The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-25

DOUCHBOYS
ARESOUCHT
y. N. G. A. HOLDS GUM ACCOUNT
LOST NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ON LIST OF eEMEFIclARigs.

Nsw York. March 34.-Information
about 1853 Individuals to whom the r.
~. c. A. War Work Council win pay
nearly $4,000 az soon as it can find
them 10 wanted.
Maybe one OF them il In your block.
In your office and maybe he needs the
money.
The individuals In question are those
to whom doughboys in france dis
patched money through Y. M. C. A.
observation-disclosures the men to whose
fidelity. resourcefulness and efficiency
they trusted rather than any other
human agency. More than $4,000. 900
was> thus sent back to the United
States, of which sum less than two
thirds OF one per cent was not de-
livered. This means that 274.224 SOL
dters who sent money to loved ones
back home, only one remittance out of
$50 did not carry.
And these small percentages Of fail
ure were nobdy's fauit. Perhaps q Ger
man shell got the range OF a "Y'' hat
on the front, burying records and kill
ing secretaries. Perhaps the person
back home had moved before the let
ter came. and had left no address Per-
haps the doushboy. trusting to MEM
ory gave the wrong address. The let.
tiers were not delivered, in 1859 cases
out Of the 274,224.
This doesn't mean that the letters
were lost. They were returned to the
A. e. F.. Soldiers Remittance Bureau.
BAT Madison avenue, New York City.
and the money was placed in the bank,
awaiting the order OF the person to
whom each remittance was sent.
The dead" letter list shows that IN
Florida there are fifteen persons to
whom money is due AS soon as each
can prove that he is the person TO
whom the sum was sent. the money is
his. A list Of these individuals IN
Florida is given herewith. and the "Y''
viii appreciate assistance. in the name
OF the doushbcys' love for the folks at
home. I'm tracing them.
The average sim on hand is SIS TT
means great deal for the doughhov
to save this sum from his salary. when
insurance. allotments and Liberty
PONDS are taken out:
Mrs Themes. Art;s F,a.: SENDER.
Bean Themes. private. Co A. s,a Eng.
n q.
Carnp Jos. f. Johnson. Fla; sender.
K Cors'antene. a1s But.
Lille Rrailor, Ehren. Fla: sender
Henry Prailor, private Co. D, 305 Lab,
Bn.
Harold w. Grary. Sgt, Camp JOS f.
Johnston. Jacksonville. Fla. ;, sender. A.
H. Stephens, lieutenant 112th Sup. TT
Mrs. Sarah Williams. Gainesville.
Fla: sender. Jake Johns, private IL
Eng. Ser. Co.
Miss Ethel Neil, 1877 e. Ashley street.
Jacksonville. Fla: sender, Fred r.
Neil private Bat. F. 31S F. A..
H. ]. Turner. 159 Newman street.
Jacksonville. Fla: e. NJ. Turner. priv
ate Bin. B 31s F. A.
Annie Williams. 221 Ave. q. Miami.
Fla; sender. John A. Williams. priv
ate Co. So Eng.
Bessie Perry. Clifton. Fla: sender
Coy Perry, private Co 305th Lab. Bn.
James Burns. Palm Beanch. Fla:
sender. Willie Blair, corp. Co. LIST, 800
Steve.
Willard J. T1arriean. Air Station,
Pensacola. Fla: sender. r. A Holton.
Ems. p. s. A., A. r. F.
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Jones, Box 156
Pensacola. Fla: sender. Geo. Jones.
Mrs. Anna Pe,ton. 316 North Havne
ST., Pensacola. Fla: sender Andrew
Woods. private 18th 302 stew.
Mrs. Viola Montgomery. Summer.
Fla: sender. Amos Allen, private Co..
c. sos Lib. Bin.
Miss oma whylv, wilson. Fla:
sender. Geo. WHY, private Bly,. F, $40
F. A.