Bisbee daily review., 1918-11-15
Treat 'En, WeW' Motto Of Nation for Our Fighters in
 Field, ShOlUn by War Work

PARIS, Nov. -(COrrespondence of the Associated Press) - Treat 'em rough" is the slogan of the United States tank units. referring to the enemy, but Treat 'em we'll is the motto in regard to the American eX peditionary force. Never in history have fighting men on foreign service been treated so humanely as have the soldiers and marines of General Per shings crusaders. Never have such tremendous projects been undertaken to surround the fighting men with the best home influences as have been brought to high perfection in connec- tion with American soldiers and ma rines in France With many other outworn theories, the old idea, that men had to be deprived of every hu- man comfort in order to develop them into good fighters, has gone by the board.
 Napolecn's old guard never relaxed at the movies. Washington's men at Valley Forge had no warm huts in whichtto gather Socially. Unselfish men and women never accompanied Washington'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 vaude- vile and other entertainments while campaigning. If entertainment, edu- cation, recreation, athletics, religious solace and a hundred creature com forts had been supplied his men, Sher- man might not have been so sweep ing in his 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 a 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 into action the uniformed field work CTS of the Young Mems Christian as- sociation, Knights of Columbus and Salvation army go with them distrib- uting bar chocolate, cookies and other small. handy eatables which may tide the boys over if they pursue the enemy so rapidly that the field kitch ems cannot keep up to them. As the Americans went in to clear the St Mihiel salient, the Y. Nj. c. A. alone distributed to them 19 motor truck loads of chocolate. cookies and tobac co. following it up through the battle with thousands of gallons of hot drinks. Army airplanes distributed 1 thousands of packages of tobacco and i cigarettes for the Knights of Colum- ! bus to front line fighters out of reach ! of pedestrian workers. The Salvation { lassies distributed thousands of dough | nuts and pies through the fighting.
 Strange as it may seem, American ! soldiers in action have time to snatch l a glance at the news and demand it i daily. The Y M. c. A., K of c. and ! Salvation army workers distributed I millions of Paris editions of American l papers through the Argonne, St Mi | hiel and Chateau Thierry engage | ments. To the men on rest or in hos | pitals and even to those in the | trenches, these workers furnished 1 tons of magazines and books supplied ! by the American Library association. |
 In the nuts" maintained in the war zone by the Y NJ. c. A.. K. of c. and 1 Salvation army the soldiers find phys | icaL, mental and spiritual relaxation ! or refreshment in the form of sociabil- | ity, entertainment, reading, writing. ! religious guidance.
 Theatrical entertainment is fur nished for soldiers by routing first ! class American entertainers over the hut circuit" as we'll as arrang-