Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-14

tractors and its vorknen have been
engaged in the business Of getting
your camp in order The work goes
on during the day and during the
night There are no stops no bats,
no breaks. The hammer and the saw
pound and cut; plank meets plank
nail com panions nail into the heart or
tbs very wood which grows about
upon ali sides.
The work Of building the camp IS
uader the supervision of Captain ~.
r Rothrock Of the United states en-
glneers' corps
1.-THE street railway company is eE-
tending its line 10 the camp; the rail-
roads are putting in switches, gangs
Of IabCFers are al work surfacing and
grading the roads and Houston viii
no doubt offer y0u q series Of 'choily
wagons such as g0u enjoyed riding
upon while at Camp Wilson.
$50 much for the camp. Houston
with its $50 600 inhabitants is mobil-
izinE its strength TO make your stay
here an interesting and memorable
one. II is the FIRST taste that the city
VIII have Of the soldier life on d big
scale since the Civil war. and natur-
ally the city has many romantic and
pleasant IDEAS Of what a soldiers life
should be-
The resources Of the city are many
and varied. I'D has 13 great railroad
systems, q uayigahle ship canal, a well
organized Young Mems Christian ass0-
citation. Young Women's Christian as
ISOLATION. an efficient social service hu-
raau, nearly 200 churches with many
auxiliary social societies. al interest
ed IN the new soldiers, and many fra
ternal orders and fine clubs beginning
with the Houston club and ending with
the Country club an EIks club, q
knights Of Columbus hall. d Uuiyer-
ity club. ITALIAN club. Lumbermen'
club, Rotary club, and many dinner
clubs
only 50 miles away is Galveston
and the Gulf of Mexico. The rail
roads. iBterurban and fine roads con
meet the two cities.
The war department COMM ssion
On training camp activities has placed
william e. Hopkins ju Houston Ee
viii coordinate the effort Of the var
Ious citizens committees for entertain
ing the soldiers and looking after their
social, civic and religious welfare.
Incorporating with the war service
comm ssiou, Rice institute viii ar
range extension lectures and classes
in French. etc; the American Library
association wiz furnish Thoroughly
modern public library facilities to this.
as welI as the other 81 cantonments
The Homen's Camp league VIII af-
Hliate with the other orders and clubs
I'D establishing a community club for
the soldiers somewhere downtown al
pleasant resting place with rnagazfnas.
billiard tables. and 81 canteeu Tor soft
drinks. tobacco, etc.
Members of the W0man's CamD
league wish, especially. to aid the wo-
men who VIII locate iu Houston while
t1eir husbands. fathers or brothers
are I'm camp here. They will gladly
furnish lists Of boarding houses. rooms
IN private families. hotel rates. etc.
ana all ether information possible
Inquiries should he addressed TO AIRS
D. d Orr, chairman publicity com
mltteet care Chamber of Commerce.
wow S for Houston. the city itself
" e would warn you that she is q love-
-E creature with all the freshness and
charm of the south En- her streets and
her buildings and her homes. The
people have way of liking outdoor
lie and are the greatest ia the world
l8F being on the streets ct all hours
of tine day and late into the night in
TACT If there were only tables and
benches along the streets with walters
70 serve food. it would be very much
of French city.
Houston has much in the way IF
entertainment of the kind YOU most
prefer. good shows. excellent marks
good cafes and restaurants. and she
gives YOU carte blanche to have vorr
pleasure in abundance To set forth
all the things Houston would bestow
upon you is impossible in limited
space Tt is well for you TO know.
however, that she offers YOU her best
in everything and more than that can
not be said"