Evening star., 1918-07-21
CALLED TOCONFER
0tWAR SERVICE
Workers Going From Wash
! ington to Meeting at
AtIanticscity.

onicials and chairmen of commit
tees of the Warrington division Of
the War and Navy departments' COM
mission on training camp activities
and the District of Columbia War
Camp Community Service are to leave
tomorrow for Atlantic City to attend
a conference OF war service workers
OF the country. The conference is to
continue during the week. and every
phase of the multitudinous activities
developed or undertaken by the two
organizations Is to be discussed.
The District of Columbia War Camp
Community Service. which is con-
Quoted under the supervision OF the
commission on training camp activi-
ties, now has more than $500 volun-3
teer and paid workers on its rolls.
Its work includes providing enter.
this city. an elaborate and rapidly
growing canteen service. summer
camps for war workers, organization
and direction of community actfvi-
ties, such as singing, the vesper sery-
Ices held every Sunday afternoon on
the Ellipsef operation of three club
houses for men in the service: CO.
ordination of the various entertain-
organizations for soldiers, sailors and
marines and rapidly growing list
of additional activities.
At Head of the Work. z
Harold Keats. formerly with the
District Fairgrounds department. Is
executive officer of the service. Mrs.
man of the canteen service, in charge
of the clubhouses for men in the sery-.
ice. Rev. DR.. Earle Wiley is at th6
head of the committee on church c0-s
A1r0 II
chairman of the Motor Corps conn
mittee. Mrs Maud Howell Smith ana
\. j. Maiero are chairmen Of the COM
mittee on dramatic entertainments
music is headed by Mrs. Eugene
Byrnes. Leslie Holt heads the COM
mittee on soldiers dances. Ed Muth
and Charles w. o'Connor are at. the
head of a committee on musical plays.
Miss Marjorie Day Is at the head
of the department of girls work of
the service, all activities. particularly
for woman war workers, coming un-
der her direction.
Work in the military hospitals is
In charge OF a big committee of
which Mrs. Everett w. Brown is
chairman.
The services new moving canteen
service. composed Of specially equip
witches, coffee, ice cream and desserts
are served to war workers employed
at points remote from good lunch
room service, is in charge of Mrs. D.
E. O'Sullivan.
Mrs. Baker Business Head.
The business committee Of the Dis
trict of Columbia War Camp Commu-
nifty Service is headed by Mrs. Newton
D. Baker as chairman. Alonzo Twee-
dale, auditor of the District of CO.
lumbia. Is the services volunteer
The motor truck service, just or
ganized and now being developed, is
in charge Of Mrs. Renwyck and Miss
Brennan.
Eduard Albion has recently been
assigned to the District of Columbia
service by the New York headquarters
to take charge Of the work of pro-
ducing operas at the various camps.
Prof. Peter w. Dykema of the Uni
versity of WisconsifI is in charge of
community music. Mrs. Scarrett is
at the head of the refreshment CORPS
Mrs William Hamilton Bayly Is
chairman Of the committee on home
hospitality. Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes
heads the committee on public recre-
alton. with Roland Robins heading
the committee on commercial recrea-
tion. which embraces theaterS, motion
picture houses. etc