Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-24
Y. M. C. A. TO ACCOMPANY
THE SOLDIERS TO FRANCE
Secretary Of Popular Organization
With Outfit to Follow Boys ClOss
Up to Firing Line.

'Gee." said one private to another
the other night up In T. N. c. A.
building. section Else, "what1l we do
without these 7. M. c. AS when we
get to France. or, say. maybe when we
get into mo mans land huhf''
So they speculated on what might
happen IL there were NO such build
ings provided for the boys I'm khaki.
for he figured IL harder 60 live through
trench life without the Y. n. C. A. than
to be hit by O bomb. because you
wouldn't know it anyway.
OF course. he didn't know, cid COM
rade, just what the American z. H. G. A.
plans and 10 doing and has been doing
for many months. Did you know yeur-
self, cap'n. that the AMERICAN z. d.
c. A. gees every step Of the way1"
Well, Il does; and there are just seven
steps from the time you leave your
little gray home In the vest san you
return TO its sheltersng e&veA
First. 90 most OF you remember,
when you came to camp there 10 o
Y. n. C. A. secretary ON board the
troop trains which bring the m@n to
the camps ana CAneonmemG@ He. Bup-
plies you with. magasiness uapsr and
envelopes. checker games. so@g 6neets.
Te@taments. hygiene paanDh1eaa,. pens
and pencils. postage. etc. ala free OF
caarxes and then procesaa % yet
Then comes che need Cor large aAA
mentS and training camps at home.
Here an exhaustive program Of social,
reOreafional. educational and religious
activities and privileges In carried on
NAwasu Avn - mAn ANsm AMva
large association buildings built end
constructed especially for Array camp
use.
The next step is TO the point Of en-
barkatfon. Here the Y. .. G. A. eco.
It's demands. Tn addition. O large sup
| ply OF stationery, games. reading mat.
ter, books. religious periodicals.. Tesla
ment@, 3@vors and kniC&n&ck@ are put
aboard the transport % the gray liner
@ees out to carry our American fighters
TOveTseas.
Y. II. c. a. Ever Present Friend.
When You land somewhere across
/ the big pond one Of the farst buildings
i you notice is that marked with the big
4 red triangle, the American 7. d. G. As
ready to be Of service ana give you
such comforts as your trip has neces-
| sarily denied you.
Then, when the order comes TO move
on to the front" to get In behind the
lines; or into the training camps or
| into the second line trenches, there you
win find the red triangle, the symbol Of
| the 7. d. c. A., marking building, min
| istering in every possible way. and some
seemingly impossible ways. to the SOL
| der boys.
| At last when you reach the 'front.' line
| trenches, In mo mans land" where time
and space and things seem Of ntEle con-
sequence. when you grit yeur te@eh and
| say Democracy must and shah mot PER-
| ish." even amid such strenuous places,
among the trenches and bomb Dats, you
1 win nnd the Y. M. c. A. dugOut with
the little red triangle. and the secretary
there to serve you day and MEAT. Cor
| the secretary and the hut 90 with you
clean up to the teeth Of the MgAe. serve
with you on the firing line. and minister
to You ON short rest leave Or furlough
Finally. when you return to the eae@s-
| ed shores Of America, the ''heme land
| you win be welcomed by the Y. d. c. A..
/ Tor the red triangle shal be amomg those
TO hail you as the victors In o Eighe@ous
| cause.