The Robesonian., 1918-08-15
r,sT WORK OF RED
TRIANGLE WORKERS
Activities of "Y" Workers in
Army and Navy.

,,.,ta, Ga, Aug. 13.-(SpeciaD-|
"l~ n,y and navy Y. M. C. A. of the
llnSs.heast. lns taking in the cantonments
Su'" ,,o, stations Of seven States has
lna H;sssued the annual statlstlcai re-
ast. for .5n the fiscal year, July l, 1917
Juiy renort will be a highly-prized
lhIs document when the war is
nll'a' Today it reveals more empha-
C'erL; noore pertinently than anything
tcally,i y,io ~" vast work that is being done
else, n' Ped Triangle workers in the
BY tns tn;stuated in every military training
ir5n"res irilisurrees are usually dry and hard to
figO These figures tell a Thousand
GgeSL, ctories of the help that has
and onv .ven TO the boys from the North,
been 18th s,rb the East and West, who
The ooor V'oy, the uniform of the Ameri-
have -o,Jier in the camps in Georgia,
can ,n,n SUN tennessee, the Carolinas,
asissseirssippi ard Florida. y
NTp, TSev show just what the Y. nj. =:
lucy SSo;ng in the army and navy OF
4 Is coutbeast. These figures have
the o"Urenared by the statistical de-
beea beanant -, and have been submitted to
, Ackley, general sccretary Of the
A. Work Council in the Southeast
Wa aa compilation of general activi-
III % the camps under Y. M, G. A.
les le ,aion AZ It is estimated that the at
a,ttr asJance in the "Y" huts for the year
S,Cbd Ssaebed S8,S66,9SO men,: That the
Isas" r.. we're generally filled with SOL
1a.s NuS hovs is proven in this estimate
9Sr srrO for the buildings although gen.
lESsIly large are not extremely SO.
adt'; a. L also stated that 32,889, ,0O2 let
,..srs ~ were written by soldiers in tie
TM G. A. huts and in almost every
,.,s j. w. mon the "Y" stationery furnish
a free to the men.
:" The ne report collected from all the
.omns INNS in the Southeast further shows
ts%p a.t @y' workers in the huts here
-r0.o -aS mt So. .463, ,744 worth Of money
S.Irr ,risrs for American soldier boys
This This means that the splendid men sent
hack hack home to relatives practically
his entire amount.
The educational activities covered
, wide field, and included everything
tmm kindergarten classes in English
tor foreigners to university French
,0urses, Just 4,005 lectures of an edu
,sional vein were given by the Y
NC, A. in Red Triangle buildings
with an attendance of 1921 ,243. The
aiucational classes Of various kinds
aggregated 64,813 and the attendance
was 970,045.
Books circulated by the "Y" to sol
Gers numbered 764,710, educationa
clubs formed among the men were
e9 and the attendance at these clul
meetings attained numerical figur,
d%179
Physical activities conducted by th'
YM C. A. in the Southeastern camps
during the year vaulted to an amaz
ing figure 1t is estimated 1858 ,35'
participated in the various physica
activities, such as baseball, track am
field meets, volley ball, etc. The spec
ators, the majority Of them soldiers
at these "Y" physical activities ar
stimated at 5,646,318. These figure
are significant for they tell not onl,
Of the great number of men the "Y
Interested in healthful athletics bu
also show how millions who looked O.
we're amused and had their minds tax
en- off harmful influences not tendin
Supbuild the morale of the army.
Perhaps one of the major aims O
the "Y" in the Army and Navy ha
peen TO show the soldier bow that h
should not forget to nurture his spin
tual needs. Net only does the yearl
report prove that the "Y" has nc
neglected to look after the religion
Me Of the mems lives, but conclusive
ysnOWs that religious influences hay
Nen exerted with telling effect ths
S SSlsnI u not have been achieved in civ
Inc resume of religious activitie
TU%S " .SS mat 3,461 ,451 persons attende
woo religious meetings under "Y
sSSSEplces in the Southeast, that 21 rs
IH onle classes were formed among I,
%%;aery %;Sa5y with attendances ranging {
%s9@50, that 223,232 Scriptures wei
ir;s1!!iaonuted, i;1 that "Y" workers ha
-. %.i'55 personal Christian interview
os reu cS'!I cSSo!eieers, that the boys made AZ
%o sc,oJ oJIt.s,lan decisions and that 72 6!
'fT.a T5s me Religious War Roll
t.ti, i4S attendance at the "Y" social a
gHes !g3 .a IN the huts was phenomena
rs,t 4''V5 attending S,190 entertai
Jsn.s' ,s,u. The attendance at "Y" NOV
Ss"S Ss ,.! m the hutS was even large
"''e'loafce being estimated