The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-06-07

real waste of food to attempt send
ing them there. In the first place the
men do not need extra food; in the
second, they probably will not arrive
Semi-perishable shipments of candy,
canned goods, solid cakes, cookies,
etc, should be so marked that f they
are not delivered within a certain
number of days they may be turned
over to the Base Hospital, the Red
Cross, or Y NJ. c. A. for distribution
IT the war lasts two years more, and
excuses for weekend passes contin-
ne to swell the death list, there won't
be enough relatives left to keep the
home fires burning.-Trench and
Camp.
j. While the Army Y. NJ. c. A. never
nags with regard to religious matters,
there are each week in the building
numerous religious meetings conduct
ed by the ehaplains, camp pastors, Wis
liting clergymen and laymen, pastors
from Little Rock and the nearby
towns, and by the "Y" religious work
secretaries. Unless they are announc-
ed as such in advance and do rot con-
fliet with the regular programs, no
UNCONVENTIONAL meetings are held. The
men respond readily to tic call of the
church and hundreds of them have de-
cided to unite with some orPonized re-
lieieus body, while thousands have
promised to read the testan ents -
en- them, have arisen for prayers,
nave promised to turn over a new leaf
ani lead letter life, and have Civ
en- concrete evidence Of their desire to
become better men.
in writing letters to men o.ersea, it
IS best not to use initials but to spell
the name n full as there may lie men
of the same name and initials in a reg
iment. Give the mans rank when it
is known, together with the full
name Of the unit to which he belongs.
Do not address a letter to Some
where in France" but to american
Expeditionary Forces, France" Ad-
dress letters with ink instead Of lead
pencils.
"Y' secretaries have been continu-
ing the work of conducting canteens
for the benefit Of the troops that are
camped in the trenches. Wien it
rains and the men come to the tent
plastered with mud from head to foot
and soaking wet, it is not hard to I'M
agne that you are on duty in the for
eign fields. and the idea is made more
vivid by the occasional outbursts of
musketry when two parties of troops
come in contact. one defending and
the other seeking to pass through the
guards and patrols that occupy the
trenches.
Results of the recent call for men
for the Army Y NJ. c. A. service are
encouraging in this state, and the or
ganization has secured, and has un-
der promise, some ofthe very best
men in Arkansas. Most of them will
spend month in the Y. NJ. c. A.
training camp at Camp Travis, San
Antonio, Tex. but few will come in
to the work direct. 1t depends very
largely upon the work they are to do
and upon the experience they have
had in handling men in large num-
bers. At the last report, the "Y'
had 2,187 men in foreign service and
257 women, the last representing a
number Of stenographers.
1t is well to remember that candy,
fruits and all bulky articles will be re-
fused shipment at this time to soldiers
in the overseas service. Tonnage is
toe valuable fer necessaries of life to
waste it in carrying Injuries and non
essentials. For short time the Y.
NJ. c. A. forwarded some Of these
things but they are now under a
strict embargo.