Arizona republican., 1918-03-19
ORIGINATOR IF RELIEF PLAN FUR WALKING
 WOUNDED COMES ID AMER|CATOBEMARR|ED

ette knecht of Dayton, Ohio, to whom he became engaged on a former visit to America, before the outbreak of the war. lie Will go back to supervise the Young Mems Christian association work at the British front after five weeks in the United States. during which he will tell us, from his exper- fence with the Tommies, of the needs Of our own soldiers over there, and of what the Young Mems Christian asso- citation is able to do for them. Ready for Their Return
 "Tell you the story of the walking Wounded?' said Harry Holmes the day Of his return. Well the day of the battle comes, the men are ready for it. The Y is ready for it. The last hour before the charge is the hardest. You know that all the chaps have written what may be their last letters home. Then they pass the " shacks just be- fore they go over the top, and we wish them luck. Then we get ready for | their return.
 Tt is slow waiting while the men are over the top. At last We see them begin to come back again, by way of the painted posts that have been made ready for them the night before. They come more slowly than they went, and they help each other along. We have the hot tea or cocoa ready for them- when a man has no hand left in which to hold the cup we hold it to his lips And he smiles, no matter how badly wounded he may be- You never hear them say word in pity of themselves but Poor chap He got his a Tommy will say of the German prisoner he is bringing back with him. and then hell offer the other fellow the hot tea we hold out before he thinks of himself.
 Do Not Dare to Stop "They don't dare stop in front of the Y shack. for fear of calling the ene- my's attention. Those who can, take the cups into their hand drink as they move onward, and then drop the cuI to the ground. We get them after | wards.
 Wed be bloody well done in if il wasn't for the ", they say, as they get their tea.
 And I wish you could see the grat- itude of those soldiers, Sometimes they empty their pockets of all the coin in them, and turn it over to us They want the other chaps to have cup of tea, too, when their turn COliltS lO SO ONtIs lut up.
 There are no of these Young Mems Christian association stations within the shell zone, and the farthest one of them has been hit by shells. There are | 46 huts or marquees, and no less than ten of them have been badly dam- aged, or completely destroyed by shell fire within the last ten months, and as many dugouts have been, blown to pieces. But it doesn't. stop the work for more than a few hours.
 We want to share the risks with the men, said Harry Holmes. "The Young Mems Christian association has developed at the front until it has be- come an essential part of modern bat tie. We aren't an outpost now.
 One of the Heroes of Ypres
 One of the most heroic bits oi Young Mems Christian association work over there has been done by Dr Magrath, who for the last nine months has lived in the cellars of Ypres. Ev- cry headquarters he chose for his Y work was blown to pieces, one. after the other Shrapnel came into the eel lar twice, piercing the hot water boiler but he never left his post. At the grea. Battle of Benny Ridge, the " estab- lished a station at the front within an hour after the battle had ended. Ali Wishart Ridge they served tea from dugout.
 | In company with Dr. John Kellman of Edinboro I had the privilege of wis iting at the British headquarters with Sir Douglas Haig, who had asked us down especially to tell him of the work being done by the " in the actual ! fighting. We told him what we were endeavoring to do.
 q consider the Young Mems Chris tian association invaluable to the men at the front" Sir Douglas Haig said. | You of the United States have planned to carry on your " war work on a splendid scale. Go on with it Your own boys will be just as glad tc get the cup of hot tea when they come back from over the top, wounded, by l the way of the painted posts, as the Tommies were, and they will need it as much. And remember this.-there's nothing in France that's going to helT get you back home the kind of a boy he left so much as the ""