The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-10-05

clovis, n NJ. whore he was engaaod
IN business Within q very few days
after the declaration OF war hY the
United states against Germany. MIR.
Mcdowell enlisted IN the United
states army and shortly thereafter
was transferred to IL training camp 10
be prepared for duty as an officer
Aiter several months at camp his
health gave way and he was houora
blN discharged from military service
because OF his physical unntncSs.
Tho war bug bad bitten McNowcil
SO seriously, however, that. Rftct vain
~ trying 10 enter branches of the serV-
ice where the physical strain would
not he va severe. nc entered tho ssry.
Ice of h Army y NJ g. \. and was
stationed at Camp Travis. san An.
tonic. There he WIS made editor OF
Trench ~ Camp" a publication
gotten out under the auspices of mo
Army y NJ e A In the performance
OF his duties as editor OF the Camp
Travis edition OF that publication. Nc
llowcll soon began TO see where the
work OF the Army y NJ G. \. might
he strengthened, lie saw hat some
thing must be done to make the I'm.
listed men take more Interest in the
orRaniAation u the nttor was 10 90 for
the men what il was Intended should
be done.
The result Of MS observations was
the organization of The auxiliary.
Comrades iu service. Whtl. tho
Army NJ g \, az each ot rs hats"
hnB us building secretary. It's cduca-
tionnl director its physical directors
and Us social and religious secretaries.
tho new organization, Comrades in
Service, has is Officers to correspond,
Ia those officers are chosen from
among the enlisted men Of each or
sanitation served IN % larger way lbs
the Army y. VI. &. 4. hut.
Nh Mcdowell had observed. while
editing tho Camp Travis edition of
"french and camp that. iu almost
every military organization. from com.
pany, battery 81 troop to corps. there
was "a world OF talent simply aching
10 bc used but going unuscd. 10 the
great detTimCnt. not only TO those pos
sessinE the talent but to the great
body az men who might br educated
or entertained by that talent. because
II was u-horgani2od ana for the further
reason that the Officers iu charge Of
me ' nuts did not snow of It's oN-
istcnOt.
since the organization OF Comrades
tn Service the great nusscs oi men IA
environments ana In training Camps.
instr'ld OF helms entertained bN tho
CIVILIAN tHlrut of The communities.
near which tho camps and rHntot,.
ments are lOcutcd, or guiuE without
entertainment are nov not only enter.
tanning themselves. but. In hundreds
OF eases arc Swing the civilian com
muuitY such entertainments aA They
formerly could cniON only Dos paving
their way 10 see high priced troups of
professional entertainers,
In almost every organization may
bc found piHnists. Niolinists. banjo
players ANA performers upon almost
every other known variety of instru-
mems; singers, rccitttunists, non
logists lin snort, posscssors at talent
for entertainment ut ovcrN, known Va
riotN
for the purpose uf making TINS tai
cnt aVeiluhlc Comrades In Service"
was organized indrr Us operation
me mel ~ each organization arr got
ton together and the scheme outlined
10 them. Secretaries are appointed
from among their follows 10 handle
the Apartments Some man among
them, wins has "a genius for uIganixu-
lion, rs placed 10 the head. Suh-sec.
returies arc elected. Oue may he
charged win the duty uf finding what
talent there h IN his troop. company
or battery Another viii bee charged
with arranging FOR dates and places
where this talent MAJ be employed for
the entertainment of the mNn, SIN