The log cabin Democrat., 1907-05-16

explains the enormous total Eighty eight thousand obtained buttons, soap, thread, patches, etc. Books were bor- rowed by 26,0O0 men, and 152,OO0 used the associations barber supplies. The laundry facilities of single branch were employed by 1S,000 soldiers. In addition, hundreds of visits were made by the workers to hospitals and bar racks and camp at a distance from the association bases.
 After the days work was done, the secretaries generally had to stay up late at night putting the overworked hair-clippers into condition for the morrow. The wounded mems hair was cut by the secretaries themselves. A pathetic incident of the sort of ministry required is related by Secre- tary Hubbard: One day a man ac- costed him with: Will you please wash my face? I looked at him and saw that he certainly needed it, and that both arms were in slings, his hands having been shot away. He had not had chance to wash his face for two WSchS UtlOlc lIS WdS WOulUt-a. oo started in. But soap and water had no effect on that accumulated dirt, so l finally had to scrape the man clean. Then 1 cut his matted, bloody hair, and when l got through the man was weeping for gratitude. He could not utter word of thanks-and when the politeness of the Japanese deserts him, he is in pretty bad way
 A New Feature of the Army.
 All this work was done by force of only Al secretaries, the Americans who initiated and largely directed it being c. V. Hubbard, V. w. Helm, George Gleason and G. s. Phelps. There was an abundance of volunteer help on the part of the soldiers, and by military details officially appointed. The officers themselves freely CO., operated. In the matter of outdoor sports and indoor entertainments the soldiers gave unlimited assistance. But the best friend of the secretaries was the graphophone, of which the men seemed never to tire. Now one
 
 and night all over Japan.
 Since the return of the army, per manent Y M. C. A. headquarters have been established, by the urgent re- quest of the army officers, at Liaoyars and at Port Arthur. The governor general of Lioayang peninsula made a personal subscription of thousand ho of fha work At Port Arthur the military officials turned over to the association and agreed to keep in repair, beautiful Russian cathedral to be used as Y. M C. A. headquarters. The most active Y. M c. A. in the world was probably at Dalny; as many as 10000 soldiers passed within it's portals in single day When the main army was returning home it ministered to more than half a million men. One of the Japanese secretaries of the assocla- tiOn has gone into rescue work at Dalny, for, while the army was kept absolutely free from these camp fol- lowers during hostilities, a flood of dis solute women, recruited under the most pitiable circumstances, has since poured into Manchuria.
 Touching the Nation Through the
 Army.
 The part that the army has played in the modern religious history Of Japan is more considerable than would at first sight appear. During the war the Christians were foremost in visiting hospitals, meeting soldier trains with refreshments and food, and in preparing comfort bags, a compact assortment of useful articles, including a copy of the gospels. Some 18O.OOO portions of Scripture were distributed among the soldiers. A small book of Comfort Songs for Sol diers" was compiled and distributed freely by the missionaries, and it was ouite common to hear crowds of men lustily singing these Christian hymns. Not @ few of the missionaries did nursing during the war, and in the care of soldiers families and orphans they have been conspicuous.
 The value of this work as an ad- iunct to the strictly military prepara- tions were seen at Dalny, where prac- tically the whole army of the Yalu Dassed through the Y. M c. A. rooms. After the fall of Port Arthur the sol diers expected to go home, at least for a rest. They had endured hard ships of which the world has some knowledge Of the minor deprivations the world knows nothing; one of these was the inability to get through the censor more than one letter every month or two. Even then the paper and envelope cost five cents, and the soldiers pay for day was only three cents. After the fortress surrendered the soldiers thought these troubles were over Instead, they were marched across the ice, at temperature al ways below freezing, to augment the army at MukQen. En route this dis