The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-05
'HO SERVE OVER
SEAS IN UNITED
WAR SERVICE
CITING M f N ABROAD
CALLED FOR REAL MEN
AND WOMEN QUICK AN
SWER CAME.

"Dear America; send us
rood lockers over thirty, and
1 husky, homely men, thousands
y )f them, to stand behind us and
je our mothers and sisters and
,weethearts, and our fathers and
\, pig brothers,
% (Signed) A. z. F.
y That's the appeal from the Amer
!, IN Expeditionary Fovces which
IL Y. NJ. c. A., the y. w. c. A..
c .tional Catholic War Council and
d lights OF Columbus, Jewish Wei
n Board, War Camp Community
a rvice, American Library Asso-
u ton and Salvation Army, as well
W other war work organizations
{ We needed. Through them thous-
ds Of mothers and sisters and
eethearts, and fathers and big
% others" have gone overseas, car
ing a bit oil America 10 pucky
y rd-hitting fighting men who at
!, mes are homesick boys. AT con-
,,lerable sacrifice in the majority OF
d,ses. this army oi cheer leaders has
,rSponded To the call for recruits
: i in France today is finding the
: swer to the question which will
asked by future generations:
What did you do. what part did
II play i'll the great conflict which
ade the world safe for us p
From Every Walt of Life.
From every state in the union,
I'm almost every walk of life, men
~ women are going overseas TO
Ind behind their sons and younger
others. A census taken at re-
INT training conference for y. NJ.
A. workers produced some re-
arkable statistics, and led to fur
Ter investigation among similar or
nizations which revealed similar
:. uation.
There were l2S men in that con-
erence, I2S men too old to fight
Ut not too old to go to France
/; do their bit as an essential part
( the military machine. Recruit
from forty-eight distinct trades
eld professions, in which they had
Jade gross income Of $3.50 W last
FAR; these men had left behind 2S5
,pendents, wives and children and
few fathers and mothers who look
them for support, For the next
Telve months these 2S5 depend
ats will contribute to the winning
i the war approximately $540
piece. The exact total is Sl5S-
fS. They will cut no Liberty bond
pupons and redeem no War Say
gs Stamps; their contribution r
free gift 1t represents the dif-
| renee between the gross income
|, which they shared last year and
he allowance Of $l55,549 which the
NJ. c. \. has agreed TO pay TO
lem while their husbands and faith
5 are overseas carrying a hit of
l omeland to Younger men who may
4 ever see it again incidentally,
lany OF them may not come back.
: erman shells and gas have taken
h ieir toll of the 'Y' workers as well
4 5 from the fighting units.
\, The 'Y' pays no salaries to the
y orkers. When a man who is be
! ond military age is inspired by the
h brit of patriotic services and vol
nteers to leave business and family
. play 4 d-blood mans part in
ne winning OF the war. the aSsocia-
zion pays his expenses and makes
! n allowance if necessary for the
s upport OF his dependents. At $7OI
Y month. a fair average, the eX-
h enses of these men for the year
q ill amount to $l07.520, leaving 4
g ct tangible contribution of $46,-
& OS made by 40S persons, l2O OF
TTlhom are going to work harder than
ahey ever worked in their lives and
\ II for patriotic, not payroll reasons.
J More Than 1000 In ~ Service.
! The y. NJ. c. y. has more than
1000 men in active service overseas
oday, and nearly a thousand women
j anteen secretaries. The work they
: re doing is as varied as are the nor
! nal activities or men and women in
i. Deace times. In this particular
: .roup which supplies the statistics
, presented herewith thirteen men
we're assigned to the motor trans F.
+. port service. Only three OF them
night be termed professional auto
, mobile men. One teacher, three |
'alesmen, two telephone executives. |
a lumber merchant, an advertising .
nan. printer and a farmer com
)lete the list. Soon all OF them will .
)e driving or repairing the trucks in .
which the " transports the millions .
of cigarets that fighting men smoke,
he hundreds of thousands of pack
ages of gum which they chew, and
he enormous quantities of choco-
ate and other comforts which they
obtain at the Y. NJ. c. A. post cx-
change at low prices or in the front
inc trenches for nothing.
Fifty-eight men go oversees for
that very essential service. the serv-
ice given by the hut secretaries to
1omesick boys. Comprising this to-
al are ministers, statesmen, LAWYERS.
Insurance agents, bookkeeper, ban
ker, two contractors 4 wholesale
grocer. druggist and mail car
rier. Truly no one is exempt from
the job of representing America
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