Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-08
ARMY ~ TO
Use MANY men.
FOR WAR WORK
Thee. B. Elton is State Vice
Chairman and Local Dis
trict Chairman.

returned from Fargo where he at
tended. an important conference on Y.
NJ. G: A. war work. I'M where he was
also appointed vice chairman of a new
personnel committee, and chairman of
the Grand Forks district of the CON-
rntttee, comprising Grand Forks, Cav
alier. sPembina, Walsh n Nelson
counties.
One. of the chief objects OF the per-
sonnet committee is to enlist men for
Y. NJ. c. A.. war work. and it was
brought out at the conference tina
LOO men a month will be required
for overseas duty before July 1. In
the future all applications for war
service in the Y. NJ. c. A. will be acted
upon first by the personnel committee,
and men who are free to respond to
the call, are asked to communicate
with h district chairman. When such
men reside in one of the counties in
cluded in the Grand Forks district,
application should be made to MI.
Elton.
Work is Now Distributed.
Formerly the work of recruiting
strong men for y. NJ. c. A.. war work
was handled from New York city, but
the task became too large and COM
plicated, and the demands for men
yreW to such dimensions that a part
of the responsibility of securing men
hAS DSSl put upon tle lnQlNlOual
state Wal councils OF the u. NJ. C. A.
In the future all applications for
war service in the Y. NJ. c. A. will be
acted upon first by the personnel
committee. In addition to this it will
also be the duty of this committee
to to enlist men for this
important service There will be re-
1.1O0 men a month until July /. The
government is looking to the Y. NJ. c.
A.. as n of the great agencies of
maintaining the morale of our men,
and it is this morale that is going to
win the war.
Many n. ID. Mcn Serving.
North Dakota already has a: num-
her of men in the Y. NJ. G. A. work,
both in this country and in France,
u must have more and hat right
carly, the committee says.
The personnel committee has been
organized with thirteen members and
the chairman of the state war council,
Fl. w. (ieary as member ex-oficio.
The other members are w. l.. Stock
we'll, chairman. Fargo: Thco. E. Ell
ton, vice chairman. Grand Forks: Fl
r. Reckwith, Fargo: r.. u. Lee, Dick
inson; H.. +. Goddard. Bismarck;
Judge ]. A.. Coffey. Jamestown; w.
il. Hutchinson. LaMoure; f. C. Hill.
born. Valley City; NJ. Il. Porter, Mi
not: Edwin A. Palmer. Williston. and
be appointed. D. f. Sonquist. state
secretary, will act as secretary of this
committee and j. W. Adams as as.
sistant.
Ten Districts Established.
The state has been divided into ter
districts n the member on the per
sonnet committee from a of the
several districts will be in direc,
charge of the work of receiving anC
securing applications of men for thu
war service of the Y. NJ. c.. A..
The districts and members il
charge Of each arc as follows:
I. B.. Elton, chairman, Crane
Forks. Cavalier, Pembina, Walsh
Nelson. Grand Forks, Devils Lake
Rolette. Towner, Ramsey, Benson
Pierce.
e, a. Palmer, chairman, williston
Divtde,f Williams, Mountrail, McKen
NJ. r. Porter, chairman, Minot
Burke, Renville, Bottineau. McHenry
Ward.
E. T. Lee, chairman, Dickinson
Dunn, Stark. Billings, Golden Valley
Slope, Hettinger, Adams. Bowman.
w. L. Stockwell, Trail.
II. F. Emery, Steele.
H. Harrington. Cass.
H. p. Beckwith, Richland.
r.. c. Hilborn. chairman. Vale
Cit GriPgs, Barnes, Ransom.
Judge J.. A. Coffey, chairman
jamestown, Sheridan, Wells, >Edd.
Foster, Stutsman. kidder.
w. Fl. Hutchinson, chairman. La
Moure, LaMourc, Logan. McIntosl
Dickey. Sargent.
H. z. Goddard. chairman. Bi:
n,arck. Mclean, Burleigh, Emmon
Morton. Mercer, Oliver, Grant, Siou:
All men who are free to respon
to this urgent call of the natio
should Immediately get in touch wit
the representative of the personn
committee of their district.
Your country needs you. Yc
must not fail her now" the commi
tee urges in it's appeal to the men