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Show CLEAN AND MORAL. It is cheering to know that, while tho American soldiers in franco are numbered num-bered among the best fighters tho world has ever produced, their condition as to morals is far better than could have been expected under the circumstances. Tho testimony given by representatives of the Red Cross, the Knights of Columbus, Colum-bus, the Y. M. C. A., tho Salvation Army, and all other war service workers, work-ers, is to the effect that the American boys have not deteriorated since crossing cross-ing tho ocean, and that their heal! h and morals are safeguarded "over there" by the name ageucies that proved so effective here at home. In times past soldiers and sailors have usually become easy prey for civilian civil-ian harpies. Since America entered tho war, however, drastic regulations regula-tions have been imposed by tho war and navy departments, and tho war service associations have aofii to it that clean and wholesome re ere at ion x-i provided for tho men in the camps, not forgetting to keep thern supplied with comforts and even luxuries. This combination com-bination of army and navy regulations and lo ing kindness h as bc"n won-drou.-dy ef ft.-c i i ve in ban i thin or lc-?t lc-?t roy i ng the temptations usually f ou nd wherever there a r o 1 d : c r s or sa i I u p , and, when the history of tho war of w ars written, dun credit will be given tho public officials and the private pri-vate citizens who have not only accomplished ac-complished a great work but ct a precedent. prece-dent. Tiic r.e.it ap -'al of the nar workers work-ers should be ge:i('rn:.-!v answered. |