The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-11
TREAT EN- WELL
IS MOTTO WITH
AMERICAN A. F.
Relief Agencies go With Men
in Service to Provide Re.
taxation.
(By Associated Press)


is the slogan of the United States tank
units referring to the enemy, but
Treat 'em we'll" is the motto in re-
gard to the American Expeditionary
Forces. Never in history have fight
ing men on foreign service been treat
cd so humanity as have the soldiers
and marines of General Pershing's
crusaders. Never have such tremen-
dous projects been undertaken to sur
round the fighting men with the best
home influences as have been brought
to high perfection in connection with
American soldiers and marines in
France. With many other outworn
theories. the old idea that men had to
be deprived of every human comfort
In order to develop them into good
fighters. has gone by the board.
Napoleon's Old Guard never relaxed
ut the movies. Washingtons men at
Valley Forge had no warm huts in
which to gather socially. Unselfish
men and women never accompanied
Wellington's grenadiers into battle to
give them hot drinks or bar chocolate
with which to stay their hunger.
Grants and Lees armies never were
provided with tons of athletic para
phernalia or with high-class vaudeville
and other entertainment while cam
paigning. II entertainment, education.
recreation, athletics, religious solace
and hundred creature comforts had
been supplied his men, Sherman might
not have been so sweeping in his state
ment. Pershing's force has all these
advantages.
In, oIl tN ho ;efo 10
by the government, American soldiers
and marines receive through seven
recognized agencies the many small
comforts and considerations which re-
mind fighter that his country's peo-
pie have him constantly in their
thoughts.
Take modern big battle. for in
stance. When American soldiers went
into action the uniformed field work
ers of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation, Knights of Columbus, and Sal
walton Army went with them distribut-
ing bar chocolate. cookies and other
small, handy eatables which may tide
the boys over if they pursue the en-
envy so rapidly that the field kitchens
cannot keep up to them. AS the Amer
leans went in to clear the st. Mihiel
salient, the Y. NJ. G.. A. alone distribut-
ed to them nineteen motor truckloads
OF chocolate, cookies and tobacco, fol-
lowing it up through the battle with
thousands of gallons of hot drinks
Army airplanes distributed thousands
OF packages Of tobacco and cigarettes
for the Knights of Columbus to front
line fighters cut of reach of pedestrian
workers. The Salvation lassies dis
tributed thousands of doughnuts and
pies through the fighting
Has Made Fighters Normal.
Strange as 1t may seem, American
soldiers in action have time to snatch
a glance at the news and demand it
rally. The Y. M. C. A.. X of c.. and
Salvation workers distributed millions
Of Paris editions of American news
papers through the Argonne, st. Mi
hiel and Chateau-Thierry engagements
To the men on rest or in hospitals
and even to those in the trenches
these workers furnished tons of maya
zines and books supplied by the Amer
lean Library Association.
In the "huts' maintained in the war
zone by the Y. NJ. G. A.. X. of C. and
Salvation Army the soldiers find physi-
cal. mental and spiritual relaxation or
refreshment In the form of sociability.
entertainment. reading, writing, and
religious guidance.
Theatrical entertainment is furnish
cd FOR soldiers by routing first-class
American entertainers over the "hut"
circuit, as well as arranging amateur
shows. The best, newest movies are
shown at the v M. c. A., and X of
G.. huts. The Jewish Welfare Beard,
which does similar service in home
training camps, will put in hut service
in France where twill not overlap the
existing hut services.
A complete educational system has
been furnished by the Y. NJ. C. A. for
every man, from illiterates to those
capable Of grasping a professional or
technical course. Rest areas at fam,
Gus or mountain resorts of France
give the fighters complete seven
days rest every three months, and
throughout the war zone the "Y" fur
nishes tons of athletic apparatus and
hundreds Of physical directors to de-
velop wholesome sports.
While the soldiers are in America
they have the additional benefits fur
rished by the War Camp Community
Service which Surrounds camps with
hospitality" obtaining for soldiers and
sailors invitations to private homes,
to public entertainments and private
parties, which arouses civic RESPONSE
bility to remove from communities all
vicious or profiteering elements which
preyed on armies in other generations.
Information booths. low-priced hotel
accommodations. theatre tickets and
athletic contests are provided.
A place where soldier can meet
his mother, wife. sister or sweetheart
as in their own living room in the
best contribution made in home train
ing camps by the Y. w. c. A. and Ma
tional Catholic War Council with their
Hostess Houses. In France this or.
ganization does for the American wo-
men wa. workers, nurses, telephone
sA\erGiors and the French women mu-
nihon workers service similar to tina t
and one for men by the other agen-
les. The purpose of all this is to
eep American fighters normal. human
mericans while increasing their fight
e efficiency.-to take to them the
st influences of the American home.
storic Cane is on
Exhibition at Enrlhom