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Published Under Auspices
of
National War Work Council
Y.M.C.A. of the United States
Vol. 1.
Y. M. G. A. CAMPAIGN
REACHES $50,000,000
President Wilson Calls It a
National Blessing. Southeast
ern Department Short.
The national war work council of
the Y. M. C. A. announces that the
grand total of the nation-wide War
fund campaign is $49,209,411. This
exceeds, by nearly $15,000,000 the $35,-
000.000 goal set at the beginning of the
campaign on November 12th.
President Wilson, on being informed
that the fund was greatly over-sub
scribed, telegraphed congratulations to
Dr. John R. Mott, general secretary of
the fund.
“My heartfelt congratulations on the
remarkable and gratifying results,” the
president’s telegram read. “I think it is
a national blessing.”
The southeastern department, with
headquarters at Atlanta, collected sl,-
207,588. Its quota was $1,500,000.
The eastern department with head
quarters in this city, collected $20,-
091,665; Its quota was fixed at $15,-
500,000.
The totals and the quotas for the
other departments are as follows:
Central, Chicago, $18,730,733; quota,
s $12,500,000.
‘'’‘Northeastern, Boston, $6,268,926;
quota $5,000,000.
Western, San Francisco, $1,733,500;
quota, 01,250,000.
Southwestern, Dallas, $1,387,000;
quota, $1,000,000.
A. H. Whitford. national campaign
director, announced that the final fig
ures may exceed $50,000,000- He con
gratulated the 300,000 workers.
Dr. Mott in his message to the presi
dent, said: ‘‘lt is the desire of your
movement to strengthen your hands in
every way in our power, in rendering a
larger and better service to the enlist
ed men of our army and navy and also
the forces of the nations which have
made common cause with us.”
Penna. Newspapers,
Attention!
Newspapers in Pennsylvania can
co-operate with the folk's at home
and assist them greatly when
they come to Augusta, if they clip
the following item of information.
Please run it in your next issue.
Many women come to Augusta and
know not where to go while wait
ing for their sons. In many cases,
the men do not know where to
leave their mothers, sisters and
wives while rooms are being found
for them. On Tuesday of this
week, the editor of Trench and
Camp saw four Pennsylvania wo
. men sitting on the stone steps of
the Lamar building, tired out
with their long journey, waiting
patiently for their sons to return
from hunting rooms for them.
AUGUSTA Y. W. C. A. HA6
REST ROOM FOR WOMEN.
Women from Pennsylvania who '
visit their sons and husbands at
Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., will
find very attractive rooms fitted up
for their comfort by the Young
Women’s Christian Association of
Augusta. The rooms are on the
second floor of the big Lamar
building—the finest building in Au
gusta—in the heart of the city.
Competent young women are in
charge and every courtesy will be
shown visiting women. Rooms
will fte secured for those desiring
them or women may use the rest
rooms at their convenience. It
would be a good plan to write to
the Y. W. C. A. in advance, asking
the secretary to provide rooms for
you at a definite time, thus saving
yourself considerable worry and
annoyance.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
Edition for CAMP HANCOCK Augusta, Ga.
GOD SAVE DEMOCRACY
A PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
By J. EDGAR PROBYN
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To Thee, O Lord, we come,
Our hearts and minds aflame;
With gratitude unspeakable,
We bow at Thy dear name.
We honor Thee, our God,
On this Thanksgiving Day,
For blessings past and still to come,
O teach us, Lord to Pray!
The nations are at war;
The Christ they have forgot;
O Lord of Hosts, be with us yet,
And stay this murderous blot!
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On Europe’s blood-red shore,
Our gallant heroes fall;
O Jesus, Master, Friend of Man,
Help us on Thee to call.
The thunderous guns now roar,
The earth is strewn with dead;
The hand of man is red with gore
And Peace and Joy seem fled.
’Mid all the awful carnage,
Through all the grief and strife,
We Thank Thee, Lord, we praise Thy name,
That Thou hast given us Life.
Thanks for the Life we now enjoy—
The Life that is to be—
When in Thine own appointed time,
From strife we shall be free.
For harvests running o’er,
For wealth and commerce great,
For God-given men of lofty soul,
Who guide our Ship of State.
For gallant men, invincible,
For power on land and sea, **
We thank Thee, Lord, O grant Thine aid,
To make the whole world free—
Free from the Prussian’s bloody heel,
From Turkish tyranny,
From-lust and greed and bloody deed,
God save Democracy!
Camp Hancock Y. M. C. A., November 26, 1917.
RED CROSS ACTIVITIES
Immediate starvation,, is facing the
people in Poland, infants and small
children in particular. The Red Cross
has just sept $200,000 immediately
available, for their relief. If proper
guarantees can be secured, milk relief
for infants and sjpall children in Po
land will continue after January Ist.
The firm of E. Fougera & Co., of
New York, has sent to Camp Hancock
through the Red Cross, 1,524 cans of
Fastep Foot Powder, for the comfort
of the soldiers. The same shipment is
being made to the camps and canton
ments throughout the country, or a to
tal of 47,768 cans. This is but one in
stance of the patriotic work of the men
who are staying back home.
NEW GENERALS
General Plumer was announced as
commander o fthe British forces in Italy.
beiutenant-General Sir . Marshall
was named as British commander of the
Mesoptamiaa cxpeditionery forces.
NOVEMBER, 28, 1917
WANT HERO’S BODY
The commissioners of Alleghany county
have forwarded resolutions to Secretary
Baker, asking that the body of Thomas
F. Enright, private, one of the three
men kilted in the first action in France,
be sent to Pittsburg, that he may be
laid to rest in his home city. The res
olution states that the people of Pitts
burg and Allegheny county would like
to honor and cherish his memory.
NO GAME BETWEEF
' TECH AND PITTSBURG
Hope for a football game between the
teams of’ Georgia Tech and Pittsburgh
University for the benefit of the Red
Cross, was ended when Dr. J. D. Cren
shaw, athletic director of Tech, received a
telegram from Dr. K. G. Mathewson, the
president, now in New York, stating that
Pittsburgh had positively refused to play
Tech this year.
Dr. Mathewson in his telegram stated
that the'Pittsburg Athletic director had
wired him that an epidemic of illness in
the team, which put the captain and two
players in the hospital and their hard re
maining schedule would prevent them
from meeting the Atlanta team.
ARMY NEWS
FOR ARMY MEN
AND
THEIR HOME FOLKS
LOW SPIRITUALITY
IS CAUSE OF WAR
Noted Canadian Suffragist and ?
Authoress Also Blames Too
Much Masculinity.
“Lack of spirituality and' too much
masculinity brought on the great world
'war,” was the statement of Mrs. Nellie
McClung. of North Bdmqnton, Alberta,
Canada, at the meeting of the Georgia
Suffrage Association in St. John’s Church
Saturday afternoon.
McClung is making a tour of the
United States in the interest of woman
suffrage, and is known as the foremost
suffragist in Canada. Besides her work
in the equal suffrage cause, she is an
authoress and poetess of marked promi
nence and her books are in great de
mand. Mrs. McClung has a son in the
King s Legion, in France, a Canadian
unit which has but fourteen men Ift
out of 1,000. She is the mother of five
boys, only the eldest being of military
age. , .
“Women of Canada in War Time,” was
the subject of Mrs. McClung's brilliant
address, which was permeated with
pathetic stories reflecting the philosophy
of the Canadian women who have given
•their sons to the service. There were
times when handkerchiefs were very
much in evidence, particularly when she
related the story of the Canadian mother
who received her letter back, with the
curt message on the envelope. “Killed
in action.”
“Canadians are a peace-loving people,”
said Mrs. McClung, "just as much as the
people of the United States. We entered
the war in an effort to try and solve
the problems of the world and to bring
about an era of love and peace. • We are
proud of the 5,000 miles, of boundary be
tween us and the United States, which
has not a single fortification. The good
will and respect of our neighbors is the
best fortification. Premier Borden prom
ised England 500,000 men when war was
declared, and nobody has criticised him
for it, although there are sections in Can
a’da where all men have gone to the
front. The most'touching feature of the
war has been the. response of the native
Englishmen, who left their crops standing
in the field, ten days before harvest, and
enlisted to fight for their country. Some
even pawned their watches and sold all
they had in order to get to England.”
Mrs. McClung said there were some
things wrong with the world before war
was declared and the war has speeded
up life's camera amazingly, so that we
see differently. She called Canadians
a generation of wasters and referred to
the report of the committee on forest
conservation, which stated that there
were twenty-two times as much timber
burned in Canada last year as there was
used. There were many brilliant epi
grams in her speech and among her trite
utterances was: “Individually, we think
of the heathen as prospective converts
to Christianity. Nationally, we look upon
them as customers because ’we need the
money.’ ”
“There, little girl, don’t cry,
They have broken your doll, I know,”
is but the expression of woman’s woe
all over the world today.
Referring to the mastery of men over
women, she said it was a God-given at
tribute, but that the overcoming, mast
erful way of men should be combined
with the loving, tender touch of woman.
The world is suffering today from too
much masculinity. Men alone were not
intended to rule the world, for "male
and female created He them.” The war
is making us forget ourselves: the veneer
is off; the blinds are up; social distinc
tions are being wiped out and we. are
being brought tpgetlier in heart cohe
sion.
Mrs. McClung referred to the message
of the German women smuggled into
France, whicti said: »"We think and feel
as you do. and when this war is over,
we'll do all we can to prevent a recur
rence.” The chief thing wrong with the
world is the lack of spirituality. Ger
many does not know what it means. Ad
miral Beatty says: “England will not
win the war until he gets on her knees
before God.” God couldn’t patch up our
civilization —He bad to blow it up and
the world is on the eve of the greatest
spiritual upheaval it has ever known,
when the era of brotherhood arid sister
hood will be ushered in. The Pentecostal
bloodshed arid calamity is upon us and
the church will measure her duty
in leading people along spiritual paths.
Mrs. Arington prestifed at the meeting
and the musical features were “The Star-
Spangled Banner.” sung by Miss Mar
garet Battle, and “The Rosary,” sung
by Private John Surra, 112th Infantry.
FOR dl>ubscr7 bes^oo.ooo
It whs announced here today that
Henry Ford has subscribed for $500,000
worth of Canadian bonds.
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