Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-21
HOW Y. ". c. A.
KEEPS ON THE JOB
1t Knows What Its Job Is And
Has An Able Force OF
Men To Do 1t
IF YOU WANT A VARIETY

. 10y AldfEnCE buutu&lOn hCtAanN-t
II you want variety of things that
amt. what do you do? If you have
several thousand men on your hands
who are asking for candy which does
not exist, for cookies and maecaroons
and jam. there isn't sugar or choco-
{ late or -four or ovens 10 bake in, what's
the answer?
This is the situation in which Roy
John, divisional secretary of the Y.
NJ c. A found himself He had TO
/ take care of the American soldiers in
big district so he took one long look
about the country and got the job.
First, there was the everywhere
Z present cry for candy. Sugar could
not be had. chocolate could not be had,
and John had no facilities to manufac-
ture. He discovered a candy factory
/ that had been obliged to shut down be
cause Of the war. That was one point
gained. He had the place to work, but
nothing to work with. Then he went
I to the army.
You want candy. Come across with
sugar from the commissary. For
every pound of sugar you furnish me
7 I'll return two pounds of the best
candy"
You're on" said the army.
So John got his sugar. But he had
to have chocolate There was local
chocolate manufacturer, but he could
not sell to the Y. NJ. c. A. because all
his product was taken by the authori-
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bought a machine to be used in his
business. The machine weighed six
hundred pounds and it was a hun
dred miles away. The railroad would
not deliver it. 1t was the war. Pri-
vate freight of that weight could not
be handled. The manufacturer had
waited eight months for his machine.
John went to him and said; IF you
will manufacture for me 1000 kilos of
chocolate every four weeks, I'll get
your doo-dad for you"
"Oh, Monsieur, It. ees eempossible, .
said the manufacturer" you could
not get me my machine"
viii you make me my chOeolate?'
But yess, Monsieur-if you will de-
liver my machine"
That night John sent a motor truck
and two men after the machine and
next noon it was set down at the door
of the chocolate manufacturers place
of business. SINCE then the "Y" has
gotten all the chocolate it needs in
that locality. Now the "Y" is turning
out for American soldiers in that dis
trict 600 pounds of first class chocolate
cream candy every week and the out
put is increasing.
Cookies and maccaroons and cakes
were wanted. John found idle baker
les. Again he went to the army. Let
us have sugar and flour and we'll make
you sweet cakes. Maccaroons came
first because they require no flour
only almonds and sugar. In matter
of days the Y. NJ. G. A. was able to fur
nish maccaroons at figure two francs
under the market price. INV they are
making a glazed fondant and cookies
that make your mouth water, and regu
lar American biscuit. Already they
have turned out 5000 kiIos of cakes,
which translated into American means
1000 pounds, or eight tons. And all
without materials or resources, or help
from Paris.
Jam was wanted. The district is
rich IN fruits. A jam factory shut
down by the war, was discovered and
set to work. The ''Y'' bought the fruit
and skirmished the sugar The initial
deal was for 10000 three-franc pals of
jam. This was underselling the local
market by fifty centimes or ten cents.
Another 20 centimes was to be return
ed to the soldier when he brought back
the jam pail. In two weeks the 10000
pals were sold to the Annex boys but
not a pail was brought back. Every
soldier you met had one fastened to
his belt.
The situation has gotten to this
point. The colonel in charge of GER
tain camp called up. How about
candy? My men are yelling for
sweets,
Two hundred pounds on the track
for you this minute"
So the local enterprise of the Red
Triangle is recognized by the army
officially.
Men of a hospital train which makes
this town once in a while, were COM
planning about their difficulty in get
ting cigarettes and chocolate and sup
plies. We're in place an hour; then
out. Nm chance to buy. Then we may
be shunted of on an isolated side
track to stay for days until needed.
What can you do for us?"
The Major in charge of the train
came TO see about it.
Well install a canteen on your
train.' said the aY" man Well stock
you up. and you pay for it as you see
it. Account TO us when you have a
chance Well be ready to restock you
at an ytime Just wire us when you'll
/ be here and how long and what you
need. and we'll have it on the spot"
1t worked beautifully. Now every
couple of weeks a wire comes to the
"Y''. BE in town forty minutes. Ar
rive four Need this, that and the
other" And always the stuff is there
for them Incidentally the "Y'' has
provided them a complete baseball out.
4 fit to be used during those weary in
( tervals when they are tied up on side
tracks.
Again: The tobacco supply gave
ont Train service was tied m and nc