Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1918 — “Y” MAN NEEDS SLEEP [ARTICLE]

“Y” MAN NEEDS SLEEP

By E. M. BATCHELOR.

"No boys, I’m not so very tired," said the Y. M. C. A. secretary. "Just a little after a week of that,” indicating with a wave of his hand the country behind, from which came incessant sounds of artillery and machine-gun fire. But he was dead tirdd, and the ambulance driver who was giving him a ride knew it The secretary’s head bobbed from side to side as the ambulance thumped along the rough road. At intervals the Y. M. C. A. man slept roughly roused whenever a shell-hole jolt threw him against the side of the vehicle. » . . The ambulance was stopped by the side of the road so that the driver might tighten a loose bolt ' - "I guess I’ll lie down for a minute while you are working,” said the Y. M. C. A. secretary. In a second he was ■ound asleep by the road. An hour later the driver shook him.

“Sorry to wake you up,” he said, “but I absolutely must be getting on. I’m likely to be court-martialed now for being so long on this job, but I would rather take a ‘month and a month’ than have robbed you of that sleep. I decided that the war could go on for an horn* without me, while you tore off 40 winks." This is just one of many instances showing how the Y. M. C. A. stands with the army. That driver had voluntarily • risked getting Into trouble with his commanding officer because he knew the Red Triangle man needed sleep.