Word: camped
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...after forget the comparatively small salary that the private gets, and out of it he still has to contribute to his family, look after his personal needs, pay for his war insurance and Liberty Bonds. What can the average private have left for entertainment? The commander of Camp Lee writes, "Such men, and we have thousands of them, certainly deserve to have their if troubles and worries occasionally erased by such recreation as the theatre furnishes." This movement is distinct and apart from the Y. M. C. A. The latter has enough of a burden...
...United States must be self-supporting. They must be of the same calibre as the bright, snappy shows the men are accustomed to seeing. The admission charges must be small. So Smileage Books were devised, the coupons of which are good at any paid entertainment in the camps under the management of the Commission on Training Camp Activities. Thus the friends of the soldier may send him theatre tickets which may be used in the Liberty Theatre and Liberty Entertainments at his camp.--SMILEAGE NEWS...
Governor McCall is to be the principal speaker at the meeting. He will present the views of the civil authorities toward the movement for camp entertainments. Richard Bennett, the actor, and Captain J. P. Brown '14, will also speak of the value of the Smileage campaign...
Richard Bennett, who is one of the originators of the plan for entertainments at military camps, is to take up the movement from the actor's point of view. He has taken part in many performances on behalf of Smileage, and last summer, with his entire company, he gave entertainments for the men then training at the R. O. T. C. camp at Plattsburg...
...pamphlet, which is now nearing completion, will be similar to that published each year by the Summer Engineering Camp. It will outline the aims and possibilities of the R. O. T. C. this season as well as give a record of the results obtained by the corps last summer. The publishers desire to illustrate the work with true-to-life snapshots of the men at drill, in camp, and on the march, taken by members of the regiment...