The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-01-24

When he reached his National army
~cantonment Uncle Sam Immediately be-
gan to put more energy into him. He
will live outdoors 10 hours n day, and
get scientific physical training to tune
up every muscle In his body and make
II available for endurance and hard
work. War Is the most energetic nc
tivity OF mankind. They will fill the
kid brother full of the energy OF the
athlete and give him the enjoyment
Of properly trained muscles that comes
to the acrobat. They will do this and
then multiply him by 100000, and the
aum total of him will be 6O0,O Amcri-
a boys with more energy and better
ideas Of how to use II than have ever
been possessed by nm equal number.
This energy Is being generated to
fight the Germans. But before 1t can
be applied on the western front there
r. n problem even more serious than
lighting Germans to be solved. I'm
less you give that much energy an ain.
pie outlet 1t Is going TO wreck some
thing. II 1t annot find anything else
to wreck II will wreck Itself.
About n year ago In a little town on
the Mexican border there were 5000
kid brothers in our Nr:ional Guard
camp near a town which had not ever
a pool room. much less a moving pic
ture theater. The one organized out
let for energy there was n we'll
equipped, efficiently run redlIght dis.
eEt.N a. 90 .lau. nnA aLF1t-..
did the logical thing-proceedcd to
wreck themselves. They were so sue
cessful that the war department hur.
riedly sent trained social workers 20
see what could be done to stop the
damage, and n OF these social work
ers who is now in charge in the train
ing camp activities of the National
army resolved as he stood in the DESC
late streets Of Douglas, Ariz.. that II he
ever got a chance to provide healthful
outlets for soldiers energy he would
certainly do the best Job that he knew
how. Today this man, Raymond b.
Fosdick, has charge Of the training
army, and what sort OF n job he Is do
ing you may Judge for yourselves.
May Think Time Lost.
The kid brother knows that when
he goes to camp Uncle Sam will have
provided for him II uniform, Il rifle, n
place to live and sleep, and proper in
structlon In the soldiers discipline and
duties. He has probably seen some
figures Of the food that he is TO eat
the millions OF pounds OF beef, and
beans, and jam the trainloads OF po-
tatoes and onions and cabbage. He
Is willing TO do this patriotic service
as a soldier. Yet he may also feel
that his period of soldiery, whether II
last n year or five. may be SO much
time dropped out of his life, spent in
a sort Of Jail far from the people and
the things that he likes. II he has
heard anything ut all about training
camp activities It Is probably about
only that part OF It which relates to
booze and vice. So much has been said
about safeguarding his morals that he
may have good reason to think that he
10 going to have u pretty dull, slsslfied
r OF a time.
Suppose the kid brother comes from
some country town where good shows
are seldom seen. II he got II chance
70 see O real Broadway success under
the management OF a mar like Marc
Klaw he would not let 1t get by. Well,
be Is going to a place where there will
be q theater under the management
Of Marc Klaw, and will have II chance
20 see some Of the real Broadway sue
cesses. Booze and vice have received
altogether too much publicity in con-
nection with the soldiers training, Mr..
Fosdick says-they are negative activ-
tiles in his Job and also the least I'm
portant and most unlnterestlng. Despite
q great public curiosity In this phase
Of the work there has been little
difficulty In making the surround
ings clean. The army has enlist
ed local police officials In every train
ing camp territory. and these terri
tories have been cleaned up, and vice
and booze are giving little trouble. and
that Is about all there Is to say Of
them.
Show Every Night.
The active work Is much mor inter-
esting. This is divided into work in
side the camp and outside In adjoining
cities and towns. Each cantOnment
will have It's theater, seating $500
people, and In these theaters every
night there will be shows given by pro-
fessional actors and actresses travelling
on regular circuits, far above the nv.
erage theatrical amusements available
TO 10 per cent OF the boys In their
home towns. Two weeks every month
will be given up TO legitimate drama,
goods plays. and musical shows, cur
rent successes from the big towns.
One week will be given up TO moving
pictures and vaudeville. and the fourth
week to lectures, concerts, and anna
teur stuff.
Hundreds OF our leading actors and
actresses have volunteered their serv-
ices without pay, while those taking
minor parts unable to give their serv.
Ices will receive nominal salaries.
This entertainment Is not Ia be free.
They tried that up In Canada and
found that the sold. ers, like everybody
else, appreciate beast saat they pay for.
Then there win be Staging. Every