Trench and camp., 1919-01-30

the long nights? Has he forgotten
ali the actors and actresses ana en-
tertainers who have crossed the seas
in the Y. M. G.. A. service to cn0er
and enliyen him during his leisure
hours? Has he forgotten al tn@
little services rendered to him Dy
the women in our huts. mending ms
stockings and giving HIM other little
attentions? Has he forgotten the re.
ligious services and the services OF
song that have brought to MIN the
voice of the church at home? Has
he forgotten the thousands OF KING
acts that 10000 workers have tried
to do bringing to him through them
and our organization the love and
ympathy of the folks at home?
Has he forgotten the rest areas.
where thousands of the boys have
spent their days of leave ana pse1
furnished with entertainments anu
million dollars worth of ATHLETIC sap
plies which have been }distFlDuLed
free? Will he not weigh these serv-
ices and give due credit for them,
and then bear in mind that the dlsap-
pointment caused by Imperfect serN-
ice in the canteen was not, aIter
all the fault of the Y. M. G. A., but
was due to the inability of the gov
ernment. under the strained cOndi-
tions of war, to furnish supplies TOT
the amount he demanded?
Since it was organized the motto OF
our organization has been "Servicf 70
the other Fellow" and that wass4h
spirit in which we entered up0ns ahis
great war. 1 have spent FIVE mQufhs
on the fighting front, working hAna
in hand with these men and iWafh
this motto in our minds. with 0rM3rs
| have travelled, with loads of5Ho-
bacco. cigarettes and chOcolafpFOs
INV hack-on through the tfetl@8elN
into no mans land, taking these lHm.
forts to our soldier bOyS-and II H4vsW
read IN their faces their appreei4Nl0T
of that service. l have seen hunQNe0l
of our secretaries toiling WltNsNON
drinks and refreshments throughi hinI
and cold and under shell nre t0fTBTy(
comfort to the boys. lj3E# A
And 1 can still look New Ere Andf
people in the face and say pla&~E tOt
the best of my belief every dollar
that you have invested in these sOr-
ganizations has been well spent andf
has brought a maximum OF return
the utmost that it was possible to
give under the conditions. Not ond
single accusation have T. ever heard
that any of the money has been
misspent or wasted. ExtravaganqeA
Yes in the sense that all war expendi1
that was not justified under the con-
ditions. The United States has hp. 5
proved, after thorough investigators
our budget One of the largest Ane
best known auditing firms OF NeR
York city has a large force OF lit
men, under a member of the Nrm
at our Paris headquarters, follW@in
every penny of the money expeHd dee
over there and at home. While W,
may have been misunderstood By tn,
soldiers and by the folks at home
We have asked for an investig4tiOl
by the government of every criticism
this investigation has been made mos
thoroughly, and reports have beel
brought in exonerating us from al
these accusations.
Gen. Pershing has many times con
plimented us upon our work kein
so well done. The French gofern
ment, through Clemenceau an& a
the leading generals of the F3ene
army. has declared ours to be azpiec
OF service that has helped win tn
war. with the assurance that o&r o,
ganization Is deserving of the grats
tude OF the French people