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In A Red Triangle Dug-Out Overseas
Y. M. 0. A. men fixed up dug-outs with our men on the French front in the bad old days before the
armistice was signed, and it became possible for the American veterans to take their recreation out in the
open. Here in the dimly lighted underground rooms, refreshments were served, and ah opportunity was
given t’ae boys to write home, indoor games were played and occasionally some more athletic gamee such
as boxing. It was even possible sometimes to put on a moving picture show for the boys in their time off
from actual trench duty.
SOUTHERN AVIATOR
DIOS FROM PRISON
AND SWIMS RHINE
Call* “Y” Work In German Prison
Camp “Life Saver," While Con
fined At Villingen.
New %ork, Feb. ...—Lieutenant
George Puryear, of Memphis, Tenn.,
an aviator, was one of a trio of hardy
American adventurers who were suc
cessful in a wild dash for liberty from
the Villingen prison camp on October
6. Sixteen men made the attempt,
but only Puryear, Lieutenant Harold
Willis of Boston, and Naval Lieuten
ant Isaacs of Portsmouth, Va., got
away. Word has just been received
'\Bum C. A. headquarters here con
cerning almost hopeless esca
pade.
The men brought back remarkable
__ accounts of Y. M. C, A. work even at
Villingen.
* “The ‘Y’ sent us books of all kinds
and even sporting goodfl,'’ said Lieut.
Puryear. “We played basketball and
volley ball incessantly—our space was
too small for baseball and football. I
tell you, those games were life savers
to us, and they kept us in fair physi
cal condition.’'
It is reported that Puryear and his
comrades slipped out of the camp
through a tunnel under the wire. All
but the three named were headed off
before they reached the river Rhine,
but the intrepid trio swam the river—
a terrible feat in itself—and. made
their way Vito Holland.
SOUTHERN MIN
BUNDED IN SERVICE
Say* It Will Take Time For Public To
Realize Value Of The Red Triangle
Service To American Fighters.
MONEY SENT HOME
BEFOREJIG BATTLE
Doughboys “Cleaned Pockets” for
Home Folks, When Return From
Fight Was Uncertain. Y. M. C. A.
Has Delivered Millions of Dollars
For Amex.
DeRoy R. ronville.
New York, Feb. ...—So unusual was
the service rendered by DeRoy R. Fon-
ville of Burlington, N. C., in his Y. M.
C. A. work overseas that Major Gen
eral L. S. Upton has written him a
personal letter in appreciation of his
efforts. '
Mr. Fonville has returned to his
home after ten months service with
the Y. M. C. A. He was with th<* Fifth
and Sixth Marines and Ninth and twen
ty-third infantry at Chateau Thierry,
Soissons and St. Mihiel. It was while
he was in a trench waiting to serve
the Marines when they "pushed off,”
that a high explosive shell blew par
ticles of rtjck into his eye; blinding It.
The same shellfire killed James A.
Birchby, a Y. M. C. A. secretary from
Pasadena, Cal., and woundejl another
Red Triangle worker, Thomas W. Wil-
but, Jr., of New Britain, Conn.
The letter of appreciation that was
sent to Mr. Fonville by General Upton
read as follows: “I have observed y^hir
work as Y. M. C. A. representative of
the Ninth infantry for some time arid
wish to convey to you my appreciation
j of the uncomplaining and soldier like
manner In which you have undergone
all without the glory that is attached
to the profession of arms. The work
which you hate done had added great
ly to the contentment of the men and
thus to the efficiency of , the com
mand.”
£My experience gave me an apprec-
GIFTS FROM T
HELPED
Corporal Irving Abrahams of New
York has Just returned from France.
Just because the Y. M. C. A. men
overseas had gone out of their way
to treat him well, he took the trouble
to make his way to the Headquarters
Building of the National War Work
Council, Y. M. C. A., New York City,
and found some one on the 9th floor at
Headquarters to tell how much .he ap
preciated the service of the Red Trian
gle.
This is just a part of what he said:
“J returned from France on the
27th of January. Have been wounded
three times. Am feeling fine, but the
first time when wo landed over in
France in April, 1917, we took the
position up on Chateau Thierry and
the Y. M. C. A. was right with us and
brought up on the firing line choco
late, cigarettes, and also pears, bis
cuit and done the best and all he could
just to please the boys.
“And in August when we drove the
Germans back he came up under
heavy shell fire 1 'and brought us the
same chocolate, cigarettes, and if the
bpys didn’t have any money he would
give it to us just the same.
“And up on the Argonne Forest he
went under heavy shell fire and
brought up all the candy and choco
late, and also spoke to the boys to
send c^ur money to our mothers and
which we did, and also he told us to
send our money home and he will do
all he can for us, and also the boys of
the Third Division is very^ well pleas
ed of the Y. M. C. A. and also thank
them, ever so much* and also when
we got relieved from the Argonne
woods the Y. M. C. A. entertained us,
gave us a grand time, and we thank
the Y. M. C. A. with our full heart and
we shall never forget* them.
“So I don’t see why the fellows are
coming back from France and kicking
the Y. M. JC A., and I can speak to
anybody and ask them why they are
knocking the Y. M. C. A.”
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Paris, Feb. ...—The steady unsel
fishness of the American soldier,
shown by the way he “cleaned his
pockets’ of money before going into
action, to be sent home if he dldh’t
come back, is told by W. J. Baker ,of
Portchester, N. Y.. who served eleven
months as a Y. M. C. A. worker with
the 26th Division. His particular
charge was the third battalion of the
103rd infaritry. He Joined that unit
on the St. Mihiel front, went* with
them to Chateau Thierry, and later
was in the famous St. Mihiel ciean-up
and the drive before Verdun. «
“It was just before that action be
gan,” said Baker, “that I saw the finest
example of the characteristic unselfish-^ iation.of American men and what they
ness of the boys. They ‘cleaned their
pockets’ for the folks at home. They
knew they were going up against the
real thing, and they wanted all their
money to go homo in case they never
came back.' In all, I was •entrusted^
with 8,000,000 francs — upwards of
11,600,000 — before that attack; - We.
handled such fnnds through the regu
lar Y- C. A. service established for
•eading money from soldiers to rela
Uves In America.”
Baker lived with his battalion, and
•aw lively times, as the % "Yankee
Division,” as it was called, wac kept
on the fighting front almost contnu-
can go through,” said Mr. Fonville.
“Our division was a shock unit. It
never went any way but forward. Our
division alone captured 12,000 prison
ers. Those men appreciated the Y.
Mf C. A. and understood the diffleu!
ties it had to contend with in getttm
supplies up to the front. I have m
complaint to make about losing tb>
-Tght of One eye, that is war, but it
bewilders me to have known what 1
do of the work of the , ‘Y* In Franco
and then come home to learn of the
criticisms being circulated here. 1
believe that in *li|e time the ful
predation of th# Y. M. C. A.'a work
will ^e general.”
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Rel Triangle Man Tells Of
Serving At Chateau Thierry
The Y. M. C. A. has been criticized
because it was said that it had no one
at the fighting In the region of Cha
teau Thierry.- The other day, Ernest
C. Bardwell, a New York man, came
back from France, broken in health
because of his strenuous work in that
region.
Mr. Bardwell was one of a party of
Y. M. C. A. risen who entered Cha
teau Thierry village with supplies at
10 o’clock on the morning of July 22
and worked all day and far into the
night serving the boys who were beat
ing back the German counter-attacks.
The last German prisoners, he said,
were taken out of Chateau Thierry at
8:30 o’clock on the same morning.
> — V.
THE Y. M. C, A. IN FAR EAST
The work of the Y. M C. A. in Mace
donia is rapidly extending over the
newly-opened areas, and in the present
state of flux heavy reSponsibilitlet: de
volve upon C. W. pates, the secretary
in charge at Salonica. Centres have
been opened in Serbia at Vranja,
Nish, Monastlr and other towns, and
in the capital city, Belgrade, the -Y.
M. C. A. is now established in a good
building. Percival Whitley, son of
the deputy speaker of the English
House of Commons, Is developing the
Association’s work in Northern Bul
garia, while on Turkish soil Mr. How
ard Bradley has planted the Red
Triangle in Cox stantinople itself.
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