Camp Grant - Sports and Exercise - WW1 Cantonment - 1917
Sports of various kinds are encouraged in Camp Grant, under the theory that "all work and no play makes Sammy a dull boy."
Photograph 19: Indoor Ball
Photograph 20: Football
Photograph 21: Boxing
Photograph 22: Wrestling
These exercises are what harden the muscles of the men, giving them the qualities to endure privation; also, coupled with the outdoor life, gives the men an abnormal appetite, and Uncle Sam sees that they are well fed
Photograph 23: Setting-up exercises
Photograph 24: Another view of setting-up exercises