Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-25
GREATER FACILITIES
AT SUMMER CAMPS
Outings Committee Announces
$4,000 Will Be Needed for
This Seasons Work.

Announcement comes from the sum-
mer outings committee that various
camps" under it's supervision are IN
creasing their facilities for the COM
ing summer, and that the committee
at it's meeting yesterday afternoon IN
the board of directors room at the
Washington Loan and Trust Company
decided upon a budget of $4,000 Tor
the work now upon it-an excess OF
81 900 over last years amount Inc
following have volunteered 10 aln III
the work of taking care of Washing
ton youngsters during the trying not
months of the summer.
Veterans at the Soldiers Home are
equipping throughout the dining room
at Camp Good Will, where mothers and
children are taken in parties of about
200 for two weeks at time. The old
soldiers recently told the summer out
ings committee to dismantle the room,
and the veterans are now busily en-
gagged in making tables, stools, buying
dishes, silver and other things to rent
the place.
Harry wardman will have a part of
the buildings at the baby camp con-
structed free of charge as his contri-
button toward the infant welfare work.
Lodges to Give Funds.
+. II. IuliI1an, 1alneT Vi MAJ. nay
mond Pullman, is getting a number of
lodges in the District to appropriate
SIS each for tents at Camp Good Will.
The tents are to be named in honor of
the branches of societies. The Masons
will celebrate July 6 as Masonic day,
at which several hundred members of
the grotto and other Masonic bodies
will go to the camp for a days outing.
A man whose name has not been dis
closed will build a new sanitary kitchen
with many features which are needed
at the culinary establishment.
The navy yard committee plans to
raise $1,000 for Camp Good Win. which
will be twice its fund of last year. and
will continue to hold gala days at the
camp on Saturdays throughout the
summer
Mrs. Edwin Seton is chairman of a
committee which will have 300 girls at
work selling $4,000 fans on Baby Fan
day"
Camp Pleasant. where colored chill
dren receive the care of regular nurses,
will have a model camp for ailing
youngsters
The facilities of the Baby Hospital
Camp in Rock Creek Park are to be
doubled. and will remain open. if neces-
sary, for three months. Permanent
equipment also will be needed.
Members of Committee.
Members of the committee in charge
of the work are Byron S Adams. Ira
E. Bennett. Aaron Brylawski. Mrs.
Edna Keene Bushee. John H. CIapp.
DR.. Coursen 3. Conklin. Prof. George
W. Cook. William S. Corby. William
H. De Lacy. B. p Donnelly. DR.. Lewis
c. Ecker, John Joy Edison. Miss Eliza
beth G. Fox, Dr. William J. French.
Daniel f. Garges. John s. Garland.
Lee r. Grabili. Morris Hacker, Mrs.
Juliette V. Harring. Walter ,Stilson
Hutchins, DIR. Louise Tayler-Jones,
Mrs. Adolph Kahn. DR.. George NJ. ko-
Der, Henry Lansburgh, Judge j., Will
mer Lattimer. Miss Annie NJ. Lawrence,
A. Lisner, Mrs. J. p. s. Neigh. Maj.
f. II. Neumeyer. o. =. Newman. Frank
B. Noyes. C. n. Odell. Andrew Parker.
Mrs. u. G. B. Pierce, G. II. Pope. D. s.
Porter. p. r. Pullman. Maj. Raymond
w. Pullman, DIR. Jesse H. Rams burgh.
Cuno n. Rudolph. Miss Minnie A Sax
ton. Irwin r. Schwinger, Mrs Edwin
Seton, Col. r. b. Simms. Louis A.
Simon, Mrs. Louis A. Simon. Richard
Sylvester. Eliot n. Thomson. Walter s
Ufford, Mrs. Walter S Ufford. Rev John
Van Schaick, jr.: Miss Clara J. Van
Trump, Fred w. Vivian. Dr. joseph S.
Wall, DR.. j.. II. y. Waring. George s.
Wilson and DIR. William c. Woodward.