Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-10-27 | Page 31 | Morale Vital to Win Victory

MORALE VITAL TO Wr WIN N VICTORY Greatest Essential Needed I Is to Keep p Spirits of Soldiers High New York Oct Never 26 Xe Never r In the history of oC th th th-i world has ha there hero been so spectacular an example of at the supreme Importance o of morale as ns is now being pre presented on tho the western front The forces that confront each other are not widely dissimilar in number or equip equip- ment Yet one arm army Is constantly w withdrawing and the other Irresistibly moving mo forward The difference Is spelled In the single Rinlo word word morale Now that the thc Liberty loan is over O there thero Is 19 Just one more task for tor the American people people to to provide tho comforts comforts com com- forts torts of ot life for lor American boys bOH through th united war work campaign which has for the purpose of ot raising funds amalgamated tho seven or organizations I doing welfare work worle for tor the soldiers and andI sailors sailors the tho Y M M. C. C A A. A Y W. W C. C A A. I K of C. C war camp community service Jewish welfare ro board American Li Library Library LI- LI association and Salvation Army Aimy It la Is the tho service rendered by these organizations that makes for the tho did morale of the tho American armies General Pershing Pershing- in a n recent letter commenting on the work vork of ot th these theoe agencies agencies agencies agen agen- cies quoted with approval the statement statement state state- ment of ot one of It his colonels who said Give Olve me nine men who havo have a hut to spend their evenings eveninG's in Iii and I will have havo havea a a. better bettor fighting J force torce than ten men would bo ho without It lt Dr John R. R Mott Iott director general of tho united war work campaign says Ba s 's If It It Jt is 18 worth to keep keel our boys bors under arms next year surely it IB is worth and more to add adl 10 per coat cent to their fighting edge to bring victory 10 per cent nearer This Is 11 tho the appeal of ot tho seven on united war work agencies to America merica and particularly rl l to homes where service ser flags fly th I Viewed as a n. total sum eum seems gl gigantic but divide It b by tho the mon men who will wilt bo be under arms arias In our arm army and navy during the period perio d ds It is d to cover covel and it t means mean s less than 15 cents a n day p per r man Surely there thero is no father tather or mother moths r or friend of ot a soldier In this great rent country who will say Bay that 16 is cents a aday aday day is 15 too much to spend on his church his home his 11 library bran his theatre and nd his club over there Tho The united war work campaign Is being be- be being be be- ing hiS made at the request of or President Wilson Tho The state quotas In the tho west are as follows California O Oa a Washington 17 0 Oregon C O OI Montana I 0 n tan n j 11 0 0 Idaho Utah 3 1000 Wyoming Nevada o