Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-11-10
TREAT 'EN WELL
 lS MOTTO USED
 TOWARD 4. [. !
Men In American Expedi- tlonary Forces Better
 Treated Than Others.

,r, Paris, Oct. 31 (Correspondence of Inc Associated Press. l--"Treat lem rough is the slogan of the United States tank units referring to the enc my, but Treat em well' is the motto m regard to the American Expedi- tlonary oFrce. Never in history have Ilghtlng men on foreign service been treated so humanly as have the sold ?efs and marines of General Persh lng,s, crusaders. Never have such tre- mendous projects been undertaken to surround the fighting men with the pest homes influences as have been brought to high perfection in con- nectlon with American soldiers and marines in France. With many other outWorn theories, the old idea. that men had to be deprived to every hu man comfort in order to developed them into good fighters, has gone bv the board.
 Napoleon's Old Guard never relax ed at the movies. Washington's men at Valley Forge had no warm huts in which to gatf r socially. Unselfish men and women never accompanied Welllngton'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 paraph ernalia or with high-class vaudeville and other entertainment while cam pa1gnlng. If entertainment, education recreation athletics, religious solace and hundred creature comforts had been supplied his men, Sherman might not have been so sweeping in his 1 statement. Pershing's force has all these advantages.
 In addition to all the provision made by the government, American soldiers and marines receive through seven recognized agencies the many small comforts and considerations which remind fighter that his coun- try's people have him constantly in their thoughts.
 Take a modern big battle, for in- stance. When American soldiers go i into action the uniformed field work CTS of the Young Mems Christian Association, Knights of Columbus, and Salvation Army go with them dis tributing bar chocolate, cookies and 1 other small. handy eatables which may tide the boys over they pursue the enemy so rapirly that the field kitchens cannot keep up with them As the American went in to clear the St. Mihiel salient, the Y. M. c. alone distrubted to them nineteen motor l truckloads of chocolate, cookies and tobacco, following t up through the 1 battle with thousands of gallons of hot drinks Army airplanes distribut- ed thousands of packages of tobacco and cigarettes for the Knights of Col umbus to front line fighters out of reach of pedestrian workers. The Sal vation lassies distributed thousands of doughnuts and pies through the l fighting.
 Strange as it may seem, American soldiers in action have time to snatch a glance at the news and demand it daily. The Y. M. c. A.. and Salvation workers distributed millions of Paris eitions of American newspapers thru 1 the Argonne, St. Mihiel and Chateau Thierry engagements. To the men on rest or in hospitals adn even to those in the trenches. these workers fur nished tons of magazines and books supplied By the American Library
 Association.
 In the "huts" maintained in :. the
 war zone by the Y. M. c. A.. K. of C.. and Salvation Army the soldiers find
 physical, mental and spiritual relaxa-
 tion or refreshment in the form of
 sociability, entertainment, reading,
 writing. religious guidance.
 Theatrical entertainment is furnish
 ed for soldiers by routing first class American entertainers over "the hut
 circuit" as we'll as arranging anna
 teur shows. The best. newest movies
 are shown at the Y. M. c. A.. and K
 of c. huts. The Jeweish Welfare Board, which does similar service in
 home training camps, will put in hut
 service in France where it will not overlap the existing hut services.
 A complete educational system has
 been furnished by the Y. M. c. A: for
 every man, from iliiterates to those
 capable of grasping a professional o1
 technical course. Rest areas at fam. } ms seaside or mountain resorts O1