The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-04-25
Y.MC.A. Work
for Soldiers


In It's work OF ministering to the
social. recreationai and religious well
faro of the boys and yonng men of
this city and county who have enlist
ed in tho National Army. the Y. NJ
G. A. is now e1pending a total of
$4,000. 900 month. These. together
! with other interesting figures on lae
scope Of the work are contained in a
bulletin Just received from the Ma
tional War Work Council.
According to the statement of the
Council. the home" side OF army
camp life is being maintained among
the hundreds OF thousands of soldier
boys both in the United States and
in France. At the present time there
are 1900 Y. NJ. C. 4. workers with
the expeditionary forces in France
and England and 5000 other workers
in American camps.
The y. NJ c. A. has been asked by
Gen. Pershing to take over the entire
canteen system with tie American
army in France. and this will require
the services of more than 5000 yoiun-
teer workers alone. An effort is now
being made to secure at least 1000
business and professional men of high
standing who will go 10 France for all
sorts of Y. N. c. a. service before
July /.
II is estimated that s.o0o,0ao feet
Of film are being exhibited weekly to
the soldiers at home and abroad 4
recent shipment OF athletic equipment
for Inc troops in France consisted
of 1850 basebaiis. 1900 bats. 10000
gloves and mitts. boxing gloves. voiiey
balls and various other kinds OF ap-
paratus for promoting the play spirit
among the troops 10 their leisure
hours.
The Y. NJ. C. A. has established a
chain OF huts and uueouts along the
front lines occupied by American
troops ''oyer there and is meeting
the needs of the Sammies as they
take their places in the Lorraine
trenches. The Y. N. c. A huts on
the Russian front have been denoi-
ished By German guns and the $50
secretaries there have retired before
the advance of the Huns and arc now
established in Siberia awaiting an OPP
portunity TO return TO Russia
Women Y. NJ. C A. workers in
France are giving their lives for de-
mocracy NO less than the boys Who
are serving In the trenches The
death b, a German shell of Misc Mar
ION c. crandeii. formerly of Daven-
port. L.. one OF the American caniecn
workers at Toai. has Just been report
ed by the National War Work Coun-
cti OF the Y N. c. A. Miss Crandeii
In the second American vaiunteer TO
sacrifice her life. The first in Y. NJ
C.. A. service 10 be killed by n Ger
man afr bomb was Miss winons C.
Martin OF Rockville Center. l. l.
Miss Crandeii had spent five years
in France and spoke the language
flncniiy. She had taught French in
for several years. Being without de-
pendents she is said TO have voiur-
tecred for service at the front as
representative of her entire family.
She was IS years OF age.
The deaths OF Miss Martin and Miss
Crandeli have not. however. caused a
retreat on the part OF women solun-
teers in Y. NJ. c. A. war work. ac-
cordias to War Work Council re-
port. which says that nearly AGO
American women have already been
assigned no this work among the
Sammies abroad. These women are
already close to the firing line. so
close. ia fact. that they are provided
with gas masks. In describing her
work. one OF them said recently: ITO
sct to the cantecn you wade through
frightiuI mud OF the consistency OF
fudge before IL sets. Then you stand
at counter for hours. serving hot
chocolate to crowd so dense that
there isn't any time for conversa-
ton. The men want to be talked to
and they wait for you to say some
thing to them. \ good many OF them
have bcen up to the front and they
want TO tell about 1t. 1t isn't so much
what they say that is significant as
what they don't say.