The Cordova daily times., 1919-04-28
MONDAY, APRIL 2S, 1919.
MISSION OF w. c. c. s. INCREASED

One interesting fact in connection with the work of War Camp Commun- ity Service which is perhaps not suffi- ciently recognized, is that the work of this organization since the signing of the armistice last November has increased both in scope and intensity. War Camp Community Service, as is well known, is the agency de- signated by the war department and navy department commissions on training camp activities to look after the leisure time of men in uniform when in the communities surround the war was still on, this work had it's the war was till on, this work had its effect on the health and morale of our figthing men prior to' the time of their leaving for overseas. By pro- viding sane recreational facilities, normal social relationships with the citizens of the community, and genu- inc hospitality it kept our men in uni form from the lonesomeness and homesickness which normally assail stranger in strange town, ard by that very fact saved them from being driven to vice and drink.
 With the signing of the armistice, the phase of the work which dealt largely with keeping the men "fit to fight" became a minor consideration, but the responsibility which our com munities have assumed toward the men in uniform and the spirit of de- mocracy which has been engendered as result of the activities co-Or- dinated, stimulated and supplemented by War Camp Community Service, could not be allowed to cease. On the contrary, so far as the man still in tke service was concerned, the need for what War Camp Community Serv- ice stands for, and the obligation of the communities through which and in which it works, was greatly in creased.
 The natural recreation of these men, of course, was to wonder why, if the war was over, they could not immediately pack up and go home. As days, weeks and months wore on and they found themselves still in the fighting forces of the United States with apparently no mans job" before U em, the reaction was tremendous. The problem of the War Camp Con- munity Service and the communities in which the man in uniform spends his leisure time, became, therefore, of infinitely greater difficulty and inn portance with regard to these men after November Il than it had ever becn before.
 But the man still in the service of tle United States and awaiting dis charge, proximate or remote, was not tEe only one whom the War Camp Community Service was charged with the duty of serving, a duty which was both great privilege and great re- sponsibility Immediately the process of Rehabilitation began, new and greater problem faced the organiza- tion in connection with the returned soldier. If the problem of War Camp Community Service was to assist in the difficult process of taking a man from normal civilian life and fitting him into the entirely different condi' tions of military and naval service, then the reverse process of taking a man out of military service and fit ting him back into normal civilian life, presented difficulties and prob lems with which War Camp Commun ity Service was also bound to deal This work includes the greatest pos sible cooperation with other agencies in welcoming the returned man fit tingly to his community. in helping him to find job, and in being o1 material and moral assistance in the trying period between his discharge and the resumption of normal ac tivities.
 Today, therefore, we find through out the United States, War CamI Community Service not only looking with greater care than ever after the