Arizona republican., 1919-04-24
FORM UNIT OF MAR
 CAMP COMMUNITY
 SERVICE IN PHOENIX

A local unit of the War Camp Con- munity Service was established yester- day in the War Work building, for the purpose of acting in the closest CO., operation with the Great War Vaterans association in service work for the soldiers. sailors and marines.
 It will be remembered that the War Camp Community Service was one of the agencies supported in the United 1 War Work drive last fall, to which this community contributed so generously. i The War Camp Community Service has. | in the past, confined its activities to 1 communities adjacent to training and l hospital camps, but since demobiliZa- tion begun, tho service has been eX- tended to communities where at least i 250 soldiers have returned
 For some time the local represents | lives of the War Camp Community 1 Service have been in communication With national headquarters to bring about the establishing of a local com munlty service unit, operating in close cooperation with the Veterans asso citation, so that there might be no pos 1 sibility of duplicate work.
 This arrangement has now been suc- l cesSfully consummated and J. l.. Hop kins, representative of the community service in Prescott, has been instructed by national headquarters to supervise the work both in Phoenix and Pres colt.
 MT. Hopkins, in speaking of the situ- alton yesterday saidc
 The War Camp Community Service is not an organization or institution with any pet program of it's own, but IS simply an agency which represents fU which the community can carry on it's activities as the need may be for sold lerS, sailors and marines in and out of service. Phoenix is to be congratulated on being one of the few places where soldiers and sailors aided by the com munity at large, have gone right ahead and formed the Great War Veterans association and are solving their own problems, which is one of the biggest contributions which they can render to their home town"
 The following local executive com mittee has been appointed by national headquarters to assist in getting the
 War Camp Community Service into practical operation locally: Dwight E. ,Heard, T. c. McReynolds, s. Oberfeld- CT, Bishop J. w. Atwood and Bert Davis. MT. Oberfelder has been made treasurer, IEe assurance Of funds rom the national headquarters has been re-
 ceived and the first installment of the
 money placed in Mr. Oberfelder's hands
 It is expected that within a few days plans will be fully matured to make
 this new unit of maximum service to
 soldiers, sailors and marines of the
 community. A local organizer who will be in constant attendance at the new , community service unit will soon bt
 appointed on the joint recommendation of the staff of the War Veterans asso cation and the local board of the Wal } Camp Community Service, and it is hoped to maintain a regular cantee1 } for soldiers, sailors and marines Also with the cooperation of the Great Wal Veterans association, to install poo ? tables.
 Lieutenant Downing, secretary of tn, l Great War Veterans, in commenting t on the above said: The soldiers, sail l DTS and marines are indeed fortunat, : to have the War Camp Community uni
 established hsre. This will not onl,
 be of material benefit to the men per
 sonally, but will aid substantially il
 giving permanency and effectiveness
 to their own organization, the Grea
 War Veterans association"