New-York tribune., 1916-06-02
United Fruit Takes Record
Step to Encourage
Employees.
SON ASKED TO GET
FEDERAL PROVISION
Many Prominent Names Included
in Enrolment for First
Camp.

thor than ever yesterday in swelling
tho number Of recruits for the fla''s-
burg summer military training camps
Whereas more than 800 corporations
have granted their employees four
weeks leave on full pay to avail
themselves Of the opportunity to pre-
mare for the country's defence the
United Fruit company came out with
an offer yesterday TO pay expenses as
we'll.
The announcement read:
"At a meeting the executive commit.
tee of the company, May ~ passeu
the following, That, subject to the
annroval of the head Of the depart
mont in which he is employed, any EN-
ploye Of the company desiring 10 al
tord the training camp at Plattsburg
during the coming season be gran'eu
forr weeks' vacation for that purpose
and full pay and with an allowance
for the expenses incurred not ehceeu-
ing SIS in any one case"
Ask Wilson's Help.
The actual expenses for the recruits
.ro under SEQ. The Military Training
Camps Association has been making an
effort to get the government 70 pay
this. so far without success. Inc iol-
lowing telegram on this point mas Dee"
sent to President Wilson; a.
1--WE address you, representing Ihe
Military Training Camps Association -
the United States, composed OF All Hle
who, at their own expense, nave setVGu
az Federal training camps since thelr
inception. in 1913. Referring 20 your
Memorial Day speech, in when you
soid that a test is now TO be made OF
the readiness of the country to permit
its men TO volunteer for military train
INC we respectfully point out that
more than eight hundred OF the largest
industrial. financial, commercial ana
nublic service corporations IN tne
country, employing more than l,oOO'oVO
men. have already signed declaration
that they will permit reasonable mum
her of their employees to attend ths
Federal training camps without loss u
nav or opportunity Of advancement
10000 to Spend S2,OOO,OOO.
. "This declaration has been signed at
the request of our association and We
have found the attitude OF the en-
ployers patriotic and helpful. mere
remains, how CT, the matter OF III
dividual expenses, amounting 20 S1o VI
$50 for each man. Even on thlS Dasio
90 O0O men will attend the camps THIS
summer, which means that the cltlzehs
are willing 10 pay out OF ther oTl l
pockets nearly S2,OOO,OOO 10 tsAe 'nlS
training. .
"It is essential that these camps be
mt Immediately within the reach OF
every citizen. The provision of section
81 Of the new army bill, II supported
bv the appropriations deemed neces-
sarv by the War Department, will make
these camps available for tens OF thou
sands of men who are wiling 10 90
but unable TO afford the expense now
imposed on them
Immediate action is necessary IL the
opportunity afforded by section 54 is to
be placed before the young men OF the
country in time for them to take advan-
tage Of il this summer. Thousands OF
men are daily waiting for an announce
ment that the government will make IL
possible for them to enlist in a Federal
camp this year. We are informed, how
ever, that Congress may delay passage
of the necessary appropriation for an
other six weeks.
"The Secretary Of War has recon-
mended an appropriation. The en-
ployers and citizens are doing their
part. 1t only remains for Congress to
do its part. We respectfully appeal TO
you for assistance in this situation"
Enrolment Reaches 1927.
The total enrolment for the Platts-
burg camp reached 1927 yesterday
A list of the rockies in the first camp.
which opens Monday, showed a number
of prominent names, among them I.
Russell Auchincloss, Sam sloan Au-
chincloss, Frederick Bellinger, Manuel
T. Behar, Of the League to Enforce
Peace: Arthur William Barber, Benja-
min Chew, of Radnor, Penn; Magis-
trate Joseph +. Corrigan. Albert Gala
tin, Charles Evans Hughes, jr., Mar
shall Rutgers Kernochan, Lawton Mae
kali. the writer; Harry Oelrichs
Charles Peabody, of the Peabody Mu-
scum. Harvard University; Israel Put
nam. Washington, ID. c.; s. Roebling,
of Roebling. y. j.; Theodore Rousseau,
Mayor Mitchels secretary; George D..
Synder. John d. Crimmins, jr., Edward
III. Delafeld, Preston Gibson and Mich
olas Roosevelt, of Oyster Bay, a
nephew Of the Colonel. The greatest
number of celebrities have signed for
the August and September camps.
Tomorrow about 1000 Plattsburg re-
cruits will take a get-together cruise
on the Albany, leaving West Forty-sec-