For the Boys Over There 



The War and Navy Departments have asked the American 

 Library Association to provide reading matter, for the soldiers and 

 sailors. The Popular Science IMonthly is one of the two most 

 popular magazines at Camp Upton; the other is a fiction maga- 

 zine. When the soldiers in camp send in their requests for maga- 

 zines, they ask not only for fiction, as may be supposed, but also 

 for the Popular Science IMonthly. 



This state of facts leads us to ask readers to place their copies 

 of the Popular Science Monthly, after they have been read, at 

 the disposal of our soldiers and also to send along other reading 

 matter of a practical character. 



The aviation camps want books on gas engines, on airplanes, on 

 physics and on other pertinent mechanical subjects generally. 

 The Signal Corps want books on telegraphy and electricity. All 

 the separate trades in the Army and Navy want volumes and 

 periodicals that will help the men to do their work better — books 

 about our Allies, the places where our soldiers will be sent, why we 

 are in the war, how the war is fought. Thousands of books will 

 be required and not nearly enough have been given to meet the 

 demand. 



Send up-to-date books — books of real present value, not anti- 

 quated volumes. Many of the men are studying French and 

 want grammars, readers and dictionaries. 



Send the books to the nearest public library. There, they will be 

 sorted and shipped to the soldiers and sailors. The American 

 Library Association will see to it that the books are placed at the 

 disposal of the men. In the larger camps, trained librarians are in 

 actual charge of the library system. 



The Popular Science Monthly and similar practical maga- 

 zines may be sent through the Post Office by placing a one-cent 

 stamp on the cover. Or they may be left at the library with the 

 books. Periodicals should not be over two months old. 



In case of doubt, take everything to the library. The undesirable 

 material can be sold and the proceeds used to buy suitable books. 



Money contributions may be sent to the local libraries or 

 directly to Mr. Herbert Putnam, the General Director of the 

 American Library Association, Library War Service, Library of 

 Congress, Washington, D. C. 



