A. for goods and service in Europe that an official investigation is to be made. Almost a year ago the writer saw a letter from an American soldier who was in one of the cantonments in the United States, in which this soldier warned the person to whom the letter was written to contribute nothing to the Y. M. C. A. and said: "The army officers, having endorsed the work of the Y. M. C. A., I suppose it would be regarded as a violation of the army rules if we were to say anything against the organization, but believe me, it is not doing the work it is expected to do. The Red Cross is all right and is doing grand work, but you will learn someday that the Y. M. C. A. is not right. We don't need it. The Red Cross is doing all that is needed to be done in the cantonments."

It has been but a few weeks since the American people raised a third of a million dollars for the Y. M. C. A., Red Cross, Knights of Columbus, Jewish Welfare Association and other war associations formed for the purpose of caring for the soldiery. This money given freely by the American people was given freely by the American people and they will certainly resent it if any of these organizations has missed the money given to it. 