The Washington herald., 1918-06-03
Y.M.C.A.TO ASK
ANOTHER BIG
WAR FUND'PUSH
DR.. Mott, Home from War,
+ Plans for Money and
Workers.

Word was received here last night
that the Washington war work coun-
ell, Y. N. c. A. would be asked to
cooperate in a campaign to begin at
once to recruit $500 men and 800 wom-
en- for work with the American,
French and Italian troops. All men
must be over draft age.
The announcement was made in q
statement Of DR.. John R. Mott. gen
eral secretary Of the war work coun-
ell. who arrived In New York Friday,
following a two months tour on the
Western front
At meeting In New York today
plans will be made for a second drive
for the Y. N. c. A. war fund. Re-
ports also will be made in detail of
the expenditure Of the $50, 0oO. 900 SUBJ
scribed by the American people in
response TO the FIRST war fund ap-
peal.
One Of the first steps taken by DR..
Mott. it was learned here, was to
cable. a gift of $4,000. which may
later be increased to s., ,,OO0, 900
TO replace between eighty and ninety
Y. N. c. A. huts behind British lines
which were swept away in the FIRST
German drive this spring.
Roosevelt Enthused.
One OF the first calls paid by DR..
Mott upon his return was upon Col.
Theodore Roosevelt, who was shown
maps and pictures OF association huts
destroyed by shell fire. in one OF
which two women secretaries had
been killed and other workers injured.
Col Roosevelt said:
Now. I'll do anything for the Y.
N. c. A"
In a statement received here from
DR.. Mott. concerning the work in
France, he says:
persons who do not know the
conditions may think that the Y. II.
c. A. work in Europe is as simple as
1t is In this country. where the SOL
dters are in comparatively few camps
and cantonments. / have map show
ing the location at one time of one
American division in France. The
men are scattered among some forty
or more villages.
1T is the program OF the Y. NJ.
- - " CSAhbIiSll Nllldke
where 200 or more American soldiers
are located.
The Y. NJ c. A. is maintaining
more than 600 huts. canteens, hotels
and cafes with the American troops,
and is financing GO other stations
In France. in addition to the progress
which is developing in Italy.
Y. NJ. c. A. in Great Work.
I'm France the Y. NJ. c. "A. is with
the soldier when he lands. It is with
him again at the training stations.
and at the intermediate stations and
in the front line trenches. More than
one-third Of the work is carried on
under shell fire.
The Y. NJ. c. A. follows the
wounded soldier back to the hospital
and looks after him when he is con-
valescent. The Y. NJ. C. A. has been
placed by Gen. Pershing in charge
of the great resort for American SOL
diers at Aix-les-Bains. 1t follows the
wounded Americans on transports
back to this country. It follows
American soldiers taken prisoner into
the prison camps of Germany and
through neutral workers Of the Y. NJ.
c. A. locates them and puts them in
touch with the system by which the
Red Cross is allowed to forward par
cells to them. and in France It dec
crates the graves OF fallen soldiers.
There is no foundation for the
statement that any OF the huts are
run for a profit. II was aimed. as
far as possible, to make them self
supporting In front line huts, every
thing is given away.
1T was suggested that we charge
in the front line huts for cups of
chocolate, but our reply was:
What. ask a wounded man on his
way TO the rear to stop and make
change? Ask a sentry to stop and
pay for a cup OF chocolate?' The
subject was dropped"