The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-02-17
PUSHING SPREAD
Of PRAC TICAl
PREPARED mess
President Stamm Of Rifle As.
ISOLATION Follows Up Recent
Appeal for Members With
Personal Letter.

Vigorous spread Of q practical pre-
%par"dnoss ON the part at the general
citlzenry Of the city. a preparedness
thnt vii be ~ rmcctuai whether con-
qress acts on the military and naval
bills or doesn't do a thing. a pre-
paredness poss bile without interier-
encc with business for a day or Tor 90
minute. g. being pushed by the Alhu-
aueroue Rite association.
The club II trying 10 get every man
In This city capable of bearing arms
| on liz membership rolls. Not simply
| because IL wants ncW members. nor
! even largely hectus. ~ that hut he
| cause Tho club officers aud It's active
member. are practical patriots. y
rifle cl.b trains It's members In the
| use Of high power rifles, ana a ciu-
! zcn trained In the use of modorn
arms is a citizen who has gone a long
way toward preparedness h is
wby the club wants every citizen cap
! able " bearing q gun To- Join II: 81
that it. and through IL. A~lbuquerqueO
viii be doing something. without ci-
fccilv.ness, To join IN making the ma
tiop ready to meet a possible cilSis
Emphasis IL laid hv the club In 10
propagauda ON the fact that member
ship carries with u absolutely no mil
i,ary obligation. although the "rgani'
zation L. recognized and aided hy th'
government The question of volun'
te.rlng viii be something for ever
man So decide for himself when y
comes to "A matter ot meeting "A foe
of nation.
Following up his recent letter ot
practical Preparedness. Pt"sid"n
Roy Stamm, Of tho rife association
has sent "A personal letter 10 man!
Albuaucruucans The letter Is approx
ed by the state Rifle association "
man, high or low. IL to he oycrlo"kot
in the campaign FOR membership.
Here is a copy Of President St'mm
latest appeal. u is a transcript of IN
one sent to Joshua ). Reynolds, 'th'
frat citizen Of Albuquerque.
Albuquerque. y. NJ. Fob. ~ 1910
Joshua : Reynolds.
"CitV
Dear sir How about your patriot
ISM Is u theoretical or Is b prac
tlcalo Probably YOU are for pre-
paredness but what are YOU doing t.
ward IT.
Now We are making a bet wit
ourselves, to the extent of this LET
ter. that you viii welcome this oppor
tunity to convert theory into fact.
DO We win or not?
'F'or q two dollar exp 'nditure yo
can ally yourself with "a great move
mcnt that spells preparedness "a
better than anything else so Tar pro
poscd. quietly. with no self-intcr"s
IN view. our Albuquerque HiNe ass'
cintion has been very suCcoS1full
Carrying on 10 patriotic work In a prnc
tlcnl manner However taking al
vantage OF the present popular '1
%thusiasm, we believe the time has ~
rived for a vigorous noise and an as
gressive campaign for "a very lare
membership
. This pecds publicity ana. throus
the assistance Of our local papers "
are publishing q so-callcd 'hurlr-rol
Of our bership N u d1ily pres
A. new names are received they vi
he added to his list from dr "a da.
I'm addition. we are promised speol,
articles and editorial m'lt.on IN get
eraI.
We are sending out q large nun
Der of these personal letters 10 prom
. neat Alhuquerducans and We eNpe'
: a hearty and immediate response.
u
; Should YOU become a member "
believe you viii find yourself In yer
good COMPANY Cur present list ~ .u
y already contains many rcpresentatl'
men,
Join M. Mi Raynolds. Your rs
dollars will help but. more than anl
thing, we want your name aud SUI
port.
Finally. We would ompha lie th'
this club is thoroughly CIVILIAN
y character and that our moWbcrshl
~ absolutely free from anythIu
either expressed or Implied, tn,
a might limit your freedom - a priya'
citizcn, either now or in the event
war
"vcry respectfully yours.
Al "ALBrQuERQuE RtFL
II ASSOCIATION"
"prosidcnt.