Show WORK OF THE YMCA spends a month in ministering to soldiers two thousand workers are with expeditionary forces and in n american camps i washington I 1 in n its work of oc bering to the social recreational anti religious welfare of the boys and young men ot of tills this city and county who have bave enlisted in tho the national army tile the Y II at C A Is now expending a total of a month these together with other interesting figures on the scope ot of tho the work tire contained to tn a bulletin just received from the national war work coonc 11 according to tho the statement of the coonc council 11 the tha homo home side of army anny camp life la Is being maintained among the hundreds of thousands of soldier boys both in the ho united states and in franco france at tile tho present time there fire 2200 Y M 0 A workers with tl the I 1 0 ex forces in france fannee and england end and other workers in american al camps the y 31 C 0 A has leen been asked by general pershing to take over ever tho entire canteen cun system with tho the american army anny in france and this will require the services of more lhnn volunteer workers alone an effort la fit now being made to secure nt at least 1000 business aral professional men of high stan standing fling who will go BO to france for nil all sorts of Y SI 31 0 A service before july 1 it Is estimated vint hat feet of film alin are being exhibited weekly to the soldiers nt at horne home and A recent shipment of atti athletic letio equipment for tho ila troops in franco france consisted of bilse balls bats 00 gloven loces and mitts boxing gloves volley balls n adv ariu us other kinds of apa wik ratus for promo promoting tile tho ploy play spirit kmonk the troops in their leisure hours the Y M 0 A tins hns established a chain of huts huto ind and dugouts along the front lines occupied by Anier lent troops over there and Is meeting the needs of tuo the Salti as they talt anlie their heir places in the lorraene Lorr aln alne frend rc nhe bec the y V SI al 0 A huts on the he flussman Ilus flus Blim front have been by german guns mild the secretaries there have before the of tile lio ilens and ore are now flow established in n siberia awaiting an opportunity to return to |