CAMP WELFARE COMMITTEE
When one realizes that an army cantonment sometimes covered thousands of acres of ground it will readily be seen that the Camp Workers had to be provided with automobiles in order to cover this large territory, to distribute literature and to locate men in various parts of the camp. At one time the Committee owned as many as sixty-nine cars. These all bore in gold letters on each side the words, “Christian Science Camp Welfare Committee.” The wisdom of marking the cars in this way was proved again and again. In one instance our Worker drove past a group of men who were drilling. One remarked: “There goes that Christian Science car. You know, my wife has been sick for a long time and can't get well. Seeing that name makes me think that she had better try Christian Science.” His neighbor then told him that he was a Scientist and advised him to ask for treatment for his wife, later lending him his copy of Science and Health.
At another camp our Worker left his car in front of the library building, and returning, found a soldier comfortably seated in it. The lad said he felt at home at once and he was most grateful to hear of the Christian Science services being held in the camp. Our Worker adds that this soldier was the first one to arrive at the service on the following Sunday.
In one of his reports a Worker near Washington, D. C., says:
“Repeatedly when I come back to the car after visiting the barracks, I find men waiting for me who tell me they are Christian Scientists and were attracted by the sign. Most of them are men who have recently arrived in camp and did not know there was a Worker. Only yesterday I stopped the car in front of another company of men who were lined up on one
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