Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-22
Y N. c. A. Will
REQUIRE 1000
MORE WORKERS
North Dakota Asked to Sup
ply Quota Of Ten
Men.

Half Of the men and women 7. N.
CA. workers now being r~ecruited TOT
service in American camps and over
seas must. come from the middle
western states. according to advices
received here today by w. H. Elfrlng,
general secretary of the local Young
Mems Christian association. Tne
fifteen states stretching from OHIO 70,
Colorado and from the Canadian n
TO Kentucky. and comprising what Is
known as the Central Military depart
ment. are asked by the National War
Work Council Of the Y. M. c. A. IN
New york to contribute 500 men and
125 wome per month for the next
three months. Half of these will be
used in the, home camps. The others
viii see service with the troops In
France, England and Italy.
Y. M. G. A. secretaries and officials
Of this state and city are making an
effort to meet the quota placed upon
them for men and women to carry
forward the Red Triangle program
among the soldiers. The states in the
central department and n numoer
of men they have been asked to sup
ply are as follows:
Colorado, rs; indiana. 40; Kansas.
40: Michigan, 40; Missouri, 40; North
Dakota, 10; Ohio. IS: Illinois. Is;
Iowa, 40; kentucky, IS; Minnesota,
80; Nebraska, %; South Dakota, 10;
Wisconsin, 80.
The same proportions will be fol-
lowed in the work of recruiting wom-
en- for overseas work among n
troops. asst.
During the month Of May the CEN
trail, department personnel board pass
ed a total Of 529 men and s women
for Y. M. C. A. work overseas and 20
men for work in the camps In. ms
country. 1t is believed that This rec
ord can be maintained throughout the
summer months. =.
Reasons Given for Large Number.
-Four thousand men and women
workers added to the Y. NJ. G. A.
forces overseas before September l Is
the new goal of the entire organiza-
ton. following the statement of DR..
John-R. Mott. our general secretary
said. MI. w. H. Elfring today. The
eight principal reasons for recruiting
this number of workers. are, briefly:
ITO relieve the $500 American
men and women already in h work.
They work on an average OF IA hours
q day and 1t is hardly fair to ask them
to bear the burden alone.
ITO fill gaps caused by death. ply
steal breakdown and the removal OF a
few misats who have crept into the
service despite most careful Ell
forts. Within the month four OF u
workers have been killed.
ITO provide successors for some
who must now return to their busl-
ness and their families in this coun-
try.
ITO increase our efficiency to as
near the 100 per cent. mark as posi-
BILE and serve the soldier In the best
possible manner.
ITO meet the constantly growing
demands Of an ever-increasing army
landing o n. the other side. Many OF
our units have been without a single
Y. NJ. CT man to relieve homesick-
ness or extend a word Of cheer.
ITO make our work strong in ter
ritory now only thinly covered or not
covered at all. Most Of our buildings
now established there are terribly UNI
derstaffed.
ITO have a reserve force SO that
any critical situation can be tri-
umphantly met and the effectiveness
Of our ministry to the soldier not be
impaired or destroyed.
ITO help the allied governments
win the war by meeting the requests
| Of General Pershing, the president
and premier of the French republic.
the King Of Italy and the King and
! Queen Of England that the Y. NJ. 9.
A. work already started be continued
without abatement