Show WORK OF THE Y M C A spends a month in ministering to soldiers two thousand workers are with ex forces and in american camps washington in its work of minis lerling to the recreational and religious welfare of the boys and young men of this city and county who have enlisted in he national army the Y M C A Is now a total of a month these together with other interesting figures on the scope of the orl are contained in a bulletin just received from the ration al war work council according to the statement of the council the home side of arrays amp life Is being maintained among the hundreds of thousands of boys both in the united states and in france at the present time there are 2 Y W C A workers with the expeditionary forces in france and ang land and 3 other workers in amerl can camps the Y M C A has been asked b geneal perching to take over the entire canteen system with the american in france and this will require the services of more than olun teer workers alone an effort Is now being made to secure at least 1000 business and professional roan of high standing who will go to france for all sorts of Y SI C A service before julya it Is estimated that feet of film are being weekly to the soldiers at home and abroad A recent of athletic for the troops in frince fr ince consisted of bats aliv Kl iv and mitts boxing gloves volley al ind arlous other kandi of spa sai fe ratus for promoting the play spirit among the troops in their leisure hours the T M C A has established chain of huts and dugouts along the i front lines occupied by Amerl cin troops over there and la meeting the needs of the cammies as they take their places in the lorraane Lorr alne trenches the Y M C A huts on the russian front have been demolles demol led by german guns and the secretaries there have retired before the advance of the and are now established in siberia awaiting an opportunity to russia return to |