South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-30
SAYS CHARGES ON
Y ARE UNTRUE
A. D. Hubbard, Overseas Sec
rotary, Writes Letter
to Local Man.

Harry J. Martin. secretary of the
local Y. NJ. c. a, is IN receipt of
letter from Arthur ID. Hubbard, a
South Bend man, now serving as a
Y. NJ. c. A. secretary in France.
which would tend to disprove some
Of the statements which have been
in circulation recently regarding the
work Of the Y. NJ. c. A. in France.
The letter, written under date Of
Dec. %. follows:
I'VE note some reports in the pa
pers as to disgrunteled men rap
ping the " Here is a stunt pulled
off by the " in Metz. About 200
men were there TO guard the city.
each was given a Christmas box con-
tanning cigarets, chocolate. etc, free.
Had front room in hotel, regular
Christmas tree, tinsel trimmings and
candles, just the same as at home.
from to 1890 o'clock. Served hot
chocolate, gave away cigarets and
furnished books, Paris editions of
the Chicago and New York papers.
and piano music for the amusement
and entertainment Of the soldiers.
Give Chocolate TO Men.
AT 1880 O'Clock We learned OF
about 500 men at the depot on thei.
way TO Germany. Made two big
cans of chocolate, carried it to the
station and gave each man two help
ings. They had had nothing warm
for "a hours, and were to remain in
the depot all night sleeping on the
floor
Everything in our canteen here
is sold at less than you can buy it
for at South Bend. Prince Albert
tobacco, about 10 cents; Cinco CT
CARS five cents; Gillette razors, 50;
large towels. good. so cents and
everything else at about the same
rate"
In another letter to Mr. Martin.
Mr.. Hubbard tells of meeting w. o.
Davies on two occasions. Portions
of that letter follows:
Describes Scenes i'm France.
Christmas day 1 spent in Metz.
leaving here (Paris) the oath by
auto. passing through the towns on
the front, showing me of the many
many things that war means, shell
holes, destroyed cities, and viii
lagos, trenches. dug outs, pill boxes
along the road, each side camou-
aaged, poles 10 feet high with can
vas and all imaginable things to
destroy the vision of the enemy as to
persons passing on the road, these
for miles and miles. Buildings in
the towns were mostly all brick.
Tile roofs and all are now shot to
pieces, all persons in the town are
gone, and there are now only a few
soldiers left there on guard. Metz is
a closed city to all but the French
To get in the city one must have a
pass Y men carry a special travel
ling card.
Meets Old Friends.
zone of the very strange things
that happen here is the way you
meet old friends About two months
ago in Paris, while eating dinner at
the hotel someone sat down beside
me-and here was our good friend
W. .. Davies. We separated the next
day TO come here, Davies to the
coast. Christmas eve at the Hotel
Metz was again at dinner and again
unexpectedly our good friend Davies
dropped in and we ate dinner to-
gether Rather unusual. He was on
his way to the Rhine to establish
Y In that section with the army OF
occupation. Yesterday I learned Of
South Bend man in this place. with
the K. of c. I looked him up and
found an old friend who had left
New York the day before the arm
istice was signed. 1t was John Nc
Inerny."