El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-23
W. C. C.. S. VIII
Continue It's
Work In Peace
Service VIII Be Given Any
where 1t Is Called For,
Says Secretary.

The war camp community service
Lyman H Reed. assistant executive
secretary. announces that a large parl
Of the services s'aff throughout the
United States is already engaged in
preliminary work on the peace time
program formulated for the organiza-
ton and that when the entertain
ment Of soldiers is completed the va
rious service clubs viii be ready to
continue the work among civilians in
communities throughout the city.
Division directors who are still &C
cupied with work with soldiers also
are seeking locations for clubhOuses
for the peacetime Comrades clubs"
or arranging TO keep the old centers
where soldiers were entertained.
Planning COmrade Clubs.
Many OF the citizens who aided in
the war program OF caring tor the
soldiers have volunteered to continue
the work IN the civilian centers- These
volunteer workers viii entertain Wis
itors to this city. out Of town students
in the educational Institutions, and
form community clubs for their own
entertainment All this viii be done
without relinquishing the original aim
Of caring for soldiers and sailors who
are passing through the city.
The ~Comrade clubs" are going 10
war clubs, says one Of the outlines
OF the plan and one OF the most i'm
pOrtant factors IS to be the girls diVi-
sions- As II IS intended that every
member OF the club shall become well
acquainted with every other member,
no organization viii have more than
100 members.
VII Help Amerieanize.
The clubs viii exist wholly to pro-
mote sociability. There will be weekly
IN ~ Hrnn
boating excursions. skating parties
In addition It is planned to have
monthly district meetings. bringing
several clubs together. These viii be
both Of social and educational ma
tura.
There are a number OF schemes in
the process Of formulation at head
quarters One is to have the clubs oc-
easionally 20 10 Institutions for the
sick and disabled, and to prisons TO
give entertainments for the inmates
and the persons employed there. Then
there is the idea Of having the clubs
assist in AnericanizatiOn work among
who viii make pp the -Comrade clubs
have been doing this 10 a limited ex-
tent They have been holding dances
IN the foreign sections and succeed
Ing, through the medium OF socia bill
Lty. IN interesting large numbers OF
freigners IN ns~ht ecHonf7 al this
IS TO be kept up and extended.
Seone Of Work Lnrre.
The "Comrade clubs VIII keep IN
close contact with other existing or
Plantations working through the
NJ C. A. ard settlement clubs II is
hoped eventually TO have a club in
every neighhorhood in the city. To
avoid making mistakes on a large
scale. the plan is 70 be tried out first
in one limited sections. The existing
war groups Of which there are q.
VIII be converted into "Comrade
clubs They will be oreanized by an
expert then left 20 work under the
general supervision Of the central
office.
From the war camn community ser
vice viii come the community service.
The war camp community service IS
a war time ORGANIZATION. an oufgrowth
OF the American Playground and Rec
reatlon association. The community
service VIII 90 into every community.
anywhere. where service is desired.