Malvern daily record., 1918-03-06
MONEY NEEDED FOR
 WAR CAMP SERVICE
Many Arkansas Counties Have Not Raised Quota. Representative of Government to Remain in State Until Money Is Raised.

| Camp Community Service, many counties of Arkansas have failed to heed the call of the War and Navy Departments of the United States government for assistance in carry ing on this system of protection for the soldier in training. To show the people of Arkansas that they are in earnest in the matter, and this money must be forthcoming, Secre- tary Daniels has instructed w. A. Killing, their special representative, to remain in Arkansas until the funds are raised.
 Arkansas is now the only state that has not raised it's quota and many communities have refused to see in the War Camp Community Service, anything but a scheme for play grounds and recreation, declaring the soldiers were in need of nothing of the kind, and there are things of much greater importance that de- mand their attention. Here is where they are wrong, and Gov. c. H. Brough has appeared before several bodies to forcibly present the case of the War Camp Community Service. He states that it is more imperative than any of the war activities, for it is the sole agency that looks after the morals of the men and gives them wholesome employment, when they are off duty, thus preventing the men falling into pitfalls that turk in all cantonment cities for the idle soldier.
 The War Camp Community Serv- ice grew. out of visit Secretary Bak- CT made to England to inspect the training camps there. He decided that the soldiers of the United States should never be subjects to the evils, which beset the young Englishmen, and the War Camp Community Serv ice was created, working under what
 
 So great factor has this work be- come in the training of the American soldier that Raymond D. Fosdick, head of the commission, has been made Third Assistant Secretary of War in oredr that he may have off cial power in the extension of the work.
 The War Camp Community Serv- ice gives touch of home life to the soldier in the camp, and endeavors through community singing and ath- letic sports, as we'll as theatrical pro- ductions, to keep him there. But the young soldier is human and unless he has some relaxation he feels depress- ed and that he is abused. President Wilson declares that the value of the soldiers in Europe is according to the spirits in which they leave the United States. If they go away feeling ag- grieved, they make poor soldiers. For this reason it is imperative they be given day or so leave from the camp during the week.
 It is when the soldier is on leave that the temptations are set before him that have rendered absolutely un- fit for service so many soldiers. Un- less there is some place for the sol dier to go, he readily follows the line of least resistance and this leads to the company of the bootleggers and street walker. Disease, as a result from such associations, has removed from army service, so many men that Secretary Baker insists that at every camp there be number of experienc- ed workers in the War Camp Com munity Service, whose task it shall be to eliminate the danger of such asso- citation. This has been done with marked success in all army canton ments, but it cannot go on unless the citizens raise the funds. The canton ment cities are asked to give one third of the cost, and the country at large the balance. Every section is interested, for it has many young men in training that will be protect ed by this fund.
 1 In some sections of the State nc effort has yet been made to raise g portion of this fund, but all counties will be visited before MT. Kling leaves the state. The counties that have moi filled their quota will be again visit
 ed and MT. Kling, or some volunteel
 in the work will make it very plain
 that the government insists upon z
 response in full, and that it is no patriotism on the part of the county
 if it fails to respond.
 I This call comes from the War ana
 Navy Departments, just as the Lib
 erty Loan and ". s. S., is asked fol ~