Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-01
FOSDiCK EXHIBIT PROVES
THAT SOLDERING IS NOT
WHAT RI USED TO BE-


How the Government IN directing
theatrical entertainments, athlettc4s
mass SINGING, club life, educational
work and community hospitality for
the men in service 10 wildly portrayed
in the exhibit of the War and Navy
DepartmentS' Commissions on Train9
ing Camp Activities at the Allied Wa
Exposition which recently opened IN
eral weeks.
Paintings, photographs and models
illustrate the direct activities OF the
Commissions and also those or the
organizations working under them,
the American Library Association, the
War Camp Community Service. the
knights Of Columbus, Young Mems
Christian Association, Young Wom-
ems Christian Association and the
Jewish Welfare Board.
The fact that the work of the Com
missions. unique in the history of the
world, was brought about by the
shocking conditions in our camps on
the Mexican border In 1915, which
Raymond B. Fosdick, Chairman Of the
Commissions, investigated for the
War Department, is shown clearly in
the exhibit. At the beginning there
il q model Of the typical scene on, the
Mexican border ID 1915: adobe huts
dot the brown sand which stretches
away into the far distance; dispirited
soldiers are standing about 1istlesS
and uninterested, with no place to go
and nothing to DO; some are strag.
Cling In and out OF the few dirty sar
looms, one lying In drunken stupor
on the ground.
The scenes that follow are in strike
ing contrast. There Is a Hfe-size sens
try who gives admission to tho cap
torment. 4 model shows the solS
diers ON the athletic field boxing,
wrestling, playing baseball, football,
basketball, pushball, tennis and %
on. TIE b0xink drill, which includ49
1000 men 0faeticing the movements
at one umes ID shown in several care
fully c0lored nictures, and moving
picture Apparatus displays the close
Relationship between boxing and
bayonet AghttqX. In the section dee
voted 70 music, many photograph
depict lie military and recreational
value.
There 10 q real Liberty TheateP,
built exactly 01 the plans of those II
the camps, b which show is about
to take place. The lights are on and
the last Of the long line of doughbOyb
Is fling Ia, with their open books OF
smileage In their hands. Right oppO4
site the entrance to the Liberty Thee
ater b teal booth where real smile.
age will be sold.
Models also depict the activities OF
organizations Afiiiated with the Come
missions. There is q replica Of 4
camp library, In which life-size sols
der, sailor and marine sit at table
porting over their books, and the vols
umes on the shelves look 80 real that
one wants 70 open them. In the typ
ical huts Of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association, Knights of Columa
bus and Jewish Welfare Board, the
soldiers are writing letters home.
playing games or attending some en-.
tertainment. There is Y. w. G. Az
hostess house with chintz curtainA
fireplaces and cafeteria.
A sentry lets one out of camp, and
in the nearby city the exhibit Of the
War Camp Community Service shows
the many kinds 6f hospitality II pro.
! notes for the men III uniform. The
outstanding feature of this section 10
the Service Club, representing about
700 OF the kind now in operation ali
over the country. BY means of charts
the 1ave-mile vice and liquor zone and
the other work outside the camps.
carried en- directly by the Commiss
siOns' Law Enforcement Division, "a
also indicated.
A frieze, relating all the activities
Of the Commissions. runs around the
entire exhibit, with special ones In
the athletic and music scenes. The
opening e marked by q triumphant
arch framing striking painting Of
an eagle with one wing around sol.
der ana the other around a sailor.
by James Daugherty. the well-known
poster paiAter, who is in charge OF
camoudaging Uncle Sans big feet
Another striking painting, by WHY
Pogany. representing the spirit d
the Commi6alons"-a beautiful WON'T
an sending forth sailor carrying
magnificent Dag and q soldier With
fixed bayQ1et, both manifestly eft To
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