Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-27
A STORY WITH
A PRESCRIPTION
Briarchffe, N. Y, Man Comes
Back From France With
Prescription
CURE FOR RHEUMATISM

Be a patriot and have your rheuma-
tism cured.
There's a combination that ordinar-
ily wouldn't occur TO a sufferer even
after he had tried all the remedies
prescribed by loving friends. And yet
it worked in the case of Fred P. Stat
ord. of Briarchliff, n. Y Mr. Stafford
recently returned from service with
the American Expeditionary Forces in
France, where he was member of
the motor transport service of the Y.
NJ. c. A. He thus tersely presents the
following testimonial to the efficacy
of the cure.
The work of the drivers has a real
kick in it, Much of it is done at night
without lights, and the nerve and in
genuity of the drivers are taxed to the
limit. I've been caught in shell fire
and gas attacks, but drove out all
right The thrill fingers. however. The
work is absolutely healthy. With
three good meals a day and plenty of
sleep men get in wonderful good con-
dition within a short time. During
last winter / was cured of a long
standing attack of rheumatism by
sticking everlastingly at the work"
Mr.. Stafford has returned to Amer
lea with the single purpose OF aiding
in the recruiting of five hundred much
needed drivers and expert mechanics
for the motor transport service, on
which rests the entire Y. NJ. G. A.
structure which has been created at
the request of General Pershing to
provide for the comfort of the Amer
lean fighting man when he is off duty
Unlike the army and navy" said
Mr.. Stafford yesterday at his desk in
the Offices of the Y. NJ. c. A. War
Council. 347 Madison avenue, 1.-THE "
will enlist men who have physical de-
fects which would bar them from ac-
tive service. For service overseas
these men must be over draft age
That's how l got into the Y work; l
am over military age and before took
the treatment in France ! had rheu-
matte tendency that was exceedingly
irritating at times.
But now that is all gone Great
as is my satisfaction at the cure,
greater even is the feeling of salts
faction stirred by the knowledge that
any man who is physically able, ex-
cept for some minor disability, to
stand up under conditions in France
may do his part toward the winning
of the war.
Zone of the most important branches
of the service to which such men are
IL arfG Sc hn ~ A ~
transport service The chocolate
cigarettes, tobacco, gum, safety raz-
ors and the hundred and one other
comforts which the fighting men de-
sire thousands of miles from home,
reach them through the Y. NJ. G. A.
huts. If the transport service falls
down, those boys must go without
things that they need. There are now
about 500 men in France in this serv-
ice, and 500 more are needed at once.
The greatest need is for expert me-
chanics, men who can do more than
make the minor road repairs which
almost any driver in this country can
make.
"As a result of the lack of these
garage mechanics, 200 trucks we're out
of commission when l left France, re-
ducing the efficiency of the service by
at least one-third. If / could get into
the garages and machine shops of the
country and talk to the men, if
could tell them man to man the story
of the need, their patriotism would be
aroused to a pitch that would insure
the recruiting of all the men we need.
After the war the W mechanics will
reap the rewards of their patriotic
service. In addition TO the honor of
family and friends the mechanic will
return with a diploma that will in
sure his industrial future"