Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-11-10 | Page 2 | Soldiers Are in Need of Books

SOLDIERS ARE IN NEED OF BOOKS New York, Nov. 10. Among the thousands of Belgian soldiers now in hospitals in England and in France, detained in camps In Holland, and prisoners in Germany, there is a widespread need of good books, and a committee that has been formed to enlist American aid in the matter announces an-nounces that bookB or money for their purchase will be received by Pierre Mall, Belgian Consul General in New York. The members of tho honorary committee include Emmanuel Haven-Ith, Haven-Ith, tho Belgian minister at Washington; Washing-ton; Joseph H. Choato, Charles L Bonaparte, Rev. J. p. Stillemans of the Belgian Relief fund, and Louis de Sadelier, minister of stato for Belgium, Belgi-um, vho la In New York. A statement given out by tho committee com-mittee reads' "Tho heroism of tho Belgian soldiers sol-diers has won universal admiration. "Thousands of them are now in hospitals In England and in France, detained In camps in Holland, and prisoners In Germany. "Suffering and deprived of liberty without news from their relatives now somewhere in poverty, or dead, the anxiety of riiose brave' men must be most painful. "Well educated as they are, and without recreations any intelligent person is looking for, nothing can do more to alleviate their sufferings than literature in their own language. "There is a real need among those Belgian soldiers for books in French and Flemish, and to a certain extent In English (especially works of trav- el and novels, history, books on electricity, elec-tricity, mechanics, motoring, etc., and Illustrated magdzines of all kinds; also grammars for tho study of Eng- 1 t'r nh-English dictionaries and r vice versa.") I: on