Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-10-23 | Page 8 | Many Calls on Y. M. C. A. in Siberia and Czechs Enlist

Many Calls on Y. M. C. A. in Siberia And Czechs Enlist VLADIVOSTOK, Oct. 10. (Correspondence" (Corres-pondence" or the Associated Press) Demands Upon the Young NMen's Christian Chris-tian Association secretaries who are accompaning the Entente nations in their expedition against tho Bolshe-viki Bolshe-viki In Siberia have hecn so great that the have been compelled to enlist en-list in the Y. M. C. A. servico the convalescing Czechs and to utilize the volunteer service of several of the Stevens' Railway corps from tho United Uni-ted Slates. Virtually all the Y. M. C. A. secretaries have been working j eighteen hours a da's Instead of an easy march throughout the country, the Allied expedition developed de-veloped into a fight mile by mile. First aid supplies were more pressing needs than were phonographs, games and athletic equipment. The demands upon up-on the Y. M. C. A. canteen service wore so great' that supplies which ordinarily or-dinarily would have lasted a month were exhausted' in a week. Cars have been sent with each contingent of troops to the furthest possible limit and from them have been distributed free in times of stress, hot tea, coffee, cigarettes, tobacco, chocolate, biscuits, sausage, and other useful supplies. This service is becoming indispen-, sable to the men in the field. Tho Japanese soldiers appear to be as fully ful-ly appreciative as their western brothers. bro-thers. A report by Secretary Heald says : "By ! a. m. Japanese soldiers como knocking on the doors of the cars and no refusal to-open quiets them. There is no chance for the secretary in charge to sleep after they begin until the day's work is over and that is rarely before one the next morning. Secretaries find it impossible to get more than three to four hours sleep nightly. To undress Is a novelty and food goes uneaten because they cannot can-not steal time to eat." A refrigerator car service has been added recently. Thirty minutes after the doors wore opened, in the first instance, in-stance, 2,500 bottles of cold soft drinks had been sold to and consumed by the thirsty soldiers.