The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-30

MAKING OUR SOLDIERS CLEAN
rhe Arc ade 70 Realize That Neede Eynoure to AS
Tratorous As Stacking in the Trenches
By RAYMOND B. FOSDICK
chairman If thc commissions on Training Camp Activities

army SlnC" thr war siaruu h"S MI"
reduced seventy percent.
II W. were /" send Il message I" 'Ile
! mothers and fathers at hon" We w"uI'
| tell them that there IS tli'!r cauSc l"
! WORRY. irr th":r hoy IS hrInS n''tcF
! cared for IN .ihr camp Than hr trh'l",'E
WAS in The community from which ne
! came There H. more drlIhcrhi" lh"uEh
bong given u his moral anu p"HS""'
| welfare than could p"sSlhI! hr E'N'H ~
his community. II" ~ No." IN Wh"'
/ amounts practically 10 huge uh'Nrr-
| siIv.- whore he is provided with books
magazines. music. theatres ana n''N '"s
: rir;urcs nf The hos, kind; wh"r" ms en-
! y;ruumonI is higher than me environ
| mrni ." '.-'..'t Hnd "iIl"~
! In n general summIuE NJ "i lh'. so
| ciHl conditions surrounding mIIitar!
! camps. specifically ~ related !" 'h' So
! called "$uci4l evil" u ma; |" H"''hl''iF
| declared jhat there - not S'hS" r'"-
! light district existing to-day "''h'' ~"
! effective radius IF nnE army ''h'"h-
! mcnl or naval station whcrt ANY H''"o
siderable number "f '"l"i"rS "r sailors
arc in training Tw"nlE-i!N" S'eT'Eh'c"
| districts located within tn" i've W''"
Zones established around h'H'h'H
; Camps have, been closed under We com
. srcSsin,inl enactment. witch provinces
, for absnlui" repression III these areas
| Beyond thu drad-lln" IA n" 'lt''H con-
tirurus ru IN. military camps nanN
/ rnn!r such districts have been th"I'Sh',"
through the joint incorporation al '""-
c-oI strin and civic nuuh"ri;I"s. scat
! ,rra;inn." wnr.n has invariably '"ii"M"d
The aruli,inn ii Segregation IN these
/, cities. also has hrrn rumhativd effective
~ through The vigIlunr" "f the same
! agencies
| VARYING degrees nr public lgnnranc"
! and prejudice. however, hay" hamrcrcd
! the "ffrrIiv" enforcement 81 laws.
/ There have hcru people who nave OPP
posed any chang" when cleanup WAS
/ ordered. failing l." r"alI2r III" d"Sirht-
; iiv" Influence OF Ihr segregated zones
| upnn the military efficiency "G ~" SOL
! dirrS and sailors. others have Hrru'n
! that Ihc ah li;inn Of Segregation ""uin
! 4rnttrr OWL th""u"h"ut In" community
These conditions. coupled with The
| anathy If Il lew public "If"''t!S, nave
, forced tn" government I" AK" hraSfc
! steps IL hruG certain 'iii"S Ia - r"ailZh-
! lion Of their duty in Keeping 'h"'r S"i'
! dIcr and sailor visitors Fl; for lighting
y: seattle. Washington. rr"SSnT" re-
, Gently brought about by indignant rNl-
/ ZcuS forced the "trI"niS !" max" III
! sweeping riran-ur -! all questionable
: places after ~"ltIIrr> from Camp i'"'S.
at American l.;,k", Washington. Fad
been f"rhdGrn I" enter III" cat! b.
! cause ~ The vi.i"i:S conditions existing
! there al thc time"
AZ n whole. however. III" American
+! communities are gearing III" machinery
! for III" enforcement II the congressional
! laws mn in Il higher pitch at efficiency.
| Almost every whcr" tn" commission Is
! meeting with most patriotic Cn-nr"rA-
! non from citizens who will not permit
! the continuance Of immortality IN their
town. tu compromises thu munhrpahtHs
| devotion ~ ihc cause Of winning III"
war.