Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-14
GOVERNOR TELLS
OF CAMP Y.M.C.A.
Doing Wonderful Things For
Pennsylvania Boys Now
Under Training

Governor Brumbaugh talked in
terestingly to-day of his trip to the
Southern training camps and eX-
pressed himself as wonderfully i'm
pressed with what the Y. NJ. c. A
is doing for the boys in training. He
said:
The Governors party visited the
following camps: Meade, Lee, Han
cock, Gordon, Fort Oglethorpe and
Sherman. In the six camps are To-
Gated substantially all of the men of
pennsylvania in training in the Ma
uonal Army. We found everywhere
preparations for this war on a scale
vastly greater than we could have
conceived of at home. 1t is n con-
Vincing evidence of the tremendous
scope of the preparation the Nation
Is not making for the successful con-
duct of this war.
After spending the entire day in
specting each of the above camps.
can assure the people of Pennsyl-
fanla that our sons now in the ser
vice of the Nation are under careful
supervision, are healthy-for the
most part are gaining in weight
have the appearance OF perfect
health and display most commend
able interest, even enthusiasm, for
the training which they are receiving
Their one consuming thought seems
to be that they must speedily and
effectively prepare themselves to do
credit to the commonwealth and eff
Client service to the Nation. We
made careful inspection of the wa
ter supply, the sanitary arrange
ments, the food supply, the clothing
allotment, the heating and ventilat-
ing appliances, and all other vital
problems that affect the welfare of
these men, and all of these conditions
seemed to us to be most commend
able. There is an abundance of good,
wholesome food, carefully cooked,
and the condition of the men is evil
dence of it's nutritive value and of
its sufficiency. The rooms in which
the men sleep are heated, blankets
i.are provided in sufficient quantities
to keep the men warm at night, and
| the testimony of hundreds to whom
I personally spoke was that they
were warm. well clothed. well fed,
| n perfect health and anxious to
| serve their country.
The commanding officers neces-
sarily impress their several person
alities upon the camps they COM
mand. but the general spirit of the
camps as a whole is uniformly and
consistently advantageous to the pur-
poses for which these cantonments
We're established. All|of the men are
| living in wooden barracks. carefully
drained. properly heated. abundant
ly supplied with food and clothing,
save only those at Camp Hancock
at Augusta, Georgia. This National
| Guard unit of substantially twenty
eight thousand (2S.000) men, the
! flower of the volunteer service from
/ Pennsylvania, is living in tents in
part because they carried their tent
I age with them from Pennsylvaia and
went into camp before any wooden
structures We're ready to receive
! troops.
/ "On the whole. the visit was most
/ satisfactory, and l was particularly
4 impressed with the fact that the men
/ use the Y. NJ. c. A. rooms n large
numbers daily. There is need for
( hosteSses houses in all these large
/ cantonments and these are now un-
/ der process of construction. The
moral and religious welfare of the
| boy is carefully conserved. and every
commander is enthusiastic in his
praise of the service rendered by the
| Y. NJ. c. AS, in the several encamp-
ments.
our people can do no more com
! mandinsiy useful things than to sup
port these associations literally and
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| promptly.
THE athletic activities of the
camps are admirably managed and
| participated in by substantially the
entire force. There is need of local
newspapers, and I would respect
| fully request the publishers of news
! papers in the different parts of the
! monwcalth TO send 10 The rooms
| of the Y. NJ. C. A. in the several can
! tonne nts copies of their publications
i'm order that the boys from their
| home county may have the local
news they crave and should receive
It would even be a generous and
! helpful thing if men of means would
subscribe for newspapers published
! in this commonwealth and have
them sent regularly to the several
cantonments where the men are now
In training.
| 81 wish again to impress upon the
| people at home that there is no need
| of worrying over the present condi-
| ton of these men. l wish also to
urge that Christmas boxes be sent as
| far as possible, and that sweaters
scarfs. wristbands and other items
of clothing not provided in the regu-
| lar army issue be prepared in large
quantities and sent as promptly as
possible to the men in the camps"