Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-16
ATTRACTIVE TO THE MEN
Of THE DEPOT BRIGADE
Something Doing Every Night at
Y. M. c. A. Building up
Among the Pines"

The Y. M. c. A. in &C block-ths
building located up among the pines-e
is an interesting place for the men OF
the Depot Brigade. There is something
doing every night, the program includ-
ing movies, lectures, athletic stunts
and entertainment by outside talent.
On Sunday four religious services are
held.
The staff at the building is cosmos
politan one, to say the least. One man
has been a secretary for fifteen years
another is a lawyer, another is stu~
dent, two are ministers and the sixth
member comes from business posi-
ton. They keep things hustling around
the building and have won the friend~
ship of hundreds of the fellows.
Familiarly Known as Chief"
Henry P. Voorhees,, the building ex-
ecutive and Familiarity known as
Chief" attended Princeton University.
spent two years in business and then
entered association work. He was as
sistant secretary at Institute Branch,
New York. for three years. His next
work brought him to Mauch Chunk,
Pa. as general secretary. Later he
went to MOrristown, N. j., in the same
capacity. He was then called to New
York to take charge of the work at the
Institute branch, where he remained
four years. He came to Camp Meade
from Kokomo. Ind, where he was gen.
eral secretary for over three years. At
Kokomo he increased the membership
from 500 to nearly 1000 and had great.
success as an executive in the recent
personifies "Y" principles He has a
head for business and hands for serv-
ice, and when he gets up to talk at a
meeting he gets the boys thinking as
punch" behind them.
The work in the building is systema-
tized to very high degree, each man
being responsible for the activities in
his field of endeavor. This includes the
handling of all business affairs.
Other Members of the "Staff."
M. Vernon Coates, a native of phila-
delphia, is the business secretary.
Coates is lawyer. being a graduate Of
both the Wharton School of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania and the u. OF
T. Law School. class of 1907. After fin-
ishing college he was assistant city
solicitor of Philadelphia, later being as
sistant counsel of the board of educa-
ton.
w. H. Conrad is the religious secre-
tary: He is minister with a pastorate
II
Church. He is graduate of Lafayette
College and of Princeton Theological
Seminary. While at Princeton he won
an M: A. degree from Princeton Uni
versity. From college he went to New
York. where he was assistant pastor at
the second Presbyterian Church for
two years. He has leave of absence,
and the boys of the depot brigade will
miss him when he goes.
Heads Athletic interests.
Jack Smith is the secretary at the
helm of the athletic interests. He was
a member of the class of 1917, Mount
Hermon School, and last spring did all
he could to get into the American avia-
ton game. Rejection didn't diminish
MS intention to take crack at the
kaiser, and he lost little time in get
ting into association work. He ia
making great success of the athletic
work among the brigade boys and the
folks back home, in Ridgely. Md, may
well be proud Of him.
Educational Secretary Edward M.
Morgan is doing splendid work among
the members of the brigade. Morgan
is minister, being pastor of the
lutheran Church in Mifintown, Pa.
He is graduate of Susquehanna Uni
versity. He taught school during his
training period, SO is we'll versed in
the requirements for his work here.
He has charge of the "Y" library, and
~ CHoP W&utS any certain nook Nor
gan can find it in jiffy. He is busy
much of the time getting things to fell
lows in quarantine.
Brooks Shackley is the man in
charge of the social work, and he is
always on the job. Shack" is well
known as the "live-wire" song leader
of the Depot Brigade, and has done
much in making the Army a singing
Army He accompanied the boys on
the Baltimore hike, and when he struck .
UP Pack Up Your Troubles in Your
Old Kit Bag" the boys forgot the long
last mile" Every man who comes to
know Shackley-and the majority in
the, Depot Brigade know him soon
after arrival. finds in him a big-heart-
ed friend. He was in advertising work
when war was declared, and when re-
Jected from enlisting entered the "Y"
work. -