THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



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A FIELD BAKERY AT A NATIONAL GUARD MOBILIZATION CAMP 



"Too many cooks" may spoil the broth in civil life, but it takes 32 bakers to produce the 

 bread supply for one encampment. The capacity of a cantonment bakery is nearly 40,000 

 two-pound loaves every 24 hours of operation. At the National Guard camps, of course, the 

 requirements are smaller. 



which will hold 3,500 men. The seats in 

 it are movable, so that the hall may be 

 used as a gymnasium and for basket ball. 

 At the headquarters and in the 12 or more 

 Y. M. C. A. branch houses, one to a 

 brigade or less, are local opportunities 

 for reading and writing and all sorts of 

 entertainment. 



The Knights of Columbus have one 

 auditorium nearly as large as the large 

 auditorium of the Young Men's Christian 

 Association, and a very comfortable place 

 it is. There they hold the principal re- 

 ligious masses of the week. 



Where there are agents of the Young 

 Men's Hebrew Association, they are re- 

 ceived by the Young Men's Christian 

 Association and furnished an opportunity 

 to help their Hebrew brethren. 



Nothing is more gratifying than the 

 complete cooperation among these three 

 institutions of differing denominational 

 origin. It often happens that as the camp 



is very large, the Catholic priests ask to 

 use a local Y. M. C. A. branch for a mass 

 for the regiment near which the branch 

 auditorium stands, and the request is al- 

 ways granted. In every way there is a 

 brotherhood spirit between the organi- 

 zations which prevents duplication and 

 makes for effectiveness. 



no soldiers' camps ever before so free 

 prom drunkenness 



In some of the camps there is a large 

 so-called Liberty theater, erected by the 

 Fosdick Outside Activities Association. 

 The theaters are well constructed and 

 make good auditoriums, and here vaude- 

 ville reigns. It is not too much to say, 

 however, that the agency upon which the 

 commanding generals lean in dealing with 

 the social side of their men and in filling 

 their leisure hours with useful occupation 

 and entertainment is the Young Men's 

 Christian Association. Its organization 



