April 6, 1917, America joined in a war that had been raging in Europe since 1914, the war to end all wars, as it was called, or World War I.

At the time, Machen was at Princeton. as it was called, or World War I.

At the time, Machen was at Princeton.

He had been there for quite some time.

He was a student, and then he was an instructor there

at Princeton Theological Seminary.

Of course, he had been following the events

of the war and the news.

Ever since war broke out in Europe,

Maetun was paying close attention.

And as it looked like America would enter the war,

Meachin was following the news right after Congress declared war on April 6th.

Maachin writes a letter in which he says,

I feel as though I ought to have some immediate part in the manifold work that is going forward.

He looked into being a chaplain, but he realized that as a chaplain he would be an officer and did not think that he

would have enough connection with the enlisted men.

He looked into being an ambulance driver, but in the end, Maatchin settled on working for

the YMCA. In those days, the YMCA.

In those days, the YMCA provided many of the social services for soldiers.

They'd help them rate money orders to get their checks back home.

They would give them letters and pens to keep up with the folks back home.

They'd give them magazines and they would also make them hot chocolate.

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