Smyrna times., 1933-07-19
[RMY LIFE INnu IN
FOREST WORK
scheduled To Keep Up
F.ha Morale Of Thousands
of Workers
ENTERED IN CAMP LIFE

ENTERED IN CANr h'f :
..oton-Work in the new
Wasal4s latioU camps = and there
t9rss'I, .s2 e nlenty of it's to be well
n ilI,s5 os with with play. 10 one knows
lanctr .s.r army officers, old hands
fttsr tsl,.ine ,irg large bodies of men, the
trlin,-f lln truth Of the old adage'
n work and no play miNes 0"'N
dull boy noosovaIt or
Sl1St no army to take charge Of
ereu an ny while they are in camp
e, Tsn ran Hugh A. Drum, deputy
n, Iisf Of. d staff, and his aides, have AYE
lsi h Snsv drafting a recreation
81 u-orr for the new army Of labor.
Ssoaifc s,r hours for play will pc
ssi5e and it will not interfere
N the the schedule Of work. Rather n
Heials Fl IS believe, It will add tre-
lIlaln ,an,lv 70 the efficiency Of the
forkers.
Baseball Heads List
po.obau will. Of course, head the
i snorts for the quarter mil
n unemployed city dwellers who
l. = h given jobs in the healthy
rtdoors Each Of the camps If 70
~ oOO men in It, under tentative
Iaps. officials hope to develop 2
Dirit Of rivalry between camps lo-
M within a reasonable distance
sacb other to build Up keen com
3ettiOn
ramps will BE- located near q
rream whenever possible, and this
sill provide another much-loved
Hort-swimming.
For the long, cool evenings IN
md there will be indoor games
all sorts, and movies. Cards
sill Be provided, and there viii
u checkers, dominoes and the in-
srtable jig-saw puzzles.
Secretary Dern has had q num-
ber of offers from college heads
froughout the country, and as 2
esult there may be instituted in
e camps educational courses de-
kgned 10 prove highly valuable to
be recruit when he leaves the con
sfryatiOn corps and goes back into
Nc life he came from.
Living conditions for the men
{Fill be similar To those of the
rmy.
The food will be just as good as
rmy ratiOns. Often it will be bet |
h. Forces working in the forests |
ill be able to procure more fresh
bod than the dough boys.
Personnel will be under army SUI
IerTisiOn demanding a clean camp, |
Regularity Of habits and a high mo \
Esale. The men will not be expect
to maintain a schedule as rigid
~ tiring as the army demands. /
Because the army is the only
hrce qualified to carry the bur
~ Of personal supervision Of the
prestry workers their mode Of life
Hlll be formulated somewhat along
frmy lines
Another thing Neither the army.
Fnlch is supervising the work
lmps nor the forest service, which
Hlll supervise the actual work III
Ene woods, wants shirkers.
Free Medical Service.
Medical reserve corps officers
u Oe stationed at the camps.
III medical kits will provide
erythlng necessary for treatment
injuries except those Of a major
d'ufe' In such cases. arrange
en'S viii be worked out to bro
de speedy removal Of all patients
medical center
'acationists who take 10 The
oOds when the mercury climbs
y lac upper brackets will find
ltlOOO,OOO acres Of national
es' even more pleasant than
Flal this year.
New forest trails and roads Dnh.
|, Vanp improvements and a lin.
H. a amount of tree planting are
M y q lew Of the additions 70 tbe
IT, st'lOner's o pleasure that Presi.
H. y KOOsevelt's civilian conserva.
u corps will bring.
10. u the field Of safety from eres
= nm, oe new telephone lines
kr airn,a, landing fields set out
&okout ' to,I. new fire breaks,
Gd ranoo s and observatories.
H.. tbe wafer development.
/ ,sas. ,ss the job of insect 4ilIlg ang tTaa wll
hd forast stnlrol, and other range