Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1918 — BOOKS FOR SOLDIERS SUPPLIED BY A. L A. [ARTICLE]

BOOKS FOR SOLDIERS SUPPLIED BY A. L A.

English Camp Shows the Good Work of That Organization for Our Boys. Something like 13,500 pieces of stationery are distributed daily among 4,000 enlisted men by Uriah B. Brubaker of lola, Kas., as librarian at tha Y. M. C. A. writing tent, Woodley Rest Camp of the American Expenditionary Forces in southern England. The number of troops at this camp varies from 3,000 to 9,000. This single detal indicates why It is necessary for the Y. M. C. A_, Y. W. C. A., National Catholic War Council and K. of Cb, War Camp Community Service, Jewish Welfare Board and Salvation Army have to furnish 125,000,000 sheets a month for soldiers’ letters. Hundreds of books are taken out in this small camp, books furnished by the American Library Association and handled by the Y. M. C. A Most of the demands are for a good class of fiction. Thirty American newspapers are received there daily. One hundred and fifty magazines are in use daily and 400 pieces of athletic equipment furnished by the “X” are put to good use.