Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-07
CAMP PIKE MEN |EA) DIVISION
 IN G()()D NORA
Write Many Letters, Send Most Money Orders and
 Attend Church Often.
(By Erwin Funk.)


 l Camp Pike, March 6.-How often i does the average soldier write a let ter? What per cent of the men talla
 an interest in the religious activities i Whlch camp sends home the most
 III money orders? Which camp has had
 the largest per cent of it's men in 1 quarantine?
 These are questions that cannot be oe1lnltely answered of course because there IS nc way of telling just what man does when he is down town. but e, each month the secretaries of the Red i if1angle buildings of each camp make a detalled report to the division head quarters. and comparative report IS issued that is filled with many in tefestlng figures. Camp Pike belongs to the Southwestern division of Y. M. z. A: and the report for January gave the following camps and the number oi troops served in each:
 Camp Pike, Little Rock, 2S.OO0: Samo Travis, San Antonio, 5O,O0O; Camp McArthur, Waco, 32,OOO; Camp Logan, Houston, 33O0O; Camp Cody. Demlng, 30,000; Camp Bowie. Fort Worth 30,000; Camp Beauregard. Alexandria, 25.000; Camp Doniphan. Fort Sill, 35,OO0. ''~''
 Cslng as a basis of calculation the number of envelopes issued in each camp by the Red Triangle secretaries, the boys at Camp Pike averaged seven letters each for the month. That is che less than the average for Camp Logan; the same as that for Camp Travis. Camps McArthur, Beaure- gard and Cody averaged 6 each, Bowie i and Doniphan only 8.
 Camp Pike had a long lead in the number and total amount of money orders sold in the Red Triangle build lngs for the amount was $76,595.68, With Beauregard a poor second with s38,396. and Cody third with $37, ,146. 1 Camp Pike also leads in the amount of , stamps sold, S16,51l.1S, and Camp Me | Arthur, second, with S15,0O0.
 When 1t comes to attendance at the religious meetings, again you have to hand the banner to Camp Pike where the total average for the month is over 100 per cent. Of course many number of times, and many did not go at all, but you are not sup posed to pay attention to such mat ters as that when working for aver ages. The smallest attendance was at Camp Beauregard, which although the i per cent of sickness has not been high 1as suffered by having the largest per cent of men in quarantine.
 Perhaps someone will say that you can not judge by the attendance at re- lgious meetings for many will go ], through mere curosity or to have !, somewhere to go. Perhaps that is true of some, but they hardly ever join the Bible classes 'just for fun." And once again Camp Pike turns up as the leader, for it has "A per cent of it's men in such classes, as compar- ed with Il per cent fer Camp Travis, II 10 per cent for Camp Cody, per cent It Camp Doniphan, 3 per. cent for Camp Logan, and three-foulths of one Der cent for Camp Beauregard.
 Reports show an increase in the number of men in the classes, cspec- ally in the study of French, and say he general spirit of the camps of the Southwest division is fine.
 As a result of the special efforts of he secretaries and the other workers, | including the chaplains and the camp pastors for the various denominations his general report is made: More 'f the religious spirit among the men md less swearing and vulgarity."