Arizona republican., 1918-03-05
The Uplift in the Camps

Reforming" the soldier, of our best and most remunerative little industries is reported to be on the wane. From Camp Dodge, Iowa. comes the in the shape of a dispatch that the pro- fessional reformer who generally gets paid and paid we'll for his work has about reached the end of his career
 Officers and drafted men. states the dispatch, which appeared in recent edition of the Minneapolis Tribune, resent the idea of having program of re- form showed at them. For the party they well educated, well behaved, mature men, capable of working out their own salvation
 As of these reformers being paid sub stantal salaries the dispatch and the public is footing the bil it might perhaps the public to know how much good coin of the realm is being wasted. Despite the fact that Camp Dodge like every other camp, is a dry" zone professional re- former who draws a salary for doing it. has been busily engaged in featuring on temperance to the soldiers. In fact almost any kind of a reformer who show that he has kind of public and less patriotic organization back of him, find some way in which to preach at to about the soldiers.
 It probably will be found in other camps, as at Camp Dodge that soldiers rather resent bringing of such lecturers to camp. Attention Camp Dodge is called to the fact that there drinking of intoxicants that camp national guard encampments which have been held annually in that state for years Yet no one thought of sending lecturers to the national guard encampments
 What perpeXes many of the national army men and not few civilians who their mothers, sis ters sweethears fathers and brothers and friends, just what strange spell has suddenly been cast them that no sooner do they get into uniform than they supposed to be in imminent danger of be- coming sots and profgates Does the fact of holding up the right hand and swearing to defend
  orders of the president and all superior officers legally appointed to the army, make completely lose all moral stamina and all self-respect? Does the donnng of a uniform and effort to acquire rudiment of military lore in order, if necessary, to lay down his life for his country immediately affect that, unless he is surrounded and beset by
 coterie of paid reformers and lecturers he is in immediate danger of going to the dogs?a
 It might be Illuminating if some of these profess siona upfters could hear some of the boys talking about them their theories wherein they are re- ferred to pests
 This of course, has reference such meritor- ious organizations the army Y NJ. C. A., the Knights of Columbus, the Hebrew Association or va- rious similar societies whose work is really helpful constructive and has received the highest praise of both soldiers and civilians.
 But it does refer to those men and women anil mated chiefly by the salaries they draw, who have been overworking the reform game at most of the army camps and who have about overplayed their hand.
 Just because man joins the army, he is no worse and better morally than he before, but if there is any difference his army life, the whole has probably tended to make him better. For builds him up physically and't teaches him sefcontrol and dscipline-something that of the upfters ap- parently fail utterly to take into consideration