Word: war
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...item in the dispatches is revealing in its matter-of-factness. "Both sides are looting and making heavy extortions from the populace." There have probably been few cases in history in which war has been so much at the expense of the inhabitants as in the struggles in modern China, and the stream of refugees and emigrants to the distant but more tranquil Manchuria will probably be greater than ever this year. There the international competition is still present to add to the complication, as is shown by rumors of Russian generals or Japanese money backing one or the other...
This investigation was made between Feb. 28 and June 30, 1919, pursuant to instructions from the Secretary of War which required an estimate of the value of the work of the Y. M. C. A. and the proportion of the welfare work which was accomplished by the Y. M. C. A. Those who were in France during the period of this inquiry will recall that the investigation was thorough, and that there was at least no prejudice in favor of the "Y" on the part of the investigators. In every major command, officers and enlisted men were required to testify...
Although the war has been over ten years, there seem to be some people who are still uninformed as to the functions assigned the Y. M. C. A., as evidenced by J. B. Scott's letter in your issue...
...order of General Pershing the Y. M. C. A. set up a canteen system for the A. E. F., and its work was commended by the commanding general during the war and afterward, and an exhaustive inquiry conducted by the Army by direction of General Pershing resulted in complete disproval of such innuendos as Mr. Scott's as well as refutation of every accusation made against the association. All the work done by the Y was under general orders, describing...
Followed Secretary Mellon's proposal of a second great post-War reduction, which sent the country ringing with applause...