M. C. A., Y. W. C. A., Knights of Columbus,
Jewish Welfare Association, Salvation Army, American Library Association
and other bodies.
These operated under the general supervision of the War and Navy
departments: Commissions on Training Camp Activities. Raymond B. Fosdick
was the chairman of both these bodies. Concerning these commissions,
President Wilson declared:
I do not believe it an exaggeration to say that no army ever before
assembled has had more conscientious and painstaking thought given to
the protection and stimulation of its mental, moral and physical
manhood. Every endeavor has been made to surround the men, both here and
abroad, with the kind of environment which a democracy owes to those who
fight in its behalf. In this work the Commissions on Training Camp
Activities have represented the government and the government's
solicitude that the moral and spiritual resources of the nation should
be mobilized behind the troops. The country is to be congratulated upon
the fine spirit with which organizations and groups of many kinds, some
of them of national standing, have harnessed themselves together under
the leadership of the government's agency in a common ministry to the
men of the army and navy.
Afloat and ashore the organizations operating under the supervision of
the two commissions gave to the men of the American forces home care,
suitable recreation, and constant protection.
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