em. You must take physical precautions and build up a strong,
clean, athletic body. Better than all repressive rules and
regulations, you must provide healthy and happy occupation for the
minds of the men. But beyond the reach of medical and military
restrictions you have got to grip and strengthen their spiritual and
moral nature. Otherwise, in the artificial and unnatural conditions
consequent upon a vast concentration of men in a foreign land, away
from all home influences, and in the poisonous atmosphere of a land of
"regulated" immorality, where the government still regards it as a
"necessary evil," you must see your men fall in ranks before the
machine guns of commercialized vice, controlled by the vested
interests, or fall a prey to the harpies who walk the streets. In the
face of all this we must lay bold claim to the whole of manhood for God
and for the high ends for which it was created.

The writer recently walked through a French street of licensed vice,
where strong young fellows were tossing away their birthright for a
mess of pottage. He passed on the main street of the city two young
Americans from a medical unit who were reeling along in the possession
of two harpies. They were shouting to all the passers by, trying to
hold up the carriages, and widely advertising their uniform and their
nation. We recognize the difficulty of maintaining a high moral
standard in a foreign land in war time, but we believe it can be done.
A plan has recently been suggested by the Association for dealing with
this menace.

First of all, it is proposed to conduct a campaign of education on the
highest moral grounds by a select group of lecturers, capable of
presenting wisely the danger of immorality from both the medical and
moral standpoints. This will involve the preparation of lectures,
charts, lantern slides, films, and everything needed for the effective
presentation both to the ear and eye. It is hoped that these lecturers
will be able to instruct chaplains, Y M C A secretaries, and all who
are responsible for the moral leadership of the troops, in order that
they may be better able to cope with the situation. It is proposed
that these lecturers conduct meetings for three days in each center,
with a parade lecture for each battalion and voluntary meetings in the
evening, which will include addresses on hygiene, lantern lectures, and
moral talks. Healthy literature will be prepared and distributed to
the