Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-16
VI. c. c. s. SUPPLIES
SOL DER NEEDS
IN COMMUNITY
Organization in Augusta Has
Successful Year. Emblem the
Red Circle. Valuable Addition
to Welfare Work Under Com
mission on Training Camp
Activities. Many Phases of
the Work
SOLDIERS CLUB FILLS
POPULAR DEMAND

In Augusta, the service was organized
in November and December last year by
Frank G. Wood and experienced play
ground and recreation worker. who has
continued to serve az executive secretary
to the present time, committee com
posed Of Augusta men and women was
constituted with w. II, Barrett as chair
man. with numerous sub-committees on
all phases Of community work, enter
tainment, church coo -peration. CONNER
cial relations etc.
A National Organization.
". c. c. S is national organization
under the Commission on Training Camp
Activities with offices at No. one Madison
Avenu. New York It is exactly what its
name indicated, service Tor war camp
communities, and is now organized in
some 275 cities and towns located near
training camps. IT'S emblem is the Red
Circle (cf Red Triangle, Red Crosse en-
closing a blue field with the outline OF
"A Roman camp in white The circle sym
boi2es hospitality and the motto Of w.
c. c. s Surround the camps with hos
pitality"
War Camp communitg Service in
Augusta.
A Soldiers Club for soldiers sailors
and marines, n bathing beach, equipped
exclusively for men in uniform, com
munity hospitality organization with sub
committees IN every ward OF the city 10
stimulate and superVi. homo and
church and fraternal entertainment Of
Uncle Sans men. an information bureau
with three branches supplying informa-
ton to soldiers and their visiting friends
and relatives, a commercial relations
service which adjusts friction and mis-
understandings between the men in uni
form and the business men OF Augusta,
la church cooperation committee which
enables Camp Hancock men to find their
church homes Sunday recreation. con-
certs and teas, home and community en-
tertainment in towns neighboring Angus
ta-surround the camp with hospitallty--
that is a nutshell statement OF w. G. G. 5,
The Soldiers Club PaTt Of the Work.
The Soldiers Club. at 629 Broad street,
is one Of the tangible results Of presence
Of the VICES. with its shower baths.
pool and billiard tables. canteen, writing
tables, and hoSpitable atmosphere, It has
become a favorite haunt of the men while
In town. Saturday afternoon and Thurs
day evening concerts teas and dances
have been an additional attraction. The
attedance has averaged eight to ten
thousand weekly during the summer,
The plans FOR the club for the near fu-
ture include library and a parlor with
the club hostess, Mrs w w. Frye, in
charge where visiting relatives and
and friends may arrange interviews
their boys Sleeping accommodations for
800 men will also be provided
Bathing Beach for Soldiers.
One of the most unique facilities pro-
vided near any inland camp by the VIC.
les. Is the Soldiers Bathing Beach at
Lake Almond, covering an area Of about
ten acres and accommodating almost any
number of men. The equipment con-
lists Of a bath house. with lockers and
canteen, a diving tower and raft and
springboards Though opened late in
the season, the lake at once became a
popular resort for the men on hot days,
whole companies making it the object of
their cross country hikes. AS many as
| 5 900 men have been in the water at one
| time. Plans have been made for doub-
| ling the facilities next summer, and ad-
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