The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-20
PURPOSE AND WORK IN ARMY
 IF '. M. |. A.

all any ihuAAy hClpCu "CA uCSIIOg AAe'Aa nibal's army. That ally was profli- gacy, causing disease. Thus the great lest of the ancient commercial expires rperished. No such foul ally Will be permitted to help the kaiser against the American troops. Profting by earlier war lessons, America is enter ing at time when the need of morale among the fighting men is now fully recognized.
 We are bringing the home nearer to the men in the training camps and the trenches than ever before in the his tory Of the nation. Never has an army gone forth guarded against tempta- tion, cheered and helped with home comforts and home type of recreation as are our boys in khaki. It is the business Of the Red Triangle to sup plement the work of the Red Cross.
 Y. M- C. A. Is Club
 When a soldier gets to a camp he reports for enrolment, gets assign ment to his company, reports to com pany commander and is assigned to his bunk. After arranging matters here he reports for driii, and when he fs off duty he goes over to the nearest Y. M. c. A. building, where he mingles with men of every kind and creed. It is his club house
 At Che Y. NJ. A. A. club house are long rows of benches and seats filled by young men. reading, writing, smok- ing, chatting. There are paper and ink, pens and pencils. The first thing is to write home. While he is writing someone over in the corner is playing the Victrola, another group are playing checkers, while others are singing.
 Work of Secretaries
 At one side of the room is q desk with one or more secretaries, where you may buy stamps or other lmpor- tant necessities hard to find else where At least one man will tran slate letters written in foreign lan- guages; they also read and write for men who cannot do this we'll of in another corner is the Y. M. C. 4. library, with books from the associa- tion libraries or from the American Library Association. The books are selected to cover every grade of in- telligence and education
 No Restraint, Vet Oecency Everywhere there is ease and free dom, club life, nearly home life; an absence of restraint amid an atmo- sphere of decency and cleanliness that distinguishes everywhere the sur roundiags of such homes as the Y. NJ. c. A, provides for the men when off duty. Sunday Services
 On Sunday every Y M. C. A. has it's services and every denomination can get an assignment for a period for it's services. Catholics and Jews use this same building for their services , at appointed hours. In the evening the 1 services are of a non-denominational type. No denomination is allowed to proselyte. It is understood in the Y. NJ. c. A that a mans religion is his own, and no effort is to be made to draw him from one faith to an other.
 | Recreatlons
 | AS change from the mental strain while in the trenches the Y. NJ. c. A provides motion picture shows, social meetings, boxing bouts, concerts, good vaudeville, lectures and clean enter tainments that strengthen the fighter for the strenuous warfare in the trenches.
 Y. Nj. c. A. in the Trench
 The Red Triangle follows the boys into the trenches. The secretaries have been lover there" with the French and British troops and know the game, and are prepared to make trench life as easy as they can for the men who go over the top The Y NJ c. A. dugout is as much feature ir trench life as the listening or tht underground kitchen. The Y. M. c. A dugout is the club house of tho trenches, The night before an attack the men go to this dugout and ono, more write home When regiment moves through danger zone the Y M. c. A. goes along, even ahead of tn, men, The comforts are there by th
 time the men arrive The percentag
 of the killed and wounded among in
 front-line secretaries of the Y. NJ ( A. is said to be the same as that of tn
 fighting men.
 In Prison Camps
 Untold suffering has been saved
 prison camps by the Y M. c. A. Tn ! American branch took charge of n,ox