Between 1941 an 1947 nearly 200 Civilian Public Service (CPS) camps or centers , housing almost 12,000 non-combatant conscientious objectors, were run by the ACCO (Association of Catholic Conscientious Objectors), ABHMS (American Baptist Home Mission Society), AFSC (American Friends Service Committee), BSC (Brethren Service Committee), DOC (Disciples of Christ), EARC (Commission on Christian Social Action of the Evangelical and Reformed Church), MCC (Mennonite Central Committee), MWPC (Methodist World Peace Commission), and SSS (Selective Service System). “Camp” was a generic term that could involve agricultural, dairy, forestry, soil conversation, national park, public health, VA hospital, and human guinea-pig service for the U.S. Office of Scientific Research & Development or U.S. Surgeon General’s Office. (Source: Anne Yoder, Archivist, Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Dec. 2004. Accessed 3/3/08.).