The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-06
FIFTY MORE Y. N. C.. A.
SECRETARIES NEEDED
Every Man and Woman In
tho State.
Call Is still Very Observation-Disclosures
of Workers Are Not Crossing the
Ocean In Comparison With the
Number of Soldiers.

| Time is drawing ranidly to close
when recruiting for Y. NJ c A sec
retaries to work among soldiers in
France will be over. Opportunity is
knocking at the door of every man
and woman TO return with the John
Garland Pollard unit To France and
deal out good cheer and comfort to
/ the men in khaki Fifty more se2-
retaries are now needed to complete
the unit and they will he received
this week, e. l.. Bemiss, chairman
OF the Richmond committee an
nounced yesterday.
Numbers of Y NJ c. A workers
have not been crossing the seas in
proportion to the hundreds of thou p
sands of soldiers that have landed
safely and are preparing to meet the
Hun and the need is increasing
every day. Many have responded to
the call from the business world. but
the call is still urgent, Fathers have
decided in many instances to give uo
their places here among the bankers
or the merchants or the lawyers to
follow their sons to Europe Broth
ers above the draft age have laid
down their professions and occupa-
tons and enlisted for " work over
seas Yet the quota is behind by nifty
secretaries.
The unit that will leave this coun-
try early in September will be he4dcd
by John Garland Pollard. who recent
~ returned TO America at the re-
quest of the war work council and
for the past few weeks has been con
stantly at work in Virginia stressinE
the opportunities for service in tie
| camps In. France and on the battle .
fields and in the trenches. He has
! hpa7 N g GCl9tah RI
has worked many months in the "Y'
huts and knows What wonders the
organization is accomplishing
The experimental stage Of the use
fulness of the Y. NJ, c. A has long
been past. From the words OF gypsy
Smith, several months ago Rich
mond, received a picture of tie
value of the Y. NJ. CA GYPSY Saith
has been in France many months and
his experiences are not forgotten by
the thousands that heard him on the
night when he spoke in the Guy
Auditorium. Other ~" workers
| that have returned to this country
| from time to time have told similar
! stories of the Joy the y" hut brings
to the heart Of the soldier.
| In the ~" station. which Is in
charge Of workers recruited from this
| country, the soldiers mail is handed
out, magazines are distributed and
| smokes" furnished TO soothe the
shattered nerves OF the trench hchter
! Here and there among the uriforms
| Of the fighting men can he seen he
! darker uniformed "" man raoyin :
about carrying bue kets of water TO
! the wounded and assisting IN every
way possible in rendering the soldier
the aid most needed.
Mr.. Pollard whose story has been
! told in the column of various daihes
! has just returned to Richmond from
his state campaign on Monday and
| Tuesday, August / 2 and 10. viii be
at the headquarters of the Richmond
committee 10 hold interviews with
those interested. The headquarters
OF the Richmond committee are es-
tabEshed in the building Of the Rich
mond Trust and Savings company. A.
Seventh and Main streets. Any infor
nation about the character of the
work or any other phase can be Sc
cured from John p. Mcclure, seer
tary of the local recruiting commit
tee also at the Y. NJ c, A. head
quarters
Among the workers secured yeste
DAY by the local committee Is Miss
Ethel Hunter. OF the Everett Waddey
company. who enlisted 10 20 over an
assist in the entertainment of sol
diers AS workers enlist they are
sent to Princeton or Columbia uni
versity for training course TO III
them for their duties All expenses
are borne by the Y NJ. c. a, organi.