Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-09

TX San Francisco can have q navy
Y. M. G. A. which is to cost upwards
CT $l,000,000, why cannot Honolulu
have a like structure as place OF
recreation and instruction for the
thousands Of Uncle Sans soldiers
now stationed at the various military
posts on Oahu?
The question of establishing in Ho.
nolulu either one central army asso.
citation, or a branch association at
which has long been agitated by local
Y. NJ. G. A. workers, and the value Of
such a feature has become to be more
recognized by local army officers.
General Secretary Super, of the local
central association, has already tax.
en- this matter up with the interna-
tional navy and army association see
rotary, but as yet ne has received no
definite information as to whether or
not such a work would be undertake
en- in Honolulu. The story of the new
naval association for San Francisco
is told in the San Francisco Examiner
as follows:
A million-dollar naval Y. NJ. c. A.
for 1915 and the arrival of the feet
of the world is the plan which is be-
ing worked for. and which was given
O powerful impetus by Secretary of
the Navy Daniels before leaving here
for washington. It has received his
powerful support and sympathy, and
its success, it is thought, will have
much effect upon the question as to
whether San Francisco is to win out
in the campaign under way in which
many localities are vigorously con-
tending to secure the navy yard.
There ought to me "a Y. NJ. z. A.
naval and military building in San
Francisco that will be in keeping with
ali the other big things which 1t is.
doing" said Secretary Daniels. Where
is the San Francisco CT the Califor-
mia Helen Gould, or Mrs. Russell Sage,
or Mrs. Emery-all of whom have
given thousands and thousands OF
dollars TO build and equip naval y
m. C.. As in the East Is your great
West to lag behind in this matter?
You cannot too emphatically re-
cord my very deep and vital interest
in this question, Secretary Daniels
continued. Il am only in harmony
with many of the chief navy experts
in the country, and not speaking as an
individual, when state that the navy
Y. NJ. c.. A. work is one of the chief
factors for good in the upbui,ding OF
a big and efficient navy The Y. NJ. Z.
A. not only takes care of the boys
in the navy, but it brings good boys
into the navy-afld that is great mat
ter for the service. What will the
thousands of Y. NJ. c. A. men in the
navy and other thousands who make
use of the Y. NJ G. A. in Eastern wa
tiers think of San Francisco when they
come here if they do not find at least
as good Accommodations as they do
back East? On the other hand, what
a fine investment for San Francisco
to put up real, adequately equipped
naval Y. NJ. c. A. building Ii you
want the navy out here, in home Wa
ters-as you certainly do-why not
give the, boys home when they
come?"
That Secretary Daniels hope to
see a big naval Y NJ c. A. in San
Francisco is likely soon to be an ideal
realized was the statement made yes
terday by F. A. McCarl, international
secretary of the naval Y. NJ G.. A.,
who is out on the Pacific Coast for
the very purpose. mainly Of seeing
that San Francisco shall provide bet
ter service than heretofore TO the
jack tars.
We have under Amusement now
tentative plans for the opening of a
campaign for a million-dollar naval
Y. NJ. G. building, or buildings, rath
er, in San Francisco" said Secretary