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

Districts Saturday night lodging
accommodations for servicemen has
been overcome through installation
of a free bus shuttle service to tho
Memorial Bridge Recreation Area
and the acquisition of extra cotss
it 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 2,1OO.
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. ~
retired, chairman of the Service
mems Lodging Committee:
Free Bus Improved.
1t. Col. w. H. Long, commanding
officer of the Memorial Bridge Rec,
mile beyond Memorial Bridge on
the Arlington Fairfax Bus line, re-
vealed that free shuttle service
for servicemen, installed last week.
will be resumed. with improvements.
tomorrow night and Sunday morn-l
ing and will continue as long as it!
is needed. ID" |
Servicemen may board the bus,
Tor the area. where approximately
1000 cot accommodations are avail
aple, 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
Club, lois L street NV.
Comdr. Corley indicated he has
nigh 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
servlcemen'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. 1.
These recommendations, presented
to the gathering last night, included
the following:
l. To obtain information requested
by military authorities, it is rec
commended that a uniform registra-
tlon 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, BOG 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.
5o-Cent Cot Price Urged.
3. The lodging service should be
non-proflt enterprise. It is sue-
gested that cots be priced at so cents
each.
4. Special subcommittee of the
Servicemens Lodging Committee
should be established to advise new
lodging centers at the beginning Of
the service.
S. 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. (Note: II
patient is transportable, send him to
Army Dispensary on E between
Twenty fourth and Twenty
streets NV. If case in more seri-
Gus, call War Department Dispen-
sary, Republic 67OO, Branch 1851.
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
lwesternmost) wing of Navy Build
ing. If case is more serious, call
Navy Department, Republic 74oO.
and ask for Naval Dispensary.
3. 1t Is recommended that each
lodging center have burglar-proof
safe or strong box for the check.
ing Of valuables.
Sellout Reports Urged.
T. Lodging centers should CO.
operate with the central dispatch
telephone service by phoning In
when they are sold out and making
final report Sunday am. (Until
l2:o5 am. Sunday, phone Executive
1882; after that, call Executive
1929.
8. Several lodging areas act "A
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
that servicemen be referred direct
to the dispatch agency.
9. In order to disseminate infor.
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