Pershing Takes Over Army Canteen From Y M C A
Chaumont special reports General Pershing has ordered army post exchanges to be operated by units themselves, ending the Y M C A control of canteens. He credits Y M C A with vital wartime support but says new burdens require troops to run their own exchanges. The letter to BE Carter commends Y M C A for service and notes improved efficiency and morale for the expeditionary force.
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YY. M
Carter
Pershing
Post Exchange
General Pershing
Mr. Carter
Permine
American Expeditionary
Y M C A Supplies Baseball Goods for National Sport
The article recounts Y M C A aid for baseball, detailing vast quantities of equipment and supplies such as 2 20 baseman's mitts and 4 120 catcher's mitts, enough balls for a long season, and other gear intended to support youth leagues and games across a wide radius. It notes large numbers and ambitious reach, including bats, masks, home plates, and protective gear.
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Alls
Y M C A workers die overseas in war effort losses
The Y M C A reports forty three men and ten women killed serving overseas, with fifty five non fatal casualties among a force under 9,000. Decorations include Croix de Guerre for thirteen, and many others across Italian and French awards.
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Y. M
National War Work Council
Order of St. Stanislaus
Winona Martin
Rockville Center
Cal
Chalons
Diekman
House
Henry T. Allen
Ninetieth
FL A
Dawes
B Ford
Iran
Southern Matters Department
John A Clifton Tuccon
Ariz
Thomas Neil Jefferson Fden
Tex
Linlian
William Alen Miller
Austin
Y Secretary Wounded Soldier Returns To Duty
Sergeant Hockersmith of the U S Marine corps reports a wounded Y secretary who survived nineteen bullet holes and has returned to work at Mellach near Coblenz Germany. The air of grim humor accompanies praise for his resilience as he resumes duties after hospital treatment.
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Cate Travis
M. K.¢Sinkend
A. G. Trockersmith
U8 Marine Corps
Mellach
Germaany
Coblenz
Hockersmith
Hales
Hin
Astor
American army university in France opens for AEF
General Pershing signs order establishing Beaune campus for 15 000 to 20 000 soldiers with Col Ira L Reeves as military commander In France three month courses in engineering liberal arts science music and the hike along with agricultural exhibits from Washington prepared with Y M C A support cost the program 700 000 dollars monthly funded by the United War Work Campaign. Athletic religious and entertainment activities continue for overseas troops.
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General Pershing
France
Y. M. C. A. War Work Council
Ira L. Reeves
Beaune
Department of Agricul
Ture
Agriculture Department
Washington
United War Work Campaign Fund
Soldiers plan for fight back home
American troops in France and Germany monitor the political mood at home while reports from Paris note rising living costs. The Y M C A introduces a job preparation program for soldiers, placing them with back home employers and offering study materials to gain early professional knowledge before returning to industrial life.
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France
Germany
Paris
America
Atlantic
Chocolate Carried Under Fire By US Troops In France
Y M C A worker Howard R. Keister from Dunnellon Florida recalls sending sweet chocolate to an isolated platoon of Company D in the Ninth Machine Gun battalion during the Vesle river fighting near Fismes. The unit faced massive German fire across the river as they held a narrow strip gained at high cost, with gas shells and snipers in a desperate struggle to keep supplies flowing.
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France
Howard R. Keister
Dunnellon
Fla
Vesle
Fismes
Chateau Thierry
Battle Ball new game hits Camp Travis in Texas
Military officials at Camp Travis Texas show strong interest in Battle Ball a new sport by Lu Linesmuth Army YMCA secretary It blends rugby soccer and basketball elements with five footballs and two goal lines The game features skirmish and defense lines and can involve up to 800 players per side Maj J S Leonard promotes the game hoping it spreads to other posts The Thirty fifth infantry team has already claimed Camp Travis championship.
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Samp Travis Athletic Council
Camp Travis
Tex
Tonsa
Lu Iinesmuth
Army Y. M.C. A
Maj. J. 8
Leonard
Military Athletic Council
Camp
Tenn
Woman Receives Honorary Major Rank in Rainbow Division
Mrs. Maude Radford Warren, writer and Y M C A canteen worker in France, is made honorary major of the 117th Field Sum battalion now in Germany for her brave front line service and rapid promotion record. She had been appointed second lieutenant of the 354th infantry less than six weeks earlier for loyalty and devotion on the front. Major Warren served at Chateau Thierry St Mihiel in the Argonne forest Verdun drive and accompanied troops into Germany with the Forty second division.
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Maude Radford Warren
France
Warren
Chateau Thierry
St. Mihiel
Armonne
Verdun
Germany
Forty-second Division
Soldiers at Camp Travis Learn to Read in Desegregated Program
At Camp Travis the Colored Development battalion has embraced an Army Y M C A led education push. Over 100 illiterate soldiers have learned to read and write, with 800 others refreshing literacy, and 200 more advancing beyond third grade. Three soldier teachers and three Y staffers run daily sessions from 9 to 11:30 and 1:15 to 4. Officers praise the effort as a key step for the troops as demobilization looms.
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Colored Development Battalion
Camp Travis
Germany
France
Belgium
Russia
Army
Sayt
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Walter Damrosch
Letitia McKay
Philadelphia
Wilson
Unels Sam
Vincent Astor
Rainbow Divison
R. D. Currett
One Hundred and Seveteenth
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