Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-06
Y. M. C. A. CALLS FOR
 MORE FIELD WORKERS

NEW YORK, July 5.-Herbert L. Pratt, vice president of the Standard Oil of New Jersey, who recently re- turned from France, where he went in the interest of the Y. NJ. c. A, an nOuneed yesterday the plans which had been formed to raise 1000 men over draft age and possessing unusual ability in New York City and 5000 in | the rest of the country to act as Y. NJ. C. 4. secretaries in France.
 The extension of the r. M. c. A. work, which requires the treblmg of the present staff has been undertak- en at the request of General Pershing and of General POch. Associated with Mir. Pratt in the campaign to recruit Y. M. c. A. secretaries and Seward ProsseT, J. P. Morgan, William H. Ed wards, Edgar L. Martson, Alberdt B. AshfOrth, William M. Kingsley, A. C. Bedford and William J. Schietfelin. To illustrate the character of the work the r. M. c. A. made public yes terday news received in cablegrams of the number of Y. Nj. c. A. workers re- gently wounded and others decorated for bravery and exceptional service. " nEu OI. IOun -nOlls llAC Atdu OA the r. M. c. A. overseas activities, re- turned from France he called on Col onel Roosevelt and explained to him the character of the Y. M. c. A, with the result that Colonel Roosevelt said that he would do anything in his pow CT to aid the Y. M. C. A. campaign for l recruits.
 We need able business men for ! this work" said Mir. Pratt yesterday.
 We base our appeals for such men on the ground that from personal obserya-
 tion we have learned that there is no | job in France too small for the big ! gest man in any American community. ! There isn't a president Of a railroad i or a college or a bank who cannot be
 of more service today on the western | front, standing with our boys, than he | can by remaining at home.
 Pershing Relies on Workers.
 "The Y. Nj. c. A. in France is a part of the military machine. General Pershing relies upon the workers of
 the association to aid in keeping up | the morale of his troops so that with | their military training they shall De- come the most efficient fighting ma
 chine in history.
 There Is a pressing demand for
 men who are natural leaders, men who
 are real men, good mixers and capable
 of exerting the proper influence. These | leaders are generally assigned as hut | secretaries, positions which call for the | greatest versatility. They must be
 above fighting age. but must be able
 to undergo as searching a physical eX' animation as do the men admitted to | the combat trenches of the service. | Ambassador Sharp, in recent appeal | for men workers. emphasized the fact
 that many were breaking under tho 1 terrific strain.
 That is the answer to those who
 regard the Y. N. C. A. as paradise | for pacifists. refuge for slackers. We
 can use more of them in our service, ] At least one in eight or ten of our
 workers in France is in the shell zone | Recent dispatches have told of tho
 gassiug of our workers, of their death
 or serious injury by bursting shrapnel The uniform of the Red Triangle is not
 for the man who does not want to go Co war. It is the uniform that every
 middle aged man should aspire to
 wear Although it gives him no mili-
 tary rank it gives him the opportun- ! ity for patriotic service. and within
 three days two " workers in France
 have been cited for bravery