Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-13
CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS
AID ALL IN SERVICE
Welfare Work Conducted In F0rty-fiye
Army And Navy COncen-
tratiOn Centers

Christian Science camp welfare
work is now being carried on in forty
+ five army and navy camps in the
United States Under direction OF the
/ Christian Science War Relief and
Camp Welfare Committee of The First
Church Of Christ, Scientist, Boston.
+ There are al present about seventy
men and fifteen women engaged in this
work. the women serving mainly as
welfare room attendants.
Conducted at first Independently. the
camp welfare work has been merged
with the war relief work which the
( Christian Scientist were doing in for
/ eign countries before the United
I States enrered the war For both
these purposes about one million dol
( lars have been raised.
The aim of the Christian Science
camp workers is 10 be as helpful as
4 possible 10 all the men in the camps,
whether or not they are Christian
f Scientists. and particularly 10 give as
sistance which may not be available at
the time or place through any of the
other camp welfare agencies. A fea-
/ ture of this phase of the work is an
arrangement for keeping soldiers and
sailors in close touch with their rela-
tives.
Cooperation with the committee in
+ Boston, THERE is a Christian Science
camp welfare committee in each state.
/ The committee in the home state of a
soldier or sailor co-operates by mail
and telegraph with the committee of
+ the state in which he is camped or sta
toned TO form a direct and constant
+ link between the soldier or sailor and
/ his relatives. Thereby the relatives
are quickly made acquainted with
needs of their boy in service, and he is
/ provided with an avenue of quick com
munication with his home.
/ This linking of home and camp, com
bined with the personal attention of
the Christian Science workers in the
camps, has frequently been the means
of changing a soldiers outlook from
one Of gloom to one of joy, and not in
1 frequently it has proved to be the
means of relieving relatives of finan-
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the home state are making loans for
use by the relatives until their boy in
camp should be prepared to forward
money to them.
The net result, for which the Cribs
tian Science committees and camp
workers have have received many
communications, has been noticeable
raising of the morale of many men in
the service and the development of a
better feeling at home regarding the
participation of their boys in the serv-
ice.
The camp workers say there is an
increased willingness among the COM
handing officers and surgeons TO allow
Christian Science treatment for those
men who ask for it, and many Chris
tian Science healings have been re-
corded Recently, two requests for
Christian Science services in hospital
wards were received by camp workers
from medical nurses who had observ-
ed the beneficial effects of Christian
Science treatment.
In or near numerous camps, the
Christian Science Committees have
erected substantial buildings, with
quiet places for reading and writing,
and other buildings are in course of
construction. A light touring car has
been added to the equipment of the
Christian Science camp workers at
each camp to be used wherever and
whenever possible in assisting the
men