The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-30
hDW RED TRIANGLE
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hv MAEcARET \vNLTER.


Lon.son. bee. s.-us Ma,D-,,h,
started the Y. Al. c. A. work for tn
soldiers hear there is some question
OF thu In America and that IL has bee,
rait Il was an American who flrs
-fhsught Of the huts nj the front. So
ssl.ed Robert Mc(sann. secretary of th,
Army and Navy department of the
n. AZ. G. A.. Co tell me about the wal
work cf hts organization.
'Hrs that means stsNtiug s57 year,
ago" he salo. smiiing n little. How
ever. can tell you In \ few worls that
on that fateful first cf August 1914
There Was not member cf our starr
At that time with the territorial forces
In sheis annual training camp IN Eng
lsni. who did not nj once realize what
the breaking out cf war In Europe
meant for us. Prom the beginning we
had 1000 voluntary workers IN the
field 10 meet the needs OF the seVeoo
men. the men who COMPRISED that now
vanished first british army.
In tents and sheds. IN the open on
the march. our men nom 700 centers
moved right along with the soldiers
On the Gay that England ueciareu war
VIZ scrt out 1000 appeals TOR sisa.ooc
"a caver the expenses ct cur work with
Were there no volunteers Tor the
army itself IN the \. NJ. {. A.
Fifty pei cent OF our men 'olun'
seerei at once and were replaced by
older men unfit for military service
vino We're ready for the work. Among
iho.e who remained a eau was nare
on the secretaries to volunteer Tor \ NJ.
& \. field work nj home or abroad
ard 90 per cent answered the Gait
"Rv November Il was seen that some
thing more stable than canvas was
nee lcd In the fiesd ana the now ianous
huts first came into being. In this
country there are now more than tiftN,
governed from our fifteen centers' and
In France there are 500 centers whhh
control a constantly increasing number
of comfort stations. recreation huts ami
sest dugouts.
"We work in connection with the
British government. which facilitates
nur efforts In every possible way, We
have 700 men in France. and out OF
that number only twenty-five are fit
for military service. They have been
released on account Of the valuable ma.
,nre of their work with the y. NJ. e A.
These men work right in the frcnt
trenches and are exposed to all the
NSHteFS oi n Scruet htV- tNN haNV
made the supreme sacrifice.
Docs the government encourage YOU
because il fssAls that the chaplains of
the different denominations assigned TO
the troops are Ineffective" 1 asked.
"On the contrary, we work in close
harmony with all religious bodies with
Catholics Protestants and the Jews.
There is not n hut Of the red triangle
anywhere IN Christendcn where 4
priest il not welcomed 10 hold his
mass. where a Zionist meeting may not
he organized. And il is because We de
vote our energies entirely to the mate
rial well-being of the soldiers tina, We
dc rot in any particular conflict with
the spiritual ministers. For example
the first thing the wounded soldier
straight from the trenches finds as he
stsggers toward the surgeons ten, is !
another little tent where he may rest as |
he waits his turn. drink n cup Of tea |
or coffee and smoke il he is able. with /
out any charge. Consequence is that |
he enters the dressing tent uuicted and /
in good spirits. feeling that somebody l
cares for him and is going to hook |
after him all the way down the line.
And somebody does: We never lose sight
Of hirn. but pass him frorn hand To hand 1
esting.
"A few weeks ago when | was gu;
there on tour Of inspection one man
in the waiting line wore his great coat
hnddlei round his shoulders. Seeing
he was deadly white. I made him sit
down. He drank a cup II tea and then
tried 10 hustle him forward. for
feared that he would collapse before has
turn came. But he would not move ard
stood in his place in the unceAsing pro
ceSSson. At least Just as he reached
the doctors tent he tainted and we saw
,inde- the great coat TIE tunic 81
major soaked with his lfe's blood
You have had good many Aneri-
can workers. haven't YOU
I'VE had about fifty men from the
states before the United States came
into the war. SLOW most ef them have
goae back 10 work in your training
camps or are among American troops
in France. Y. c. Carter. ar American.
who was national SECRETARY in lndiS.
ioinei our headquarters here al the be
ginning Of the war and is now in charge ,
of the entire work in this country and |
IN France Mr.. Ewing. another Amer ,
ran. Is in charge of the American
HEADQUARTERS in Londog A. c. Hart.
was al the head OF the DEPARTMENT !
which hooked after prisoners az war in |
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