Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-20
IllhS FOR NEWSPAPER
IN EVERY ARMY CAMP
VIII BE Published Undcr Auspices
\ OF War Work Council OF Young
Mems Christian Association.
PROMINENT MEN WILL WRITE
fDotsils of Cooperation Among Many
Publishers, Which Will Make Big
Undertaking Possible, Arranged by
John Stewart Bryan, OF Richmond.
tBy Associated Fressl

y the auspices OF the National War Work
{ Council OF the Y. NJ. c. ~. were an.
nounced here to-day by John Stewart
i Bryan, publisher of the Richmond
News-Leader, who arranged the details
&of corporation among many other
y publishers which will mako the work
& possible.
Among contributors will be Colonel
Roosevelt and many of the best-known
newspaper workers and cartoonists
i President Wilson has Endorsed the plan
The general management of the paper
VIII be under the personal direction OF
Mr.. Bryan, and the cooperating pub
& lishers Will compose an advisory board
The plans grew out of a conference In
4 Washington last July at which Mr.
Bryan was assigned by the War Work
Z Council to visit all camps in the South
X before going to Europe.
ut seemed hardly probable at first
that 50 large an undertaking could be
a carried out" said Mr.. Bryan to-day
'and II probably would not have been
but for tho assistance Of II. C. Adler,
|. OF the Chattanooga Times. who sus-
Gested that II the paper carried no ad-
vertisinG and were not sold, there were
no reasons why local publishers would
not cooperate to the fullest measure.
TO FURNISH 1000 PAPERS
TO EACH CANTONMENT
Tho plan was thereupon worked out
by which the Y. M. c. A. could furnish
1000 papers to each OF the environments;
four Of those pages to be supplied from
the New York Office to the co-operat-
ing publisher, and the other four pages
of camp news to be set up and all the
press work done by tho local newspa-
pers. tho entire edition to be distributed
through the T. M. c. A. headquarters
at the various camps.
"As soon as Mr.. Adler made this sus-
gestion and offered to do It for the
Chattanooga Times" said Mr.. Bryan.
IT was satisfied that tho whole I'M
dertakinH would be a success. The
next one to accept this proposition was
the Birmingham News, under the man
agement and direction of Messrs.
Glass and Hanson: then the MontGom-
cry Advertiser. with C. n. Allen. came
In. Also. Clark Howell. of the Atlanta
Constitution; the Messrs. Anderson. of
the Macon Telegraph; Bowdre Phinzy.
of the Augusta Herald; F. C. withers,
of the Columbia State: W. B. Sullivan,
Of the Charlotte Observer, and Bruce
Haldeman, of the Louisville Courier
Journal. without a single exception
che South came in, and therefore opened
She way for the rest of tho country.
ON my return from the South" con-
tinued Mr.. Bryan, II decided to do the
rest of the work by telegraph and let
ter. 1 saw James NJ. Thomson, of the
New Orleans Item. in Washington, and
reached D. D. Moore, of the New Or
leans Times-Picayune. by telegraph,
and 1 saw Frank B. Noyes. OF the
Washington Star. personally. / reached
by telephone Don C. Seitz. of the New
York World; Charles II. Taylor, Jr.. OF
the Boston Globe, and James Kearney
OF the Trenton Times. and all OF them
agreed to do the work for their local..
ties.
When I appealed to the Central
/ West. Frank P. MacLennan, Of Topeka
State Journal. undertook the work 70,
Fort Riley. Camp Funston: Gardner
Cowles. of the Des Moines Register, TO,
Camp Dodge; Victor II. Lawson, Of the
Chicago Daily News. will give his per.
! sonal attention to the paper for Camy
Grant. at Rockford. Ill; Frank S
& Baker, of the Tacoma Tribune will
! handle the paper for Camp Lewis, a,
American Lake. Wash. and Harr,
4 Chandler. for Camp Kearny. at Lind;
& Vista, Cal.
But Texas was the fertile field
There are camps at Waco, Houston
& Fort Sam Houston and Fort Worth
i and the camp at Deming. New Mexico
will be covered by FL Paso In spit,
y OF the fact that the matter could onl,
& be explained to Texas by letter an,
: telegraph, prompt acceptances were re
ceiVed from George J. Palmer. Of tn
Houston Post; Anon G. Carter, Of For
Worth Star-Telcgram. and Colone
Charles S. Diehl, OF the San An,oni
Light. The latter will cover Fort Sar
houston. No reply has yet been re
cei"ed from Waco and Ell Paso, bu
j they will be covered In the valley n
: the mississippi, Elmer r. Clarke. Of tn
Little Rock Democrat, Will cover tn
camp at that point: T.. K. Gaylord, O
the Oklahoma City Oklahoman. IN
! camp at Fort Sill.
with the exceptions mentioned, an
Battle Creek. Mich. Greenville an
E SpartanburE, S. c.. and Chillicotb,
Ohio. the paper will be produced o
I time during the week OF September ~
4 PRESIDENT CORDIALLY
j ENDORSES MOVEMENT
President Wilson has cordially in
81 dorsed the movement; Secretary Bake
and Secretary Daniels have prepare
{ articles for the paper; Colonel Thee
dore Roosevelt will contribute an ar
ticle; the best cartoonists. among whor
81 may be mentioned James Montcomer
r. Flagg. will draw for the paper: IN
e best editorial talent OF the countr,
- and the best sport men, viii give c
! their skill unreservedly to the maxim
z. OF a paper that Will keep the Wisconsj
y men, who are camred in Souther
the New York and Pennsylvani
s men, who are in camp in South CAROLYN
Z and Georgia, and all tho rest OF O,
IS American soldiers. in vital and acti,
IS touch with their people at home an
EzwIth the great heart of this nation.
THE people and the leaders" sa,
Mr.. Bryan" know that the speed wi,
(which this war will be won is in dire
ratio to the intensity and exaltation