BOREDOM IN CAMP
Why Soldiers Need Books NAPOLEON'S dictum is still true"an army marches on its stomach." But to-day there is more to it than that. Time, in marching on, brought with it recreational luxuries undreamt of at Waterloo. To-day morale and fighting fitness owe so much to a long list of such "luxuries" that in our camps many have become common necessities. And high on the list is the camp library. There the men laugh at boredom which would "find some mischief for idle hands to do." To combat boredom during leisure hours our fighting forces need books, more books, and still more books. For example, 5,000 are wanted at once for the new camp at Waiouru. The men again look to the publict Gifts, however small, of readable books, clean and in good repair, will be thankfully received at and forwarded from your Public Library. Or you may mark them "War Library Service" and send direct to the Officer in Charge, Country Library Service, Parliament Buildings, Wellington.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 69, 18 October 1940, Page 3
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169BOREDOM IN CAMP New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 69, 18 October 1940, Page 3
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