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Y. M. C. A, ORGANIZES TO TAKE OVER CANTEENSChicago, Feb. 20.—For tbe purpose o£ taking over the entire canteen system of the French and American armies at the request of the military officials, the Y. M. C. A, has organized an operating company with a capital of $5,000,000 and is preparing to do a business of $200,000,000 a year in canteen supplies ffot’ the soldiers on French soil. In an announcement .made hero today it was stated that at least. 3.500 men would be required to conduct the affairs of this business.Of this number several hundred have already been secured and sent abroad. A total of (KM secretaries had been sent to France by the American Y. M. C, A. on. February 1. Many of these will be concerned entirely with the management of the Y. M. C. A. i canteen system in the 150 camps for American troops on French soil and for the French troops. Each canteen it. is stated, carries a list of 310 different articles for sale. These range from needles 'and candy to wearing appareJ. J-Forty auto truck drivers will be required by the Y. M. C. A. to transport the supplies which are to be handled for the soldier boys in camp close up behind the trenches and back of the firing lines.A constant stream of American business and professional men is being fed into the overseas work of the V. M. C. A. Because of tbe extraordinary demand on the part of the soldiers for the facilities and advantages offered them either free or at cost by the Y, M. C. A. an army of trained men is required to render this service. Three hundred and twenty-five secretaries sailed for France during the month of December, said an official of the Personnel Bureau of the National War Work Council of the Y. M. C. A. in Chicago. Between New Year's and .January 10, one hundred and fifty others left an Atlantic port.) A few days later. 250 men, many of whom had given up their business or their positions in order to go across and serve without pay in the Y. M. C. A. ranks, were sent abroad.ilt;13lt;llt;1
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Muscatine Journal
Muscatine, Iowa, US
Wed, Feb 20, 1918
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