Bisbee daily review., 1919-06-29
FOR WEEKLY NEWS LETTER BY ALoNZo cRITTENDEN


 On returning to Bisbee, have been asked to contribute a few incidents of my experience as an army sec retary to the weekly news letter of the Y
 First, I must express my pleasure on being back in Bisbee, and meeting my old friends. Although I signed for overseas service. did not get overseas, but was kept in the camps of the Southern Department
 On briefly giving my impressions of the work, I simply tell the tale as twas seen by me"
 In the vast preparations in this country, the rising tide that brought Germany to her knees, and made the world safe for the free institutions of Democracy, the Y strove to render the utmost service it could. It had prac- tically no previous experience in such a field, and a new organization, the National War Work Council, leaped into being to confront the giant task that lay before it. Some mistakes were made, but it is contrary to the
  bilities from any one organization.
 I spent three weeks in the Secre- torial Training School at Fort Bliss, where the study of war work methods were agreeably varied by short inter- vals of physical exercise and the play ing Of games under the physical di- rector, and community sings. The rest of the day, outside of school, we worked, as the Y was short of men. I graduated from this school. and then drove the r truck about 16 hours a day, during the daytime making de- liveries, and in the evening convert ing the truck into bus and bringing talent to the different Y huts for the entertainment of the soldiers, some times taking part in the program.
 There I had the pleasure of meet ing Jimmie Henderson, who helped greatly the morale of the men by stir ring addresses which he gave about his experience in the trenches in the early days of the war
 I was then transferred to Nogales as Educational Secretary. The 35th Infantry was there, a fine regiment. The work was growing by leaps and bounds, and it was hard for the or ganiZation to keep up with it. The building accommodations were far be- hind, and we were always short of men and worked long hours. For several weeks I kept everything in my suitcase, slept out doors and dress ed in small store room.
 I had charge of the Y activities at the base hospital, a squadron of the 10th Cavalry (colored) and all the ed ucational work. We had Spanish and French classes and arranged a pro gram of weekly educational lectures and talks, Causes and Beginning of the War" First Aid Demonstration, etc
 also gave mass instruction in French and Spanish by throwing slides on the moving picture screen | between rells, with short talks.
 We had movies four times a week 1 at the Y there. Of course everything was free.
 The base hospital was situated on | a hill commanding fine view, and the fierce heat was tempered by the | mountain breezes. I went through | all the wards every day, loaded with | books. magazines and writing paper, | besides always having stamps to sell. ! Everything beside stamps was of course free. From there I accompan- fed the 35th Infantry on troop train service to San Antonio, Texas. from | which point I was transferred to Camp Cody. All the Welfare organi- | zations were represented there.
 This camp was called the Sand storm Division" and was well named. l When the wind was high the atmos- phere was filled with a cutting blast of sand and dust, to which one often had to turn his back in order to get his breath. But this is merely incl dental look back with much pleas