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f?IT SERVICE KHb
1 TO THE AMERICAN SOLDIER
V Welfare Workers in Every Camp
| Have Been Thoroughly
^ Tested and Tried.
rifl: iPtefW
is the averago son, brother,
C: father or sweetheart-soldier treated
l<. in the great army camps? That is the
2?2LSft!i a5d '"ucn4 considered
^ Mffction turned over and over again
In the homes of these men in the
!& cantonments. The writer is more
than pleased to state from actual ex|p:fy
perlence just -what his relationship
:? has taught him in that respect as a
[./.member of one of the welfare organBUtf&tions
located in every camp at
home and abroad. You hear so much
about the morale in the army and you
also hear a great deal about the dif^
ferent organisations located in each
Rfc/ damp. In the war of the -sixties,
there was no such thing as the Young
P Men's Christian association-w_huts,
\?:-' there was no such thing as the
i./f -Knights of Columbus buildings and
the Jewish welfare organizations were
fe: unthought of In the camps; neither
was the Y. W. C. A. located In the
camps with hostess houses. In fact
Prj. - the American soldier at tjiat time had
Wf- to get along as best he could; he just
F-;?' simply pxisted; that is about all and
S^-'the morale which plays such an 1m,
portant part in the world war or tagi'
vday was hardly noticed by anyone on
gp \he outside.
g> : But in these days you find in every
e.Mninnmpnt in pverv war region. or
ganizations which are aiding in bol^
etering up the boys in khaki; men and
women who are giving their lives in
jV ' the pursuit of a life of devotion, sac^
' rifice and service to the American sol?
dier?they are the great net work and
?' machinery of morale upon which victory
in this great war must bo foundLV
ed -as much as any other.
K In Camp Greene as in every other
camp, the Y. M. C. A., the Jewish
- welfare, the Knights of Columbus are
ever busy. Here, as in every other
;otmp, the crisis of the past few
["V weeks in fighting the dread influenza,
U"* has brought to action every ounce of
-energy, nerve and service that these
[ splendid men possess." They did not
8toy by worrying over the extra work
that might be imposed upon them,
but laid aside everything, eliminated
i in their buildings and
Adopted plana of thel^owi^o^Ik^
ing care of the sick and afflicted.
,-V ?rom morning until night the work
if -Jtept going and is still going and it
IKwihfr in such a crisis that men can
and 'I
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suits
boys
and I
sick
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which organization the writer Is s
part, this paper la sure that every soldier
came to realize more and more
what it means to have welfare organizations
as their stand-by. Of course
nurses and physicians were most loyal
but they too were over taxed Just
as every camp and every community
has been overtaxed and had they toe
not been men and women filled with
a desire of being of some service
to these boys, there is no telling what
would have happened. Everything
possible was done for the boys and
relatives don't know how they should
thank officials for their splendid
tention. %
Every day the entire staff of Y.
C. A. workers visited the Infirmaries
and base hospital, writing letters, selling
stamps, running errands and talking
to the boys. Some cases were serious
and a "Y" man was always on
the Job trying to do something for
the men who could not help themselves.
One of the most important
features was the constant .request of
the sick for a letter. "Can't you in
some way get my man to me was a
most important question, "or "Won't
you write a letter to my mother and
tell her not to worry?"
In all the visits a notlc<mble fact
was the special stress that#was laid
upon the fact of telling homefolks
not to worry. In order to give readers
an idea how some of these letters
read and the appreciation that came
from the people at home. Trench and
Camp is reproducing a few for the
benefit of the many readers who will
see this edition.
This Istlsr .is ? lUmnle whinh wo?
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Y. M. C. A. by Courtesy of
rffc <?b&tvbt
GREENE Charlotte, N. C.
30, 1918
is building No. 2, Camp Greene, Octobe
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i written home by the Red Triangle
men:
s October 15, 1918.
( Maiden, Mo.
My dear Mr. :
I visited your son. Robert, last Fri(
day night and promised him that I
, would write to you.
, Your s?n is in the hospital, but is
, getting along well and will soon be
; all-right. He said to tell you that his
fever is going down and he hopes to
be out soonv Do not worry about
him, and he will write to you as soon
as he can, as owing to the quarani
tine the boys are not allowed to write.
\ Very sincerely yours,
' T. M. C. A. SECRETARY.
This letter was sent in response to
one stating that a boy was in the
hospital:
October 22, 1918.
Rt. 1- TAwrencebure. Kv.
My dear Sir:
I received your registered letter today
and located your brother in ward
A2, base hospital. The officer in
charge told me that he had no tem'
perature today and was on the road
to recovery. I found him sitting up
and delivered eight other letters and
a newspaper which I secured from
his company sergeant, which pleased
1 him very much. He stated that he
would write you a letter tomorrow
and expected to be back with his company
within a few days. Continue to
address him Company D, 348th Labor
battalion.
I am enclosing signed receipt for
i<Pnntinnoil on nocro rt i
ARMY NEWS
FOR ARMY MEN -I
THEIR HOME FOLKS
A No.1f IHI |
r IS, 1918. 3jj?g
GENERAL SECBETIRY IS K S
SENT TO Ciller SHEfliD^ W .
Dr. J. 0. Grogan Leaves Camp jjJPm;
Greene?Assigned to Do cJl M ^
Religious Work. f .A " :
Dr. J. O. Grogan, who has been
camp general secretary , at Camp W'V^vSQ
Greene since January 1. has been y ffi
transferred to Camp Sheridan. where fl njf MB
' TOrYd&ftd'afesurtie the duties of camp
religious work director at Camp fif Z^g*1.1' "fl*!
Grogan is one of the best known H lRIRM
nillll?k<"l? Ul lilC illClilV'llill Ii|l,.lkV|/ui n |u Ul -
church south, having occupied Home
one of the largest puipils in that ip) off W X'/A
church. For four years he was
pastor of the Court Street Methodist ^ " "3
church of Montgomery, Ala., which is fjZWWm
the leading church in the Alabama * ^'\8f
conference. llis friend ; in Mont- ImKW 7**}
goinery have been very anxious for
him to assume the direction of th- r '
religious worlc at Camp Sheridan fk.Jj/
since the opei:ing of that camp For P/if//'
the past month Doctor Grogan ha;
been at the Itluc H'djte trainhi;; |?FJjJL **v
school as Instructor in "Camp Administration."
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No man has had a wider or rtiore ?/^C7JSBl
varied experience in army Y. M. C. A M J J
work than Doctor Grogan. lie wn A
one of the first ministers In the
army camps. His first work was us *
religious work director ta Camp
Gordon, where he placed the work
upon such a fine basis that the I
southeastern department recognising
his executive ability annotated hint ?ul!tWt'TlXS "
camp general secretary at Camp
I Greene. Doctor Grogan has recent- L^_k V_. "
{ly been In charge of a large district 7' 1"
at Albany, Georgia, setting up the \ L ,
campaign for the united war work
drive which will take place early in X i*-*,
Doctor Grogan has" become well \ '
known in the state of North Caro- 4 / " l
Una, where he has preached and *^4 I
spoken In most of the cities of the I
state. He has endeared himself f
very much to the soldiers ut Camp ^^^B I
Greene. The Y. M. C. A. staff give /
him up to Camp Sheridan with the
very greatest regret. Under his lead- y
ershlp the Camp Greene Y. M. C. A.
-men during the past months have -Vaccomplished
great things for the
soldiers in the army. It is claimed |BBh~
that his administration has been the JQHQHbB
most economical of any large camp
in the southeastern department. The |/jST'
members of the Camp Greene staff
feel that Camp Sheridan is to be most Ij| rjl II
I heartily congratulated upon Doctor |M I '
Grogan's connection with that camp fl III B
and feel confident that his department
of the work will make wonder- U II lfl
ful nroeress under his leadership. II Kiln ill
Doctor Grogan spent a few dayu fill j ljll
in Camp Greene last week before go- |||l j jjll
ing to his new work at Camp SheriChecker
headquarters for Camp 1111
Greene is "Y" hut 106. Brevard Nix- PSryi
on. checker champion of North Caro- ^
Una. who is building secretary* of hut
106, has formed a camp checker club.