Hon. REED SMOOT, TREASURY DEPARTMENT, United States Senate, Washington, D. C. MY DEAR SENATOR: In continuation of our conversation of this morning, I am sending you the following data regarding the necessities of the Savings Division of the Treasury Department in reference to section 11, H. R. 14078, the legislative, executive, and judicial bill passed last session. The publications essential are three in number, copies of which are inclosed. The Clip Sheet is sent out about once or twice a month to about 2,000 newspapers. The Director is printed twice a month for circulation among executive workers throughout the country; while Thrift is printed twice a month and sent to all war-savings people in every corner of the Nation. The Director is essentially an executive organ, while Thrift is a sales educational organ. These three publications cost less than $2,000 per month, and are taking the place of a field force which would cost many times that amount. It is therefore directly in the interest of economy that these be continued, because their discontinuance would necessitate very much larger expenditure. The Savings Division of the Treasury Department will probably have no other request to ask upon this subject. It is in charge of the educational campaign surrounding the sale of thrift and war-savings stamps, the smaller Government securities, and also deals with educational matter surrounding the various bond issues which have been made for war purposes. I am sure you will be in hearty accord with the work of this particular division. With kindest personal regards, T. A. ELLIS, Savings Division. CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, Mr. HAROLD BRADDOCK, Director Savings Division, Treasury Department. DEAR SIR: Pending formal action by the committee, authority is hereby given, under section 11 of Public Act No. 314, Sixty-fifth Congress, to have such printing as may be necessary in connection with the distribution of hand-grenade savings banks done elsewhere than at the Government Printing Office for the exclusive use of any field service outside the District of Columbia, not exceeding $300 in cost for each of the 12 savings districts. Respectfully, REED SMOOT, Chairman. WAR DEPARTMENT. LIBRARY OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, May 2, 1919. CHAIRMAN JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING, Congress of the United States. SIR: Referring to your letter of March 12, 1919, quoting the provisions of section 11 of Public Act No. 314, Sixty-fifth Congress, approved March 1, 1919, and requesting certain information in connection with the different paragraphs of said section, I have the honor to furnish below the information called for in paragraph 2 of this section, so far as it relates to the monthly pamphlet entitled "Library of the Army War College and Historical Branch, War Plans Division, General Staff, Monthly List of Military Information Carded from Books, Periodicals, and other Sources." This information is numbered to correspond with the numbered inquiries in your letter with reference to the paragraph in question: 1. "Library of the Army War College and Historical Branch, War Plans Division, General Staff, Monthly List of Military Information Carded from Books, Periodicals, and other Sources. 2. Monthly. 3. Army War College, War Plans Division, General Staff, United States Army. 4. No authority by Congress. It was started in continuation and succession to a mimeograph issue which had been supplied to the Army for some years. 5. October, 1915, first printed issue. 6. Printed at Army Service Schools, Fort Leavenworth, Kans. 7. Five hundred. 8. Government agencies, 141; military colleges, 70; libraries and other sources, 156; there are no subscriptions. 9. None. 10. Eighty-five dollars. 11. The only charge for preparing publication is that of making a photostat copy of each issue for printer, averaging eight sheets. No special editorial work is employed. A number of analytical cards are made every month in the library, Army War College. Certain of these are photostated, and this forms the manuscript for printer. 12. Eighty-five dollars. 13. It is not urgent and necessary that this work should be printed elsewhere than at the Government Printing Office. It is convenient to do so, as it was thought it could be performed more speedily. However, if authority is granted to continue its publication, it will hereafter be done at the Government Printing Office. 14. It is not a duplication in whole or part. 15. This publication has been found very convenient as a means of reference to military material by the librarians to whom it is sent. This list covers the chief libraries of the United States and three copies go to each congressional reading room of the Library of Congress. These enable a number of inquiries to be answered there in place of requiring reference to the library, Army War College. In short, the publication supplies references to the military matter which librarians and the public will be interested in for some years to come. The list of books received in the library, Army War College, which is printed in each copy after the references aids librarians in selecting material for a military collection. It is accordingly recommended that this publication be continued as at present. Respectfully, BENEDICT CROWELL, Acting Secretary of War. ARMY HOSPITAL NEWSPAPERS. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, May 12, 1919. CHAIRMAN JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING, Congress of the United States. SIR: Referring to your letter of March 12, 1919, quoting the provision of section 11 of Public Act No. 314, Sixty-fifth Congress, approved March 1, 1919, and requesting certain information in connection with the different paragraphs of said section, I have the honor to furnish you under separate cover the information called for in paragraph 2 of this section, so far as it relates to newspapers published at the Army hospitals under the Medical Department of the Army. The Surgeon General of the Army reports that: "Substantially all of these publications are self-supporting, their revenue being derived from sales, subscriptions, and advertisements, and most of them return a profit, which is utilized in various ways for the benefit of the soldiers." He also reports that "Several of the very small publications which do not carry advertisements and which are distributed free to the patients and public are financed by the American Red Cross, and in several instances the American Red Cross and the educational department of the Division of Physical Reconstruction of the Medical Department join in meeting the expense of the publications." Extracts from reports of morale officers, chaplains, and others in position to know are given, and show the part played by these hospital publications in Army hospital life. It is recommended that the Joint Committee on Printing authorize the continuance of these publications until the close of the next regular session of Congress. Very respectfully, NEWTON D. BAKER, THE COME BACK. Nars of publication: The Come Back. we often issued: Weekly. whom issued: Walter Reed General Hospital, Takoma PAR, D. C. .thority for publication: Authorized by the Surgeon General of the Army; not authorized by Congress. Date of first issue: December 11, 1918. 5. Where printed: Washington. Number of copies printed at last issue: 28,250. How distributed: 1,200 copies sold to patients, 26,000 copies old to public, 1,050 copies subscriptions. 4. Annual receipts from subscriptions: Publication has not been existence long enough to answer this question intelligently. Annual expense for printing and issuing: Actual average cost per issue, $1,000; estimated annual expense, $52,000. tt. Annual cost of preparing publication for printing, including salarios, etc: Substantially none. "to 19. Total annual cost of publication: See answer to question 10. 18. If publication is not printed at Government Printing Office, is turgent or necessary" to have it done "elsewhere, etc.": Yes, as this is a weekly newspaper dealing with Walter Reed General Hospital, which is located at Takoma Park, D. C., it is to be published at the printing shop at the hospital. 1. Is publication a duplication, in whole or in part, of any other Government publication: No. 13. Submit reasons and recommendations, if any, for continuance of publication: This publication is self-supporting and returns a profit from advertising and circulation which it is contemplated to e for the benefit of the patients of Walter Reed Hospital. Maj. B. T. Baldwin, of Walter Reed Hospital, says: The Come Back has served a good purpose in this hospital by evoking an Intelligent community interest in the work of the hospital, especially the reconstruction work, and thereby raising the morale of the patients and enlisted men of the detachment. It has served as a means for instruction in journalism, news writing, and newspaper work. A distinct value will be added when our own printing shop is completed and the editorial work, reporting, type setting, and presswork is done at the post with the assistance of more patients. A large press has heen installed, and the printing shop will soon be completed. Every effort is made to keep the paper on a business basis, and the editorials, new items, and cartoons aim to discourage mendicancy on the part of patients and enthusiastic Red Cross workers. Lieut. William A. Wright, chaplain at Walter Reed Hospital, нуч: We are so fully convinced of the beneficial influence of the Come Back that we feel its withdrawal from publication would be nothing less than a calamity. BASE HOSPITAL JOURNAL. 1. Name of publication: Base Hospital Journal. 2. How often issued: Weekly. 3. By whom issued: United States Army base hospital. Camp Sherman. Ohio. 4. Authority for publication: Authorized by the Surgeon General of the Army; not authorized by Congress. 5. Date of first issue: December 7, 1918. 6. Where printed: Camp Sherman, Ohio. 7. Number of copies printed at last issue: 1,827. 8. How distributed: 1,000 copies sold to public, 800 copies sold to patients, 27 subscriptions. 9. Annual receipts from subscriptions: Publication has not been in existence long enough to answer this question intelligently. 10. Annual expense for printing and issuing: Actual average cost per issue, $200. Estimated annual expense, $10,400. 11. Annual cost of preparing publication for printing, including salaries, etc.: Substantially none. 12. Total annual cost of publication: See answer to question 10. 13. If publication is not printed at Government Printing Office, it is "urgent or necessary to have it done "elsewhere, etc.": Yes, as this is a weekly newspaper dealing with United States Army base hospital, Camp Sherman, Ohio, it must be published there. 14. Is publication a duplication, in whole or in part, of any other Government publication: No. 15. Submit reasons and recommendations, if any, for continuance of publication: The paper has contributed immeasureably to the morale of the hospital and is an indispensable adjunct of the Edu cational Service. Capt. Frank J. Sladen, morale officer at United States Army base hospital, Camp Sherman, says: By no means the least factor in hospital morale has been the encouragement and interest of the families at home in their sons and daughters who are in the hospital in the capacity of patients, detachment men, nurses, aids, or officers. The average lack of understanding on their part has most always been based on their ignorance of the resources, the professional skill, the human sympathy, and the pride with which their sick and wounded sons are served. Nothing could so well clear the atmosphere of such doubts as the Base Hospital Journal has done in carrying its hospital pictures and messages into the homes of the boys. Capt. Forrest E. Ambrose, educational officer at United States Army base hospital, Camp Sherman, says: It is believed by this office that the Base Hospital Journal published at this hospital has been a valuable factor in maintaining the morale of the detachment and the other personnel during the past few months when the problem of morale has not only been an exceptionally difficult but a very vital problem. The general brightness and cheery spirit of its pages reflect a very commendable state of discipline and understanding. The educational department has received very generous assistance from the Journal in getting before the patients the facts pertaining to the opportunities and advantages offered by this service. J. H. Smith, chaplain of United States Army base hospital, Camp Sherman, says: As a result of my observation while in and about the hospital, I consider that the Base Hospital Journal has the effect of unifying the various departments of the hospital. I note, too, that visitors read its pages with considerable interest. ASYOUWERE. 1. Name of publication: Asyouwere. 2. How often issued: Weekly. |