The Washington herald., 1916-05-25
WAR VETERANS
To AID BABIES
Inmates of Soldiers Home
Will Equip Dining-Room
at Camp Good Will.
$4,000 BUDGET VOTED
Summer Outings Committee Reports
Many Offers of Help for Mothers
and Children During 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
Tor two weeks at a time The old SOL
diers recently told the Summer Outings
Committee to dsmantle the room, and
the veterans are now busily engaged in
making tables, stools. buying dishes,
silver and other things to refit the place
At its meeting yesterday afternoon in
the board of directors room at the
Washington Loan and Trust Company
the committee decided upon a budget of
$4,000 for the coming summers work-al-
most 5000 in excess of last years amount
This was thought necessary. inasmuch
as the facilities of the Baby Hospital
Camp in Rock Creek Park are to be
doubled and will remain open. If nee
essary. for three months. Permanent
equipment also will be needed.
Harry Wardman will have a part of
the buildings at the baby camp construct
ed free of charge as his contribution to-
ward the infant welfare work
Lodges VIII Give Aid.
P. R. Pullman. father of Maj Raymond
Pullman, is getting a number of lodges
in the District to appropriate SIS each
for tents at Camp Good VIII. The tents
are to be named in honor Of the branches
Of societies. The Masons will celebrate
July as Masonic Day. at which several
hundred members Of the Grotto and other
Masonic bodies will go to the camp for
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 Will. which
will be twice its fund of last year, and
will continue to hold gala days at the
camp on Saturdays throughout the sum-
mer.
Mrs. Edwin Seton is chairman Of a
committee which will have 800 girls at
work selling 5000 fans on Baby Fan
Day"
Camp Pleasant, where colored children
receive the care of regular nurses will
have model camp for ailing youngsters
Members Of the committee In charge
Of the work are:
Byron S. Adams, Ira E. Bennett Aaron
Brylawski. Mrs. Edna Keene Bushee
John II. CIapp. DR.. Coursen B. Conklin
Prof George w. Cook. William S. Sorby,
William H. DeLacy, B. P. Donnelly DR.
Lewis c. Ecker, John Joy Edison, Miss
Elizabeth G. Fox. DR.. William ]. French
Daniel E. Garges. John S. Garland, Lee
r. Brabill. Morris Hacker, Mrs. JuIiette
V. Harring, Walter Stilson Hutchins. DR.
Louise Tayler-Jones, Mrs. Adolph Kahn,
DIR. George NJ. Kober. Henry Laneburgh,
Judge J. Wilmer Latimer, Miss Annie NJ
Lawrence, A. Lisner Mrs j. P S.
Neigh. Maj. z. H. Neumeyer. O. P. New
man. Frank B. Noyes, c. n Oden, An
drew Parker, Mrs. u, G. B. Pierce c. H.
Pope. D. S. Porter. P. r. Pullman, Mai
Raymond w. Pullman. DR.. Jesse II.
Ramsburgh. Cuno H. Rudolph, Miss Min
ME A. Saxton. Irwin -. schwinger. Mrs
Edwin Seton, Col. r. D. Simms. Louis
A. Simon, Mrs. Louis A. Simon. Richard
Sylvester. Eliot H. Thomson. Walter S
Ufford, Mrs. Walter S. Ufford. Rev. John
Van Schaick, tr., Miss Clara J. Van
Trump. Fred w. Vivian, Dr. Joseph S
Wall, DR.. ]. H. n. Waring. George S
Wilson and DR. William c. Woodward