Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-25
GREAT IS The T'
Work Of the Organization Of Inestl'
mabIe Value.
ALWAYS ON ITS JOB OF HELPING
Promotes Entertainment for the SOL
diers-Its Workers Always IN pleas
ina Humor-Men Who Are Making
Real Sacrifices for SerViee-Whi
Have Place in Wars History.

Have Place IN wars nlsSo'y'
Correspondence The YoriSiiis Esauire'
comp Sewer. Jun" 2l.--For StF'ra'
u,,,,hs after | WAS enlisted in TN"
military service | kept away hS i''u'''
.s r,ossillr (Which was almost ai'o-
y,,hcrl from tn" y. VI. {. y. haiiS'
ar "Y's" as they are called 'hat '''
:, mart of the life and being OF 'ach
regiment at Camp SEWER Sum,
how was pr"judic"d against NV
..y's" and ~" workers. whom re-
,,.,r,l,d as men who had SIMPLY Soh'
in,o that work in order 10 u"'iS''
military service. which | nave h'ar'''"'
ir., nearly 80 hard and strenuous hS
I'm. work in which they ar" thsa''"'
Ny conception OF, ana a''l'""'
,Y.,rI the. "Y's' and In" fin" men WI"
cumuosc their corps OF work'rS' '""
eyer has been materially chiihS'"
.in,,. that time: brCauS" ! nav" h"i
,,,,,,.r ,i,u,. To study the work anu
,,orkrrs and ! hav" come TO the con
,Iusion that those workers a'c "'
pood soldiers as any OF us ana nc'''r
.o,dirrs than many OF us-myscn IN
cludcd in the last named class
There. are probably hundred Z"
,,,,. v NJ. G.. \. workers at camp
Sewer. and from r"vcilic hh'' ''iH'
they are always on the Jol'--Snhu'!S
included. They provid" various i"rihS
of entertainment for TN" soldiers III
c.,,nu-moving pictures. amateur 'h'-
,,rir,ls organized 10y them among en-
listed men. deliver lectures on Hh'i''H
sulircts. issue stationery I" S"i""''
who desire the same. talk about ''o''
IN those. who will listen ana d"h S''
mad at the fellow who wont. lh'H
,.,i,,. lritrrs for thos" among IN" SOL
dirrs who know not now I'D "'"''
wr,p up packages of military So">'
Mrs and other things Tor th"S' SUI
dirrs who desire To uS" the Pi''''H
most system. cheer up th"s" WI" '''
sad and lonely: give advice l" 'i"S'
,,ho solicit the same. In short. th'H
do everything to make s"idicri'S
plcasant and they do IL IN th' '''S''"''
incest way Imaginable
Comes II soldier into tn" y Oh '"'
3olst infantry. He hasn't hau "''''
f,om the wife in several days perhaps
and he's blue and lonely. Or maybe
he's hot and tired and disgus'ed VIII"
"souads casting or some other m''-
,ory duty that is not just exac''! ae-
cording to his liking.
LET me see the latest edition Oh
LIFE" ne says, IN 2, SnIh '":e".
sorts kind of tone.
81 am very sorry. lad; III. '''
somr reason or other we didh s'
life, this week." replies the man ''-
hin, IN. desk at the ~" in II pleas
ant voice. .
"uumph. that's the dickens o'
o,. S,v what do you fellows ever
do or have around here. anyhow
e, nm sorry about the magazine ia"'
,...,,ics I'm, "Y" man in the same goo"
bunorcd vein. Here's the Sa'"I"''
Evening Post or Metropolitan or las
,i.s if they will do and am sure We
will have Life tomorrow.
The soldier out -of-sorts LOOKS :"
,,;,, funny like and wonders how hc
,,r maintain such composure an"
,b,crrulucss all the time. NJ INV
som, time ne is ashamed ot hiihS'"'
rbus II goes. They can't do ch"uS"
for the soldiers. They are ever "''
ing to please them.
Most of the "I" workers III '"'S
camp are men who ar" over ''' "''''
,pc who have gone into tha' ""'N
,,,,,,s. il il a service in when lhcH
or,. able TO serve best 10y reason "'
their peculiar training along 'h'' INV
Many workers in the draft age INV
left th,. ~" service In order 10 'h''S'
In the National army and many o'h-
,,,s boy, been drafted. They m'f'!
wanted to serve in som" way ""''
,b,ir urn came for induction INT" NV
army proper. ,,
MANY of these men are those WHO
would never he called into the mili'arE
service. no matter how long the WIT
might last. because Of physical hh-
s,n.ss or some kindred reason.
Il was only few days az" tha'
$40, ocross n weazened. dricd-up.
hardly bigger than 4 minute. thih """
sIinny. four feet eleven inches Oh II
man at the Central 'i" in Sewer. hiS
arms we're hardly half as Ing as
mine. and I'm not strong ON size my
calf whil, one of my lcggins would
h.,o nr,tty nearly served him as n
summer shirt.
II, had n hig and CHEEKY smile anu
something about him seemed 10 give
IN, impression that he was great
bip little fellow. | engaged him III
conversation about something or oth-
er don't remember what, anu 'h'n
no invited me into his office 10 TAIN
some morr. and soon we were r''''
chummy. Finally he told me ABOUT
himself, because | asked him 10. tie
doesn't know that | am using nm III
this article and If he did he would
turn red all over.
well" he said. in telling about
himself, You see ! am not strong OH
size and my health isn't rs good as u
might he: but | believe l can bc OF
assistance In this way. at least lit
tie bit to the boys who are going to
biz Bill. SO here am in " work.
up until few months ago was
conducting an advertising agency IN
Palm Beach. Fla. I was making
pretty fair living-about $4,000 year.
guess. The fellows around my
place kept going to war and | Kept
irving TO get in somehow and couldn't
until | got pretty much discouraged.
FINALLY an acquaintance of mine
advised me TO so into Y. NJ. {. ~
work. told my wife how | felt about
Il all-that l wanted to have place
In the show somehow or other and
that II was both her duty and mine TO
try to have that place.
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