The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-12-30

the building and made their want
e known. What they most desired wa
4 a baseball outfit. The "hut" had bee
r only recently established at the pos
. and its equipment was lacking in
$ few details among which, unfortun
t ately, was the much-desired baseball
5 outfit. However, the secretary mad
; list of the necessary articles, mad
a special trip to town, and before ev
ening, the lonely lads were the en-
thusiastic possessors of complet,
outfit and were able to forget littl
of their homesickness.
In another case, several of the sol
diers' watches were out of repair, bu
they lacked the necessary funds tx
have them fixed. The secretary learn
ed of this, gathered up all the watches
took them to town, had them repaired
and returned to the boys. The Y it.
self paid the bill.
Does that look like case of the
company absconding with the funds
provided by an innocent and unsus-
pecting public?
And what of the workers who have
followed the boys right up into the
trenches, and, under every possible
difficulty, served hot chocolate to
these boys, or distributed the longed
for smokes ~
What, too, of the number of cas-
ualties among the workers? In re-
cent drive, the fact was not given out
for publication that about two hun
dred Y men were killed OF wounded.
It was not made public, but it is,
nevertheless, true.
What of Jimmie" Taylor, the vet
eran and much beloved Y secretary?
While carrying on his work in the
trenches, he was so badly gassed that
it was necessary for him be carried
to a place of safety. So greatly was
he esteemed and loved among the men
that two commissioned officers con-
veyed him with their own hands to
place where he should be given aid
Did you, by any chance, Mr. Editor,
see an article recently published,
which told of how General Pershing
lauded and complimented the Y. M.
C. A. for the work they have done?
1t was rather significant, in that one
who is certainly capable of knowing
the work done by the organization,
did not find it lacking or deficient.
The money raised by the Y. M. c.
A. is used to furnish comforts for
the soldiers and to send these secre-
aries who work SO tirelessly and |
among, the boys. 1t was
he Y men who went thru the hos
3itals, distributing chocolate and Gig
arettes among the wounded soldiers.
They gave writing material to the
,oys who were able to write and
wrote letters at the dictation of those
90 badly injured to write for them
elves. They gave the steaming cof-
ZEE and chocolate, accompanied by
word of cheer, to the boys going
over the probably for the last
ime.
1t is quite evident that at least
'art of the money raised was used to
AIRY on work Of this nature. And
where is the one hundred per cent
american who would deny the soldier
oys these few comforts or begrudge j
he money given for such a purpose?
You take for your authority, the
lords of a certain writer, whose tai {
nts seem to run to the sensational
nd yellow journalistic" type of lit
nature; also the word of soldier {
Tho was very particular that his /,
anne be withheld. l have always s
cen unable to understand why a per-
on who had anything Of Importance I
} say, would hesitate to come "out I
/ the open" and say it. If this sol
Ter discovered the demon Of graft
nd dishonesty lurking in the haunts '
f the Y. M c. A. he should have r
xposed it, made it public, instead of
oncealing it. /
l am inclined to, think this soldier t
the hidden Identity must have t
cen one of the so-called Stacker p
ype' of soldier. Allow me to refer g
ou to the first part of this com a
for more adequate de- f
ription of his type. il
I, for one, would relish few mo- t
ents conversation with this particu- t
r young soldier. I might be able to b
,ut him wise" to certain things re-
arding himself-which facts he evil n
ntly does not know and would prob b
,ly never find out Of his own re- p
arch, no matter how exhaustive it tt
light be. v
And as to the "author," whose word h
taken as sacred authority, the very
ention of his articles makes one c.
ell the necessity of donning a gas ir
ask. He has made a trip to Europe 81
d, as you state, has seen fit to p'
ing back the startling news that te
r soldier boys are being robbed and vi
nerwise mistreated by the 7. M.
A.