of the 2d of June he received a telegram from the
International Y to report in New York, prepared to sail immediately upon
arrival. He left home that afternoon and on the night of the 3d reported
at the Hotel St. Andrews, where he was assigned quarters, sharing his
room with another Y man. There he remained, his expenses paid by the Y,
until he sailed three months later.

The morning after arrival, reporting at the main office, 347 Madison
Avenue, he was told that his passport had not been received and it was
impossible to tell when it might be.

Speaking a little Italian, which Luigi Poggi had taught him when a boy,
he was directed to prepare for Y service with the Italian army and sent
to take the training course at the university.

There he was taught to march and to sing "The Yanks are Coming" and
other choice vocal selections; was lectured on patriotism and cautioned
against intemperance, lewd and lascivious conduct and the great
temptations held out to innocent and inexperienced Y secretaries in the
great foreign cities. He was given lessons in Italian and at the end of
three months could speak that language more fluently than his professor.

On the 26th of August his passport arrived and he was notified to be
prepared to sail on September 1st. From that time until he left New York
he stood in line before different clerks and officials, receiving
instructions, signing papers and procuring his outfit. He was furnished
everything except his underclothing, including a fund for incidental
expenses over actual transportation.

Standing in line with more than a hundred others, he was surprised to
see, only a short way behind him, his brother-in-law, John Cornwall.

* * * * *

Cornwall, in January, 1918, had made application to enter the Officers
Training Camp at Port Benjamin Harrison, but had been rejected because
he was past forty-five. He had then tried to enlist as a private, but
had been rejected for the same reason. He had tendered his services to
the Judge Advocate General's department, but had heard nothing from his
application. As a last opportunity he offered his services to the
International Y and had been accepted.

He arrived in New York on the night of August 27th and learned that his
passport had been received, and he and three hundred and sixteen other Y
men were to sail on September 1st.

In the early morning of that date they boarded a train for Montreal,
where