Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-31

cafeterias for men in uniform. 1t also
maintains hundreds Of clubs where a
mans uniform is the only pass neces.
sary. It operates community houses ana
social centers. and plans dances, sup
pers, banquets: excursions ano slsh =,
War Camp Community Service the
take "a soldier or sailor home-to din
ner" movement has become national
enthusiasm.
In war camp communities War Camp
Community Service fosters atnIetics
ments, pageant festivals. parties. pic
MICS, concerts and wholesome com
mercial amusements at reduced prices.
To provide the men in training with
the right kind Of leisure recreation
bodies. chambers of commerce. boards
of trade, churches and similar OK
ganizations are mobilized by war
Camp Community Service. 1t CO -or4-
mates the war camp towns social, re-
ligious and political life de,, and Ds so 80
to the enlisted men. 1t knows neither
race nor creed. To extend its work
and keep its present activities going
will require $15,00O,000 for the next
year.
Jewish Welfare Board.
The ~Jewish Welfare Board is a ma
tional body. organised in the spring
of 1917, to render such service as 1T
could to the more than 100000 jew
ish men in the American Army and
Navy. It was formed by the joint
action of about sixteen leading jew
ish organizations, including such we'll
Order Of B'nai Birth, the Central Con-
ference Of American Rabbits and the
Council of Jewish Women.
The Jewish Welfare Board does its
work by sending trained workers to
training stations to provide for the
recreational needs of all men I'm uni
form. 1t erects huts similar to those
of the Y. M. C. A. and Knights of
Columbus and it-provides. besides the
usual features, Yiddish and Hebrew
services are conducted in the huts- on
Friday evenings, and Jewish fasts
and festivals are observed Various
religious supplies. Bibles. prayer
are distributed to Jewish soldiers.
CLASSES in English and Hebrew are
conducted.
In more than $50 towns and cities
of the United States the Jewish We'll
fare Board has established COM
ors, with reading and rest rooms,
sleeping quarters and baths. Local
members arrange send-offs to 6raftees
in their towns. and provide home hos
pitality to soldiers passing through
on their way to camp. A great wa
riety of personal services are per-
formed by these members, such as
looking after the welfare of parents
and relatives of soldiers, correspond
ing with men in service, etc.
The Jewish Welfare Board does not
conflict with or duplicate the work
of any other organization. 1T has g
place of its own in camp and com
munity life. 1t steps in where others
are not functioning, and 1t works with
the others, adding Jewish contribu.
ton ito the larger welfare work OF
the Army and Navy. It does not leai
to the segregation of the Jewish sol.
der. Rather It aims to help the Jew.
ish boys to adjust themselves to un
derstand and be understood by theil
Gentle brothers-in-arms. The Jew
| ish Welfare Board has more than 20t
workers in camp. For the extension
of this work its directors estimate
that SO, 100000 will be needed for 1919
Salvation Army.
) Perhaps few realize the extent o
l the work of the salvation Arm.
: among our men in uniform on Ameri
/ can soil. In its modest and humbl
} fashion this practical relief 0rgani
zatfon has built UP . most worth.
fourteen Army camps and cities q