Newark post., 1919-03-12
All in a Day. S Work
w. H. Logan, Jr., tells of
Varied Service Perform
g.. ed by the "Y"

Since Claude Patterson of At
lanta, left to go home, the bed
which he had in my room has been
occupied by transient officers who
need place to sleep. They usual
ly stay for one night or so and
there is always another coming in
as beds are at premium in this
crowded town.
Last Tuesday night an Austral-
ian was my roommate, the next
night, an Egyptian, Thursday a
boy from Toronto and Friday a
chap from Prince Edwards Island
who had enlisted in Nova Scotia,
in the Princess Pats regiment and
wore the kilties uniform. | was
initiated into the mysteries of how
the skirt was worn and what really
did go on besides it to keep a man
warm. | decided that | would stick
to my present togs while in the
service, at least.
Another night a Lieutenant from
Vancouver, was with a lumber di-
vision in Southern France, gave
me a new angle on the activities
of the war and he was followed
by man of 60 or so who had two
sons in the scrap, one in the air,
the other on the ground, while he
was cutting timber for them both.
They are all alive and we'll and
expect to "get back home to
Mother, thank God"
The boy with me the last two
nights was from Toronto, had two
years post graduate work in geo.
logy in Yale and is to go in Gov
ernment> work when he gets home.
A chap in the house was a profess
sor in Mathematics in Chicago
University and is now teaching in
the Khaki University over here
with the Canadians.
Today, Sunday the End, Charlie
Whittemore of Chester, Pa, and
went to the Royal Academy to see
the very interesting Canadian War
pictures. We picked up a chap
outside to whom we told what we
knew Of the Royal Academy and
its place in art and took him in
with US. He was flying officer, on
crutches, water on the knee as the
result of drop in his plane from
which, among other things he was
delirious for Is days. He comes
from Toronto and was studying(?)
law but thinks he will not go back
to it. We found the body of an air.
plane in the exhibition, in which
a Canadian flyer had fought 60
Hun busses. The fellow who did
this stunt is now in the hospital
with the chap who was with us.
Keeping records is some job, but
it is satisfaction to have them
the way they should be. The other
day two men came in, with rather
nondescript uniforms and wanted
to register. One said his name was
Lytle. / said, "Where do you come
from?" He told me he had been a
prisoner with the Germans from
May 27 to November % and had
just arrived at Hull from Copen-
hagen and Rotterdam, that he had
originally gone to France through |
England. l opened a drawer and
pulled out his card, from his form
er trip here and added the latter
history. With him was Lieutenant
Shea, U. S. Army who had been in
captivity with the Y.M.C.A. man
and had been doing Y work with
him in Berlin, pending their re-
lease.
Yesterday a fellow with a fur
trimmed collar and cuffs came in
TO register. | said, From Paris ?"
He said, "No. Archangel." He
gave me his name and l took his
card out Of the Russian file, which
l had been crafty enough to have
compiled from all available re-
cords, some days ago.
In the late afternoon of Friday, |
very unassuming woman walked
in to register from Paris. "Your
name, please?" Mrs. Maud Rad
ford Warren" She is on her way
to Ireland on special commission
from Mr.. Carter, head of the A.
E. F., Y.M.C.A., to write on the
Y for Golfers. She did not know