Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-07-30
One War WORKER
To COMPANY
A. z. F. stock-taking finds Y. nj.
{. A. alone averages secretary
to every 10 men.

10 every ITO men.
Paris, May.-Although the tumult
and the shouting have died over here,
and the captains, having assisted in
effecting the exit of the kings, are
themselves beginning to depart, the
American program of war with
the A. E. Z. carries on with in
creased resources and effectiveness.
The other day the A. z. F. took
stock of the agencies from the home
land that are serving the doughboy
The stock-taking was preliminary to
the newly instituted General Head
quarters program for co-ordinating
the work of these agencies to the
best advantage of the men And the
results are Illuminating
With approximately 1,50o, 900 dough
boys still in France and occupied
Germany, there is now one Ameri-
can war worker over here for every
$50 men and one hut operated by al
every 900 men.
The totals as given in the resume
for all the war agencies, exclusive of
the American Red Cross, are 9,61S
men and women workers and 1855
huts. OF the total number Of work
ers, $3.50 are representatives of the
Young Mems Christian Association,
leaving the overseas war work
strength of all other organizations al
he >%oI A<ar ~@% hrr&
1907 are operated by the Y. M. c. A
and the remainder, lao, by all other
war work agencies
Incidentally the stock taking
showed that everyone of the Ameri-
can agencies has increased its per
sonnet in the five months since the
signing of the armistice-the Y. M.
c. A, for instance, having added 726
workers to its strength This in
crease In attributed to the recognition,
both by the military authorities and
by the executives Of the various
agencies, Of an increased need for
war work among the men, now that
the concentration upon the objective
Of victory has been eliminated and
eagerness to get back home is inten
sified, with weeks and even months OF
waiting ahead.
With these resources at hand the
General STAFF of the 4. z. T. has I'm
dertaken to supervise and regulate
the service given to soldiers by
the auxiliary organizations. General
welfare officers are to be appointed
one to each combat division, eack
similar unit of the Service Of Sup
plies and each higher headquarters.
Their duties viii be TO supervise ath-
Ietic and amusement programs; de-
ter7nine the proper disposition Of
huts, restaurants and entertainment
halls; recommend readjustments
where recreational facilities are in
adequate or where there is duplica
ton of effort, and TO notify war work
agencies of the locations of all units.
They viii decide whether there are
too many or two few war workers in
their territories and, where neces-
sary, viii obtain details Of non-com-
nissioned officers and men to aid the
war workers
The welfare officers viii have turis-
diction over free distribution of food
and supplies by the various war work
organizations. Indiscriminate giving
away viii be discouraged, and free
distribution VIII only be countenanced
when ordinary comforts and facilities
for the men are not available, espe-
ciaIly for sick and wounded and for
troops in transit or otherwise sepa-
rated from the usual sources of SUP
ply.
The Y. M. c. A, which is operating
i 500 huts in France, is said to have
expended half the amount which viii
be available to ii for use in France.
IT has operated the canteen service at
a loss. With the army taking over
the canteen service, however, the ex-
penses of the Y. N. c. A viii be re-
duced.
Some idea of the expenditure made
for war work in the period which
passed with the Institution of the pro-
gram of coordination is shown in the
record of the 7. M. c. A This or
ganization had invested "a 500 900 in
overseas huts and their equipment up
to the first of the year, with an aver
age maintenance cost of more than
$4,000 a month. 1t gave away in
combat areas, from last May to tho
end of November, goods valued a.
more than 500, 900 and its Christmas
gifts to the doughboys last year rep
resented a value of more than half
million
Its loss in the operation of can
teens, done ON borrowed capital, was
$500, oO0 1t has expended s1,75o, 600
for sporting goods for free use Of the
soldiers. 1t has leased and operated
81 chocolate and biscuit factories and
seven sawmf1ls IN France to meet the
needs of the work. II has distrib-
uted more than $1,000, 900 worth of