The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-05-03

With the Solt
tLeft) Brothers IN Arms"-an emil
rendered by the Army Y. M. c. A. sec
Red Triangle hut In France. 'fLow
shell IRE.
"The leadership. ofca Y. X: CA hut
IN France has bigger possibilities Of
national service than most Of the bank
ind college ~presidenciee and big city
pulptts IN America"
It was With the above cabled state
unent that e. c. Carter, director of the
oversees work Of the American Y. ID:
c. A. in France. emphasized the ser1-
BUSINESS Of his appeal for men sent out
from Paris headquarters. With all wei
fare, entertainment and physical work
and the conducting Of the post ex-
change stores among u soldiers IN
France, England and Italy In charge
Of the American Y. NJ. c. A. at Cen
sral Persh1ngs request and the French,
Italian and Portuguese governments
appealing for trained American YIN.
C. A. workers TO- perform q similar
service for their soldiers, It Is obvious
that an enormous number Of Red Fri-
angle men are needed "Over There"
5000 new recruits within tho next
ninety days, or more Y. M. c. A" SEC
retaries than have been sent across
during the previous twelve months.
1T is imperative that we meet our
obligations to the American and Al
lied armies" continued Director Car
ter in his recent cablegram relayed
to Southeastern War Work council
headquarters of the Young Mems
Christian Association at Atlanta, Ga.
.nrhere are ninetyssix important posts
here without sufficient workers. For
~ty.seven of them are near the front
and thirty-eight positions are under
shellfre."
Pratt Offers $1oo,000.oo
Herbert Pratt, vice president Of the
Standard Oil Company, now In France
as an American Y. M. c. A. worker,
recently cabled to New York City ma
tional headquarters urging thai nun
dreds of men be sent at n :
"Carter and staff r doing remark
ably fine work." read Mr.. Pratts ca
blegram, "but often are too tired Do
d of lack Of assistants" MI.
pratt has offered a personal gilt OF
400, 00O. 90 to defray the expense OF
sending more secretaries overseas.
To fill this crying need, special o.
forts are being made by the National
War Work Council at home to enlist
secretaries for service under the g
TRIANGLE lover There" Every sec.
ton of the country has been especial
" organized within the past few wesks
for this purpose. Governor Whitman
of New York, Governor Rye OF Fen
nessse, Harry Lauder and Gypsy
Smith. famous British evangelist are
oAAtNA
typical Of the type Of men heading the
campaign committees and speaking at
mass meetings to enlist Army and
Navy Y. M. C. A. secretaries.
500 Men a%outheastis Quota
Within the next ninety days, from
the seven states Of tho Southeastern
observation-disclosures, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mis-
sissippi and Tennessee-approximate-
" 500 secretaries must be recruited;
300 for service overseas and zoo add
tional to fll up the gaps IN the Army
and Navy Y. M. c. A. forces IN the
environments and training camps IN,
the southeast. DR.. W. W. Alexander,
director of the Southeastern Depart
ment, wal personnel board, is In
charge of the campaign in this section
with headquarters at Atlanta, Ga Re-
cruiting committees have been ap-
pointed in every state. 49,
One of the reasons why 1t Is 80 DIFF
fcult to obtain men who are satisfac-
tory for service abroad Is described
by A. G. Knebe1, executive secretary
for the War Personnel Board Of the
National War Work Council, In q re-
cent interview.
"Nothins Tame About ~ Work"
"Thousands Of applicants rejected
include many who picked out the Y.
M. C. A. as a nice soft branch Of war
t. "r;rr. The thousands accepted are
~.hc are willing to face hard
<ni nger--often under q rain
''.'.. and machine sun IRE.