Y. M. C. A. PLANS EXTENSIVE WORK FOR MEN IN CAMP
General Fund of $1,000,000 to Be Paid by International
ANIMALISTIC.
Virginia's share: $50,000
Of This. Richmond will be the key
During Coming Week to Contribute $50,000?State Committee Honors
Representatives.
"Upon the work of the coming month,
Christian Church and the church
union the young men
In our proposed new army will depend
the character and stability of our soldiers
If they return home. Some will go into camp, and into battle
never to return. It is our duty to
make things pleasant, to aid them in
every way. With the thought of helpful and unselfish service over in mind,
the State executive committee of the
Virginia Young Men's Christian Association has fixed $30,000 as Richmond's share of the $3,500,000 asked for by
the international committee.
This statement by Dr. Charles W.
Kent, chairman, aroused great enthusiasm at the annual banquet of the
State executive committee last night
in Murphy's Hotel. Dr. Kent said he
hoped to see the day when Christianity
would be restored to the world.
Reports by State Secretary S. A. Ackley showed a
 Deficit of a little over $1,000 for the past fiscal year's work. He declared $1,000 had been spent among soldiers at Camp Stuart and at Brownsville. The secretary said the needs of the immediate future would require practically a doubling of the State Field force of seven men. He called attention to the need of an industrial secretary, and referred to the excellent work accomplished by the colored field secretary, the first of the kind to be instituted in the South. 