Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-28
TO SEND PRESENTS
TO D. c. SOLDIERS
Star Will Receive Christmas
Contributions for Men
on Border.
1900 ARE AWAY FROM HOME

camps on the Mexican border. They
are members of the District National
Guard. They are expected to be there
during the Christmas season. 1t Will
be the first Christmas that many OF
them have spent away from home.
They are there because they felt it
their duty to enlist in the reserve
militia for the nations defense in time
of need.
Washington people. who have been
enjoying the comforts of home during
the last six months while these boys
have been living in tents on the DOR
der with prospects of raids imminent
and who have been going ABOUT their
daily work assured that the govern
ment will protect them; who Will be
at home with loved ones for Christ
mas, want to do something to bring the
Christmas spirit to these boys IN
camp.
the men are doing for the nation is ap-
preciated not only by the homefolks,
but by all the people in the National
Capital.
Every resident of the capital-rela-
tives and friends of these boys in camp,
and the thousands of others who know
them only as members of the D1Strlct
citizen soldiery, facing dangers IN the
service of their country-is gong TO
have an opportunity 10 40 theit VI.
that the Christmas day may be happier
for the soldier boys. and may bring TO
them in camp a realization of hearts in
the home city that feel for them
To Send Presents to the Soldiers.
Some of these boys may get boxes
from home and some of them may not.
They would appreciate Christmas pres
ents from the people of Washington,
and it will cheer them up a great deal
in their outdoor homes Christmas day
to have a distribution of presents, the
offering of the whole of Washington. to
make them happy. Christmas day these
troops will have been in the field for
more than six months.
The Star will receive contributions
to be used in purchasing presents for
these District coldiers. of whom there
are, approximately, 1900. divided into
four camps on the border.
The Sd Infantry, approximately
thousand men, and Troop A. cavalry.
about eighty, are at Camp Wilson, San
Antonio. Tex The Signal Corps COM
pany, about a hundred men. is at No
gales: Battery a, Field Artillery. about
terry B., with approximately the same
number, is at Douglas.
The Star will open the National
Guard Christmas fund with contribu-
tion of 500. Those who contemplate
subscribing to the fund have but a few
days to send in their contributions,
fewer days even than the Christmas
shoppers here to do their buying, for
the goods will have to be brought in
the vicinity of the camps.
In addition to the individual sub
scriptions, there may be contributions
from benefit performances given by
such organizations as desire TO con-
tribute to the fund to make the Dis
n rIcfr
Only contributions of money can be
received. as it will not be possible at
this time to send boxes of goods from
Washington there. The money viii be
telegraphed in time for the ofhcers OF
the camps to purchase the necessary
articles The distribution of the pres
ents will be entirely in the hands of
the officers. who have promised to coop
crate in the Christmas movement IN
augurated by The Star.
The suggestion for the purchase of
the articles for the Sd Infantry and
Troop A at San Antonio came from
Lieut.. Col. Anton Stephan. Sd Infantry,
exchange officer at the Sd Regiment
camp. A telegram from J. Crosby Nc
Carthy The Stars staff correspondent
at San Antonio. says:
The officers here advise the purchase
of the greater portion of the presents
here (San Antonio), as prices for stand
ard articles are the same as elsewhere.
Lieut.. Col. Stephan says in some in
stances the prices are lower
1.-The articles most desired are Smok-
ing tobacco. cigarettes. cigars, pipes.
handk erchiefs. pocket knives. tooth
brushes and cream, pocket mirrors and
combs razors and blades, cold cream
in tubes. talcum powder, shaving and
toilet soap. bags of stout material with
dra wing strings to hold laundry.
stamped envelopes and writing paper,
fountain pens, pencils. bath sponges.
tow els housewives. wallpockets. wool
Ell bed SOCKS, pneumatic pillows cleo
tric flashlights. bandanas.N memoran-
dunn books for nome commissioned ofii-
GERS, rubber boots.