The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-12-20
THE RECORD IN THE CASE

THE RECORD IN THE CASE
Sedgwick County on the stand:
Question: "If our boys. tired, cold,
and mud-stained. could only knock At
your door tonight, how wonderfully
you would minister to them. With
what eagerness you would comfort
and feed them. You would do this in
your homes. Will you help the Young
Mems Christian Association to do this
for you in the camps and at the front
where you cannot go!"
The Answer: You bet!
The Judgment. Eight Hundred and
Fifty Dollars, to be paid if possible,
on or before April lst. 1918.
Thereupon every one waxed happy,
and smiled-and gave money-and
pledged money-and in . few short
days the committee sent to Denver the
sum of one thousand dollars as = part
payment on the Eight Hundred and
Fifty pledged. That was done almost
before the State Committee had
place to store the money. Since then
the Treasurer has collected in two
hundred and fifty more, and about
seventy dollars is unpaid of all that
was pledged. The Local Committee
said it was good and the District
Chairman at Fort Morgan said our
cash contribution beat anything that
he had heard of; and you, patient
reader, know that it was good. When
the books are closed Sedgwick
county's pledge will be about fifty
six per cent over paid. But that's
not all. The best is yet to come. The
real sport of the thing comes in this
way: Our boys in camp everywhere.
Our Army Officers, Our Statesman.
All, say that our Army needs the Y.
M. C. A. just as much as we need our
homes; and here is just exactly what
they say:
Pete famous Says:
You bet! The Y. NJ. C. A. is a
great place. There is a lot doing
there all the time, to keep a fellow
busy.
Colin C. Scott says:
Sedgwick County did a fine job
when it gave so literally to the Y. M.
c. A. One who really wants to do
something for the boys in training
camps can do no better than give lib
orally to the Y. M. C. A. We all ap-
preciate it.
Earl L. McCone says:
At Camp Funston we have twelve
Y. NJ. c. A. buildings, and one large
Auditorium where. entertainments are
given and where shows and theatre
Gals will be given this winter. The
Y. M. c. A. is everything from an in
formation bureau to an athletic
club; and then, it is home and real
home at that. It is the best place in
camp to cure the blues. Every Y. M.
C. A. Secretary will do all in his pow
er to make the boys comfortable and
to assist them. If a fellow looks blue
he can't stick around the Y. M. c. A.
long without getting a challenge to
play checkers, chess or some other
game, and he is soon at himself again
Guy S. Smelser says:
You no doubt would imagine that
there are any number of very homesick
boys here in this National Army, and
I am really surprised myself, but do
you know that haven't met anyone
but who seems to fell happy and con-
tented all of the time. Suppose they
do lots of thinking to themselves at
that, but the situation as see it is
this: During the day we all are we'll
occupied with our work. At night it
seems as though everyone leaves for
some place of amusement and is gone
until nine or nine-thirty P. NJ. have
observed that the majority are to be
found at the Y. NJ. C. AS of which
there are fourteen altogether. In ad-
dition there is the large one which is
called the Y. NJ. C. A. Auditorium.
1t will seat 5000 men, has large
stage, pianos, etc. I don't know how
many hundreds of thousands of sheets
of paper and envelopes Gust like
these) are given to the boys each day;
and not in vain, for every night the
long rows of benches are completely
filled with men writing to the folks at
home. The great question is, if it
wasn't for the Y. NJ. C. A. what would
the bulk Of these men be doing these
hours and where would they be? Be-
ing here on the ground and one of the
boys, l can readily see what life would
be without the Y. NJ. C. A.
wish you could have been here, at
our auditorium, the ether evening,