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Show BOOKS FOR SOLDIERS SUPPLIEDJY A, L. A, English Camp Shows the Good Work of That Organization for Our 'Boys. Something llko 13,500 pieces or stationery sta-tionery aro distributed dally among 4,000 enlisted men by Uriah a Bru-baker Bru-baker of Iola, Kas., aa librarian at the Y. M. O. A. writing tent, Woodlcy Rest Camp of the American Expcndl-tionary Expcndl-tionary Forces In southern England. The number of troops at this camp varies from 8,000 to 0,000. """"" This single detail lndtcatea why It Is necessary for the T. M. O. A., Y. W. a A Notional Catholic War Council and K. of 0., War Camp Community Scrvlco, Jewish Welfare Board aud Salvation Army havo to furnish 123,-000,000 123,-000,000 sheets a month for soldiers' letters. Hundreds of boots aro taken out In this small camp, books furnished by tho American Library Association and handled by tho Y. M. 0. A. Most of the demands aro for a good class of fiction. fic-tion. Thirty American newspapers nre received thcro dally. Ono hundred and fifty .magazines aro In uso dally and 400 pieces of athletK. equipment furnished fur-nished by U10 "V" are put'to good uso. books contributed by tlio American people- tho association bought 500,271 hooks, mostly technical, of which IDS,-207 IDS,-207 were sent overseas. Moro than 1,500,000 books of all kinds havo been assigned to libraries In Y. M. 0. A., K. of C. or Salvation Army huts In the wnr zone, n similar number being distributed dis-tributed In American training camps, while half a million arc on warships or transports. Tho association has erected and operates forty-one library buildings. Tho Salvation Army, with 1,210 workers, principally women, overseas, has won the affection of tho fighters. Its 501 huts, rest nnd rending rooms aro popular gathering places for tho soldiers. Tho doughnuts fried by Salvation Sal-vation lassies In huts or trenches and given to tho men havo becomo famous around the world. The Salvation Army gnvo forty-four nmhulanccs to tho American and Allies' armies and In many other ways gives constant unselfish un-selfish service. |