Arizona republican., 1917-06-29
UNCLE SAM MAY
 NOW GO INTO THE
 SHON BUSINESS

When a nation goes to war many and strange are the activities Tn which it has to engage as part ot the war making process. Some of the things it has to do, if proposed in normal peace times, would convince the good people back home that the heat or something had got them back there in Washington. But in war we'll most everything goes and almost everything becomes necessary.
 So when, sometime next fall, a the atrical company piles sleepily off one of the trains that stops at Fort Riley, out in Kansas. and an army van backs up to the station platform and in it a lot of suitcases and baggage are piled bearing labels:
 | Peg of My Heart Company |. $. Army.
 Don't be surprised that Uncle Sam is going into the show business" For, unofficially at least the United States | is preparing to embark in the theatri- cal business on most extensive scale And it is very necessary and es sential part of the complicated war l making process.
 One of the first things the veteran English and French officers, who came over to this country to give the United States of their vast and use full fund of war experience, pointed out was the imperative need of furnishing the hundreds of thousands of young men called to colors healthy and en- tertaining recreation to mix in with the long hours of hard work and drill ing at the camps. The United States, prOfiting by this experience. is already making extensive plans through the camp morals and recreation commit tee," headed by Raymond B. Fosdick of New York, for providing amusements and recreationS of all kinds for it's new army soon to be called to colors.
 The Peg of My Heart" company, already mentioned, is not a fictitious example. A company to put on that production already is being formed ill New York and will devote the entire fall and winter to playing from one national army cantonment to the oth- CT, a week at each one until all sixteen have had the engagement. The na- tional guard and the regular army camps are to have engagements loo.
 Numerous other companies will be formed, probably a dozen in all, not to go on the road for private engage ments but for the United States army Klaw & Erlanger, the Shuberts, the | unteered their services, and they have been put in general charge of supply ing amusements of this kind Ine actors and actresses. are donating their services, largely, to the govern ment as their bit" to the war. The stage asked how it could help in the war. It was told how, and is re. spending in splendid fashion SC many have volunteered the big pro- ducers are able to pick their compan- es carefully.
 This, though, is only one side of the be furnished. Great stress is to be amusement and recreation that is to placed atletics and games of al sorts. A committee in charge of box ing Is rounding up the champions 1T order to have one first class boxer al each camp in charge of that form o recreation.
 Boxing was found to be one of tho most popular forms of recreation il the English camps.
 Football, baseball and all forms O track events are on the schedule. Tht army recreation" committee is SCOUT ing the country forthe right sort O material to lead in this form O amusement Football coaches ant stars from many colleges have volun teered their services, but more ar, needed
 Singing is one of the most popula form of camp amusements and a hal dozen men, whose life work has beel organizing choruses, have given thei services to the government for the wal Their bit will be getting big choruse organized in each camp.
 In the trenches and in the Englis and French camps, it is a problem t supply enough reading. This prober is being handled for our new army b special committee of trained h brarians
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