The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-07-04
Y. NJ C. A. No. 5.
Camp Funston. Kans
June is. 1918
Mr.. Guy L. Hardy.
Editor Daily Record
Canon City. Colo.
Y. NJ G A. No. 5.

{ Editor Daily Record
Canon City. Colo.
Dear Mr. Hardy:
Ny work is lining up very satisfac-
tory. have been in camp now nine
days and am getting the run OF things
fairy well. We have pretty stiff
program 10 carry our as Y. NJ c. 4.
secretaries and ii might be OF inter
est il I would give you a little sum
mary Of the days schedule.
We get up at the sound of reveille
every morning. which is 5:45 O'Clock
The first order of business is ten
minutes of setting up exercises such
as you would get in cai;sthenic drill
in the average Business Mems Gym
nasium class. Breakfast is served
promptly at six O'Clock AT $3.50 we
make our beds and straighten up our
rooms. At. Z o'clock We have con
ference of all the secretaries in the
building.
The secreiariai force consists OF
six men. as follows: Building Execu.
! tive. Business Secretary. Religious
Work, Physical. and Educational Sec
, retaries, and then we have special
ist for work with the Indians in camp.
4, After morning conference every feI-
! low pitches N and policies the build
/ ing. that is. gives il a general ciean
ing up The military furnishes de-
tall Of two men 10 assis, in this work.
This usually takes us about an hour
and half.
We have the building ready TO open
at s:fs- Then each man takes his
turn al the desk for a two-hour period
during. the day and of course. must
arrange his work according to what
ever department he is working in
Dinner * serted at II O'Clock : s
Each secretary has two hours OF
rest period sometime during the aft
ernoon. bu. is on duty every evening
until after 10 O'Clock This makes a
pretty fun program. especially during
hot period, such as we are now pass
ing through. Last Tuesday. the pa
pers stated was the hottest day for
IS years and fully believe it.
You could. perhaps imagine how
warm you would be with a heavy flan-
mel shirt and WOODEN trousers and
( leather pu,iees. and the thermometer
reaching. lis degrees on up.
Some people may wonder why ii is
necessary for men in Y. NJ. C. 4.
clothes of this kind. regardless of sea
SON The reason is logical one. The
soldier wears these kind OF duds all of
the time, and the psychological effect
has TO go through some of the same
I tortures he. experiences can not help
but be good. The same is true of the
strenuous program that the secretar-
les are living up TO al OF the time
About the only thing they have that
soldiers do no, is pair OF sheets 10
sleep between But to Offset this.
their hours are much longer than the
. tulASAtu ll4-A NAA~ ~
counts in quite a large degree for the
general respect which the soldier
maintains for the Y. NJ. C A. man,
for he can readily see that the Y-man
is going through considerable hard
ship and sacrifing home comforts in
order to serve him.
We have a program every evening
of about an hour which may consist
of mass singing. boxing bout. a lee
turer, or possibly one os the big bands
from, camp, One evening we had Jas.
W. Foley. who writes for the Saturday
Evening Post. During the hottest
weather We hold our evening meet
ings out OF doors
The boys drili about six hours each
! day. after which they are at liberty to
come TO the Y. II they choose. and on
an average a thousand men visit
each Y every day. and they are GER
tainly appreciatiye OF all that Is done
for them. The y, men eat with the
enlisted men.
/ The government is certainly feed-
ing the fellows in fine shape. Each
mess sergeant IL allowed 45$ cents
per man. per day. and unless he is q
poor manager he can give the men a
splendid variety on this allowance. l
take my mess with the srd Company.
letth Depot Brigade. Here is sam
ple OF n DAYS menu. Breakfnxt-corn