Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-10

land. They come from every wa,
in life. There are men from colleg
and university, military school nm,
all occupations. Physically and in
teiiectually, Mt least, they are th
pest. Just rs good will be fount
amo ng the drafted men, of course
but this volunteer army is great
PITY some one said, "to make can
non fodder of these splendid bows.
The best blood OF America is not toe
good to give for the freedom of tho
best country in the world.
The Red Cross and Y. Nj. C. A.
This article, already too long. prr-
haps, ought not to close, without
mention of the great work of these
two great societies.
"Bingen OH the Rhine" that fine
Old poem we older ones knew AWAY
back, where "a soldier of Algicrs" law
dying and where there "was lack Of
woman's nursing, and deGrth of wo-
mans tears could not be written
now. 1t was written before the dnys
oi the gentle white capped nurse of
'he Red Cross Society. She would
nave been right there in Algicrs. by
he side of that dying boy, right On
the job, as she is today, in every
camp and on every battlefield in the
world.
The Red Cross ladlos and sur
gcons are "on the firing line" at
Chicknmnuga. saw no sick bows.
but was told that there were some
there. If boy gives only IL good loud
grunt or groan and it. reaches the
ears Of ono of these Evnngcls oc
Mercy, she'll bo right there before
you can say Jack Robertson and she
is pretty apt to hear the groan, for
her ears arc trained to hear such
sounds, nnd she hears them, too, at
night or day. One boy told mo that
1t was reported TINT he had fe-
YER of about 105, the result of n yac-
cinnation for typhoid Before he could
turn over on his cot there was Red
Cross doctor and nurse bending
over him in his tent. And 80 IL il.
when these boys told me of the won
derful kindness of these gentle wo-
men, | hud to swallow II lump in nv
thront time or tow and it would
MT stny swallowed. If the people
generally could see the society in ne
tion it wouldn't he necessary to beg
money for IT'D support. And now, that
Of thousands of young men
will bo added to these camps, your
boys and minc-the great work of
the Red Cross has IL new and strong
appeal.
The Y. M. c. A. IL doing n work
just as great along another line
the morals and spiritual
life OF the men in camp-wnr is
dcmoralizing business. Where great
armies of young men nrc thrown to-
gether, AWAY from home influences,
there is great danger, great temp
tntion. AT Fort Oglcthorpe, the Y.
M. G. A. people nre on the job, too,
side by side with the Red Cross.
There Is n good building, large
and commodious, well lighted, com
fortably seated with chairs, desks,
etc, stationery ample aud free is
provided. There is rostrum, u piano
ana all. Religious services IRE held
regularly, the hest speakers and
preachers giving their time free.
saw on Sunday afternoon, large
Of the boys there. Some
were singing, most Of them writing
letters home to mother, sweetheart,
or friend, and said "God bless the
Y. NJ. G. A." And so. Uncle Sans
boys are looked after and cared for
while they arc preparing to defend
their hame land with their lives, if
need be. The distance from Chick
or France to heaven is no
greater than from Tazewell or any
home in the United States.
If any mother is fearful that her
boy is not to be cared for she is
mistaken.
Next week I'll speak of the Ger
man prisoners intcrned there, which
| had the privilege of seeing and
some of the other things crowded
out here. j. A. L.