Article November 16, 1918 Issue

Extracts from Letters

[From Welfare Workers]

"Among the first instructions given to our workers are those to the effect that while they are employed by one of the committees of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, they are not to consider it to be among their duties to spread the doctrines of Christian Science, but that they are placed in the camps on the broad basis of service to all, regardless of denomination.

"Among the most important duties of these welfare workers is that of making The Christian Science Monitor available by free subscription to any officer or man in the United States service. In some establishments where the men are not located sufficiently long to permit of subscriptions being properly entered, a daily distribution is carried on by our workers to different points in the camp, these points usually being designated by the officers, but as a matter of policy this committee prefers to have the subscription method followed, as it is particularly desirous to avoid any appearance of a hand to hand distribution of the paper.

"Our welfare workers are all provided with automobiles properly marked with the name of the committee, which are paid for from the War Relief and Camp Welfare fund of The Mother Church. These automobiles enable our workers to go about from point to point within the camp to interview different officers with regard to the offer of the Monitor and also to get in personal touch with the men whose names have been handed to them by parents, relatives, or friends, with the request that our worker get in touch with them. In this connection our men are carefully instructed that they are to carry on all interviews with officers and men at such time as not to interfere with military duties.

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