Word: wars
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...United War Workers of the World, for such they may be called, have from the start taken upon themselves the task of sustaining the morale and ministering to the comfort of our soldiers both overseas and at home. This work has involved no end of courage and sacrifice. Time and again a soldier has mentioned in his letter in glowing words of praise the work of the various charitable organizations which have done their utmost to make war less of a dreary and meaningless existence and more like the life at home...
...like nearly all kinds of war activity, the work of the Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A., and all the other kindred organizations requires material assets for its support. In a certain sense, there is in this field a division of labor and sacrifice, which always means co-operation. Thousands of men and women engaged in active service in France are doing their utmost to carry on the work; it is the duty of those at home to extend to them every means at their disposal in the way of aid and encouragement. Nothing that we can do would...
...selfish hope of ours that this may be the last of the drives to which we shall have to contribute; the end of the war seems very near at present. But we must remember that there is a vast amount of work to be performed after the war by these same organizations and no money that we give shall go to waste...
...carries back the wounded; he breathes poisoned gas and utters more poisonous oaths; he sleeps on and in the ground like a beast; eats what and when he can (and often he eats not at all); and always he watches and works and fights. But this is the war of movement--semi-open warfare--and the comforts of the trenches are unknown quantities, for to secure comforts requires time, and there has been no time to spare on such things in this sector--not since July 15. But if the Boche can be kept on the move, now they...
...clock every Thursday afternoon until further notice Professor William M. Davis, S.D., Ph.D., Sturgis-Hooper Professor of Geology, Emeritus, will give explanations of the present situations of the battle fronts to all who wish to attend. These talks are given before the war maps on the main stair case of Widener. The maps show in detail all territory from the Belgian coast to the Rhine, and give the present fighting lines, the lines of the farthest advance of the Germans in 1914, and the lines in March and July of the present year...