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March 6.
ATHLETICS BENEFIT MEN J
MENTALLY AND MORALLY;
AS WELL AS PHYSICALLY?
A summary of what the War De
partment Commission on Training
Camp Activities has accomplished In
the last few months In providing ath
letic recreation for the thousands of
men in the thirty-two National Army
and Guard camps and a forecast of
its plans for further promoting this
vast work are contained in a state
ment Issued by Dr. Joseph E. Ray
croft, athletic supervisor of the Com
mission, who has moved his head
quarters from Princeton to Washing
ton for the duration of the war.
The keen relationship between ac
tual warfare and the various sports
that have been fostered In the canton
ments is emphasized in the statement.
"The sports included in the camp cur
riculum, such as boxing, football and
soccer," Dr. Raycroft declares, "have
been selected not only as means of
amusement but to prepare the men
for the struggle to come, and the val
ue of the athletic training they have
receive will be fully realized when
they go ‘over the top.' "
Uniform Doesn't Make Soldier
‘‘When the Commission first began
its work In this direction there was a
well-defined belief prevalent that a
soldier was made by putting a man In
a uniform and teaching him the man
ual of arms,” Dr. Raycroft states.
"We have proved the utter fallacy of
this theory by showing that athletics
increase a man’s fighting efficiency as
well as providing him with wholesome
recreation during hits leisure hours.
"Some idea of the scope of the
work we are doing can be obtained by
visualizing the fact that at one west
ern cantonment 16 baseball diamonds
have been laid out In one great field
and games have been in simultaneous
progress on each, while at another 26
gridirons, with goal-posts and bleach
ers having a seating capacity of
18,000, were in use last fall.
“With this picture sh mind, It can
be readily seen that the various sports
have been promoted on a scale un
paralleled in history. The old order
of things has been banished and in its
place new rules and regulations have
been formulated to govern conditions
attendant to the participation of hun
dreds of men in a single game. For
Instance, the player limit on football
teams in most camps has been raised
from 11 to 15, while in soccer games
in which 400 men have taken part,
' with as many as eight to ten balls in
use at once, haye occurred frequently.
"Nothing lilte it has ever been at
tempted before. Experience has
[taught Allied officers* the great help
good athletic training renders a
man in battle, b.ut it has remained for
the United States to give sports a
definite place in the military program
and make It plain that a thorough
athletic training is a vital adjunct in
the equipment of every American sol
dier.
Soccer Highly Valuable
Dwelling on the part that athletics
will play in the conflict, Dr. Raycroft
points out that the training they have
received in such sports as boxing and
soccer will be of inestimable value.
"While playing soccer," he explains,
"a man must be ready constantly to
strike at the ball with either foot. In
this way he naturally acquires a short
gait and a balance that will serve him
in good stead fn traversing the
churned and furrowed surface of No-
Man’s land.
“In boxing," Dr. Raycroft contin
ues, “nearly every blow and position
.has its counterpart in bayoneting.
(Where a man now starts a left hook
[for the head of his opponent in a
[friendly camp bout, he will soon be
;using the same movements in sending
! tis bayonet slashing at the throat of
'an armed antagonist, while a right
hook to the jaw will be duplicated
[when he swings the butt of his gun
(on the jaw of a disarmed foe.
I Dr. Raycroft has been greatly ela
ited by the fashion in which the sol-
Jdlers have taken to soccer. His state
jment says:
’ “It is a highly exhilarating game,
(combining the maximum of exercise
[and recreation with a training that
jwill be mighty useful- to the men
'when they meet the enemy. Then,
too, any number can participate in a
game and it can be played in the com-:
pany streets, as no special equip
ment or field are needed. These ad
vantages make it an ideal sport for
the camps.
“Plans are now being worked out,"
Dr. Raycroft says, “whereby prizes
and medals will be given companies*
and individuals for athletic proficien
cy." This, he expects, will excite
even greater interest in camp sports. •
“There are more men participating
fin organized athletics today than ever
[before," Dr. Raycroft concludes, "and
[not only is this training helping them
:to fit themselves physically, but it Is
’bettering them morally and phys
ically. Lastly, it may be the means
of saving their lives when they go to
grips with the Boche."
TRENCH AND CAMP
President Admonishes |
Army and Navy
to Observe Sabbath
THE WHITE HOUSE. i
The President, commander in l
chief of the Army and Navy, fol-'
lowing the reverent example of;
his predecessors, desires and en- 1
joins the orderly observance of the!
Sabbath by the officers and men'
in the military and naval service of
the United States. The import
ance for man and beast of the pre
scribed weekly rest, the sacred
rights of Christian soldiers and
sailors, a becoming deference to
the best sentiment of a Christian
Bjople, and a dne regard for the
ivtne Will demand that Sunday
labor in the Army and Navy be re- 1
duced to the measure of strict
necessity. Such an observance of
Sunday is dictated by the best tra
ditions of our people and by the
convictions of all who look to Di-,
vine Providence for guidance and,
protection, and, in repeating in this,
order the language of President
Lincoln, the President is confident
that he is speaking alike to the
hearts and to the consciences of
those under his authority.
WOODROW WILSON.
REVEILLEAND TAPS
Reville is awful,
I’ve just got into bed
When conies an awful racket
That's fit to wake the dead.
I kick aside the blankets
And listen in dismay
To discordant summons
To rise and meet the day.
But Taps! Why Taps is beautiful,
Evening air seems blest
By an unseen censer
Lulling care to rest.
As the night wind kisses
The has upon the tree.
So tans seems to whisper
Words of cheer to me.
My Reville has sounded
My day of Life begun
When the length’ning shadows
Mark that day is done.
Will Taps seem as welcome
To the waiting ear
As the Taps of camp life
That I love to hear?
CORP. F. WERTENBACH,
Co. G, 111th Infantry.
WOULD “CHUCK" HIM IN.
An officer, far from popular with hfs
men, coming to camp one evening was
almost drowned in a river swollen by re
cent heavy rains. He was rescued by a
private in his own regiment. The of
ficer was duly grateful, and asked his
preserver how he could reward him.
“The best way, sir," ‘said the soldier,
“is to say nothing about it."
“But why?” asked the astonished of
ficer.
“Because, sir," was the reply, “if the
other fellows knew I’d pulled you out
they’d chuck me in."
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