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Show l.MIKI) V.i: WORK CAMPAKJX. Formerly fighting miMi were given training, discipline, a gnu, and a chance at the enemy. During the training they had some spare time; of course all work and no play produces breakdowns, not fighters hut they were not given much to occupy that time. Teach a soldier to play! How the old school of military men would have laughed at the idea! They felt that their full duty to the Army and to the Nation had been done when they gave the soldier his training, discipline, gun, and his chance at ithe enemy. And so just because it wasn't thought necessary to "teach a soldier sol-dier to play" and provide facilities for his leisure hour: :hrusands and tens of thousands e: :; disciplined and trained soldier.-- . their chance at the enemy. Sickness all sorts of sickness ranging from homesickness homesick-ness to social diseases robbed them of their chance and robbed the nation of their services in time of need. We have changed all that in our new Army of the renewed America. Now the fighting man's play time is recognized as no less important than his work time, and arrangements have been made accordingly. Early in the war twin Commissions on Training Camp Activities one for it he War Department and one for the Navy Department were appointed appoint-ed by Secretaries Baker and Daniels, "charged with the responsibility of cultivating and conserving the manhood man-hood and man power of America's fighting forces." In addition to the work administered adminis-tered directly, the commissioners coordinate the war work of all agencies agen-cies operating in the camps, on the seas, in the field. Both commissions have a common chairman, Raymond B. Fosdick, so that work for both Army and Navy also may be coordinated. co-ordinated. The expenses of the commissions are met largely by congressional appropriation. ap-propriation. The expenses of the organizations or-ganizations whose work is coordinated coordinat-ed under the commissions are met largely by popular subscription. Oi initially, each organization conducted con-ducted a separate campaign for funds. In the interests of economy and efficiency it was suggested that the calls for 1!)19 be combined in two group campaigns, to be held in November and January, respectively. w c |