South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-10

sumption OF management of the army eanteen. and
other semi-ofhcial war activities We not taking
the complaint Of the soldiers against the y. NJ c.
A. anywhere near AS seriously as take some Of
the criticisms OF the administration, when made
by Y NJ c. a secretaries with degree of con-
tempt. Cen Pershing Pres't Wilson and Secy Baker
an have approved the work Of the organization
frowning upon the criticism OF it. and we are in
disposed to doubt their judgment but the fact still
remains that it being criticised more less
fuently and if the Y NJ c. a. workers are so GER
tain that their judgment has been bad. and that
they have been dereict in everything else, maybe
they have been this also. Possibly the public
could stomach an accounting of a few y NJ c A.
stewardships along with the rest perhaps 1t needs
these accountngs quite as badly it needs the
judgment Of Y NJ c. A workers what the gov
eminent is doing
For instance along with their explanations TO US
Of the dssa tisfaction prevalent among the men in
France and their anxiety get home, an inventory
Of the causes might lay such dissatisfaction and
anxiety at the of the Y NJ c. A quite as snug
~ as the Y. NJ. c. a. workers would lay it at the
door Of Cen Pershing the president Maybe they
wouldn't care much if they did not feel that they
were being heeced by supposedly semi-benevolent
institution. Fact of the matter is, if Gen. March.
chief of staff knows anything. and his word
c. A. secretary there isn't such an awful lot of
occasion for an awful lot Of soldiers being
peeved about not getting home. over two-th.rds of
them have already made the triR and at the record
made in May August will easily see France stripped
of their presence Gen. March says:
THE army was SIS percent demobized June
g. in France there remain 6S4,745 officers and
men.
Army discharges to date total 2,as1.6as men;
1883 officers and 2.271.766 enlisted
"AH embarkation records were broken in
May. Sangs from France totaled 333,3OS SAIL
ings included 1925 officers. 315665 men. eos
field clerks, 1139 nurses, ISIS civilians Gin
GLIDING y NJ. G. A secretaries). 51t marines.
3O7 navy personnel and 679 miscellaneous
..E.nIistments in the regular army to date
total 4S.O23 men. When the eniistments at army
camps last week are received the total enlist
mcnts will be brought well above $4,000
Since the recruiting campaign started. five
battalions of troops. totaling 1929. have sailed
for France replace emergency men IN reg
uar army units
I'm enlistment applicants for three year
service predominant About $4,000 men have eX-
pressed preference for service OVerseas-10.2Q9
for France. 40 for Siberia. 2046 for the Philip
pines, 154 for Panama, 1886 for Hawaii and
% for Alaska.
requirements for the emergency men in
Siberia will be made from men who have not
asked for service in any special place. No di-
Guilty is expected in solving the problem of OBJ
tanning the 10 600 necessary for replace
ments in the Siberian expedition"
But. of course. anything 10 find fault with the
administration. a lot of these critics will
be demanding that the be brought home from
France six months after they have all arrived. They
will never take the trouble to inform themselves
the subject Though Y. NJ c. A. secretaries ETC. the
believing criticisms emerging from the United States
senate, rather than the Book of Books. be
their scripture. And things they would like
have them appear. rather than what they are. APP
pear be their conception OF fact
The government has done remarkably well bring
ing the A. F. r. home at the rate of a million and
half in six months They have quite apparent
ly, fast transportation could be secured for
them and it would he much better for patriotic
civilians who have been there to he calling
tention fact than encouraging the belief that
the men have been unnecessarily held back. when it
is not so. Pi6le on their political propaganda. OF
the Y. NJ c. a. secretaries would especially
say that if the have been getting back fast
enough suit them. they Ohe setretaries) might
in their infallibity. have walked the water and
left the the boats be occupied by return
i'm soldiers