Show INq INCIDENTS OF CAMP CAMPi I LEWIS WHERE Off BOYS AR ARE E TRAINING TRAIN i 3 I At Camp Lewis American Lake c I Wash hore trie Uie drafted men of th the new national being b for tor training in the wc western depa ment lh the Army Array Y Y M. M MCA C. C A. A buildings build build- Ings thoroughlY eq equipped and splendidly are awaiting th the thousands that ar are arriving daily Tons upon writing paper and envelopes are are within reach books book magazines h have l. e been Carefully laid laic out well veil lighted buildings with ampie ampie ampie am am- pie facilities for writing letters home for and comfort are com con completed completed and everything is free tree I 11 Wherever er An American troops are j sent same welcome aw awaits Ithe the r j 7 0 soldier The Thel the Um Re Red Triangle TrI TrIangle angle of the YM R. R A A. m moans ns t tha at within r I tho the walls trails of oC the building a a. friendly welcome ome a awaits s th the tho soldier that everything in the b bi ng is at athis athis athis his disposal and there are no donta and ono dues The secretaries are efficient m iet traIned train trained trained ed men who strive to please him to look after alter his comfort to advise and j cheer him It is a place where here ho he homay may go when he Is ho homesick or weary and find comrades where shere he hel ma may take his moi mOler ey for de- de Whore he hel will meet clean fel fellows fellows fellows lows TV with cleans clean thoughts I Whatever the army and navy Y YMCA Y M. M MCA C. C A. A can do to make a man physically phy- phy I I ally morally and mentally ly fit foi fOl service to his cou country itry it is striving to do Educational classes are r instituted In Instituted Instituted In- In for those who seek it t. t There Is healthy recreation for those who wish it It- It Iti i The The Y Y M r C C. C A A. A is Is th the great club of the enlisted man It Ii Is open open to them all no matter matte T what what their creed It ILls Is the bureau bureal pf of f 1 I 1 tion In every camp a and d cantonment 11 I the centeri from Mulch ra radiates all the ph nn activities It ItIs Is the nearest t thins to o home that the tho i l enlisted men will wilt find In the the w army No Chance for the rl I l At t the P Training camp J where here 1500 selected men are ate beJ being g II framed tr as in the new nation nation- Clarence A A Spaulding of or P Pasadena s i called to service for sl six months by the national war war C council of or the Y Y MJ Mu Iu C. C Ai for t lous work among the themen men approached a a young man man recently Im Irr afraid ld have we-have we have no no need for for rou you said the young fellow with the perspiration streaming down his face We are ale kept po so o busy that the devil deill hasn't a I 1 chance to catch us u.s. us Arm iX Y I. 9 3 A. A Notes It is costing 1000 a day for th the paper and envelopes used by the soldiers and sailors in the Army an anNay Navy Nasty Y M M. C C. A A. A building on the Pa C el in fie tC coast i r v I t I Mme Ime Schumann Schumann-Heink Schumann who who has sons In both t the German erm n and nd Amerl Ameni can armies sang before enlisted enlist enlist- ed men at the Presidio San Francisco a few weeks ago under the auspices of the Arm Army Y Y M. M C C. C A. A The conc concert concert con con- c cert H w was h held id In the open In the rear of the the M. M C C. CA jA A. A building at atthe atthe atthe the Presidia Included In the ten Army Y Y M C C. C A A. outfits sent to Russia for work among the soldiers there were 2000 pounds of oC soap ten motion picture machines 1000 pounds of chocolate and athletic goods Already trained secretaries are being sent to tha country and association activities are areto areto areto to l be e conducted upon a large scale Secretary of State Robert Lansing sa says s Christian manliness or manly manly manly man man- ly Christianity whichever you preter prefer prefer pre pre- fer ter may be found a full expression In Army Array Y M C C. A. A work and I am sure it has made a deep Impression on hundreds of the young officers whose spiritual as well as physical vigor Igor will soon be put to the supreme s f r test It has been en a wonderful op opportunity f the for Young Mens Men's Christ ChristIan ChristIan Christian Ian association association association-an an opportunity which I rejoice was seized and turned turned turned turn turn- ed to the best account A clean heart a strong heart Is es essential essential for the to-the the high character which ought lIth II ambition of ev every ry American soldier Loyalty to Goa and loyalty tp country make a a. man War ar Gains Gain him n a Mother Alvin Stanley St private In Company Coast Artillery Corps and cr tary of the Army Y Y M M. C C. C A club at nt Fort Baker overlooking San Francisco ba bay has Just learned after atter twenty-one twenty years cars that he has a moth- moth cr er He was born In Dublin Ireland 1 t. t his father died when he was 14 months old and he hI was vat a adopted by bya a kind family He know knew nothing of his mother until last week when b he received a letter addressed to My Myown Myown Myown own dear son For years she had been Searching for him She appealed appeal appeal- I ed to the government and learned of his whereabouts through his enlistment enlistment en en- papers She lives in Kansas City and he be had bad lived Ive In Des Moines olne r I Ion Iowa a less than miles from her He will secure a furlough farlough furlough and go goto goto goto to Kansas City to bo be clasped in her arms Barred tro from Fighting Germany ermany II I Jam James s W Foley poe poet humorist h mor st st. who has volunteered red his services to the national wa war work council of the theY Y Y M. M C C. C A. A to entertained the tho sold soldiers soldIers soldiers sold sold- In n Army A Y Y M. M C C. C A. A A A- headquarters ers has ma made e a strange discovery at Camp Fremont Palo Alto Cal Cat He ale Ie found a sergeant who has served twenty six sl years in in the the regular lar army of oC German birth born In Alsace Lorraine Lorraine Lorraine Lor Lor- raine yet jet who can cannot ot go gO gOa a across ross the ocean cem with the oth other other r troops because o of his nativity These are re war department department department de de- de- de rules and the tho sturdy sturdy sergeant ser ser- geant Is h heartbroken art because because of it But I what Is stranger till to Mr lr Foley Voley Is the fact tact that the father of this sergeant ergeant erg ant antas was as In the the Civil war as a n sergeant t in the same company compan company in Continued OIl on Page Six INCIDENTS OF c CA CAMP nn LEWS C Continued Continued from Page Page Six Six Awakened at 6 G o'clock In the morning by a phonograph playing 1 Hear You Calling Ie Me dressing to the tune of oC E s Doln Daft It makIng makIng making mak mak- Ing our cots while the phonograph under the able ahle direction of oC a Mexican can laborer Is playing Throw Out the Life Line Is but an Incident In the dally daily life of oC an Army Y Y M. M C. C A A. secretary secretary sec sec- asserts Telford Work one of or the men called Into service by thu national war work council of oC the Y M M. M C C. C A. A In the camps In the western western western west west- ern department Following Is Works Work's graphic description de of ot the life liCe of oC an Army Y Y M M. M C C. A. A secretary at Camp Kearny during the days das when the camp was beIng erected and the association wa was catering to the workers erecting the buildings lid lags With the rest of oC the hungry mob four of ot us secretaries Jammed through the door of oC the mess tent and stampeded for Cor places I T sat between between be be be- tween an Irish carpenter and a Hindu laborer The Irishman remarked about getting the same piece of oC m meat at atthe the morning before and said he was going to carve his Initials In It for Cor Identification purposes After Atter the hasty noisy and hearty breakfast we arranged our Army Y M. M C C. A A. tent Lunch was a r repetition of breakfast In the afternoon a man asked for Cor a Bible The print was so small he couldn't read It After Atter I had read him ilm four chapters from Crom the book of Jeremiah he be proceeded to tell me his ils life history That night I wrote a love letter for a Mexican who dictated It I a addressed ad- ad dressed fourteen letters for Cor men too illiterate to do It themselves I read reada I Ia a letter from Crom a mans man's wife which he couldn't make out himself and at 10 o'clock I broke off a conversation with t a man who had deserted hIs wife In Oklahoma and who was makIng making mak- mak Ing ng plans to accompany his drafted dratted on to France In order to be with mv my boy as he put It After Arter our evening devotionals I rolled Into my myunk J hunk bunk and dropped off oft to sleep with the phonograph playing I Wish I Dwelt In Marble Halls I JOO Teams Teim In Th This J ue e Think of a ba baseball league with TOO oo teams In It It will be at Camp Lewis American Lake Wash where I the drafted men of the new national army are being concentrated Army Y Y V. M l C C. A. A physical directors have figured tred out that with more than 46 men In training If fr a team Is organized organized organized or or- for tor each men there thero will willbe be he te teams ms Taking an average of one team for tor each men there will willbe willbe be more than t teams ms In the can can- an- an There will be lie e 1 plenty enty of or room In which to play as the r reservation reservation reser reser- ser ser- covers a tract of oC 76 acres acres It will take a small fortune to su sup ply all these t teams ms 1 with bats a and d' d balls bans but It will be done by the national national na M- na- na war work council of ot tb the the Y Y M. M C. C A Ai as s part ot of its t err lt through rough the Army Y M M. r. r C. C A. A A A. Patriotic Smith Family Renowned In history J song and city directories the famous famous' family of f Smith Is laying claims claims' to being the most host patriotic In in inthis this country A census census taken at the naval training camp came cam fn In San Diego Cal discloses the fact facit that there ar are two thirty-two boys by the name of Smith while the Joness Jones's could only muster eighteen I According to M M. A. A Hollabaugh A Hollabaugh h Y M M. C C. A. A s secretary at Ui the naval station the Smiths are entitled to the honor Smith he says Is a typically American name The m men n who bear It are Americans among Americans They are patriots It Is natural then to find so many of ot them In the navy Touching n a Soldiers Soldier's Heart That the American an soldier Is very human after all Is the opinion of James W. W Foley poet humorist who has bas been speaking to the enlisted men at Army Y Y M M C. C A A. tents and anti buildings In military posts naval training stations and cantonments In Inthe Inthe inthe the west under the auspices of ot the national na an war war work council of ot the 1 e Y Y M. M C. C CA A A. A I have had t the e most respect ful rul attention wherever I have haTe spoken en said Mr Foley who vol volunteered his services In order to do his bit to tomake tomake tomake make a soldiers soldier's life lICe a bit happier and contented I have noticed that that they especially respond r POnd to to the Tale of the Trail which ends In this manner man man- manner planner plan plan- ner I dont don't set up to be a Judge fudge of ot right or wrong In men Iye Ive I've los lost the trail tran sometimes myself and may ay get lost again So when he I see a man who vho looks looks' as s though hed he'd gone astray astra I 1 want to shove my hand In his and help hint him find his way C Can n be U Used for Fillers If It you must swear swear reads a sign In an Army Y M M. M C. C A A. tent at Camp Kearny Linda Vista Cal whistle t It She Sheet t music ant and portable musical Instruments are In great demand lemand among the American troops In France The national war t work council council of the Y Y M. M CiA is Is Iss s sending all Ins Instruments instruments ru ments across cross across th the ocean ocean that are do do- for tor this purpose Educational courses for all enlisted enlist enlist- ed men that desire to Improve their I time while while In the army are being arranged by Army Y M. M C. C A. A teo- teo wherever the men express a desire for tor It In this way the soldiers soldiers sold sold- may fit themselves to secure better better better bet bet- ter positions and command higher wages when they return to private life after the tho war is over It also gives them a profitable way to spend their spare time |