Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-30
Community PLAN
TO AID SOLDIERS
Idea Being Followed in Providing
Recreation for Men Now
in Training.
FIND OWN SOULS IN WORK
Those Co cooperating in Efforts to
Assist Soldiers Will Foster
New Spirit of Citizenship.

WASHINGTON. September 29.-Com-
munity recreation for soldiers and
sailors In camp in training for the
new American army. and the manner
In which It is to be carried on, is ex-
planned in a report made public to-day
by Raymond 3. Fosdick. chairman OF
tho War and Navy Department com
missions on training camp activities.
The report WAS made to MIR. Fosdick
by Victor r. Manning. one of the field
secretaries OF the Playground and
recreation Association OF America.
through whose experienced workers
provision is being made for furnishing
recreation for the men In uniform at
the eighty or more camps.
Three dollars for each soldier and
sailor-a total of $3.50. Oo0-is TO be
raised for this purpose. a national
committee. on which prominent men
and women arc serving. has been
named by Secretary Baker to conduct
the campaign for the War Camp Com
munity Recreation Fund.
Mr.. Manning shows the relation OF
the War Camp Community Recreation
Fund to che work which is being dono
Inside the camps by such agencies as
tho Young Mems Christian Association
and in the exclusion of vice and vicious
resorts from the camp neighborhood.
lie shows also how the Playground
and Recreation Association OF America.
through work done by its representa-
tives. already has demonstrated the
need of building up all sorts OF rccrca-
tion and amusement for establishing
camp and community on the best
basis.
THE community organization work."
says the report. (which is that OF in
terpreting the adjacent community to
the boys In camp and Of interpreting
the life OF the soldier to the citizens.
Is TO he done by the Pia yground and
Recreation Association OF America
through it's trained workers expert
enced In this field. What this service
means Is explained by one of these
community organizers. Ira w. Jayne,
of Detroit. as follows:
GIVE SOCIAL CONNECTIONS
TO sOLDI:RS'TS TRAINING
1.-The object In, each community is
much the saine-to convince the cit
liens that this boy in uniform is still
a human being; that he has been up
rooted suddenly from his native soil.
IN y u, ~ N'$'- O%'H' ls'i a'S 49,
~guard-his family ties. his friends. his
church. his neighhorhooJ. his fratcrnal
groups. his business con nections and
the influence of women OF his kind and
80 suddenly transpinn;cd without their
gates; that they should become in
terested In him AS an individual. AS a
NJ person.. he:r'ng him to re-establish
those social connections with this COM
IN -,t ,N4, ,.ht,t ~. ,r.s ao>-c-
toned to depend at home: that he
should be neither patroni2cd nor ex-
plotted; that he was a civilian yester-
day, as they still are. and that he will.
let us hope. return to his home a civil
ian to-morrow.'"
Mr.. Manning reports that In each
city near a camp social and recrea-
tional forces Will be brought together
In one commtttee-reprcsentatives OF
churches, clubs lodges. schools, col
lege,t recreation c%enters. parks. NOV
ing lecture agencies. women's agencies
lin TACT. every force for good in the
community that can be used in work.
Ing for the highest welfare of the en-
III listed men. 4 census will show the
mems church preference, trade or pro-
81 ~fession. of what societies they are
I'll members. what their special interests
In dramatics, athletics. music or other
N amusemcnts or recreation may be and
what other special interest they have.
II Mr.. Manning's report explains that
4 he community work is of two broad
d ypes. that Of large cities and that OF
4 mall communities. He says that ''one
II the great problems is how to pro-
III ride recreation in the city of small
,ize'; and points TO one Western camp
81 " 10000 men, located near a town OF
ess than 5000. At this place the War
Il Camp Comm Unity Recreation Fund
j committee plans to spend over $4,000
u n clubs and auditoriums needed for
81 he entertainment Of soldiers i'm the
n ,ear.by community. Tho report shows
what has been lone at the Newport
III Rhode Island, Naval r. aiming Station.
~ The aim in every community, the
q .enort says Is to make the soldier or
J., ,aiIor acquainted with families or in
II uyiduals who will be his tr,snds. Ac-
"A dyities for entertaining the men In
J. dude auto rides. Sunday dinners, ath-
II ethfc and fell events, dances. enter
II ailments OF clubs. theaters and NOV
: ne picture no ses, the permission to
= ,se swimming pools In clubs. of bill
lard and pool rooms and other club
i ,acilities-in fact, to provide for the
Unlisted men every form of recreation
81 yhfch the civil. enjoys.
"In giving themselves to the boys in,
Il ,niform," Mr.. Manning says III con-
.luding his report, citizens and cities
ire finding their own souls and. .t-er
he war, a new spirit Of citizenship will
~,revail."
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