigars 82,358,- 700; tobacco 2,557,481 packages; cocoa 463,824 pounds; condensed milk 1,005,120 cans; flour 31,279,020 pounds; sugar 10,227,735 pouuds; tooth paste 551,520 tubes. In France and Switzerland two cracker Factories and a chocolate factory have been entirely taken over so that the boys may have something good in their pockets between meals. Theatrical An average of a hundred of the best actors and Entertainments. actresses in America are touring the huts in France all the time. These are sent under the direction of the "Over There Theatre League" of which George M. Cohan is president; and they are managed by such well-known leaders as Winthrop Ames and E. H. Sothera. Among the stars who have appeared on the "hut circuit" over there are Elsie Janis, Walter Damrosch and Margaret Mayo. Athletics. Leisure has been the foe of every army that ever marched to war. These seven great agencies are turning our boys' leisure from a liability into an asset. More than a thousand athletic directors in France and an equal number on this side help the soldiers to forget their troubles with football, baseball and other wholesome outdoor games. The athletic orders placed on this side for shipment abroad are the largest single orders of their kind in the history of athletics. Motion Pictures. Literally thousands of feet of film have been pur- chased by these agencies for exhibition here ami over there. Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks fol- low the boys clear to the front line. The average shipment of film per week to France is more than fifteen miles; and the attendance at motion picture shows (all free) averages 2,500,000 a week. In General. The long arm of these great agencies extends all the way from the 500 clubs operated by the War Camp Commun- ity Service on this side, to the front line trenches where the Y. M. C. A. and Knights of Columbus and Jewish Welfare Hoard distribute chocolate and cig- arettes to the tired fighters; the American Library Association furnishes books; and the Salvation Army passes out pies and doughnuts, sews and mends for our fighters, and mans ambulances. It reaches into the factories through the Y. W. C. A. to protect the girls who arc making munitions for the fighters, and into the shipyards and munition plants. In short, wherever you find a soldier or sailor, you find also the evidence of the loving care of the folks back home, expressed through the medium of one of these seven affiliated and co-operating organizations. They go with the boy "every step of the way." Helping the Home to Follow the Flag {Continued from page 5) Co-operating with the Y. W. women are the Salvation Army lassies who toil among the men, sewing, mending, cooking savory pies and the doughnuts that have made them famous, and standing out in the night to serve piping hot coffee and home-made sandwiches to the troops as they shift locations and bring up their ammunition. If the boy is allowed to visit the armies of our Allies he will find that they too have asked for the hut, and received it. More than a thousand Y huts under the name of "Foyers du Soldat" are helping to maintain morale in the French army — erected at the special request of the French Ministry of War. The Xing of Italy made a personal request for the extension of the "Y" work to his armies. The men who are charged with the task of winning this war believe that America can do nothing better to hasten victory than to extend the influence of these great creators and conservers of morale to the brave soldiers of our AUies. Every Dollar Made to Do Its Utmost. There is no room for figures in so brief a statement as this. It should be re- membered, however, that these organizations are not private agencies. Every one of them is operating under an Executive Order of President Wilson. The budget of each one is scrutinized and passed upon by the War Department. In adJition the work of each organization is governed by a War Work Council of nationally known men and women of whom these twelve members of the National Campaign Committee are representative: Raymond B. Fosdick, Chairman Commission on Training Camp Activities. John R. Mott George W. Perkins Mrs. Henry P. Davison John G. Agar James F. Phelan Mortimer L. Schiff Honorable Myron T. Herrick Frank A. Vanderlip George Gordon Battle John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Cleveland H. Dodge Every king, premier and prominent general of the Allies has written to urge the necessity of the work which is represented by these united agencies — not merely as a fine service to the soldiers, but as an actual military necessity, re- sponsible to large degree for the maintenance of morale. The whole argument was summed up in a letter received in May from Lieut. Col. E. S. Wheeler, who, in commenting on the work of one of these agencies, said in a report to General Pershing: "Give me nine men who have a hut and I will have a moreeffective fighting force than as though I had ten men without it." Nine men who are kept happy and contented can outfight ten men who are lonesome and homesick. Every military man certifies to the importance of that truth. If it is worth $44,000,000,000 to America to keep its men under arms next year, surely it is worth $170,500,000 to make them fight 10 per cent, more efficiently — to contribute that factor which, as Napoleon said, is "as other factors in war as three to one" — that indefinable, indispensable factor, Morale. 8