Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-13
LEAVE AREAS ARE
BOON TO AMERICAN
SOLDIERS IN FRANCE
Opportunities For Sightseeing, En-
tertaInment And Amusement Given
Men by These Fairgrounds

Where Napoleon III and King Ed
ward VII Of England. spent many
leisure hours the American enlisted
men are now at play The famous yacht
club at Cannes, founded and patron
lied By King Edward. and St SauveuT.
where the third Napoleon was wont to
10 with his court, indicate the variety
og attractions offered BY the y Nj G.
Al. Id the leave area system operated
In cooperation with the military an-
thorities From the Alps to the Pyren-
mes and from the Brittany coast To the
Riviera there are seven leave
areas Id which $4,000 soldiers can be
entertained at one time Preparations
are now under way to Increase these
much -appreciated facilities TO double
their present capacity
Representatives of the army and Of
the Y. Nj. G. a. are now travelling from
one end or France to the other seeking
new spots III which 70 set up leave
areas The experiment at Aix-les-
Bains has been successful from the
start. as America nov knows pretty
vel from first hand information car
ried home by Mrs. Theodore Roose-
welt, Jr.. who organized the woman's
.canteen work AZ Ak.
Aches and Pains was an ideal
spot for the experiment, but six others
have been found and put In operation.
each equally satisfactory as the orig
inal model Consequently It Ii with
optimism that the army and the 4"
seek to Increase the centers where
sure cures have been found for home
sick doughboys
Location, climate hotel accommo-
|dations. opportunities for entertain
ment and sightseeing, and the moral
and physical cleanliness Of the area
are ali important in the selection Of q
leave resort As soon as site Is Sc.
lected the largest available building i
obtained the Y. nj. G. AZ as its main
center of operations, men and women
are assigned to service and negotia-
|tions are begun to secure reduced
prices from such entertainment enter.
Eprises as cannot be duplicated BY this
* 4 The entertainment programme
Els III charge Of the = M Ell IS and
every effort Is made TO give as much
free service as possible. The army
provides transportation and pays tbs
hotel bills. thereby enabling the sol
der to enjoy all the attractions form
eriy restricted to kings and enper-
ors.
The Jettg Casino at Nice and tbs
Municipal Casino at Cannes are tht
centres OF attraction In the Riviera fol
the $500 men who can be accommo
dated In this area Many officers fayol
this Mediterranean section and there
rs club for them Everything
except the gambling that was stopped
by the government at the beginning
OF the war is al the disposal OF the
Americans Coli an dtennis and 9th.
er athletic sports, bathing. boating
and the companionship Of the local
population are the most popular at
fractions.
Brittany and centres about the towns
OF San Aaalo and Dfnard These shore
resorts are especially attractive tc
soldiers from the inland states 81
America. Western boys also like
yals-les Bans, III the Ardeche be
cause here they may find 81 ser thai
reminds them OF home
South Of Ak Is Grenoble. b utifully
situated III i valley SET amo snow
capped mountains and noted Tor the
excellence Of IT'S hotels as wen ais Its
scenic attractions In the Auyergns
region are the leave towns of Ia
Bourboula and Mont Dore no these
areas the recently added cauter-
cts. Luchon, Eauxbonnes and st. Sau-
Yeur ii the Pyrennes
Franklin s. Edmonds, j lawyer oi
Philadelphia, is the .Yr onlcial re-
sponslble for the direct supervision
Of the Ieave area system. He Vas 81
Iected b solve ! problem which the