Evening star., 1922-06-18
HEALTH PRIME AIM
OF SUMMER CAMPS
Military Training Seen as
Corrective of Physical De-
fects in Young Men.

Improvement in the health of the
youth of the country is one of the
prime results to be sought by the
summer training camps for citizens,
those of the Sd Corps area Of which
| will open July 81 and continue until
August 26. The health of each man
is carefully watched while in camp,
with view to correcting any physi-
cal defects which might be apparent
on the physical examination for en-
trance.
The camps for the Sd Corps area
which includes the District Of Co.
! lumbfa, Maryland, Virginia and Penn
sylvania. will be held at Camp Meade
| and Camp Holabird, Nd, and Fort
Monroe. Humphries and Langley
Field. Va.
War Department Statement.
A statement issued by the War De-
partment outlines the plan for health
Improvement, as follows:
ut is not entirely with a military
purpose in view that Congress has
| appropriated money for the maintain
| ance Of these camps. Studies upon a
group Of 100000 young men between
| the ages of eighteen and thirty years
! disclosed the fact that 468 per 1000
presented physical defects. Some
| $4,000 examined in Maryland presented
1 OSo out OF edCn l,UUU not SOunQ. II
was realized that the effect upon the
| social and industrial life of the ma
| ton would be momentous should this
| condition be allowed to continue and
| passed on to the coming generations.
Particularly was this fact important.
as the survey showed 20 per cent of
| the existing physical defects may
| have been prevented and much Of the
! same to be arrested or corrected even
now. through personal hygiene. de-
velopment exercises, or minor medi-
| cal treatment.
| "a schedule Of instruction has been
| carefully mapped and the best talent
| of the Army placed in charge Of the
| camps. Four hours each week day
will be devoted to drill, field ma
practice, use of modern signaling de-
| vices Gncluding the wireless tele-
phone. etc) There will also be spec
| tacular demonstrations of all arms Of
| the service, by tanks. artillery. cav
| airy. and the air service. Motion pic
| lures will be utilized as method of
instruction, showing the activities Of
| the war zone. The afternoons will be
| spent in supervised athletics, and will
| include field sports. base ball. swim
| ming. tennis, etc.
No Angle Overlooked.
| mo angle through which the youths
| attending may be improved mentally.
| physically or morally will be neglect
| ed. Each individual Is given a care
| parents or guardian notified by let
| ter of any defect and the means of
| correction advised by board Of the
ablest specialists of the Army medical
| corps If defective he is placed in a
| special class for the developmental
I cording to this ability. He is fed by
especially trained officers with espec-
!; tally provided and carefully selected
diet. His work and his play is SUPER
vised by medical officers and his
| moral tone is looked after by red
blooded chaplains. He retires early
| in well ventilated and sanitary bar
! backs. He Is taught neatness. and
acquires an ability to look out for
himself. and last Of all. discipline
that will render him of more value to
himself. his employer, and family,
| through the fact that he will do what
his boss twenty years in the busi-
! ness) tells him to do.
Privileges Accorded.
| The government pays his railroad
fare and clothes and feeds him. He
is given opportunities to take side
trips to points OF interest within the
] vicinity Of his camp. II he did happen
to get sick he gets the care that only
the very best and most expensive hos
pitfalls could give. In the 1.4S7 youths
at Camp Meade last summer there was
not one serious case Of illness or one
| single accident during their stay in
! camp. But they did average a gain
| In weight of four and one-half pounds
| and slightly less than one inch in
! chest measurement.
Many letters from grateful parents
! have been received by the authorities
and it Is regretted that many of those
who will apply must be rejected by
| reaSoD Of the limited n1Imher tho
camps will be able to care for. APP
plications should be made to the COM :
manding general. Sd Corps area,
Baltimore, Md"