New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-10

"HE spirit with which our soldiers
leave America and their efficiency
h on the battle fronts of Europe will
be vitality affected by the char
acter of the environment surrounding
our military camps.
-Woodrow Wilson.
I REGARD the work Of the Commits
H. missions on Training Camp Activities
as most significant factor in the war.
--Newton D. Baker.
7 F the men in the service know that we
who stay at home are behind them to
a man nothing will stop their advance
to victory. -Josephus Daniels.
is possible to be lonely among mill
ion people. One touch of real individ-
ual hospitality will frequently make a
fighting man out of homesick boy.
THE career of the soldier and sailor
l. is strenuous one; yet the physical
exercise they get in their regular train
ing only seems to whet their desires for
athletic diversions.
-Rdyntond B. Fosdick.
IT is typically American character
- lstlc to look on the brighter side"
We sing at our labors. In camps and
environments our fighting men are op-
timists. This is the spirit of which VIC
tory is made
WAR CAMP COMMUNITY SERy-
ICE threads together the various
phases of community life into a definite
programme of hospitality to the soldier.
the sailor and the marine.
NHEN the homes in your town are
thrown open to convention guests
your town is doing the sort of thing
WAR CAMP COMMUNITY SERVICE
does for your boy in the war camp town.
WAR CAMP COMMUNITY SERv-
ICE coordinates the resources of
the war camp community into a definite
and ordered programme of hospitality.
SOLDIERS are not strangers in big
~ cities. WAR CAMP COMMUNITY
SERVICE sees to that.
EO make any camp town "just like
g. home" to soldiers, sailors and marines
is the job of the WAR CAMP COM
MUNITY SERVICE.
ON leave the fighter seeks contact with
~ the human side of life. He goes to
town. Whether his visits are an asset
or liability in his training depends
largely on what he does while there And
what he does is limited by what there is
to do.
II OW can [ thank you for being so
IA d good to my boy? He has been writ
ing me Of your wonderful kindness. It
means so much to me to know that some
one is taking an interest in him down
there.
THE most obvious way to make the en-
T. listed man feel at home in the camp
community is to invite him into the
ONES of its citizens. This WAR CAMP
COMMUNITY SERVICE does.
ITO me WAR CAMP COMMUNITY
SERVICE is the most smashing
and convincing argument thus far dis
closed that the nation is behind her sons
in this war
Lieutenant Dempster O. Murphy.
THROUGH WAR CAMP COMMU-
A. NIFTY SERVICE the United
States government places upon it's
citizen the responsibility of helping to
lit Americas champions of humanity for
their crusade. The responsibility is
unique. History records none similar.
10 the average citizen it is an opportu-
NIFTY rather than an obligation.
OUR soldiers and sailors are not going
~ to spend all their leisure time in
camp 1t is outside the camps that the
greatest danger exists, and it is there
also, as WAR CAMP COMMUNITY
SERVICE has shown, that the greatest
opportunities are found.
Joseph Lee.
IF WAR CAMP COMMUNITY SERv-
4 ICE did nothing else but act az an