Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-07-21

certs, both professional and amateur,
and addresses by prominent men.
When any man comes to the camp to
lecture to the officers or men on any
technical subject. the association
building is offered as the center at
which the mon may gather At the
regular branches there will be a mo-
ton picture show practically every
night Films will be sent on circrit
from one camp to another Some OF
the entertainments will be OF a com
petitive amateur CHARACTER, in which
talent from various companies Will
compete against each other.
Sports Prominent Feature.
The average cost of an army hrauch
building, including full equipment, IS
about $1,000 At least one man Hho
has a son in the militia has ,tvcn So
O00 for the equipment of branch
unit and 1t is proposed to name the
branch after the donor. \ gift Of
$4,000 provides the building and run-
ming expenses Of a branch for SIX
months,
Most OF the secretaries are trained
as leaders In rccreative sports ana
competitive games, Basket and vol
ley ball will be organized II condi-
tions are favorable, there will be ten
mis- and quot tournaments. Where
the routine of the camp viii permit,
baseball mines will lie formed and a
league started, using the teams out OF
various companies or regiments, and
starting a series OF games.
To Have Bible Glasses.
The religious feature of the work
will be provided for by a program of
gospel meetings and Bible classes.
Should a prominent religious worker
be near the border, efforts will be
made to take him from camp to camp,
in order that nc may address the men.
Dr. S. Parkes Cadman, of Brooklyn,
chaplain of the 23rd New York intan-
try, has already agreed to address the
men in the camps as far as he Is able
to do so. Men were enrolled in BIZ
bic classes at the state mobilization
camps and this IS expected to be
most interesting and stcadying feature
of the religious work at the border
branches The association building
will be available for religious services
conducted by the Chaplains or by visit
ing ministers OF any denomination
Every secretary also is expected to
conduct steady, constructive pro-
gram OF personal work. II is inn
pressed upon them that they are to bc
big brother to every man in the
whole camp, and to help them by
counsel and advice especially those
who are depressed or affected by the
climate or the monotony of camp life.
Peruscd the Almanac.
Outpost duty, guarding the railroad
lines, is exceedingly lonely. Every
bridge. Culvert hill and other point
where the use of explosives might cut
the railroad line used by the troops
is guarded by detachments OF differ
ent strength, averaging perhaps fifty
men The hardships of this life in the
open, without the accommodations
even OF a well-ordered camp, are very
great. one Of the secretaries OF the
Young Mems Christian association, on
recent trip of inspection, asked a
soldier who was reading an almanac
at one of these Jutposts if that was
all the reading mater he had in his
camp The reply was. Yes and ev-
cry man here got it before l did"
Fresh supplies of the popular mag
a2nes are always needed. The New
York office, I24 East Twenty eighth
street is the distributing point Peo-
pie who are interested in providing
books. magazines and other matter
for the troops should forward them
to the New York headquarters,
charges prepaid, so that they may be
properly distributed to the camps on
the border.
viii Use Motorcycles.
Down in the Big Bend country that
great area which lies south OF the
Southern Pacific and north Of the Rio
Grandc, there are several outposts
not less than sixty miles from the rail
road. The only communication with
the men is by motor truck and at
these points the men feel most koenly
the solitude, Mails are most infrc-
Quent The men ride long patrols at
night They are in constant danger
Of being fired upon by snipcrs and
always they must be under the strain
of watching for raiders. 1t is planned
that the railroad and detached out
posts shall receive attention through
travelling secretaries. Men on duty
along the railroads. will be visited by
secretaries who will use the trains,
dropping off at the outposts with sup
plies of books. magazines newspapers
and writing materials. The mon at
points remote from the railroads will
be reached by secretaries on motor
cycles. Nothing win be left undone