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Secretary of War Baker urges sending letters with home touches to the soldiers who will not be coming straight home. Relief work in Belgium and Germany will keep them busy. The Red Cross is seeking 100 per cent participation.

Source: “Secretary Baker Urges Letters with ‘Home Touch’ for the Boys,” The Mountainair Independent, Mountainair, New Mexico, December 26, 1918. Page 1, Column 3.