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CCC Camp SP-11 Company 212 at Gilbert Lake (1935). Note the four enrollee barracks that usually held 50 men each and the one officer's barracks. In the foreground is the education building and the mess hall. |
The camp in 1935 with the officers, cooks and Park Supervisor.
Greetings
from the President of the United States
I
welcome the opportunity to extend a greeting to the men who constitute the
Civilian Conservation Corps. It is my belief that what is being
accomplished will conserve our national resources, create future national
wealth and prove of moral and spiritual value, not only to those of you
who are taking part, but to the rest of the country as well.
You young men who are enrolled in this work are to be
congratulated. It is my honest conviction that what you are doing in the
way of constructive service will bring you, personally and individually,
returns the value of which it is difficult to estimate.
Physically fit, as demonstrated by the examinations you took before
entering the camps, the clean life and hard work, in which you are
engaged, cannot fail to help your physical condition. You should emerge
from this experience, strong and rugged and ready for entrance into the
ranks of industry, better equipped than before.
I want to congratulate you on the opportunity you have, and to
extend to you my appreciation for the hearty cooperation which you have
given this movement, so vital a step in the nation’s fight for progress,
and to wish you a pleasant, wholesome and constructive stay in the CCC.
AN ACT
TO ESTABLISH A
CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS,
AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES, AS AMENDED.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, That there is hereby established the Civilian Conservation Corps, hereinafter called the Corps, for the purpose of providing employment, as well as vocational training, for youthful citizens of the United States who are unemployed and in need of employment, and to a limited extent as hereinafter set out, for war veterans and Indians, through the performance of development of the natural resources of the United States, its territorial and insular possessions: PROVIDED, That at least ten hours each week may be devoted to general educational and vocational training: PROVIDED, That the provisions of this Act shall continue.
Original Act approved June 28, 1937 – Public No. 163, 75th Congress, 1st Session (50 Stat. 319)