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Show oo SOL'DIERS ARE WELL CARED FOR. Most encouraging are tho statements state-ments made by Joseph H. Odell in his book on "The New Spirit of the New Army," which has Just appeared with tho endorsement of Secretary of War "I would rather intrust the moral character of my boy to a camp like Camp Hancock," says Dr. Odell, "than to any college or university I "know. This does not cast any unusual dark shadow upon the educational institutions institu-tions of tho country, but they have never possessed the absolute power that is now held by the war department." depart-ment." Secretary Baker, in "endorsing this statement says: "When the war is over and the men and women of America Amer-ica have had an opportunity to obtain a perspective on its conduct and results, re-sults, there will be an adequate appreciation appre-ciation of Dr Odell's statement." Continuing, Secretary Baker praises the complete understanding Dr. Odell has shown in his book of the work that has been done by the war department de-partment commission on training camp activities in providing the normalities nor-malities of life to the soldiers in the camps and contiguous communities. In estimating the value of this work he says he cannot improve on the statement state-ment of Dr. Odell, who says: "If Germany Ger-many should crumble before these men should get into action, if we have lavished billions of dollars to train men for battles they will never fight, yet the money has been well spent, and I consider it the best investment in citizenship the country could have made." To obtain material for his book, Dr. Odell made a lengthy tour of all the cantonments. He writes that he was amazed by what the government is doing do-ing to keep our splendid 100 per cent manhood at the 100 per cent level of efficiency something no other nation has ever done. Dr. Odell's trip was to find out what the government was doing in looking after the moral welfare of its fighters. One of the striking incidents of which ho. writes occurred at Camp Hancock near Atlanta, Ga., where he found that In a division of 27,000 men there had been but four "drunk and disorderly" cases In six weeks. ' In summing up the results of his investigations, in-vestigations, Dr. Odell says: "Parents, brothers, sisters, wives and sweethearts sweet-hearts may rest assured that every possible safeguard is being placed around the character of their dear ones. Indeed, moro than this, every concoivable incentive is being summoned sum-moned or created to stimulate a healthy moral life in our citizen-soldiers. Of course, there are isolated details or detachments of men for whom little can be done in an organized organ-ized way, but in the groat camps and cantonments it Is difficult to conceive how anything more could be -done. WTiatever may be said of our material preparedness, it is certain that the moral resources of the nation have .become .be-come swiftly and effectively available In this period of crisis." oo |