CHRISTIAN SCIENCE IN THE WAR
camps: McClellan, Alabama; Sheridan, Alabama; Pike, Arkansas; Kearny, California; Fremont, California; Hancock, Georgia; Wheeler, Georgia; Merritt, New Jersey; Mills, New York; Jackson, South Carolina; Bowie, Texas; Lewis, Washington.
In addition, tents were maintained, in some cases being provided by the Government, at: San Pedro, California; Camp Beauregard, Louisiana; Pelham Bay, New York; Commack, Long Island, New York; Camp Greene, North Carolina; Paris Island, South Carolina; Ellington Field, Texas; Camp Logan, Texas.
At Camp McClellan, Alabama, part of a Government building was made available to our Committee. It was fitted up in an attractive manner and made to appear homelike. At Camp Sheridan the Committee originally used a room which was practically within the camp. We later built a small structure just outside the camp at a cost of $877. It was a simple frame building with a large porch across the front, fitted up in the interior as a combined reading and writing room. In Camp Pike, Arkansas, the Government placed part of a building at the disposal of our Worker.
The building at Camp Kearny, California, was designed for our own use and built by us at a cost of $2200. It contained a reading room, storeroom and rest room for the men and office, bedroom and shower for the Camp Worker. There were two cozy corners in the reading room with easy-chairs, and twelve reading desks with plain oak chairs to accommodate forty soldiers. It was not the original plan to paint the building but some of the soldiers volunteered to do the work if the material was provided. This was
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