El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-01

q 7. il. L. a. personnel ana stem 10
/ provide articles for the comfort and
l welfare Of our soldiers whom with
/ out such provisions must necessarily
I 80 without them As q result Of this
/ observation. / have no hesitation in
! saving that the Y n C. A has proved
Of adding 10 the physical. moral and
. mental welfare Of our soldiers wher-
I ever they may be, and recommend TO
[ all persons interested IN our soldiers
! their continuation and augmentation
/ OF financial support TO your orsaui-
z. II. Lewis.
Major General
Commends Recreation Work.
/ The following statement from Mai.
I Cen J. G. Harbord, commander Of the
/ service OF supply of the A f. F. was
7 not secured by me. but is an extract
. from letter by him to chief A. Z.
! Carter in Paris:
IN any army we have i'm France.
/ no matter how large. there always
I would be one third Of it in the serv-
I ice OF supply THESE officers and
men are without the stimulus of
meeting the enemy. their work is o.
the humdrum- monotonOus character
that lowers tone, yet IL is so import
ant that the army al the front can
not exist without IT, It extends from
| the ports to Immediately behind the
front line trenches. Obviously. unless
the army at the front can be SUP
piled. il cannot exist On the service
OF supplies falls the burden Of sup
plying IL. / can think Of no better
method Of elevatinE the tone Of this
. large force, Of taking their minds off
their work outside Of office hours,
SO necessary TO mai tain health and
I at the same time guard their morals.
as recreational athletic sports that
the Y n C. A. Is alone able 10 fur
Combat Divisions at Rest.
The theory OF the employment OF
the combat divisions is that IN or
. binary times probably half Of them
are engaged ia combat and half Of
them in rest With those in rest,
their minds must be taken off losses
recently suffered. the memory Of
I hardships undergone must be re-
moved the physical tone elevated AZ
ter comparative physical inactivity in
the trenches, and their morals must
I be guarded by furnishing them an
amusement which viii keep them
( from seeking had associates For all
these purposes there occurs 10 me but
one which appears to help on all
athletic sports furnished by the Y.
~ O. A. The benefits Of this phase
OF the Y IT, c. A. work are so clear TO
me. so generally believed in by al the
officers and so welcomed by the men.
that I am astolished that there
should be any doubt expressed by any
one"
More High Praise.
The following letter was not Sc
cured by me, but was given me as an
official copy OF a voluntary state
ment made by one OF the high Of
ficers OF the American Expeditionary
forces, giving voice 70 his apprecia-
ton Of the work Of the Y. ~ C. a.
General Headquarters American EU-
peditionary Forces
General staff May IS. 1918.
From Commanderinchier 10 Chief Z
j.. II. C. A
Subject Appreciation OF the work
accomplished by the y IL c. A.
l. The commandments desires 10 /
express TO you. and through you 10 ]
the I'm. G. A. workers who have |
been operating with the 18th Field /
artillery. his satisfaction with the ad- Z
mirable results which they have &C Z
compiished
. when the work done is Of such a Z
quality as to produce from the Lieut.. ]
Col OF the regiment unsolicited 9 1
statement such as the one which i'm /
mediately follows and which IS quoted I
FOR your Information, 10 is believed 4
that the matter should be brought .
directly 20 the attention OF all con- }
cerned. and IL is requested that T
copy o. this comm uni cation be for
warded 10 those responsible for this I
work. Lieut. Col =. s. Wheeler Of /
the 18th Field artillery. writes as fol- I
lows
There is no factor contributing
more TO the morale Of the American &
army ia France than the y 81 T.. A. 4
The value Of this orGanization cannot P.
be oyerestimated- When I come to .
the y H. C. a. huts and see our men d
night after night and one day after .
another IN their spare moments en-
jOying the privileges created by 4
corps OF self sacrificing Red Triangle 1
workers. know that they are better I
men and better fighters for 50 do
ing. Give me 500 men who have a /
Y. NJ C.. A. rather than 1000 who have /
none and I viii have better fighters I
every time. I voluntarily make this 1
statement because ! am so apprecia-
tive for what your efforts mean to
the morale OF our army"
g. The conclusions and opinions OF I
Lieut.. Col Wheeler are concurred In I
by these headquarters.
BY order Of the Commanderinchief, /
James A Logan. jr-, Col G. $. n A.
a C OF s G-L
A Letter TO Titus.
The next testimonial was not Sc
cured by me. but IS copy OF a letter /
Of appreciation written 10 Charles q. I
Titus. who viii be well remembered 1
by readers Of The Herald as a former .
secretary Of the Fl Paso association.
This letter. while dealing especially ]
with the work OF ATr. Titus. is at the .
same time broad enough to cover the /
MOrk OF the y A. T. A. IN EeueEda-
Headquarters Second Division. Amer
lean EXpeditiOnary Forces.
France. May ] 6. 1913
3Ir. C. c. Titus. secretary Y. II. C.. a. (
Second Division.
Ny Dear lIr. Titus
The division commander directs me 7
TO express 70 you his regret on learn
ing that the authorities Of your or
ganizatiou find n necessary TO re-
lieve you from further duty with the
Second division
He takes this opportunity to eX-
press TO you his appreciation and 4
qualification for the very excellent
work you have accomplished with the
in France last October.
Your untiring personal efforts and /
the manner in which you directed the
hard work Of your assistants has
given our division at all times, under
fire OF the enemy and at times very
trying conditions, the very excellent
services Of the Y. r. c. A. which con-
tributes so much to the entertain
ment and comfort Of our men.
Yours very sincerely.
Vim. ". Bessall
Lieut. Col Adfutant General
Godsemd TO tIen.
The next letter deals with the work
OF the -'YT in the 18th division. / had
heard criticisms OF the ''Y" men with
this division and rumors that the
work Of the organization had been
a failure among these troops. J.
therefore made "a enarfar frfr, fo- sha Q