Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-07

this matter thoroughly and found
the complaints absolutely without
foundation. I mention this matter
only because the widespread rumor
Is most unfair to an organization
which is doing heroic service"
Big "Yp Casualty List"
Criticism of the "Y," the review
states, was thus leveled at o branch
of the associations work which was
multiplied in volume by five during
the year. Receipts of less than s1.-
100000 in the post exchange system
last January had grown to moro
than $6,000,000 O. month by Septem-
ber. 1918. and since then have main
tanned that level. At these post ex-
changes, millions of dollars in re-
mittances to the folks at home have
been handled without charges by
the "Y.''
The "Y" casualty list, complete
only so far as the list of dead Is
concerned, follows: Nine workers.
two of them women, were killed by
shell fire while on duty; twenty
three were wounded or gassed
severely; many others received
minor injuries, and thirty-one died
in the service, chiefly because of
exposure and overwork. Also on the
records OF the personnel board, are
the names of ten workers, who have
been decorated for bravery by the
United States or Allied armies.
AT st. Miehiel the HISTORY written
by the '.Y', on the Marine was re-
peated and again in the Argonne
forest the Red Triangle was in the
advanced posts, says the report.
John Sherman Hoyt, vice chairman
of the Y. M. c. A. war work council,
who was on the ground at the time.
says in his contribution to the re-
view of the year that 700 workers
and lao trucks were assigned to this
area and operated successfully in
the face of great difficulties.
Under an agreement. the Red
Cross assumed responsibility for the
entire war service program in the
hospitals, the "Y" confining it's
efforts to providing for the welfare
OF the men who were not invalided.
This work. from figures furnished
by the construction department, is
now being carried on in more than
1900 huts and about 400 other
buildings, hotels, theaters and leave
area resorts.
Entertainments Worth $4,OO0,OO0
Motion-picture entertainment. ac-
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gwen without cost to an extent that
the "Y" estimates could be dupli-
Gated in this country only at box
office income of s4,000.000. This is
based on the operations of an aver
age month, during which 5000
shows were given to turnstile
count of .5,9S2,000 men from the
American and Allied armies. Nearly
ninety theatrical companies. recruit
ed in the United States, were sent
overseas by the Y. M. G. A. to en-
tertain tho soldiers, and the men
were encouraged to develop amateur
entertainments among themselves
To this end twenty-five professional
coaches were sent to France, hun
dreds of one-act plays were loaned
to the men for their shows and cos.
tunes without number were sup
| Piled.
In athletic sports the records o1
the "Y" state that the soldiers had
tho use of nearly a million dollars
worth of sports and equipment and
entered into great mass athletic
games under the leadership of sew
eral hundred sports directors. That
this program will continue during
the winter Is shown by the shipment
of athletic supplies valued at $175,-
900 during November, 1918.