The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-03
Notes from
the 353rd Infantry

Owing to the increased volume of
work at Y. M. c. A. No. Z, which
takes care Of the recreation and
amusement of the men of the All
Kansas regiment, the 353rd infantry.
this week --A
The new man is Guy w. johnson
of Wichita, prominent in that section
OF the state in educational and social
work and more especially in Christian
Endeavor work.
Mr.. johnson has taken cbarra IF
the business office of the institution
ana during his spare time demon
strates his musical ability. He is a
shde trombone player of some note
have been highly appreciated bv the
men who make the Y. NJ. C. A. their
headquarters
The men of the national army who
were at Z. M. C. A No last S,1dav
were very agreeably entertained the
occasion being the initial address nv
CnapHn Woods of the 354th Infantry
I1ls SUBJECT was What We Do and
oroW we DO IT. and was heard by a
crowd that taxed the capacity of the
building. The boys expressed them
serves as being pleased with ChanIin
Woods's address and expressed their
9esire 70 hear him many more times
Sunday night Terry Rinebau IF
Kansas City, Superintendent of the
Helping Hand Institute, made tain
winch was received with marked in
tereSt by the boys
sunday morning a Bible school was
organized and plans were made to
nave Bible study class in every com
pany of the 353rd and 354th regi
ments- The men will study during the
week while in their barracks and on
m 0r-raIV
pleasure of meeting either in the "
M {. A. or the barracks of their com
pany.
Y. NJ. c. A. No. 7, which serves the
social and recreationaI needs of the
men of the 353rd regiment. one of
the few regiments ever organized
composed exclusively of Kansas men
and which is made up from men from
! every county in Kansas, has extended
1 It's territory to take in the remount
| station. The work is in charge of
| Merlin Cozier. director of athletics.
A temporary building has been Sc
cured as meeting place and the first
| meeting was held Sunday, with about
one hundred men present. Mr.. Cozier
meetings and Bible classes. The work
| is being done in conjunction with Y
M. c. A. No. s.
! The men at the remount station
| have rented a piano to be used for the
meetings and the work is starting off
| in tip top shape.
| Monday night was movie night"
! for the boys of the alI-Kansas 353rd
! infantry and the men were given a
| program featuring Douglas Fairbanks
| in the The American AriStocracy .
one of the best pictures ever put on
| the screen of the Y. NJ Several other
/ good comedy and feature pictures
were shown.
In the evening after the show three
| English and three French classes met
for study in the rooms set aside for
| the mon CONS"
A series of lectures on the subject
of why We Are At War" has been
! arranged at Y NJ c. A No. T. The
Tuesday night by Professor Macarthur
! of the Kansas State Agricultural col
lege on the subject, THE Geographical
| Conflict in Europe" Professor Nc
Arthur gave some highly instructive
| and interesting facts concerning the
| causes of the present conflict and used
a map of the warning countries to fea-
| ture some of the more important
points of his discourse. The series will
continue for about six weeks. with one
lecture each week by some prominent
speaker.
i One of the best proofs that the men
of the all-Kansas regiment. the 353rd
infantry. save their money instead OF
sQuandering it on knick-knacks and
I various eatables that can be secured al
any of the many exchange stores, is
shown by the amount of money orders
that have been issued at Y. NJ. C. n
No. since the men received their first
months pay on October 10.
According to the records kept by the
money order clerk at this one Y NJ C
A. building between $4,000 and $6.00G
J has been sent home by the boys. The
money for the most part has gone tt
the mothers of the boys. The wives OF
, the men of the regiment come next il
the amount of money orders issued
and the fathers come in for third
place.