The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-08-31
REGULATIONS AND USES OF
COMPANY FUND EXPLAINED

Some time ago the patriotic citizens
OF this section were appealed to on
behalf of the members of Company e,
the military organization formed at
this place and now experiencing real
duty on the border, and were led to
believe that the men were without
some of the necessaries of life and
without money with which to buy
them. The young ladies of the Girls
Training Camp interested themselves
on behalf of the boys and the matter
was also taken up by the Commercial
Club.
The young ladies, assisted by club
members arranged for a dance for the
benefit of the members Of the company
and $15400 was netted and sent to
Sergeant Don Fisher at Nogales The
Commercial Club, by popular subscrip-
tion, raised some $4,000, which was
also sent to the boys at the front.
1t was the intention of the club and
the young ladies to divide the money
equally between the members, thereby
permitting them to make what small
purchases they desired, enabling them
to add to their enjoyment to a slight
degree. However, army regulations do
not permit this to be done, according
to an enclosure in a letter received by
Secretary Frank VanDeventer, of the
Commercial Club, from Captain X. B.
Kading. The enclosure is addressed
to the captain and signed by Colonel
w. III. Edelblute, of the Second Infan.
try, and is as follows:
81. Regarding your communication
rIr .sxvsI - A..sI
received from charitable sources
among the members OF your Organiza
ton, you are advised that regulations
do not provide for such procedure.
"2. The same result can be obtain
ed by placing this amount in the com
pany fund of your company to be used
for the betterment of the condition OF
the men.
50. You can assure the people inter
ested that all company funds are audit
ed once month from these headquar
ters and absolute regulation of expend
itures is provided for"
The captains letter says In part
81 ain writing this In explanation o.
the action taken here by Colonel Edel
blute and myself, regarding a certain
notNCA aAlCNbllE bAIC pCOplC VI NIduEC
vile. 1t appears that a dance was Civ
en- in Grangeville by the Camp Fir,
Girls, from which was netted the sun
of $154.00, and the money forwarded t.
First Sergeant Don Fisher, to be giveI
to the non-coms and privates of Com
pany f. As you will see from tn,
above we cannot distribute money here
given by any organization, or by city
to the men. We can place it in tn,
company fund, which the army regu
lations state is for the use of the com
pany in such manner as to benefi
every enlisted man in that company
The commissioned officers of a com
pany are not enlisted men. The action
which was taken was as follows Ser
geant Fisher was directed to wire tn
Camp Fire Girls that it was impos
sible for us to accept personal con
tributions for enlisted men, and askin
f the money was for the compan,
fund. Miss McEntee wired in answe
that If the money could not be expend
ed as personal contributions for tn
men, 1t was to be returned. l advise,
Sergeant Fisher TO keep the money un
til we had the matter straightene
out in the minds of the Grangevill
people. Supposing that the peopl
of Grangeville gave benefits and contrt
buttons Of different character for tn
purpose of financial aid to Compan
e, and thus raised $500 or 5000.
is sent to the Company and distribute
to the men-there are seventy -fou
of them---which would be about $40
each ON the $500 basis. A good liv
young man needs 500 a week (if b
can get it, just for general purposes