New Britain herald., 1918-08-31
WOMEN WORKERS AT ARMY M. A. HUTS-
This Plan Suggested to Replace
 Men Taken in Draft

street arrived home today from Camp Jackson, $. C., where for the past seven months he has been actively engaged in army Y. M. C. A. work He will leave next Friday for Camp Upton with a quota from this city for special army service. Because of his broad experience in army personnel work, and his knowledge of four diff ferent Russian languages MT. Dor- buck is to make an effort to get intG~ the army intelligence or personnel department for service in Russia.
 Before he left Camp Jackson MT. Dorbuck learned that the Y. M. c. A. officials, fearing that they may losa many of their best workers in the coming drafts, are said to be consider ing plan to replace them with fe- male workers in many instances after January 1.
 Local Men in South. -
 Located at Camp Jackson are sev- eral other local men. They are C. II. Barnes, associate secretary to pr, John o. Webber, commanding officer of the Y. M. C. A. there; Frank Schade, who is in charge of the social recreation; and Heath Barrow, who has charge of Y. M. c. A. recruitng-~ for overseas service throughout the state of South Carolina. J. Herbert Wilson, formerly of this city, is at present in charge of the Y. M. c. A. October drive in the state of Florida. The Y. M. C. A. will endeavOr to raise $155, 5,0OO,000 during the month throughout the country, it being eX- plained that the Y. M. (. A. service in American army camps here and abroad cost $21, 100000 per month. q
 8OOOO Men in Camp.
 Camp Jackson is one of the largest camps in the country and accommo- dates about so, 900 men. Even now the camp is being enlarged so that it will soon become the largest in the United States. It is used as a replacement camp and the average stay of the drafted man there is 72 days, afteE Z which he is sent overseas. There is q big artillery range connected with the camp, as well as an aviation field and a remount station where horses are broken in and trained for army work. The base hospital at this camp has 1900 patients and its size is to be doubled. MT Dorbuck says that the Y. M. c. A. provides ample entertain ment for the soldiers and open air moving pictures, games and athletic IS, are very popular. There are 10000 coIored soldiers at this camp and they are excellent soldiers, he states. To teach the colored men to become bet ter hand-to-hand fighters ten of them are put in a ring at one time, the last three to remain standing receiving the award of the day,
 German Prisoners Work.
 MT. Dorbuck says that there are several hundred German prisoners at this camp, including sailors from cap tured JT-boats as well as interned aliens These men work every day on roads or farms and at night are locked up within the wire enclosure. and guarded by soldiers with shot guns. Around each prison camp Is "dead line" and should any person, American or German, step over this line he would be in danger of being shot by a guard.
 Y. M. C. A. Educate Men.
 The Y. M. c: A, the Knights of Columbus and the Jewish Welfare Or ganization at Camp Jackson all work in the closest harmony, MT. DorbuclI says and each organization co-oper- ates with the other for the welfare of II. M. c. A. at the camp, in charge of negro men. One of the most import ant things done by the Y. M C. A. at Camp Jackson is it's education of the large number of illiterates, both white and colored, who are in the army. MT. Dorbuck told of one ac- tual happening showing the extreme ionOrance of some of the poor whites" of the south. This drafted man had been taught to write his own name and was enthusiastic about learning to write an entire letter. lie told MT. Barnes that when he was a ble to write home to his wife hG' would surely tell her how kind the Y. M. c. A. people are ito us boyS over here in France". This partlcu- lar soldier had been drafted from Florida and had ridden all night and all day to get to camp and he reaIlN thought that he was in France, So little did he know of world geography. Classes in French are also taught by the Y. M c. A.
 At Camp Jackson the Y. M C. A. has 90 workers, Il huts in use and five more under construction.
 While passing through Washington vesterday. MT. Dorbuck met 500 Am erican soldiers just returned from France. They had been gassed and were going to the Walter Reed hos nital for treatment. They were 2er- tainIv happy to get back home, and had all kinds of praise to give to the V. M c. A. workers fin France. Be fore he was called for army SerVlce, MT Dorbuck volunteered to go to Russia for seven years as Y. M. C. A worker, his knowledge of the Vari~ ous Russian languages standing him in good stead. Because he was regis tered in Class c of the draft however, he was not permitted to go. Previous to } entering Y NJ. C. A. work, this local
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