‘ 2' TheMa’rines ‘4 woul ,_ f; ' Old BaptiSt “DOC”—He [ Why you should give twice as much as you ever gave before! at $170,500,000. . and effort of six additional campaigns is saved. our soldiers and sailors may not enjoy during 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 9 .. v Laminar eat 1:. " kit '31}! a school, a club and an athletic field—and a knowledge that the «v folks back home are with him, heart and soul! f \ You have loaned your money to supply their physical needs. _ .2. ‘ a; ‘ Now give to maintain the Morale that is winning the war! 1’!” ; m. I .ne , The need is fora sum 70% greater than any gift ever asked L' for since the world began The Government has fixed this sum By giving to these seven organizations all at once, the cost Unless Americans do give twice as much as ever Efore, f" When you give double, you make sure that every fighter ' has the cheer and comforts of these Seven organizations every step of the way from home to the front and back again. You provide him with a church, a theatre, a cheerful home, 3 store, ‘ almost. died for them By Sergt. ALEXANDER WOOLLCOTT of “The Stars and StripeS.” A E. F. , 0U would turn your pockets inside out for the United War Work Campaign if you knew dear old “Doc” of the Marines, a white-haired, slow-speaking padre, who is Y. secretary with the leathernecks and so beloved by ’them that it‘s’ past telling. He was a preacher in Arizona-whad been, I think, a missionary with the lepers when the war came, and he went from his pulpit to the Y. They have always loved him, the Marines. I think it was because he had the genius for meeting all mankind brother- to—brother. _ any hardship that the boys had to undergo, . If they hiked, he would not ride. If they had to march half-way across France as fast as their legs would carry them, _Doc marched, too, and what is more, carried the full pack, ‘ lest any boy should ever say old Doc did not know what a real hike meant. Of course, their devotion became a cult on the Marne when I bulky Doc not to “stick up so far” in the air? Marine emblems sewed on in their place. . Doc holds services now and then. I know of one a young 'die for And because he would. not spare himself it was he who took the hind end of a litter and went out through a very rain of shells to bring in and save the wounded colonel. And they did save him. Can’t you picture it—the two of them creeping over the treacherous ground, with the private turning now and then and hissing back to poor old .That little expedition dropped Doc unconscious with gas and shrapnel, and when he came to he found that quite mysteriously, all his Y ensignia had been cut away and Jew "organized. It was held in a deserted church which a ' volunteer squad had spent three hours in cleaning for the occasion——-three hours routing the dust and cobwebs and litter of fallen plaster and broken glass. Then the congregation ' trooped in and the' service began with the distribution of rosaries fished from Doc’s capacious pockets for the Catholic boys, some of whom had lost theirs in the fight. They have a way of 100ping their rosary through their left shoulder strap and wearing it into battle as the knights of old wore their lady’s colors into the jousts. It is an inspiring thing to see a whole c0mpany thus beautifully uniformed, but sometimes they come back with the beads ’torn away. Well, Doc distributed his own. supply and I dodb‘t if a pas‘serby at that moment would have suspected him of being a Baptist clergyman. Doc-j-and indeed most of the padres of the front—have to rake their memories to tell what denominaj tion was theirs before they took this great communion. ’ . And Baptist Doc is only one of thousands who are~ serving your boys in the great religion of Fatherhood, whose‘ creed and faith are Service. - Keep j 1.“; ‘ them on the job next year! Pershing needs a thousand like, them every month. - ; .UNITEDWARWORK‘ CAMPAIGN D
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