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General Pershing Tells Y. M. C. A. to "Take Their Pick" From Men bf A. E. F., Which Cuts Down Recruiting Program in This Country Atlanta, Ga.. Jan....-The offer of .General Pershing to release officers and men of the A. E. F. from mili tary duty in order that their services might be utilized by the Y. M. C. A. resulted in the recruiting of a large number of soldiers for "Y" work, and naturally resulted in a decrease in the number of men being sent from this country overseas. Up until the time General Pershing's offer was made, the Y. M. C. A. had done extensive recruiting for the pur pose of sending a large number of workers overseas. But when it was learned that workers could be secured in France-men well fitted for the work because of their familiarity with conditions-the services of many men In the Un: ted States . ere not needed. While many candidates for service overseas were disappointed over rite outcome, the Y. M. C. A. could not have acted otherwise. General Per hine told the "Y" .to take any sol-1 I diers it wanted and as many as it wanted, and by so doing the Associa tion has saved a great deal of money that would have been spent in trans porting the workers to France. Thc soldiers in France know the work of the Y. M. C. A. almost as well as their own, and those who have been so far selected are making excellent workers. The Y. M. C. A.. however, will not discontinue the sending of men to France. Now and then men who are especially qualified for the work over seas will be used, only they will be fewer in number. Dr. W. W. Alexander, director of personnel for the Southeastern depart ment, points out that the generous of fer of General Pershing is only an other indication of the high esteem which is held for the Y. M. C. A. by the United States government and by the leader of the American Expe ditionary Forces. ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SUPPLIES SENT BY Y. M. C. A. .Cost of Sweets and Smokes for One Month Reaches Staggering Fig ure-Armistice Didn't End Smoking on Any Front . New York. Jan. ...-Almost $4,000, OOO worth of smokes, sweets, sporting goods, chewing gum and other com modities was shipped to France dunne the month of November by the Army and Navy Y. M. C. A., for the use of the American Expeditionary Forces. A statement to this effect has just been issued by the National War Council and tends to demonstrate thal the demand for supplies of this char acter has not been reduced by the fad ;'?at hostilities have ceased. ;" In ex?ct figures" the value of the supplies shipped to France was $3,- ! S95.90S and each month's quota will ap-1 proximate this total until the force? j overseas have been materially reduced .by demobilization. The demand for tobacco, cigars and .cigarettes has not diminished since the armistice was signed, as witness ! the fact that $1.351,000 of tho total amount went for the purchase of the weed in some form. In the ship ments were 464.911 pounds of tobacco, I 198,065,320 cigarettes and 99.700 oi4 gars. As for confectionery, there were \ _213,S00 pounds of hard candy, 175.91S pounds of chocolates and 329.2SC pack- ! ages of cough drops, not to mention 687,600 tins of jams and 6,541,3001 pounds of sugar. The chewing gum \ conignments totaled 6,100,000 packages .-enough to load every slot machine in the United States. Y. M. C. A. SECRETARY I HONORED FOR BRAVERY! Brooklyn Man ls Awarded Croix de Guerre by Commander of Polish Forces Paris. Dec. ll.-"For heroic and un-! firing work for the soldiers while un-1 der fire," Stanley Modra, of 212o Ca ton avenue. Brooklyn, a Y. M. C. A. ! secretary, has just received the Croix J de Guerre from General Haller, com-1 mander-in-chief of the Polish army, and has been mentioned in the offi cial citations. He is the third Y. M. C. A. man thus honored for conspicu ous bravery. Modra has been with the Polish forces continuously since his arrival in France five months ago, and has given many notable exhibitions of gal lantry and fidelity to duty. During the last days of the hostilities he served with the First division in the Vosges, In charge of a hut in a narrow valley between ? first and second line trenches. From this hut he made trip after trip, carrying supplies to the men at the most advanced posts, and was under fire repeatedly. When the fighting was at its heavi est Modra and the men associated with lim in Y work continued their minis Irations to the soldiers, serving cocoa cakes, when the men were in positior to receive them, and cigarettes. Thi: service contributed much to the hlgl morale of the troops and won not onl\ the praise of the officers but the last ing gratitude of the men-. DR. R. 0. FLYNN AS "Y" WORKEf ."Well Known Minister Leaves Pulpit t Take Up Work Overseas Atlanta, Ga., Jan. ...-Dr. Richar Orme Flinn, pastor of the North Av( nue Presbyterian church, is going t France for the Y. M. C. A. Dr. Flinn, who is one of the bes 1 -TIr n ministers in the Southeast,an . ??- " ' of !"throughoi v will be el rk, an tim SWEET CHOCOLATE CARRIED UNDER FIRE Chocolate Furnished by Y. M. C. A. Arrives Just When lt ls Needed With the American Armies In France, Jan. ...-Praising: the men of Company D, 109th Machine Gun Bat talion, 28th Division, Howard R. Heis ter, a Y. M. C. A. man of Dunnellon, Fla., tells how, when without food, they sent the sweet chocolate which he secured for them to an isolated pla toon, which was under severe fire, acress the Vesle river at Fismes. lt was during the heavy fighting eastward from Chateau Thierry, that the men of the 109th Machine Gun Bal talion got ahead of their supplies, anti the sweet chocolate which the Y. M. 0. A. managed to get to them, "was specially w?lcome. The battalion reached the Vesle riv-1 er on its advance. Theje the German line held. Men were thrown across the river by various units to keep in contact with the onemy. Thor? -was terrific figkting all along the lTne. A platoon of Company D was hurried over to help in holding the narrow strip that had been taken at great cost by the American soldiers. It was sur round*2^ on three .side* ?y ?i?*- i>oeHt\ who tried every means in his power to dislodge them,-gas, shells, machine gun fire and snipers. It was a difficult matter to get food over to then for men with supplies had to cross the river which' was exposed and under heavy fire. FIGHTING PARSON mum CROSS John Clifford Wearing Y. M. C. A. Uniform, Proves Himself Real Hero New York, Jan. Therp have many war heroes, but there is certainly no more conspicuously heroic figun than John H. Clifford. Baptist minis ter in time of peace, but real fighter in time of war. who has been awarded the Croix de Guerre for extraordin?r) heroism in action. John Clifford, as a Y. M. C. A worker, braved the red wrath of war He has been in th<-> firing zone as much as the hardiest infantryman anc was decorated for a most unusual ex ploit. He was one of three men whe braved incessant enemy shell fir* while rescuing Col. Albertus W. Catlin commanding officer of the Sixth regl ment of Marines. The trio carried th? colonel to safety on a stretcher. Mr. Clifford went over the top manj times and came near being killed or several occasions. He is fifty-on? years old and was born at Oxford, Eng land, and has preached the gospel ii many parts of the world. When give! a chance to serve with the Y. M. C. A in France, he knew that it was i good thing, and he jumped at it. PERSHING SENDS MOTT NEW YEAR GREETING! Paris, Dec. 26.-Many times durin the past year General Pershing ha taken occasion to commend the wor of the Y. M. C. A. for the soldi'* of the A. E. F. and to express hi keenest appreciation for the man good deeds done by the "Y" in thi country. On Christmas Day the command? of the American Expeditionary Fore? sent the following cablegram to D John R. Mott, head of the Nation War Work Council: "With a deep feeling of gratitude fi the enormous contribution which tl Army Young Men's Christian Assoc! tion has made to the moral and phy: cal welfare of the American Army, j ranks jon me in sending you Chrii mas greetings and cc^sdiAl best wiah for the New Y jar." Clemson College.-Success in top working the pecan depends 'not alone on the art of budding. The pre paratory treatment and attention pre vious to the budding season is of prime importance, and best results are obtained only by strictly observing all! phases cf the work. Although greater j ? success is secured on trees ten inches : and under in diameter, larger trees j may be successfully worked; but as an extensive commercial proposition it is scarcely advisable. Preparatory treatment of the seed' ling trees must be begun during the dormant season, preferably in Febru- : ary. The general rule is to cut back i all limbs to stubs from S" to 12" in1 length. Limbs over 3" in diameter: should be cut back two to three feet from their bases, or to where the di ameter is not over In cutting'back ' trees of 4" and over in diameter al ways- leave some of the smallei branches and several of the largei ones to furnish leaf surface until the tree can force out new shoots. In some cases, the height of the .treo has also to be considered. Top ping should be done at a place where several branches are well placed tc ! j form a basis for a good head. This ; 'height, will vary with the diametei and the number of branches. The tor should be removed with a sloping cul ; just above one of the stubs or a smai: \ branch-. This promotes healing and prevents rotting. Apply a coating ol white lead and linseed oil to all cut surfaces. The trees are now in shape for forcing out shoots upon which the buds are to be placed, and will de; mand no further special attention un. til summer. About the middle of June thin oui some of the numerous shoots, leaving two or three well placed vigorous one! on each stub. This will increase the ' development Of the remaining shoots so that they will have attained suffi cient size for budding by August. Budding.-In this article ring bud ding only will be considered, as it if the most successful method. Before ring budding season, late July thru August, a specially constructed knif? must be obta-ined and waxed cloth pre pared. The budding knife is mad? by securing two ordinary buddins knives to the sides of a small bloct of soft wood so that the cutting blades will be parallel and one incl ! api.rt. ... For budding cloth use ordinirj bleaching. Tear into strips 12" widi and roll tightly rm small round stcks Tio and subm lut ion of graff The formula rosin 3% lbs 1 lb. Put th mi?'-1--~ cloth therein Bud wood 4 well develop season's gr< ductive tree.. -. wrapping bud wood in moist burial j 1 and placing in a cool shady place il* can be kept for a week or ton days j j but it is best to have it delivered ii '? ^ smaller quantities every other day. | Varieties suggested are Stuart Schlev. Moneymaker, and Curtis. Performing the Operation.-The Op eration of budding is simple, yet ro,{ quires practice and carefulness. '-Th? : buds are usually set about C to lill inches from the base of the limb ancji on top of it. Always select a .smooL>!] round place. With the knife ring th? j. limb being careful to make the cut: | straight so that they will coincid?^ when they meet. Select a good Otk from the budstick "nd do likewise j Xow remove the bark from the limli; by slitting it down the back anc prizing it up with the point of th? | knife. Remove the bud right likewis? and insert it in the cut made on th? limb. Tear a strip or waxed clotl ? about VJ inch wide and 18 inches long, and starting below the bud, wrai it firmly in place. Leave only the t.i? of the bud out. If the bud ring o-j bark is of greater circumference thai the limb, a small piece may be taker j out so as to make it fit closely to th? j limb. On the other hand, if the hue I ring will uo. meet around the limb, i' small strip of bark may be left on th? j limb. It does not matter if a smal j open place is left between the edgei j of the ring. In fact, some budden make this a practice, for this give* j room for the swelling of the bud ring However, it is essential that the end? of the bud ring come in close contact with the bark ot the tree. After 21 days the wraps are removed from th? buds, and at this time, under favor able conditions, you can tell whethei the bud has set or not. After Treatment - When gvowtt starts the following spring, all topi should be removed from branches or which the buds are living. These tops are cut off about 10 inches abov? the bud. and the hark skinned oC from 1" above the bud and upwards The shoot from the bud is tied to tliii 10" piece of limb to prevent its bein? broken off by the wind. All sprouti coming out on the branch must bc removed and only the inserted buc should be allowed to grow. Some tim? during the following winter, the ten inch stubs to which the hud shooti have been tied must be cut back dos? to the shoots. 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