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'']] The New Jersey State Hospital [[Civilian Public Service|Civilian Public Service]] (CPS) Unit No. 63, located at Marlboro, [[New Jersey (USA)|New Jersey]], had a maximum of 103 men. It was approved by Selective Service in November 1942 and closed in December 1946. It was the first CPS unit to be placed in a New Jersey state institution. Most of the men served as attendants to the mental patients in the institution. [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee]] conducted a psychiatry and Christian service school at this hospital in February 1945. The unit published an 82-page history and report of its work under the title <em>p. r. n</em>. | '']] The New Jersey State Hospital [[Civilian Public Service|Civilian Public Service]] (CPS) Unit No. 63, located at Marlboro, [[New Jersey (USA)|New Jersey]], had a maximum of 103 men. It was approved by Selective Service in November 1942 and closed in December 1946. It was the first CPS unit to be placed in a New Jersey state institution. Most of the men served as attendants to the mental patients in the institution. [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee]] conducted a psychiatry and Christian service school at this hospital in February 1945. The unit published an 82-page history and report of its work under the title <em>p. r. n</em>. | ||
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The New Jersey State Hospital Civilian Public Service (CPS) Unit No. 63, located at Marlboro, New Jersey, had a maximum of 103 men. It was approved by Selective Service in November 1942 and closed in December 1946. It was the first CPS unit to be placed in a New Jersey state institution. Most of the men served as attendants to the mental patients in the institution. Mennonite Central Committee conducted a psychiatry and Christian service school at this hospital in February 1945. The unit published an 82-page history and report of its work under the title p. r. n.
Bibliography
Gingerich, Melvin. Service for peace: a history of Mennonite Civilian Public Service. Akron, PA: Mennonite Central Committee, 1949: 221 f.
| Author(s) | Melvin Gingerich |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Gingerich, Melvin. "Civilian Public Service Unit (Marlboro, New Jersey, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 19 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Civilian_Public_Service_Unit_(Marlboro,_New_Jersey,_USA)&oldid=91460.
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Gingerich, Melvin. (1959). Civilian Public Service Unit (Marlboro, New Jersey, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Civilian_Public_Service_Unit_(Marlboro,_New_Jersey,_USA)&oldid=91460.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 491, 862. All rights reserved.
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