Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-29
PLANS LAYING
CON EMPLATE
5000 PEOPLE
AT JULY 4TH
CELEBRAT ton

/ FIVE thousand persons are expected Ga
attend Nh" Cameron comfy Fourth of luly
celebration WI RIO Iluudo ceht miles ca~f
"t san Benito. Arrangements are being
made to handle q crowd oi this size. il was
announced today hy MI RI Jones. chair
man ~ the Fourth Ut Julv committee.
Considerable interest has bcen manifest
ed IN the pas, day ~ two in Brownsville H.
~ train service from Rio IIondu to
Brownsville.
The transportation committee. which in
clude~ Judge Jones and George I'LL Win-or
al san Benito. has this matter up with the
railroad committee, and Indication, today
were that the company will handle -pe-
rlu train ont MI Brownsville wv : o'clock
next Wednesday morning. which will reach
kl" llondo. via san Beniio. IN plenty oE
lime for the morning military events
President pyeati authorized the >pecial
tram this morning provided as many a,
five hundred persons would De guaranteed.
.and the committee had 10 heSitancv III
tQrecasting that much larger crowd than
this will 20 from Brownsville Many sol
dlers who cannot 20 by automobile trucks
will take advantage Of the opportunity for
train service The rate will be % cents
for the round trip.
Judge Jones and Lieutenant BanniSter
yesterday visited the grounds being nre-
pared for the event, and found that work
is progressing nicely, with the barbecue
trueche- dug, and the necessary ground
cleared and now being rolled for the mill
tary events. which will be worth going
miles tx see.
ON Monday and Tuesday there will he
constructed a speakers, platform, and in
the shade oi the groves there will ~
spread sufficient burIap to accommodate
from three thousand 10 four thousand per
sons
Speaking of thc Fourth w July celcbra-
iion, Judge Jones said today
"one n the main purposes of the meet
in= VIII bc to perfect nn organization
throughout the county w citizen, II a.
~l>t the federal government in any way
possible. or for those who are unable II
g" to war tp constitute thcm-clvc. into
a home guard. 20 organize for assistance
io the Red Gross 10 care tor the suffering
resulting from the war. and to organize
each town or community iii the county w
that II can readily co-opcratc for any pur-
pose that VIII further the success NJ the
American forces in the great struggle.
81 wish to make it clear that The barbc-
enc n not for the purpose of curou-ing
and drinking. bul IN H. tn ~ ~ocnnIv re-
~pon~ivc To the spirit III 1916 and to the
necessities Of today. II II 70 arouse the l,a-
iroti-m ol ihc people ~ th- section aa.
"Nhilc everybody IVY expected u. enjoy
himself. the hope IS indpieed that every
man and woman who sorsHlI be actuaicd
by sincerely patriotic motives ii Will give
IN opportunity Tor every man, woman and
child, bc they civilian OF soldier. to on
THE occasion contribute to the Red Cross
fund, and 1t will not be an occasion to
compete as to how much people will do or
give, but j. intended a. an occasion To ex-
hlbt the spirit a people who love gov
ernment 50 liberal a. our own. r
"Nhie there l. much To be done | feel
no hesitancy N saying that the occasion
VIII be success. Everybody seems will
ing 10 contribute of their means 10 the sup
port of this patriotic event There are no
klekers now. Some few who were at first
disposed 10 think the occasion not propit-