Show SICK SOLDIERS IN I CAMP WANT BOOKS Army and Navy Officer Officers Plead for Contributions for Their Men By Oy Associated Press I SAN S. 1 FRANCISCO May IS LeUer Letters have been received from Crom many army I and m navy officers by the war camp community service n asking for tor donations donations donations dona dona- of or old books old magazines old phonographic records old sets Bets of chess eness checkers and other games for Cor the en entertaInment entertainment entertainment en- en and morale support of or the enlisted men of oC the army navy marino marino marino ma- ma rino corps and aviation corps at the various training camps Patriotic people people peo peo- pie with old books and games to spare are arc to advise the service headquarters headquarters headquarters head head- quarters where same may bo ho called to for r. r Naval a a I Surgeon A. A In command command com corn mand of or the naval hospital at Mare Island writes to the war camp community community com corn service headquarters We Ye have In this hospital about loa patients at all times and We wo would appreciate the efforts of or the war camp community servIce authorities In se securing so- so curing curing- donations from Crom patriotic people peo peo- pIe pic of oC magazines particularly If it same are not too old sets of or che chess and checkers too could be used to great advantage Chaplain E. E J. J L. L Spaulding at Fort Infield Scott writes Wo Ye should be very glad to receive books and ma magazines for Cor the post libra libra- r ry At present we are receiving no current magazines at all all so 50 that al almost almost almost al- al most an any of or the tho popular magazines will be acceptable There Is a demand for or popular scientific and mechanical mag mago- such as ns the Scientific American Amen Ameri can and the Popular Mechanics re reviews reviews reviews re- re views such as th the Independent and the Literary Digest are aro much desired It Is important however that these thes magazines be as recent as possible Our post library has several hundred volumes of or fiction but none of oC the classics or books of reference There Is an especial Interest taken In recent war books such as A Student In Arms The First Hundred Thousand Our Soldiers In France and others of oC similar nature Short stor story magazines and recent fiction would also be he appreciated b by the men A surprisingly large Jarge p percentage of or the themen themen themen men are arc Interested In the heavier reading read read- ing In- of oC which we have little or none We could use Dickens Stevenson etc or even Dr Elliots Elliot's Five Foot Shelf SheH of Classics Lieutenant William WIlHam Mayne commanding command command- ing the U. U S. S S. S g der Neder- Neder landen landen at Mare Island Islan writes writes- We e would greatly appreciate a supply of or books bools games musical Instruments etc for or the amusement and contentment contentment content content- ment meat of or tho the crew The der X carries a crew of or men and there Is nothing on board in the way of books games ames or phonographs for the crew This vessel is to sail at an earl early date for distant waters and anything anything- you could do for Cor us In InthIs Inthis inthis this line would be he greatly reaU appreciated by everyone e on board hoard First Lieutenant C. C M. M 1 L. L Lott U. U S. S M. M C. C amusement officer marine barracks bar bar- racks Vallejo writes We e are In need of oC magazines and periodicals for or use In the marine barracks Mare Is Is- Is land We WC c have e a well stocked library and reading rooms for Cor the men of or ortho the tho command in general but as all recruits on first joining tho the service are In detention camps for tor three weeks and though h they have access to the library bool books B. B they do not have o access to tho ma magazines on file CIle If It you ou are In a position to furnish about forty or fifty of oC thE tho late magazines and weeklies each month the they would be a blK help towards recreation for the themen themen themen men here In detention The popular ma magazines of or fiction etc are In greatest greatest great great- est cst demand also current news comic and mechanical |