C. A. cannot wait until the soldiers are actually in camp before starting to work. We must have 200 buildings constructed and 1,100 capable secretaries before the first soldier walks into camp."
Major Fulmer Bright said the three essentials to any army were: real fighting men, an efficient hospital corps, and a wide-awake Y. M. C. A. propaganda. The Y. M. C. A., he said, made soldiers easier for their officers to handle, teaching obedience and clean living. Major Bright took occasion to pay tribute to Student Secretary M. W. Lee's work among the Virginia troops at Brownsville.
Rev T. A. Smoot, D. D., pastor of Centenary Methodist Church, thought the biggest crying need of modern preparedness to be an efficient Y. M. C. A. ready to do any helpful work. The Y. M. C. A. campaign in Richmond will continue through Friday, reports of the daily progress to be received at supper each evening at 6 o'clock in the Presbyterian Building. To supervise the construction of buildings, conduct State campaigns, and be in actual charge of Y. M. C. A. work among the 100,000 members of America's new armies, six of the brainiest secretaries in the United States have been chosen by the Nationally. M. C. A. War Work Council. One of the men is Samuel A. Ackley, State secretary of Virginia.
Secretary Ackley, who is the directing spirit of the local campaign for $50,000, will be in charge of the Southern district, comprising.  Eight States, namely, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Virginia is listed in the Eastern district. 