Bisbee daily review., 1919-02-09
Rank and File Gladly Do Justice to the Men and
 Women Of Red Triangle
James c. McNary, Fl Paso Banker, Special Mission Battle Front, Declares Criticisms of Organization Unfounded and Due to Prejudice, Ignor
 ance or Ingratituce; Great Diff
 cultes Overcome in Work
BY JAMES GRAHAM M'NARY President First National Bank, of EI Paso

ficiency in meeting the enormous de mands which the war has put upon them
 In reacing the newspaper criticisms of the work of the Red Triangle, ] writer was either ~damning with faint praise" or clearly hostile ana unfair to the subject he was dealing with.
 For the benefit of those friends
 and supporters of the "Y" who
 are greatly disturbed by the
 petty criticisms of home comina
 soldiers, l suggest that in ss
 cases out of 100 a deeper probe
 will find fount of real appre- ciation for what the "Y'' did for
 them Also, while giving them
 full credit for their bravery,
 heroism and many noble quail
 ties, would suggest that not
 every soldier boy is a regular Iit-
 tie George Washington in his de-
 Hotion to the truth. heard one
 tell an open mouthed audience
 that the "" charged him soc for
 a package of Camel eiearets, and
 in the next breath state that
 there were 5oo,o0o American sol
 diers killed in FranceI
 Personal Observations
 AS I enjoyed an exceptional oppor- tunity to observe the work of the Y. II. C. A. among our soldiers in France, wish to state, for the first time in public print, the results of my obser- vations. I will endeavor to submit evidence in proof of the great ef- fieieney and splendid success of the work of the American r. NJ. C. 4. among the soldiers in France, and, at the same time explain. as far as I am able, the reason for the criticisms of this work To give the more weight to my testimony. I will first indicate the opportunity which I had for 'Ob- servation.
 I was sent to France on a special mission by the Y. NJ. c. A War Work Council I carried with me a letter from Dr. 5ohn R. Mott. the head of the War Work Council, to A E. Car ter, chief of the r. NJ. c. A. service for the American Expeditionary forces. This letter read, in part, as follows: a
 We are sending overseas James c. McNary, of Fl Paso. Texas, for a very important piece of work in preparation for our great campaign. Our whole executive committee and my colleagues are in favor of his be- ing shielded for this special mission We are anxious that you should facilitate in every way in your power his securing the maxi mum touch with our secretaries everywhere. No matter what the difficulties in the way, you will agree with us that very large service can be accomplished by having him de vote his whole attention to this mat ter while he is overseas"
 Moved Freely in France
 In addition to this credential from Dr. Mott, I received. after reaching France. 8 special pass from the com mander in chief. which permitted me to move freely throughout the entire American lines without the delays and difficulties incident to ordinary travel in the military areas This pass, which gave specific permission to visit a large number of points, was accompanied by a letter which read, in part, as follows:
 Travel Permit No. 1751 is issued under special instructions from the commander in chief, American E1pedi- tionary forces. and NIT. McNary is hereby granted permission to pro ceed to such places as he may deem necessary, even though they do not appear on the face of Travel Permit No 1751.''
 With these and other credentials, vas able to move freely over the en- tire area occupied by the American army and also the armies of the al lies Among the points in France and Belgium which l visited and ob- served the work of the Y N. C. A, were the following:
 Paris, Bordeaux. St Nazairre Hayre. Brest. Tours. Chaumont, TrOyes, Dion. Longres. issur Tile Epinal. Belfort. Challons-sur-Marne Clairemont, St, Menehould. Verdun, Epenary, Chateau Thierry, Amiens, Abbeyville. Popering. Cassell. Ypres, and scores of smaller villages where our troops were billeted-
 Found Many Friends
 Because of an extensive aequaint. ance among the American officers whom I had bad the opportunity of lmeetiHS at Fl Psso and Fort Bliss, ]