Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-06-14


built right together with Some
times one wall surrounding them
both and just big open court
between, but to be fair these lit.
tie towns are in my opinion
cleaner than our ordinary Ameri-
can village. Most all the gardens
are surrounded by high stone
walls and on my way from Paris
I passed some historical old gar
dens that 1 would like so much
to write about, in fact there are
so many things that l would love
to write about. but some of our
Y. NJ. @. A. men have been sew
erely criticized for disregard of
the rules of censorship that 1
want to try and stay within them
During the ten days l spent at
this camp I worried In the can
teen. know the people at home
are interested in the way the Y.
M. c. A. is spending their money
and l believe from the number of
huts that l have seen that the
one l worked in is fair sample,
so | want to give something of
the work there. l am not per-
mitted to give the size of the
building or the number of men
attending meeting, as this would
be regarded as information of
military importance. [ left here
on Saturday afternoon on top of
a motor truck loaded with sup
plies and in drilling rain. 1t
was the coolest rain 1 ever felt
and when l reached camp 1 was
like Geo. Frederick. l was
looking for the man who said
Sunny France. Muddy France
would have better title at that
time, because when it rains, i,
is the muddiest mud you ever
saw. 1t has all the color of our
blacklist land and all the sticki-
nsss of our red clay with large
margin to spare and when-it
gets dry and bakes it is as hard
as a brick. Of course the Y.
buildings here are not usually as
we'll equipped as in the home
camps. This hut has one large
room with the canteen in one
end. 1t has a graphaphone and
piano. Pens and paper for writ
ing with tables, papers and mag
azines and how the boys do Ell.
joy these home papers even tho
they are little DID, The next
day after [ arrived I saw a big
bunch Of men completely alb
sorbed in the funny sheet of
one of our Sunday papers. |
went to take look myself and
was very much disappointed to
find had seen it on my last
Sunday IN Mt. Vernon. Funny
how childish all men get over
here. On Sunday we had two
religious services. One of the
Chaplains preached in the the
morning and the Y. NJ. c. A
religious secretary in the even.
ing. The American Expedition
airy Force is more interested in
religion than any of you people
back home are dreaming of
There is man in charge of ath
letics for the boys, which is great
source of pleasure as we'll as reaI
benefit to them. Bible classes
are carried on with the coopera
tion of the Chaplains aud Y. M
@. A. men. A small library OF
good books is provided and the
boys simply devour them. Coco
moving pictures at least three
times a week along with lecture:
6 and other good clean entertain
ment, with special nights fol
stunts, boxing, wrestling AND
other sports. Last week we
found soldier who was hypno
list and I have seldom spent a
more laughable evening than the
one watching him perform on the
boys who would volunteer. In
addition to Carrying on as many
of the activities which We have
back home as we can, the Y. has
charge of the cantesn. which In
itself is blessing for the boys,
as they can buy so many of the
little necessaries which they
could possibly not get at all were
} it not for this canteen. The gov,
, eminent would have run a can.