The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31
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Y. NJ. c. A. NOTES FROM
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Because there is so much of human
interest in them we are reprinting
some recent news notes from the Y.
NJ. C. A. news bureau.
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Behind Eagle Hut, the American
Y. M. C. A. building for American
soldiers and sailors in London, base
ball is played every day. Occasion
ally window is broken but that only
makes it more homelike.
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Already in England the Y. M. c..
A. is caring for wounded men, teach
ing them trade or giving the heros
trained instruction so that they will
be self supporting in spite of their
injuries.
John B. Howarth, Y. NJ. C. A.
war work secretary in Paris writes
that the center at which place he is
stationed, Accommodations for 300 m 4
are at hand, that Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt Jr., has charge of fifty
women workers and F. S. Edmonds,
Philadelphia lawyer looks after the
business affairs. He says the Ameri-
can soldiers are clean, cheerful, whole
some fellows and an army any nation
might be proud to claim.
Three Canadian Y. M. c. A. war
work secretaries working in dug-outs
close to the front line tref hes wero
killed recently by shell fire.
900
American Y. M. C. A. trucks and
automobiles were placed at the dis
posal of the Allied armies and used
in transporting wounded men during
the drive on the Western front.
Twelve Y. M. G. A. war work sec
retaries have been killed while serv-
ing Allied troops close to the front
line in France. Two American women,
canteen workers, have also been
killed.
Since August a, 1914, not day has
interviewed but YIN. c. A. hut has
been erected in France for the Allied
soldiers.
American, British and Canadian Y.
M. C. A. secretaries stand in wet
communication trenches under fire in
France handing out hot cocoa to
freezing soldiers as they pass. This
is their effort to maintain the morale
of the army.
Nine former Y. M. C. A. war work
secretaries at Camp Kearny have
joined the army and navy. A5ser-
vice flag with nine stars hangs in
the Y. M. C. A. administration build
ing at the southern camp. -1
A German four-inch shell penetrat
ed Y. NJ. C. A. dug-out on the
Flanders front and killed the secre-
tary, Jack Lunsden.
| Tea is the active service beverage
at the British front according to Y.
M. C. A. canteen workers lover
there"
Within forty yards of the German
trenches, Y. NJ. C. A. dug-out has
been serving Allied troops.
In Eagle Hut, the American Y. M.
C. A. in London, $500 meals are SER
we'd every day to American soldiers.
At camp Lewis, Wash, Y. M. C.
C. secretary reports that a dog has
been taught to salute officers.
1t is reported that fully 100000
Chinese laborers are in France, build
ing railroads and working behind the
lines. The Y. NJ. C. A. has estab-
lished huts for them.
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Mud splashed and hobnailed, E. H.
Sothern, the eminent American actor,
recently gave selection from Ham
let before American soldiers in Y.
Nj. c. A. hut in France
In the past twelve months casual
ties among Canadian Y. M. C. A.
workers in France totaled twenty
two.
Two brothers recently met in Y
M. C. A. hut in London. They had
not seen each other for two years.
Subsequently in reading newspaper
they came across photographs of
their mother, three other brothers,
themselves and two cousins, all doing
their "bit."