| Show OTHER TRADITION SPURS U. U S. S SOLDIERS TO GLORY f I Home I Atmosphere rr by Fighters Buoyed Up by t v Which Follows Them Theil From Tr Training l ning Camp to I Front Line Linc Trench BY JOHNR JOHN R. R MOTT Secretary of the National War Var Work ork Council Council of ot the Y Til M. r. r C. C A. A one day a n. few months n aso no o oW office co of or General E Edwards Ha ij fj 1 t th the prance it was vms a fateful h hour ur Only Onh before my arrival his it Ie m minutes i P lone hone rang fn An officer near tile the nf line Une sent the tile distressing word ord pm company campau of or his hilS men caught caugh lie lie- An the enemy's barrage o an and the cn had JUKI been jot To their own artillery punished This ThIM news rang when he welcomed generals general's cars care tb the 1 t ral Edwards led let mo mc across the theto J great map of or tho the front lines i to a n j LI pointed out to me where the awful had taken place pIneo their theil first baptism of It Irn aid Id sorrowfully their first cx- cx to the tho fearful destruction of ofden iare ne den dern irn warfare hooked from Crom the thC map to him anti and andS S g. g General how do o you OU explain ln j I I Is It 11 possible for Cor these b o otome oya tome come from Crom their peaceful homos homes I the teeth of or such o u terrible le lence to 0 stand up before It I I P t It- It General I I to me Impressively I he e gavi n 1 I splendid ans answer er If W want Q Jn liLY explanation Mr U il Is I is cr very vary simple I J give Ive all dit lt to lo th the tradition of ot Iho tho AmerT Amern Amer- Amer T ri n mother he rhe tradition tn of th the American 1 I Lher Among mon all tho the priceless tras- tras we aro are risking In this r for r there thero I h i none lIone more s precious I I n this We Ve should sho lie Ie cheated Ind In- In d dere U ere rere wo we to win thIs war var and elorie ione ioIe Iota lola of that traditions tradition's power I impart pArt of oC the thc task ot of th the Y M M. C. C A A. t. t keep the tradition Ion bright t. t da I J Inv have traveled cle the thc l i lay y f b by day as is s I ite ted States te I 1 have O serm sen service cr flags lags I I Vi thicker In the windows s of oC homes I in this to the fathers n nd thera who 11 live behind h those thole vice Bet I to Invite thom them to travelS travel s. s a. a I want nt as I have havo often orten tray traveled lod it It rp rati h tit that leads el s from home to ro O ove overe Ct re re 1 I v. them lo to see how tho 3 JL C C. A A. goes hOes with their boy bor er e every ilof the way C there ther came to tn my office a a man mati In New England Ingland Tw Twenty three draft lat men are leaving this weel week it Maid aid ald anti and these thise seventeen have havo never er before beCore j night nW away from home n It If you ou c can n the loneliness s of oC those boys bos ns as home villages gl grow w dim he- he lr train tr those those boY bova were not nol alone none on I tl roop train iraln nor friendless D By fly permission lon there goes on onry onry ry fy ry troop train at t least one ona Y M M. secretary sometimes more The They the tle first links lInts In the tho Y M. M u C. C As Aa Asat it lt hah chain of oC friendliness he second link in that chain I Is fal falar fa- fa alar a- a l lar r to moat most at nt home homere We re have hn ted the great arm army cantonments have seen eext eez more than too COO great Erelt huts ro boys bors write their letters letten lila pIa play unc and have the comforts of or ors s club b. b the tho library the theatre and n school nut But nt after r the Hie cantonment r re Is another lonesome stretch on road roid to France the France the long lon hours on traIns that slip silently from Crom thet the tho t m carrying their precious oes of human life lire to th the seaboard Journeys too th there here ere Is a aL MC L c. c A A. A secretary a h hand L voice 01 on eer every train train train-a a ve fer of the fatherhood and mother- mother il lot ot America E J in America m n nd what of or those unnamed ports re our m nn n embark A few Cow months I ed the largest st the Y M. M t. t O e A A. A has c ceo o eo made for erection of one of oC its luts arguments that led lcd me to ap- ap e It lt were fit six photographs of or our rl ri m an soldiers The They wore soro pie plc- l p f men spending n their last night erl sleeping 1 upright In chairs ur r overcrowded o building at an nu Unc un- un c port Men sleeping on billiard and on the floor Jail to In myself This Is Js t What What would the fathers and amI hers liers of or America sa say If lC the they SQ saw ep What sort sorl of l Li U this for a great country to show Is ls' ls SOt sona o l e provided pro for or th that t port JP iper hut rhut and h have ne filled It till full of or things ot or home I Hh th th the of the thc war depart depart- I t the Y as IS the ho boy call It It steps i 1 thit onto uto hc the def k of the tr jip- jip r I Dreary trips those used to be j I I I I I I I I I I I I dreary nn and uncomfortable h le are even en 10 now Yet Yel somewhere on those thoRO great ships motion pictures are arc being helm shown n somewhere games gaines ore arc going on In among the men somewhere orn wh lo there Is a room where they ma may write rite to Crl friends lIds back ck home on the letter paper l of or tho the nc Red fled Triangle Arm Army Clean So tho the long trying dan dangerous erous Journey Jour jour- ney noy Is ended at last and we wc come comA to the tho port of oC debarkation the thc Kind of or a aPort aport aport I port that In 01 other oilier wars arR was waR often orten moro more dangerous rolis to the bo boy than the sea Journey journo Jour jour- no any ney or oven even the battle Itself The ports lorts of debarkation over oval there ar arno are arc areno no suburbs s of at heaven even now Yet let me mC Ca eay S1 this as ns positively ns us I can can cau- t thu in all my nW travels u ii and antI down dOW France FrancQ 1 I saw not one single American nn ler or QT sailor Banor under the thc Influence of oC j liquor Ours Is IA the cleanest army t that ever e marcher to h battle It In itt due largely h to he Ie tradition of oC the tho American Ameri Amerl- can mother I wish I were sere at liberty lIbert to print the military map mp of oC one of or those great ports where hero our troops debark It would show at nt a n glance s1 tho the scope opp of or orthe the wor voil for tor tho Iho boys In a way war that words cannot tell It It Such a n map t ti the I j port lort ort nn and the time training areas around It Is covered rc thick with r roil lt ilois lver Every red rod dot ilot means mean a Y M. M C C. C A. A hut Along Alon the const coast are arc blue I dots dols each a n hut for Cor our sailors and anti naval aviators Scattered about I our 11 l or arc yellow dots ot representing Y M. M I. I C. C A. A cafes cates I entered one ono of or those cafe huts at 1 ata a r port lort u used o 1 chiefly h by ly our allies and anti said to the time worker In In- Inch ch charge how lIow Inn many men wore cared for here In the time past t year And the worker r worker worker-a a woman oman an an- an s Moro More than 11 1 will vill not stop slop to describe the great reat training camps camp over o there there thop tho thon n great reat universities where skilled officers from th the th French and English and Ital- Ital Inn J n armies help to bring brine our men to the time finest fi fighting ed edge e Tim Tho Thoy do 10 not differ dif di- lC- lC fer In essentials I fn I ls from Crom our camps on tl this imis ls S s1 I and ln with thorn thom the timo fathers amid mothers of oC America are aro familiar Camillar I want to tc hurry on with th the bo boys to that center of our heart art Interest that section section sec see tion which the French name th the zone of or combat for the tho y Y V. M r. r C. C A. A goes even evon there Enl flatly Early in this war nr a well voll known American who should h have known belter bel bet ter tar referred to lo the thc y Y M. M C C. A A. secretary's secre secre- tary's s calling as a lomb bomb proof Job I 1 wish that man could have ha traversed tra tho western front with me last spring I J wish Ishi that lint le Ie might s SP a the cable cable- r. ms that f daily ully come come- cometo to m my off office Ice from over there here Let me pick one or two from the pile on my 01 deskA deskA desk A great service ha has been heen tendered rendered by thirty American Y Y V M. M C. C A A. A workers work work- ers era among the French troops under terrific shell fire tire racing facing tho German drive Irhe alon along the tho Aisne Held place until un- un lil til at last retiring with the troops troop aiding wherever It I is possible All stores food tood distributed weary poH IS whose whoso supplies failed tailed to reach them Coffee and soup made mado and served until until until un un- un- un til building shattered by German shells three Ninety foers foyers boon been destroyed by shell fire or captured b by tho thc Germans Germane Three warehouses of or the Y M M. C C. A. A ero burned by association officials In order to prevent pre remaining stores falling into the hands of or the tho enemy Miss Marl Marie C C. Herron of Cincinnati 0 O. sister law of or President ex Taft Inet and Miss Jane Bowler also of Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincin Cincin- nati Y M M. C C. A. A canteen workers particularly particularly par par- distinguished themselves cs la laboring la- la boring horing on with troops refugees an and wounded with witt villages burning about them the Miss 1188 Bowler Dowler who stayed at the post a at 1 Soissons all through r-h r th time the e last tas t offensive held It again In this last ono one despite the time terrific bombardment Fi Finally FI- FI nally left when everything e In flames lets leIs than titan an hour before the Germans Germansen en entered t Then the dispatch goes goe on to mention mention mention men men- tion two t of ot our secretaries who were exposed to shell fire ire until they were gassed others who helped back thousands thousands thou thou- sands of refugees and wounded sounded That ThatIs Is the tue first message 6 Y 1 Men Ien nt at th the Front Take Talio this ono One also Secretaries at rout front are responding splendidly to Intensified labor pia placed cod upon them b by attack Secretaries aro are going almost constantly as close front frontas as permitted by officers giving ln the themen themen men fruit and chocolate often otten taking them In the front trenches Many fany Accrete see Acc rete rles are suffering from mom shell shock or 01 gas sas 8 but keep going in intense intene c at at- I i d i q I C Vv S f r. r f t I 2 I I f I a J i. i A Atc f I h L 4 X 44 TI T I tack lack All Y V. M M. C C. A A. stores are arc freely treely given gl men man in need where communication tion Is interrupted they help to feed men aid tIme the wounded assist chaplains Two American Y Y M. M I. I C. C A A. workers Just killed within two d days s 's Smith sacrificed sacrificed his life b liy by continuing work after ter grassing gassing going out of or line ot of ot duty duly lut to lead ammunition train which willett ha had lost Its wn way That Is the time second message Hero There Is Isa Isa isa a third German shell dressing stations Three Y i 1 M M. C C. A A. A secretaries In ono one when wilen It was destroyed b by shell fire were uninjured Supplies taken 0 on trucks In the dark hark No 1 permanent canteen canteen can can- teen In this sector Headquarters In a sandpit Motor totor trucks wor work out from there Rea Ready y an any moment da day or night troops arrived without food Y Y M. M l C. C A A. A truck drives twenty miles to get supplies free ree dis dis- Several Se suffer from Cram gas from strain of overwork orl Y SI M. 1 C C. Amen A A. men serving In front hospitals day an and night have ha made wonderful place place- for Cor themselves es with the men Officers say that It Is ts finest york work done In France Will VII anyone read me messages sages like Uke those Rn and say that the Y Y M. M 1 C. C A AJ uniform Is IH not a uniform of honor The Tho Y Is no fair Calr weather eather friend It goes with tho the bo boy to the very veo moment when he ho steps into No Xo Mans Man's Land Thelast Tho The Thol l last st hand stretched out to him In friendship before he lie goes over o tho the top Is the hand of or a a. Y i secretary I And suppose 0 th the tho bo boy docs go ocran over o and an drops wounded voun ed Jn Sn that dreadful area The Red fled Cross Is II at his side then There is not an and cannot be any possible conflict between tho the Re Red fled RedCross Cross and the Red fled Triangle The leaders leaders lead lead- ers era of oC these two organizations are generally generally gen gen- agreed that this should bo bl the division of ot responsibility tho Iho Red fled Triangle Tri Trl- angle should care for Cor the boy while heis ho he hoIs I I Is well well or convalescent the thc Red ned Cross should care cam for him hini wounded or sick There Thero arc are Red Triangle huts at tU the tho Red lIed Cross hospitals S Sex Srn rn en Days Dus of or Freedom Then comes comeR the da day when the tha bo boy boyhas boyhas has hns his leave Jea of oC absence Seven days lys Is allotted to him er e every four months For weeks in a advance ance he looks forward forward for tor- ward to It and the great day comes at last Seven Se days das of ot freedom What shall he do with them The Tho Frenchman Frenchman French French- man may go back to his home the Englishman turn turns across tIme ch channel to Blighty 1 i If It you ou will rea read th the history of or wars you ou will di discover er co that e every r army hasha has lias ha had Imad one great grent comm n enemy Its name is Leisure The Time 3 Y M. M C C. A. A is I trying to remove remo Leisure from the liability lia ha- bUIt column an and place paco It among the soldiers soldier's assets General Pershing who feels the eyes of ot every American mother upon him has no love lovo for Cor the great cities as ns a place of leave for tor the men With VUlt his help and at Rt his hilS suggestion the Y M M. C C. A A. helped to work out n tL plan O er Over In ono one of ot the thA beautiful corners cor con pens ners pers' pers of oC France near the Swiss moun moun- talus Is les D les Alx lins one of ot the most famous resorts In the lb world There tho the association went ent and rented all those great reat hotels even the great groat Rambling gambling hall h we rent rented rJ turning It Into a motion picture theatre te There are arc stationed Lift fifty or sixty of or thin tho finest fin tin est eat men and women In America America- wearing tho the Y y uniform I maintain main maln- tam tain that American soldiers nowhere hays hay auch luch a vacation callon as ns they havo at Alx lea where the bet best t plays and recreational sports ports the most distinguished dill die lecturers rs and actors nn and th tho 1111 ablest preachers In America com com- I to inspire an and Instruct and entertain entertain enter enter- tain thorn It Our LO boys ar are going across very en fast these days Tho The resort at Alx Ix Is la airen al already already al- al ren ready overcrowded o Dmm But DUl we have arranged ar ar- ar- ar ranged for fop five the similar great groat resorts Nothing IB is too goo good for tor th American boy and boy and In his leisure hours the tho Y I offers him its best i Fathers and ami mothers mothel's In America ask I mo inc about abou th thc tho prison camps Suppose our bo boy captured tile the they sa say n I. And ono one mother said to me mc I r can the time thought of or losing him In ill battle but tho the thought of or the tho horrors of or those camps camp Is 13 more than I can b bear benr en r. r Have Ha you OU seen tho time prison camps they timey ask me And I sometimes wish that I might truthfully say Y that th I had hadnot not nt seen them Tho The picture of ot |
