The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-02
APPEALS MADE
TO Y. M. c. A. BY
ALLIED OFFICERS
General Pershing and General FOeh
Make Appeals to the American
Y. M. C. A. For More Men.

Renewed appeals from General
Pershng and General Foch, together
with the plans of the Government at
Washington to have nearly 100000
| in France by September, have result
ed in new drive by the National War
Work Council of the Y. M. c. A. to
recruit approximately 1000 business
and professional men for overseas
duty during the summer. New York
City has accepted a quota of 1000 men
above draft age to serve the soldiers
in Red Triangle huts and other Y. NJ.
C. A. recruiting organizations over the
country making an effort to enlist the
services of 5000 other men.
"The men most needed here are the
men most needed in France today"
says an announcement received here
today by c. A. Tevebaugh and d. H.
Lyon of the State Young Mems Chris
tian Association. 1.-THE Y. M. C. A.
is basing its appeal for men on the
ground that there is no job In France
too small for the biggest man in any
American community. The Y. M. c.
A. workers in France have had to be-
come part of the military machine
Gen. Pershing relies upon the Asso-
citation to keep up the morale of the
troops so that with military training
mn In off nfn MT
fighting machines that ever went in
to active war service.
First of all, there Is a pressing
demand for men who are natural
leaders, men who are real men, good
mixers and capable of eXerting the
proper influence. These leaders gen.
| orally are assigned as hut secretaries,
in which position they will require n
versatility almost inconceivable. They
must be above the fighting age, but
must be able to undergo as searching
physical examination as does the
man admitted to the combat branches
of the service. Ambassador Sharp, in
a recent appeal for more workers, en-
phasized the fact that many were
breaking under the terrific strain.
"That Is the answer to those who
regard the Y. NJ. c. A. as a paradise
for pacifsts. refuge for slackers. We
can use none of them in our service.
At least one in eight or ten of our
workers in France is in the shell zone.
Recent dispatches have told of the
casing of our workers, of their death
or serious injury caused by bursting
shrapnel. The uniform of the Red
Triangle is not for the man who does
form that every 'middle-aged' man
should aspire to wear. Although it
gives him no military rank 1t give him
he opportunity for patriotic service
and for distinction-many ~ work
ers in France have already been cited
for bravery"
Further fields of usefulness require
experts in sports and education. and
motor mechanics. Hundreds of men,
with capacity for leadership in mass
athletics are needed Men who drive
their own automobiles are being re-
cruited for the motor transport ser
vice in France. Prominent educators
are enlisting for the great Khaki Col
lege that Gen. Pershing has author
lied in conjunction with the training
| the western front.
The War Personnel Board of the
| Central Military Department, com
| prising fifteen middle western states,
reached its high mark in recruiting
men and women for Y NJ. G. A. SER
vice in June, when n total of TAT men
and women were enrolled. This was
considered a typical month in recruit
| ing OF this number 495 men and %
women were assigned to overseas du-
ty. The number enlisted for work in
the home camps was 229 men. Ill
| inois and Chicago took the lead in re-
cruiting, with total of 144 men and
women assigned to foreign and do
nestle duty. Ohio followed with SO
men and women and Iowa took third
place with 70 recruits. Indiana and
Kentucky tied for fourth place. With
SO recruits from each state. Other
states represented in table of totals
for recruiting Just received as fol-
lows Colorado, "a; Kansas, 81;
Michigan, Al; Minnesota, Ga; Missouri
So; Nebraska, rs; North Dakota, Is;
South Dakota, 4; Wisconsin. 81; Can
ada. 3.
Washington. d c.. August 1.-The