The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-09-13
CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS
AID ALL IN SERVICE
welfare Work Conducted i'm Forty.
Five Army and Navy Concen-
trstion Centers.
Boston Sunday Advertiser.)


Christian Science camp welfar
work is now being carried on in fol-
ty-five army and navy camps in tn
United States under the direction o
the Christian Science War Relief ant
Camp Welfare Committee Of The Firs
Church of Christ, Scientist, in Bo1
ton. There are at present abou
seventy men and fifteen women en-
gagged in this work, the women serv
ing mainly as welfare room attend
ants.
Conducted at first independently
the camp welfare work has beer
merged with the war relief worl
which the Christian Scientists were
doing in foreign countries before the
United States entered the war. Fol
both these purposes, about one mil
ion dollars have been raised.
The aim of the Christian Science
amp workers is to be as helpful as
possible to all the men in the camps
whether or not they are Chris iar
Scientists, and particularly to give as
'is,ance which may not be available
1t the time or place through any @:
The other camp welfare agencies. 4
eature of this phase of the work Is
IN arrangement for keeping soldiers
and sailors in close touch win theii
relatives.
Cooperating with the Committee II
Boston, there Is a Christian Scienc.
Camp Welfare Committee in eacl
state. The committee in the HON
state of a soldier or a sailor co-ope,
lteS by mail and telegraph with tn
committee of the state liz which he il
camped or stationed TO form direc
md constant link between The soldie
)r sailor and his relatives. Thereb,
he relatives are quickly made az
1uainted with the needs of their bo,
m the service, and he is provide,
With an avenue of quick communicS
ton with his home
This linking of home and camp
combined with the personal attention
Of the Christian Science worhe-s IL
the camps, has frequently been the
means of changing soldiers outlooF
from one of gloom to one OF JOY, ano
not infrequently it has proved to be
the means of relieving relatives o.
financial Embarrassment, the commit
tee In tn home state making loans
for use by the relatives until their boy
in camp should be prepared to for
ward money to them.
The net result, for which the Chris
tian Science committee and camp
workers have received many COM
has been a 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
service.
The camp workets say there is an
increasing willingness among the
officers and surgeons to
allow Christian Science treatment for
those men who ask for It,, and many
Christian Science healings have been
ASSo'uOu' hCSCHdy, l"o ic4ueolS IOT
Christian Science services in hospital
wards were received by camp work
ers from medical nurses, who had cb-
served the beneficial effects of Chris
tian Science treatement.
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 the 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.