Under the candles of the village church, now an emergency hospital, the American
wounded lie in close even rows. Straight down to the door they are packed together.
Outside an ambulance arrives, and deftly, quietly, the Soldiers of cheer slip out to help
the army’s litter bearers lift out the wounded and carry them into the yard or hospital.
The ambulance whirs off again along To be there when a wounded soldier
the shell-torn road and still these messen- needs them, is a privilege which comes
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gers of friendliness pass in and
out among the soldiers—holding
steaming cups of chocolate to
their lips, giving them lighted
cigarettes, shifting their positions.
From one corner a boy’s voice
calls out:
“I got it pretty bad. Will you send
home a message for me?”
A friendly face bends over him.
He whispers his mother’s name
and her address. He asks that
she be told where he was struck
and how.
“Is there anything else?” asks the
man above him. He hesitates a
moment. Then, so softly that the
older man could hardly hear, he
murmurs a girl’s name and dies.
Why You Should Give
twice as much as you
Ever Gave Before
The need is for a sum 70 per cent greater than
any gift asked for since the war began. The Govern
ment has fixed this sum at $170,500,000.
By giving to these seven organizations all at once,
the cost and effort of six additional campaigns is saved
Unless Americans do give twice as much as ever
before, our soldiers and sailors may not enjoy during
j 1919 their
3600 Recreation Buildings
1000 Miles of Movie Film
100 Leading Stage Stars
2000 Athletic Directors
2500 Libraries supplying 5,000,000 books
85 Hostess Houses
15,000 Big Brother “Secretaries”
Millions of Dollars of Home Comforts
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When you give double, you make sure that every
fighter has the cheer and comforts of these seven or
ganizations every step of the way from home to the
front and back again. You provide him with a church,
a theater, a cheerful home, a store, a school, a club and
an athletic field—and a knowledge that the folks back
1 home are with him, heart and soul.
to your representatives in the
seven war work organizations.
After every push, when the field
hospitals are full to overflowing,
there are calls for every available
worker in the area.
They come from miles around,
after their day’s work is over at
their own huts and canteens. And
then through all the night they
help the wounded fight their bat
tles between life and death.
The grief of many a mother or a
wife or sister here at home has
been made easier by the letters
which these men had written there
beside the stretchers.
Keep these 7,000 Soldiers of Cheer
on the job.
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INDEPENDENCE COUNTY MUST RAISE $16,000
Give to Your Utmost To Maintain the Morale That
Is Winning The War
UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN
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Bottom Township