New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 30, 1918, Page 5

NEW. BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1918 CRAWFORD DENIES V.M. PROFITEER Returned Secretary Praises Work of Overseas Stall Among the many mea who have taken a part In this war is R. H. Crawford formerly who served as a Y. M. A. secretary in France for a year. Mr. Crawford was formerly the superintendent of *! New Britain Boys’ club and left that | position to go with the Y. M. C. A. He was one of the pioneer “Y" men to serve in France. When he reached that war torn country he was placed on active service immediately and built one of the first huts in southern France. He had just completed the erection of the hut and had it ready for service when the division of sol- diers which was located there was quarantined for mumps and measles. They remained in quarantine for 40 days and during that time Mr. Craw- (ford had his hands full providings comforts for the bovs. He visited them, carrying the cigarettes, tobs and chocolate in a wheelbarrow. Later he was transferred to the speakers’ bureau and traveled over | France. He saw almost the ent cco country and spoke to the men in ev-! ery camp in southern France. Still later he was assigned to canteen work. He received maay letters of | appreciation from the boys whom he | had served as a. Y’ worker and they praised the work of the association ‘While at the front he says he was given the honor of firing off one aof Uncle Sam'’s big guns. He came upon the gun crew as they were about to fire on a German ammunition dump. The shot was accurate and the lump was destroyed. While there, his hut was shelled by the Germans who were using the hut as a reference point. The U. S. officer ordered the hut to be removed and it was no more than down when the very spot was struek by a high explosive shell which would have meant cerain death for any one in the vicinity. Af- ter losing his hut he had to endure the hardships of the and marched with the Third division from the front. At night they slept wherever they could and there was 20 complaining. Denies Profiteering. Mr., Crawford was strong in his denunciation of the men who criticize the ¥. M. C. A, secretaries after the work they have dome. These secre- taries did their best and many of there were times whea the goods serve the boys. The charge that the Y. M. C. A. was profiteering in France was also denled by Mr. Crawford, who stated that as far as he knew there was pot one instance of avercharging. The things were sold to the men ab- solutely at cost. The cost varied at regular soldier | ROBERT H. CRAWFORD. | tained, j source, | the { with the they could be in an able and the boy the many eveni entertainment you and your ers have afforded them The sales department C. A. has enabled the fruits, sweets, tobacco articles which they could have ot over here, from no other | thus adding to their content- ment, well being and excellent morale Your efforts to encourage and make possible athletic meets and games, has | made the recreation periods more in- tercsting, cnjoyable and beneficial to boy May I say that all your work shows plainly that it is dene desire to s and without degree comfort- | surely appreciate co-work- of the boys to obtain and other XM ve | thought of personal reward. "tlmes. There were things sold to the |derful. They were so well organized men which had duties to be paid and a small extra charge was added. There weer times when the goods i were transported by freight and the freight hill was added to the cost ot the articles and the men were taxed just a trifle more. There were times when the a lost money. Tn the town of id that the {“Y"” served meals to the soldiers at a cost of three francs a meal. In | other places the same meal would cost them five or six francs. The as- sociution hotel at Toul fed 1,000 men a day and also provided sleeping | plac for many in the Y. M. C. A. darmitories. The work of the Y. M front lin was not sur the work donc in the city of . The work in the latter place was wonder- ful and beyond imagination. The entire U. 8. army from the lowest common soldier was praised by Mr. Crawford. This was particularly true, according ta Mr. Crawford, in the work of the engineers. There were sometimes 20,000 following the boys on into the front and the rapid- ity with which they would roads, fill construct in trenche: ways, telegraph lines, ots, was C. A sed by rail- won- | France. in the | build ' that there was never a hitch in their work. While in France Mr. Crawford | met several New Britain bays and their work is enough to make the 3 proud of the young men it has sent forth into the fight. Letters of Praise Following are two letters of which Mr. Crawford is very proud and whica reflect credit on his war work in Headquarters 4th Tr. Bu., Depot Division, April 8th, 1918, R. H. Crawford, M. C. ., Somewhere in France. Crawford:— Thank you for the small kodak pic- tures of “Hut Reynolds” and T de- sire to thank you and the boys for so our tent here. May I, at this ss to you my real apprecia- tion of the good work done in this dis- trict by the Y. M. C. A. and the reali- zation on my part, that a large part of this accomplishment is the direct re- sult of your love for your wor! personal enthusiasm and effort. During the cold, chilly, days and evenings when this organization first came here, your tent afforded them their only place of assembly, where | part many mothers have re | request | belief i months. ! several years ! zones. The facilities and opportunities which you have provided, make it much more easy for the boys to write letters home, and I know that because of the force of sugge on your ived let- would ion ters the writing of which otherwise have been delayed Tho your organization had way forced religion e noted | that your tent i regular | services—and many of the men nm\u-,[ for permission to aftend | pecial servic It is my in no | personal observation and that vour best work has been in giving good counsel and advice to the boys, in matters affecting their daily conduct, and encouraging and cheering them when they have been | blue, homesick and discouraged. i It has been and will be a pleasure | to me to do all that I can to further your good work—for by doing so I am idrectly improving the discipline and morale of that part of our Army over which T have command. Ag.in thanking you, I am, Yours very sincerely RALPH W. RE Captain F. OLDS, A. U. A Commanding. St. Aignan, July 23, 1918. Dear Mr. Wolfe:— This will present to you Mr. R. K.} Crawford, one of our secretaries who has been in our Division for nearly six ; He has served as Associate | secretary at Selles sur Cher, St nan, and secretary at Bourre. he has been in charge of a Boys' Club at New Britain, Conn., where he has evidently boen successful. For sometime Mr. been hoping to get a chance to do work in some of the more advanced Our Division is willing that he shonld he reassigned Mr. Crawford is one of the bhest hearted men living. He is heart and soul in the thing that he came to France to do. In fact he is so much interested in the men that if anything he errs on the side of generosity. His place is with the men, not as a can- teen man, but as a personal worker where he can bring good cheer to the men, for whom he will give his all. His happy go-lucky tvpe ought to have a place where he can be very Crawford has | derstands that Pres i Allied useful to another Division, as he has to this during this six months perioq, Just now the situation at the front lieved a little of the pressure this Division, hence our willingp further the desire of Mr. Cordially Your J. QUINCEY has s to Crawford AMES, retary WILSON SUBMITS PLAN. Endorses Scheme to Help the Central Powers to Get Food. London, Dec. 30.—The Express un- dent Wilson, who has been giving attention during the question o Central Empires, has endorsed and submitted to the Allies a definite plan for relief formulated by his advisers, including Herbert Hoover. It is felt that the need of some ac tion is imperative. favors the immediate appointment of a director-general of relief for Europe supplementing the work of the Inter Food council his visit to Europe ta ighting JANITORS ARE NEEDED. The school board will appoint a jani- tor for the Smalley street school soon. 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