Arizona republican., 1918-07-24
'. M. |. A. WORKERS
 ARE BADLY NEEDED
 ID CARRY 0N WORK

Numerous inquiries are coming to Y. M. C. A. relative to service over seas in that important work, but as yet not sufficient number have come to assure the committee that they will be able to meet the quota of 50 men for overseas service this month.
 Yesterday the committee received a copy of a cablegram from Russia stat ing that it would be necessary to send 30 men there by the fifteenth of Aug ust, and asking that special effort be made to find men who would be will ing to go on this important and urgent service.
 Tt is imperative that we meet this need at once" stated H. F. Demand. the recruiting secretary, "as it is of so much importance that we cannot neg lect it. Russia is coming back without a doubt, is the feeling of a great num- Der of our leaders. and our experience before the revolution leads us to be- lieve that by placing our Y. M. C. A. secretaries in that great country it will mean the revival of that former ally. Before the revolution. the Y. M. C. A only had IT secretaries among i the millions of men in the Russian ar my, but this interesting thing has come to light. that in the 17 camps in which these secretaries were placed, not in a single instance did the men of the camps revolt, but stuck to their posts to the last minute, and the feeling now is that if the association had had two dozen or more men there probably they could have saved Russia the cata- strophe of becoming a pawn of Ger many"
 | In addition. recent call has come 1 for 1SO automobile mechanics. It is an important part of the work overseas that the automobiles be kept in first class shape, as the Y. M. c. A. handles all of their own transportation. The government is willing to handle the transportation, but it is the policy of the Y M c. A. to be on the job before the troops arrive and the time of their moving comes when the government cannot handle the transportation, therefore it is necessary that the Y, M. C. A. have it's own automobiles which means a big mechanical prob lem. Therefore, special effort is be- ing made to recruit these 1S0 men and have them ready to sail by September 1 at the latest.
 The general qualifications for men | Il be above draft age and not over 50; and that both of his parents are American citizens or citizens of allied countries. If the candidate is subject to any of the foreign drafts, he can not be considered for Y. M. c. A. serv- ice. unless he has a discharge from the allied army showing that he is unfit for military service because of physi- cal defect
 The matter of remuneration for Y
 M. C. A. workers is that they will takt
 care of the expenses of man ant
 also allow an amount sufficient tt
 meet the ordinary living expenses O
 his dependents, if he should be a ma1
 on whom others are depending. The call is so urgent for men 8
 this time that word has come from tn
 Paris office of the Y. M. C. A. tha
 they would rather have one man nov
 than five men six months from now.
 The local committee hope that the,
 will be able to secure the necessar,
 number of men in the southwest an,
 urge that all men who can, in any wa,
 at all, arrange their business affair and get away, to call and conside
 about entering this service. The of fices of the bureau of personnel are il rooms TIT to 720 Caples building, Paso, and anyone interested is invite , by the committee to call. write o l wire at any time for information as t
 entering the work. Or, they may ge l in touch with committeeman who ar ] serving in the bureau of personnel i l any of the following districts: L. F } Christy, Flagstaff; N. B. Hazeltint Prescott; w. w. Jourdin, Miami; T. E Murray, Clifton: J. o. Sexson. Phoe