Evening star., 1942-11-13
Fur|ough Cots
Now Available
For 2,100
Free Bus Service
To Recreation Area
Saturdays Improved

Saturdays Improved
The temporary bottleneck in the
Districts Saturday night lodging
accommodations for servicemen has
been overcome through installation
OF a free bus shuttle service to the
Memorial Bridge Recreation Area
and the acquisition of extra cots,
1t was learned today.
A conference on servicemen S
lodging, called by the Servicemens
Lodging Committee of the War Hos
pltallty Committe, last night re-
vealed that cots now available here
number approximately 2,100.
This figure will be increased by
400 in the immediate future" and
the ultimate figure may run as
high as 5000 if Community War
Fund sources, earmarked for the
purpose, are tapped, according to
1t. Comdr. w. A. Corley, U, S. N,
retired, chairman of the Service
AiSAA 1odSlllS SolillIlllJCe.
Free Bus Improved.
Lit. Col. w. H. Long, commanding
officer of the Memorial Bridge Rec
mile beyond Memorial Bridge on
the Arlington Fairfax Bus line. re-
vealed that a free shuttle service
for servicemen, installed last week,
Will be resumed, with improvements,
tomorrow night and Sunday morn
Ing and will continue as long as it
is needed.
Servicemen may board the bus
for the area, where approximately
900 cot accommoda tions are avail
able. at any one of the following
three stations between midnight and
5 am:
l. East end of the Union Station
2. Servicemen's Club No. /, 3O6
Ninth street NV.
3. Soldiers. Sailors and Marines
Clubs 1015 L street NV.
Comdr. Corley indicated he has
high hopes for continued successful
operation OF plan which has been
perfected in recent weeks and which
was received enthusiastically last
night. 1t was also pointed out that
approximately 500 cots were avail
able for servicemen in the District
last week end.
Inquiries Suggested.
If servicemen failed to get Sleep
ing accommodations here last Sat-
urday night Comdr. Corley said,
they did so of their own free will
and volition. An inquiry at any
USO office, appropriate civilian de-
Tense agency, Travellers Aid or
American Women's Voluntary Serv-
ice Office would have elected the
necessary information
recommendations on policies for
servicemen's lodging centers were
prepared by Mrs. Raymond Fowler.
president of the Soldiers, Sailors
and Marines Club: 1t. John H.
Simpson, special services officer of
the military district of Washington.
and William T. Thomas, director of
lodging at Servicemen's Club No. l.
These recommenda tions. presented
to the gathering last night, included
the following:
/. To obtain information requested
by military authorities, it is rec
commended that a uniform registra-
ton procedure be established in
lodging centers. Information de-
sired includes the serviceman's
name, serial number, branch Of
service and his point of origin.
Servicemen who refuse to comply
with registration procedures may be
denied lodging.
2. To expedite the collection OF
statistical information requested by
military authorities, it is recon-
mended that all lodging centers for
ward to the Office of the Service
mems Lodging Committee, 306 Ninth
street NV. not later than Sunday
evening. a report of the weeks reg
istration, from Sunday pm. through
to Sunday am. The report form
should be prepared by the Service
mems Lodging Committee.
s0-Cent Cot Price Urged.
3. The lodging service should be
. non-profit enterprise. 1t is sug-
gested that cots be priced at 50 cents
each.
4. Special subcommittee of the
servicemen's Lodging Committee
.hould be established to advise new
lodging centers at the beginning OF
the service.
5. Servicemen who are uncontrol-
liable should be referred to the mil
itary police National 1000, Ext
276). rather than District police
officials. Servicemen in need OF
medical attention should be re-
ferred to military authorities rather
than civilian personnel. Mote: II
patient is transportable, send him to
Army Dispensary on E between
Twenty fourth and Twenty-fltth
streets NV. If case in more serl-
Gus. call War Department Dispen-
sary, Republic 670O. Branch 1881,
Navy. Marine Corps and Coast
Guard patients who are transport
able should be sent to the Navy Dis
pensary, Nineteenth street and Con-
stitution avenue NV. in ninth
(westernmost wing of Navy Build
ing. If case is more serious, call
Navy Department, Republic 7400,
and ask for Naval Dispensary.
s. 1t is recommended that each
lodging center have burglar-proof
safe or a strong box for the check
ing Of valuables.
SelIout Reports Urged.
I. Lodging centers should CO.
operate with the central dispatch
telephone service by phoning in
when they are sold out and making
a final report Sunday am. until
1905 am. Sunday, phone Executive
1852; after that, call Executive
2e2s).
8. Several lodging areas act as
dispatchers for other agencies. At
present, the Soldiers. Sailors and
Marines Club acts as the dispatcher
for the Washington Chapel, the
YMCA for Concordia Church and
Servicemen's Club Mol for the Lis
ner Home, Self-Help House and All
Souls Church. It is recommended