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ANNOUNCEMENTS
LII AlcmOriam. 2
b Sh5 n; rYnesaorapee 81 my, dear SON
died IN France one scar ago today.
The month Of Nav has come.
Bi ihH safd 4 ST. 70 me- Of ai!ihe
one year aso TO-DAY. ''"- 80"
A 9f l his 1i s wfri@ sSnsf ;%ls heart.
IN heaven no more to part
Mother
on brother. your busy hand. are folded.
You HervSd y oIa sS e,,tl r. "? pa''nf.y
4Vur AeaEc".y crown - wo".
You ei, our mother slsrers
An. ,'iI sr SI9Iner, fsngs anu ,,Ii
10 At.u sou. cpuntTs.s cull
ltd no, seo riy Grpthyi Iis.
Ma5 serving nay country IA France.
-z, ,rother Ddarlcs ~ France
1ds FG 6roth,r q2 tsK Of my
france on. yeer ago today. Ma, / i.ia
Ip.; = year ago. dear brother.
4 Wiling ""'raay T6l did ID ~ oar-
l. hard to hinh .laar rr,nt,
Or % soa igt Kind ,,yr to M. MP you
or oraycfs ar tor ,hos. Who were near:
V, ny ia AZ ~ !heir .p"er iDv YOU
W. ~ 'hes tan. 50 ~ misnt ;hanle
That tHey be guided ssf-l. through
one ihlnE *. Anow one where in France
d ret
Sizier Dowsy.
I. Frank. VINO deuar,oa ,his lii on ,bn ~
day Of O-t9D.s ~. seven months ago.
So
:. liss death 80 -aGiy mad. vs. i,ari
c6nuo OF tHE, sd ii'f Is,, '' ~ !yTr
ir5,,l p. 49,, 5v.I '.''"Ggy sd
49, tier Devoted Gusvlnd.
I do no, ,,o,
ant ~ ~ i.oS p, ~ ~
And Gouii 10, r,,;;
80 =" t'''''S s"'l "'t "a'% OF hand
SiOs;TI;11IIt,fjN - . : =. :, s.sl
"Ao died one :el- 4go ioau.. May =. !1l.
f0e are gone, out no: forgotten.
Fg2r, a. Ions - ihlrs IS lie La memory,
WAL 1'"s'- '"!n" OF ihce:
sCHLOSSE.K --SaGI.t 10 iAe memory OF
4 f,.s
ssr. who antSr.d 4inIt, rSt IN, -
Faithful Unto IN. .ud
AAINE s!LHPIY.
n Ill. t7I,TI y. :,
49, . "a i",f.i"s u: Inc ON.
Pupi,r. S,iJ .. n, ~, ' i,nI 81
FOLLOWING urch,>1Ies 1T ,..' tne
Whereas. our heavenly ra,b.- :, M.
inrn!tc wisdom hss seen ii, ~, ,r,,,,v ., ms
our u.tus, our fltGnu AND Hs,-o5i..ir rjj liz
T. TaGaterrv. First Assistant city Enrir i'ei'
Win the Enslna"ri8s E"art,S:n h'tn''.y nl
City government: ana W wi
Whereas bv ms un;irin- dcyo,io, "a 80,
duties assignee MINI no b.. "a, rIl.l -,
oomrnenGai!rn nf tnas- IN, 1!,,r4.. - ~, -
department Tor fAithfu!ncss IN carrying for
ward the woI" inttus,e! to MIN. uliiencins
hdclity and @eat "a the discEarEc OF every
slant application ase5m"ushed IN i la rye
iefysiHs many Isrss strSt 'a'a. ta It's
where's IS an a.i ;iG 'ss .; T iha sincere
soca zion ana friendly rslatious Win SGr
friend. Nc desire to bear testimony OF IN,
existed for - many years. Therefore he III IL
friend. this Department has lost one Who
Was cohsGis n,l"us IN ne discharge OF every
Of executing eyerS, demand mad upon Mn,
F,4Yf y
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HUT6ifDBiLES
Automobiles for Suie.

LsED CAR BARGAINS
Thosoughiy, rebuilt and gIaranteed In ey:
celieut condition.
ono 2-ton Waite Tru1ton.
ono 3-ton White Truxton.
Ont iSh nss s s'esI I eos shs starter
COMMERCIAL MOTORS INC
Madison $500
Used CAR BAKGAINS-
BUICK.
5-PAssENGER. $500.
SANoN
SIN. 5000.
BUICK
ROADSTER. $3.50.
OVERLAND.
PASSENGER. 5000.
HUDSON.
Y-pASsESGER $500
NATIONAL.
PASSENGER. $500.
u. NJ. c. TRUCK.
3-4-TON. 5000.
ALL OF THE ABOVE
CARS ARE IN
FIRsT-CLASS CONDITION
AND RARE pARoA1Ss.
TERMINAL MOTOR CO.
NINTH AND CARY SITS.
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AUTOMOBILES
Auto Accessories. IL

WERMAKER--Farrners. your car and a
,powermaker give You portable power
mixing concrete. threshing. pumping. she'll
ing corn; grinding feed. churning. saving
wood and many other great things. Can DO
attached to any kind of car. Write today
for full particulars. Talman Auto supply
q 80 East Main Street. Richmond. Va.
PLuGS-Auburns. 39c and 40c; IT.
tans. zoe; Champion ", Gle. Special
quantity prices. The SpotlesS Co. 1920
East Main Street Telephone Randolph
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AUTOMOBILE TOPS } = .ssaaa!!
q!
Automobile tops. new or rccovered;
scat covers. hood covers. curtatn=.
cushions. upholstcring. plate glass
rear windows. Tops and curtains re- :
paired Closed cars rctr!mmed
Every job guaranteed nrst.class
job. We oldest house In our line 20
In Richmond. and larses, In South S't
Have most skilled workmcn, best -"
factory equipment and largest stock
OF standard materials. such as New
erlcek. Rayntite. Pantasote. Laid =
laws Burbank's In fancy colors, etc -
Fair prices. Drive by and let US
make you estimate. Crawford
Trimming Co.. 1915 Yves. Broad. 80.
:. AUTOMOBILE TOPS
AUTOMOBILE TOPS
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10 BIG SIN sTUDEBAKER. nov being
hriren only by Mr.. Dardcm, VIII b. sold
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REWARD. 400
AUTOMOBILES
Automobiles Tor Sale

AUTOMOBILE BARGAlSS 1917 Saxon
passenger, $500. stuuCUakcT 7-passer-
ger. 1900. Grant ia, S-passenScr, s1U0
saxon four roadstc.. 900. The above "a rs
are Ia nrst-C!aas condition, and r.r. la r.
Gains -. y. rrent!ss. $40 West Broad
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PART Classified Ads
Business Chances. Help
~ Wanted, Situations Etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lost md I'ouuti.

FUl, NECEPlECE-rhc party who took rcd
iuX fur 10y mistake from Jefferson I,ot.l
auditorium Friday night will pleas. phone
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CoI.E aero 6-passengcr touring car in
good mechanical condition: will paint n nv
color; iive good cord tires: driven by careful
driver. Call Madison 20i. -
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ON brother. your busy hand. are folded
.. our WORK Ou vSrt! i. done.
~ SerFtd YOUR c"uutrV fttnfuIlv.
cur AcavJnIy crown - Mo.
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Sut can never forget him
VI ms blE. warm. GENEROUS heart.
anu som" ddS hone 10 meet h!lu
IN heaven no moro to part.
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TIRES = Spotless nonskid wrapped tread
auto tires guaranteed 5000 miles.
sons, sl3IT: S2x3 L.. s2O.7i; 34x4. SEAT.
Send tor catalogue $50. and save money OH
tires. tubes. parts and accessories. SpotlcSs
Co. 1882 East Main Street. Richmond Va
RauIn'ph ls5n =
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)? sorics. j-psssenEor six good Is new
Driven less than Loo miles and only
10. demonstrating purposes
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bnhhK-ln remembrance 81 my dear son
ahd our dear brother frank a. Baker VINO
o'eu III France one year today.
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6cTH YEAR.
TIMES-DlSPATCH
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

INDExED FOR QUICK HEEEnpNcB
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nc month OF Nav has come
>, The sdGdcst to me OF all the wear
btcauAc IL took away 4 loving son
one year today
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on Lett our mother. glstnrs
,AHI DIptner- !ri-Eos altu ali:
ALL tFpS>cd enc nlEnt- ocean
10 hood you. vuuutTss cull
i.TULlelZ and St.i..r.
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GOLD BkpOclI--Lost. iady's gold
brooch. enaiiic..d leaves with diamond n,
enter. Return TO The Times. Dispatch and
~. -
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AUTOMOBILES
Aut1,n,uuiics .uI S,,I.

DoDGE-for sale. one Dodge roadster. In
Al condition VIII saCriii,c same II sold
~ Hnce. Appiy. :0i y. Sycamor. Street.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-03
DIVIDENDS ON THRIFT.

is ST hand. but probably
orer before in The history of this
B untFy has thrift been more profit
80 or debt more expensive. The
SG&ean4 habl, Is more Of national
ne9 thar ever before. DMya,g the
II lnr &c had the incentive OF patrio-
1tnSa. Now. II we could but realize il,
49, have more than the usual motive
seif-interes.
n We are passing through period
IT. rtm1nx dollar values. Hitherto
nF3nE the war and immediately after
labor has been receiving It's wages
& dollars whose purchasing power
aMA In the neighborheod- of sixty
onts. With the decline in commod-
S1kr prices the dollar viii increase In
MNmfehaEing power and consequently
Il salnc, Money saved noV is like
MINING a bond al sixty that viii soon
q EsrEtised at par assuming of course
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-03

vcniences that civilian .magines
they get.
Well, Notwithstanding all that !
ain not getting, I am truly thankful
for being where I am. untouched.
well and perfectly healthy. and none
the worse for what | have gone
through. What has happened cam
not possibly be told by writing, and
l doubt IL ever will be able TO tell
exactly and how horrible the whole
thing Is, both as 10 the real battle
snd the inhunIaH experiences leading
up 10 them.
a Real" Thank sgiving
To give you an idea Of what real
Thanksgiving is, even without the
fancies, this estimate mighty near
correct. will show YOU: OF the origi-
nal company that we came over here
with. numbering 2ss, we nos have
isft about ninety. probably a few less
or more the balance having fallen by
me waystde, killed. wounded, MISS
ing or died or sick Ut disease.
of our six otisceas not one is LEFT,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-03
ONE HUNDRED MILLION AUxILIARIEs.

A letter from the Landgrave Of
Htsse -Cassei to one OF his officers,
written during the American Revoiu-
ttcn. published as footnote by
Henr. Martin in his Decline Of the
Monarchy reads
You cannot imagine the JOY ! felt
On learning that OF 1850 Hesssians en-
Kaxed in battle but 34s escaped this
make exactly 1905 killed. and con-
neguentiy $4,000 forms due me &C
harding TO our Agreement. The
EouFs Of London objects that there
- 100 wounded who SHOULD not be
I'D for as dead; but hope that you
Ave remembered the Instructions
ave you when you departed from
EaMB~i and have not sought 10 recall
ltfe by inhuman aid the unfor-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-03

That the I'ni'ed S'a'es ~ haze
me n,est influential rar, N al future
international financial arrangements
is .fc ooneiuy.cr OF Mr.. Albert Bre"
. ten. vice president % tnt Guaranty
Trus; con,uan, OF New York. 0ho IL
exocsdsnzly hopeful also. q ne out
,oxsk fer ttss country in export trade.
4 fncirtilrs the more than eight bill
itoYi dollar. cwed the United states
~ TIE ailles ard very large banking
credits exterded ard 10 hc given to
Foreign MUNICIPALITIES. corporations
/ and industries i, is estimated that at
ieAsa halt billion dollars Of interest
AyiH be due Annually 10 this country
Rom foreign countries, plus whatever
smAy be paid for redemption Of tho
Nar debt of the nations. Adding 10
this what il reasonably certain 10 DE
4 Z large favorable trade balance, Mr..
8reton concludes that We have a
rtGht to expect supremacy in nil dis
Caaealons of world finance.
IL we arc to follow the principles
iAkEly asserted by President Wilson
~ Europe and publicly acknowledged
~ the leading statesmen OF the allies
sthat liz to say. If honest and sincere
c0-opGration is to exist after the wal
among all the formerly allied uation,
u In handling their financial and econ
0tnic problems. we are not to expec
cur foreign debtors to pay us In full
N cash here, which In this case
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-03
FINANCIAL SUPREMACY.

means gold. the annual trade balance
standing in our favor, Even II such
a plan were feasible. It would result
very quickly in The loss OF our lead
lne position and the eventual loss of
most Of our foreign trade
II We cannot be paid fully in cash
over here. We must use the foreign
money we are 20 get over there IN
make foreign reinvestments Az
many OF Our leading hnanciers have
said. We must learn to huy foreign
securities and associate ourselves
with foreign capital, we must i'm
prove and run foreign factories. and
public serviceS: we must develop our
own merchant marine for the control
and benefit Of our own freights, we
mus, send agents to buy goods direct
at production points, we must eSah-
itsh commercial banks not only 10 al
wise and protect The interest OF
american investors. traders and
manufacturers. but TO keep our dollar
, al full value and 80 ace thar settle
ments ~ transactions for American
account are through dollar exchange
with that object In view a few
/ American banks. assisted by the pro
! visions of the Federal Reserve Act
and assured Of the valuable co-opern
tion OF the Reserve Board, have es
! tablished foreign branches or organ
lied on cooperative basis affiliated
| American banks for foreign trade
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-03

the transportation of ammunition over
chocolate and shaving soap. and that
\. III. G. A. candy and tobacco Is fire.
quently held back on the railroads and
highways. Secretaries well ftted for
welfare work such as the organization
OF games and entertainments. are
often tempersmentaliy united for this
business drudgery Of shopkeep!ng.
Then. too. the boys take q different
attitude toward these men and women
because they are forced TO keep shop.
, To risk . little dangerous honesty, our
boys arc pampered in the large perma-
nert campo They are inclined to feel
agsrieved II they can buy nothing but
one cigarette when they may want
another, or vice versa: and have
heard one say. III an indignant tone.
no candy or chocolater Why,
haven't Nad bit Of candy since day
before Yesterday"
The criticisms caused by the canteen
are of infinite variety. Even at the
front during action. where the Y NJ
lC. a. workers Immediately pyeempt
all their own canteen supplies and give
them away to the boys who are going
into action. charging the account to
welfare" there are still inevitable
causes Of complaint In the first place
thars are nsysr supplies enough to GO
around. IT even the army cannot sup
ply all the army's needs. how can one
expect the 7. M. G.. A. to get CANDY
and smoke enough to the tronte So All
available supplies are divided among
the secretaries according 70 the num-
Der OF men IN their units. The ~" man
attached to battalion of marines re-
eeived his proportion Of the tobacco
and chocolate available. and the secye-
tary attached 10 a machine gun outfit
received hts proportionate allotment
crowd Of machine-gun men coming
out OF action tired and hungry catch
sight Of the Red Triangle over the en-
trance to dusout. and they stampede
In that direction.
Il am sorry" says the ~ man. hut
these supplies are for tha marines II
n give them to you my marines won't
get any, and what will they ~ - me.
II you 70 on further. ron will ind the
secretary who 10 attached to your out-
nj. don't know just where be II,
because have no way Of tracing him. :"
Eusse GR1evaaee.
Several tim es have met douKh6oys
who have bssn IN just such = predtcA-
nent - those men Of the machtne-Eun
optht. They have nurse1 grievance.
and seeing ny uniform they have aired
IL 1t QncA what - the matter with
the \. ~. x =. q thAy sAy - 4 run
f9r - Wheae nxnaya - ~ a run &er
tha nsSiSesf tsAsd ~ - spale
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-03
CHRISTMAS LETTER FROM HUNLAND
BY Lieutenant Norman Cavanaugh
(Now with Army of Occupation on the Rhine.)

TO Dun sur Asusa: he had our num-
her and to see gun squads wiped out
before ones eyes. and two OF the best
eunners had, make the supreme
without scratch, God only knows.
This was the work, gunners standing
by 10 the last. working day and night.
moving forward in the early hours OF
the morning, with only two officers,
the captain and myself, figuring data.
until our minds almost refused to reg
lister, driving the enemy until there
were no moro horses for us, when We
were furnished trucks. then the end
came, on the morning of November II
at the eleventh hour. we received the
orders cease firing" Then the ST.
lence, 1t was unnatural; the stiffness
was weird The q. I. cans, as we were
won't to call the shells had ceased to
rent the air. the peace we had fought
for was ours. but our minds travel back
to our comrades. and mine is particu-
They enjoyed peace. not In this life.
but now had entered the eternal peace.
This was our hrst opportunity to stop
and think and give thanks.
On to the RhtW~.
On November IS We started on the
march, to where. we did not know;
moving down through verdnn. than
equipment and horses at difer.r'
points. then through Lorraine into
Lake m burg. and on. December J, we
crossed the Moxelie river into Ger
many. moving in "A northwestern d.
rection. came TO tho Rhine at st. Goar
then UP the Rhine and on December Is
with hands playing and ec,ors hying
ne en,ered Cobfenz, nc sre ntw quar-
tered in small town nearby. have
excellent quarters in the pastors
home which Is the hest house, In town
with a big room and In fact every
comfort, hut we have to eat. so have
an officers mess for our battalion in
a building nearby.
{ We have had some unpleasant and
difficult conditions to contend with, but
that Is expected in n soldiers life. II
there ara hardships, we accept them
as we should.
have lots to be thankful for. First:
am an officer in tic greatest fighting
division, believe. In the American
army. and ! think the best artillery
regiment Of the division: on tina: II
was ssid 'Whstc, " II was called nDcr
to do. was never found wanting" Then
again, arm In good health, after .
years work, and the satisfaction OF
knowing have done my duty u FAM
lily and country.
II IL now midnight, therefore. on
early Christmas morn, wish you and
yours the best Of this holy season.
ARscttonately,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-03

that the commodity plane win decline
to n point where the statisticians Of
economies rate The dollar with a full
l00-cent purc hasing power. II also
affords a rare opportunity for the
purchase OF Liberty bonds and other
prime securities, for those, 80 attrac-
tive to investors In periods Of falling
interest rates. will not always be sell
ing at their present level
The man who needlessly goes into
debt now is swimming against the
tide lie is borrowing sixty-cent dol
lars which must be repaid on a
enty-eighty-and possible Oh d.
one -hundred-cent basis
Debt may mean note discounted
40 per cent and paying interest in
addition, while thrift may mean get
ting $lo0 for every $50 saved now
and properly invested.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-03

tunate whose days you could only
prolonc by depriving them of leg
or an arm. This would be maxim 6
them a fata, gift. and / am sure they
had rather die gloriousiy than live
mutilated and unable 70 serve me,
Remember that. of the 400 IAacedac-
mons who defended Thermopyiae not
a single one remained. How, happy
! should be, could ! say the same OF
my brave Hessians.
German psychology seems TO be
the same thr nughout the ages Let
them control Russia by peaceful"
penetration, through absence of as
sistance 10 the latter, and in lime
they will have 100 million auxlliarics
TO handle as the Lsnigrave Of Hcsse-
Cassei handled his Hesslans
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-03

3Irs. Norman Y. Randolph has re-
Heived the following Christmas letter
from Lieutenant n V II. Cavsnaugh.
United states aeld artillery. a former
o, mher nf the Richmond Blues and
row member OF the famous Third di
vision in Germany:
December -. 1918.
NJ. Dear Mrs. Randolph; Two years
ago II was the Mexican border, last
Year the broad Atlantic. and now on
TINS Christmas eve. from the land OF
Germany. wish you the seasons hap
piuess At first thought, this might
appear hard, but have much to be
than fgl for. when recall the days
that have passed. when the earth trem-
hlcd and stood with death In one
hand and life in the other. never
shrinking, having full confidence in
the heavenly hand guiding me through
the prayers Of mother. Truly to be
now among the living Ia much to make
ono happy, and TO realize that the day
Is not far distant when we Will move
tow ards the west and come to the land
of liberty and Justice to live in peace
and happiness. with the satisfaction
Of knowing that the Hun has been
.hrottied aud the world liz secure.
The fighting THIRD division has writ
ten new pages in history. and we arc
prnu4 of the record of this great unit
ana tn be an ottcer IN THIS unit Is IN =
deed fortunate.
ThrtuirS Events.
have written before Of the second
battle Of the Marine; where we had "a
hold the road to Paris and then push
him back 10 the Aisne: then came the
St Mlhiei drive. Well, we marched
by night. keeping under cover in the
day and finally moved into position
from which our fire was brought 10
bear with telling effect In the vicinity
81 Monfsse. with the advance we
moved until the corps objective had
been reached. then We started on the
march 10 enter the great battle of
verdun. september &c. The great and
last drive had started. the artillery
preparation fire was proceeding and at
dAyhreak the barraGe began: our guns
were not, and the cannoners NOV ing
with methodical steadiness. IL was
indeed a pleasant sensation to be
executive OF such q battery. II was
not long before the army objective had
been reached with little sacrifice on
the part of the infantry.
esta blished on a new line. then the
work that tried mems souls was about
to begin. The Third division moved
to drive the enemy step by step back.
hack to where he could not return. but
he fought with all he had and contest
ed every inch. and nj times made life
miserable for us. Well do remem-
her one ~oeiticn. Hill 253. In the road
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-03
WELFARE WORKERS IN FRANCE
BY burgess JOHNSON,

Among the stories that come across
the Atlantic OF welfare work among
our troops, there come many criticisms,
echoes of complaints and even direct
charges against one or another GROUP
OF miiitarized civilians 1t was my
good fortune to spend two months on
the American front, rom verdun TO
the Swiss border. going from place 70
place and seeing the welfare workers
in the 1eld- AS I worked under the
auspices OF the y. n. C. A, in the en-
tertatnment department., the criticisms
that most interested mo were those
directed against the ~ They are
typical OF all such complaints against
other organisations work. 80 may
analyze them to some extent here. and
discuss them in the light OF my own
, experience.
Army complaints against the Y. NJ
c. A. fall largely into two groups
Those relating specifically to the can.
teen and those relating to the various
shortcomings Of individual workers.
The canteen Is vast business un-
dertaking. "wished" upon the Y. 81. G
A. by the armyf 1t does . business oil
millions Of dollars = year. and handles
wide variety Of merchandise. from
bath towels to chewing tobacco. These
supplies II In Instructed to sell; not te
give away. Merchandise Il sold al
pc nded upon the ability Of the ~" to
purchase goods and transportation n
a fair figure. Previous to the first OF
August, for instance. the =. N. G. A
paid n high price for tobacco and large
costs OF transportation. and n a con
sequence was compelled to charge q
higher price for certain brands in
France than the army commtssary
charged for the same items.
This gave rise among soldiers to the
belief that Y. NJ. c. A. men were SELL
ing at . profit to themselves.
When this situation was forced upon
the attention Of army authorities. they
agreed to purchase all supplies Of to-
haccc for the Y. ". c. A.. and provide
transportation. Now. although the
prices have bes1 reduced, the old rumov
Of prontsertns stiai reappears from
time to time.
Tending shep in tho ''r'' huts 10 m
eaActing duty: and the T.. n c. A.
worker. who should devote some Of his
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