Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-25
Former Service Secretary Of
Tulsa Y. NJ. c. A.
Writes Letter.
WORKING UNDER DIFFICULTY
Headquarters is Blown Away
Twice; Helps Soldiers in
Thick of Fight.

The following letter has been ro-
ceived from ", ! Wright, former
service secretpry az the local Y. NJ.
q. 4 and now IN France with the
British army MIR. Wright was the
first man from tho Y. NJ, G. A. 10
enlist for Y NJ. g. A. work abroad
He has been In France for the past
year This letter was received By
his friends at the "N'i
June 10. 1918
. Dear Folks IL is not possible
for me 10 write TO my folks and
friends and give an account OF what
has happened In tho last two or three
weeks. Therefore, am writing you
telling OF experiences. a small part
'of them, carefully avoiding things
which are OF military Information
I have seen more pf death and
iifo since this action camo than iu
all of the rest OF my existence. I
am writing now In the yard OF an
old deserted building few klloa
back OF the line. where I have takcn
possession of things and established
place by the side Of the road ."
And n you don't think that ! am
friend OF man I wish you could
have the privilege of oseoing some
OF them as they get hot chocolate and
coffee.
/ have my French dircomSr with,
mo and as soon as I can get things
established little better. I propose
to use this ~ a base and try TO
furnish things for the men farther
up. lost all OF my personal be-
ionginga, including clothes which
should have lasted mo for the next
two years and a. good an all around
equipmen as was ever brought over,
What ! rrgret moAt. wns the loss OF
some OF my manuscripts which can
never be replaced and complete fife
Of the American expeditlonary force
Official paper
y. ". G. \. Headquarters Destroyed
In cur region. the hest organized
among tho French ,Foyers. we lost
all OF our Y. NJ G, A. buildings, over
100. and equipment Ths regional
headquarters moved 10 -------- and
two nights later bomb cropped on
tho office and blew ~ 10 spllntors
Fortunately that night tho men de-
cided 10 get away from work early,
40 they took their lunch bed rolls.
went out In the country and slept
un0fT Some tfFfN. IUtff was NO
once In the office when the bomb.
struck
Nearly all OF our men got through
all right and lost onlyFp personal he-
longings which is nothing. So hero
We are without buildings and the
regional direction to he reorganlzcd
and ~ In very uncertain whore or
how We can locate, permanently
That was tho condition found when
7 finally found my regional direc-
tors and reported I am surprised 10
see our director Of our work in
France walk In on mo yesterday lio
had learned my location at -a
ard came ont Ife npcned his ewes
and said, why Wright. 7 didn't
know we had Foyer equipment here q"
Well, what is more YOU have not "a
cents worth NJ equipment here" 7
returned - really have moro ~
work with than any place 7 hpvo
been " ""What. vol whore did YOU.
Kct II them" "Oh. Just asked for
lt' ! came back and you should
have seen couple ~ The follows
with him grin 7 told him NJ my
experiences snd what 7 was doing
and hope 10 do 20 be OF service dur
inR the present crisis
Inn. a tara