TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ASHLEY COUNTY EAGLE NOVEMBER 21, 1918 P. 1
Editor Eagle:
I wish to speak a good word, through our old home paper, for the work of the Navy Y.M.C.A. They have the best sort of entertainments for us, in the shape of movies, boxing events and athletics of all kinds. Their huts, of which there are 22 on this station, are our homes off duty, and believe me we surely appreciate the chance to write letters in them to the home folks. We also enjoy good music, having entertaining games and good reading matter, and enjoy a thousand and one little privileges that a fellow appreciates when he needs a friend. The Navy Y.M.C.A. has proved a friend to the boys in the recent “flu” epidemic also, and many are the lads who will remember what they did for us. I wish to ask our home people not to forget the “Y” when called on for War Work contributions. They work with the Knights of Columbus, the Y.M.C.A., the Salvation Army, the America Liberty Association, and the Jewish Welfare people, all doing their part, and contributions to this general fund will all go to the boys in the camps.
D. F. Molloy,
Naval Station, 7th Rrgt.
NOTES: This letter was written by D. F. Molloy.
TRANSCRIBED HARRISON MOBBS
Editor Eagle:
I wish to speak a good word, through our old home paper, for the work of the Navy Y.M.C.A. They have the best sort of entertainments for us, in the shape of movies, boxing events and athletics of all kinds. Their huts, of which there are 22 on this station, are our homes off duty, and believe me we surely appreciate the chance to write letters in them to the home folks. We also enjoy good music, having entertaining games and good reading matter, and enjoy a thousand and one little privileges that a fellow appreciates when he needs a friend. The Navy Y.M.C.A. has proved a friend to the boys in the recent “flu” epidemic also, and many are the lads who will remember what they did for us. I wish to ask our home people not to forget the “Y” when called on for War Work contributions. They work with the Knights of Columbus, the Y.M.C.A., the Salvation Army, the America Liberty Association, and the Jewish Welfare people, all doing their part, and contributions to this general fund will all go to the boys in the camps.
D. F. Molloy,
Naval Station, 7th Rrgt.
NOTES: This letter was written by D. F. Molloy.
TRANSCRIBED HARRISON MOBBS