The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-09-25
THE Y MANS JOB AT SEA
BIZ WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD

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de- soa and at onto DC ocean asked
% worried looking negro soldier ON
transport 90 mid-%,ilnntio
WIN. man. Wen ON do ocean now.
I's e. much ~ ven ever Doc, tH-
fW'r'i his partn'r
Go Dn. ms - too smooth 'ur do
ocean. ms ~ De sea, tell Nul
me most dav The season ol sllssy
.cHs had gone" and 0 lvol, wind vh.p.
ped tn, Atlantic.
Didn't ! teal ,pu Didn't I ton
YOU .ltd he negro soldier huov
sur" we'd come Ga lo ocean % $50 kept
,u t#aFolin'''
riut % isn't ont, among th, BARK
ho,S tu 1ui army that I%guor.g,a Of 'h,
ocean prevails. Not one ~ 20 huusand
oi the million and more american
boy, n t'runC, TO-DAY ,yDr crossed
the ocean. literally hundreds 60 them
never saw either TIE Ntlurti, OR M"
Pacific until tuvy C1u' 90 The soJ
coast ~ take sNiu Tor the wa
How 60 kecr our hundreds OF thou
sands of bows happy me Won and as
comfortable rs possible while they
40" passing through me strange I'D
venture of gctunR To Franc" ,s d.
task thai the army. thr navy and tho
y. NJ. o. \ ut, WORKING "a
Nid-Occan strains Dangerous.
Th, army men realized as soon
- W, hogan transporting 'roous 10
France. that m~id-ocoan ptrnlps On tht
u,,u might tuIur, their morale Con
s.d,IthIN and, perhaps. undo much
good work tina had been prcviol,sl}
non, n the camps az morale build
ma
AMI thu tho v NJ G.. 4 was IL
Nlicd onto the ocean.
The 81 had to pick us way. care
fully At first so II appears, the
work WAS not without error
rc,ne u human institution. tho y"
had to tnd out FIRST. how not 30 10
IA, lob For instance. ON several
ships 30 happy lo lVokY type ct soCre.
tlry tired the work. HIS wholesale
"puui mornings his stories, which
ne had trained himself 30 toll Wuh
which were never ct tho IippN sort
thai the men themselves had ga inyi,
iuu.u. ends. tud his att'mpt. a.
hi"'l, good .no"r All foll fiat "a"
found limsclt Boz uHnEer ol being con
sidrrrd Hs excess cargo. On ~" ,.u"l
hand tho Z, e. \. secretary who
felt tuat u. WINS a missionary Jmour
70 lof uf WuNwIil noNs found himself
l,it Dui bon tho cold. rhc lrtd"I
hn,, Uncovered hy this Inn. In al,
great Nar. tntt o. y imam Who isu
hk,I ht aIl the men with whom boo
come. INTO contact had better D.,
Called back home
Ihr Right 1Npc Of secretary.
And uuW. after several months u|
,,p,.u,uunp 'hc y. NJ g. \ Ea.
f,.rI,f that s,I,t," to thr bows uu,
putnnu. u.t the best OF service d
Whut b.. u,cd'l 90 make their wort
,tI.r,uf tn, secretary " no go
pu each traup ship To FRANCE keep
r.m..I m ~ background and oul.
mon uhn can do tins at' chosen 10
H.. work. The W service ma
stand out hut never the man WHO r"n
t,H. o.
non tho FIRST up' or two tho "
u.. uu IL transport quietly makes ht
p~r,ptr,tions: tho novelty of rctns or
tho ocean rs claiming the iull alton
ton ot tho thousands OF American
no,s aboard and srasickucss lt. me-
ni thcm
These ~pr,purpttons conslst of th0
formation OF 90 ,ommiitc usually CON
-istiur ot tho commando OF Tho shin
th, commanders of troops aboard 'h.
ships chaplain an the army chan
ltrus present and the Y man
IT, Tag III Tricks"
} About tho second dgN out tnc Notun
mon arc glad enough 20 read hat .
turir particular section of tho SIN
that c,oriuE there is To- no q boNin
match. or 30 movie show Word got
around that 20 "" man on boar
has brought "a library ot tic latc'
books and thousand of magazine
with hm Punching bags app,a
ben, aud there 'Mhcro'd you $50
thos. ,he,Kcts"' the onlookciH as
Of a t,am OF checker players The
learn that thc ~" man rs giNin
thom out go an comcrs aud that b
hn. ,hc,. Hua dominocs. too, ior IA
askmg 4 medicine ball lam", B.
winch soor,s ,an play a. once
mvstsriousN hOgup ON ouc of IN
+, decks. a notice ~ posted M ma
(, som. chan VITO got "a decisipr an on
p of the boxing mi Tho nirht hcfor
challenges an comcrs, ~ N tNpcWril
D.. ten on 20 triangle stationery
) checker champion gets the ma
b to write out ana post a challenge 10
him.