Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-17

four thousand recruits are needed for
the army of the Y. NJ c. A.-2OoO mt once
1000 more in July and another 1OOo 4,
August--to carry on the work among tho
expeditionary forces established nv tbo As-
ISOLATION abroad. Edward Box, cbsirna,
OF the Pennsylvania war work council NJ
the Y. NJ. C. A. has issued an appeal for
enlistment in this endeavor, and he wants
every man too old for the draft who ia
ready and willing to do his bit to get into
action behind the lines.
no" can the middle-aged man see sery-
Ice In this war and share in the thrill
OF II? says Mr.. Box in his appeal How
can the man who was too vou,g ,o
leht in the Civil War and is foo ola ~
fisht In the present great conflict get into
the game as his father did and as his co.'s
Ne ooihg now? There Is a place for him
who feels that he belongs to the sl,irnad
generation place as near tho froTtijna
'rehches as he cares to CO. "A place that
carries with 1t one of the greatest opnor-
tunlt'es for natriotic service that has ever
been presented to a man who Is too old to
light More than 1000 such men ars nn
the western front today before September
l. this total must be multiplied by three
me hatlona war work council of the
Y. NJ. {. a. has accepted the responsibility
for the recruiting of that other army with
out which (there are plenty of authorities
10 quote for proof the war cannot be won
Dr' John r. Mott. general secretary Of
the war work council recently returned
from the war zone, after seeing the oppor-
tunities along the entire western and south
ern fronts, presented the problems to a con-
ference in New York. The result was a
call for 1000 men this MONTH a thousand
IN July and another thousand in August
The biggest men in the country are wanted
Tor the service which the Y NJ G. A. is
uolhg In the American expedtionary forces
ana with the French and Italian armies
men like Herbert L. Pratt. for instarce
Mr.. Pratt, vice president of the Standard
on Company. spent six months In France
and summed up his experience in these
words:
Big Men Serving as Volunteers
There is no job in France too small
Tor the biggest man in any American COM
munty. No president of a railroad or a
bank or college, no lawyer or minister
Is too big for the job of taking care of our
boys overseas
E. II. Cluett. of the Cluett Peabody Com
pany, has left his business in the care os
Others, willing to make any sacrifice neces-
sary TO carry bit of America and of serv-
ice to the boys who are willing to give
everything they have to the great cause for
which we are fighting. vice president of
the Munsingwear Company, Il. j. Couper,
mas volunteered to do ~ work in France:
President Matheson. of Georgia School of
Technology William II. Danforth. presi-
dent of the Ralston Purina Company. of
st. Louis. in France for the duration of the
war: the Rev. DR.. Ernest NJ. Stires. rector
of st. Thomas's, in Fifth avenue. New York
city; these are men who have left big jobs
for bigger ones. The list might be con-
tinued indefinitely and must be IL the Y. NJ.
{. A. is to achieve the results sought by
the official and military authorities of the |
Allied countries.
Aim to Make Clean Army
General Pershng has determined that |
ms army shall be clean army. trained TO |
the minute for the tremendous task that |
Is ahead. He relies upon the Y. NJ. C. A |
to train this army in all its activities except |
the purely military. The Y. NJ. c. A. in |
France today is part of the military !
machine. The men of America who are not |
in the fighting forces of that machine must |
do their bit by enlsting in the work of |
providing recreation and keeping up the |
morale of our boys. The state of mind of
the fighting man is the greatest Influence
upon his efficiency fighting man. Gem
eral Pershing realized that from the first. |
In the brief time that the American en- |
peditonary forces have been In France the |
French and Italian Governments have seen |
the results obtained by our American sys- |
TEN. have asked for the extension of the |
system into their armies and the Y. NJ |
c. A. has agreed to extend the system.
"A year ago the ~ did not expect to |
be running business in France that would |
do a business of s5,000,000 a month in |
June. 1918. Big men are needed for the
personal contact with the men as hut sec
retares and athletic directors. All 'kinds
of assistants can be used such as ac-
countants, warehouse men, shipping clerks
and receiving clerks. And in the motor
transport service there Is constant de-
mand for so-caled gentlemen drivers men
who own and drive their own cars and can
make minor repairs when necessary.
All Kinds Of Men Required
"All kinds of men, therefore, are re-
ouired There many reasons. why they
must be obtained at once. one man on snip
for France today is worth more to the job
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