The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-02
WHAT THE RED TRIANGLE
MEANS TO SOLDIER BOY
CAMP AND ON BATTLE
FRONT.

No man who has not felt the pangs
of inconsistencies can appreciate the
value of friendship when he is in a
strange place. From this community
boys are leaving frequently for the
cantonments, where the National army
is being assembled. When they ar
rive in surroundings that are so diff
ferent from home, among strangers
drawn from every part Of the west,
they look about for a friendly face.
a word of cheer a warm handshake.
and they find it in the war work Sec
rotary Of the Y. M. c. A.
In the association buildings they find
comfort, companionship. amusement
and recreation. 1t means everything
to them. They may never have
thought what the association stood for
at home. but when they get into a
military camp it Is the nearest thing
to home that they know.
When the recruit reaches the can
torment he finds Y. M. c. A. Sec
rotary to greet him. First 1t is a
warm handshake, then it is an invita-
ton to maks use Of the building. to
use the writing paper and envelopes
that are provided free of charge, to
make himself perfectly at home. That
Y. M. C. A. building was built for
him. 1t is his club. His uniform is
his badge of membership.
At Camp Lewis.
At Camp Lewis, the great canton
ment near Tacoma. where the Ma
tional army in the west is assembled,
$4,000 men have been personally greet
ed upon their arrived by Y. M. c. A.
war work secretaries.
When the first contingent Of Ameri-
can troops arrived in France the first
man to welcome them was Y. M.
c. A. war work secretary. At the
encampments where the troops are in
training in France, American Y. M.
c. A. huts are established and secre-
taries are within them. UP near the
front line trenches in the sector taken
over by the American troops the Y.
M. C. A. is established for the en-
listed men.
On the transports crossing the At
lantic ocean, Y. M. C. A. war work
secretaries are with the men. The
Red Triangle never leaves them. 1t
is part of the American army and
there is no place too dangerous that
red FLOODED war work secretaries of
the Y. M. c. A. do not venture.
This same unselfish work is being
extended to the troops of the French
and Italian armies, to the coolies from
China imported to work in the fields
of France and to the fighting men of
all the allies forces.
Wonderful Organization.
This service, made possible by the
millions of dollars which have been
subscribed by the American people;
made practical by the wonderful or
ganization of the Y. M. C. A.; made
remarkable by the high class men en-
listed in the work of the Red Triangle
is today reaching out and serving the
soldiers of the French and Italian ar
mics, raising the standard Of morale
among the troops, keeping these
brave fighting men cheerful and con
tented.
1t is one of the greatest humanitar.
Ian services the world has ever seer
and 1t is for the boy that goes from
this town. 1t stays with that boy
right through every danger, hardship
and heartache, bracing him up wher
he is downcast, cheering him when h,
is gloomy and keeping him straigh
and contented when vice beckons ant
inconsistencies assails him. 1t means
everything in the world to him-ant
to you.