The Connecticut labor press., 1919-12-20
NEW ENGLAND MEN
 IN WAR WORK
Latest Roster Shows Men From All Walks of Life Served ""

latest roster of f. M. C. A. men workers enlisted in New England, total of 1925 having been examined and passed by the Northeastern De- partment of the National War Work Council since the beginning Of the war; 765 being sent overseas and
 46O doing srrvice in homo camps and naval stations.
 And 1925 does not represent New England's entire contribution of men to "Y'' service, inasmuch as a great many recruits passed through the New York office, whose records have not been finally completed.
 There were 394 secretaries who described themselves merely as busi- ness men. Religious workers, being foE~>the most part ministers, num- /nered 230; the Congrega gationalists leading with 93, the Baptists being second with 50 and the Metho@'
 third with 32 20 Unitarian minis ters were enlisted in New England 1S Episcopalians, Universalists, and 3 Presbyterians, as we'll as other scattered denominations.
 Among the 13S educators were col 1ege and university professors, City
 Superintendents Of Schools and many school teachers. Many of the other secretaries were college grad uates, a total of 494 stating their alma mater. From such statistics we find that Boston University led
 the colleges with AZ graduates in "Y" work; Harvard came second wit 25; Yale and Brown being tied for third with p each. 40 other insti- tutions were named.
 A factory worker often drew ex- actly the same allowance as bank CT and farmers, mechanics, shoe makers, plumbers, physicians and lawyers frequently worked side by side.
 Roman Catholics, as we'll as Pro- testants and Jews are in the list, the records showing that the "Y'' organ ization, like that of the Army itself, was thoroughly democratic.
 It is interesting to note the dis tribution of ''Y'' secretaries among some of the largest New England cities. Boston naturally led, 133 men claiming 1t as their home town; New Haven comes second with 42 hailing from there; Providence, a close third with fl: Hartford fol- lows with 32; Fall River 30: Bridge port, Conn. 27; Springfield and Worcester, 26 each; Newport, R. l., 1S: Portland, Me, and Brockton, Mass, 15 each; Me1rose 1S; Maiden and Quincy II each; Holyoke and Lynn, 9 each; New Bedford, 7: Bur lngton, Vt, Pittsie1d, Mass. Leom- inster, Mass. and Waterbury, Me, each; HaverhiIl, Mass, Waltham, Mass, Concord, N. H. and New Britain, Conn, each; Beverly, Mass, Gloucester, Mass, Woburn, Mass. and Manchester, N H., 4; No. Adams, Mass, New London, Conn, Water bury, Conn, Norw ak, Conn, Torring- ton, Conn, Taunton, Mass, Lowell Mass, Augusta, Me-, Rutland Vt, and Westerly, R. l.. each; Montpelier, Vt.s Bennington, Vt, Lawrence, Mass. Attleboro, Mass, Chelsea, Mass, Mill ford, Mass, Salem. Mass, Wakefield, Mass, Westfield, Mass, Bristol, Conn, Manchester, Conn. Norwich, Conn, Stamford, Conn, 2 each.
 Aside from revealing the actual walk of life from which each sec retary was recruited, the figures af- ford the best insight into the per sonality of the average association worker. Every one of the volunteers In this citizen army was required, before his proffer of service was accepted, to submit to a close scru- tiny, mental and physical
 His record in business and priv ate life was studied, his acquaintan- ces were questioned, even his family tree was examined If the hairs of his head were not numbered, at least the color of his eyes were set down in the documents preserved in the archives of the Northeastern Department of the National War Work Council, 167 Fremont St.. Bos- ton, Mass. Still these records, even if they were accessible to the curi- | ous, woS1d fail to answer adequately l the question of the "Y" secretary's l personality.
 The mems Vocational List, show l ing recruits from almost every walk | of life is as fol1ows:-
 Bus1ness Men 394, Religious work 1 CTS 230, Educational 138, Unc1assifed | 109. Y. M. c. A. Secretaries B, Phys l ical Directors 26, Students 35, Law 1 yers, Musicians 6, Farmers 5, Inspec- tors 5. Dentists 4, Mechanics 4, Arch fleets 4, Chauffeurs 5, U. s. Army Men s, Overseers 4, Lecturers 3. Physf- clans 3, Workmen 3, State Officials 3. l 3, Shoemakers 3, Carpen- ters 3, Photographers 3, EvangeIists 8, Engineers 2, Shoe Cutters 2, Loom Repairers 2, Designers 2, Toolmakers 3, Choir Directors 2, Organists 2. Vo- cal Teachers 2, Plumbers 2, Painters 2, Charitable Organizations 2, Play ground Director 1, Chemist i, Motor man 1, Conductor 1, Examiner 1, Com positor 1, Newspaper pressman 1, Job Pressman 1, Linotype Machine Oper- ator 1, Editors IT, Bookkeepers and Accn'ts 15, Foremen 15, Reporters 10, Pest office clerks 8, City officials z, Musical Directors 6, Missionaries 6, 0steopathic Doctor i, Asst. Registrar |, Repair Man |, Surgical Assistant I. Forester f COach-YaIa Salvation