Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-23
us. ROTARY is
ASKED TO AID
TO RAISE FUND
CAMP COMMUNITY FUND TO
BE USED BY RECREATION ASSOCI-
ALTON TO ASSIST SOLDIERS TO
WHOLESOME AMUSEMENT.

CHICAGO. Oct. 22.-Thc hundreds of
Rotary clubs in the United States are be
ing urged 10 take active part in raising the
war Camp Community Recreation Fund
which yill he used by the Playground and
Recreation association To a~~.>. soldiers
10 find wholesome amusement when they
visit towns near the environments and
camps. ChcSlcy X. Perry Of Chicago. see
rotary of the International Association Of
Rotary Clubs. has sent a letter Ia each Of
the $4,000 members of the organization in
tins country. calling their attention To the
needs of this work. In telling of this aciiy-
lily. Mr.. Perry said:
Zone OF the very first. most essential
and IN some eases. most difficult business
l. Ia create IN communities near the camps
an attitude friendly 10 the soldiers. The
Playground and Recreation Association
workers try Ia make people realize that our
soldiers are Just regular fellows like the
average American youth. except that their
hav lng passed rigid physical tests implies
that 4 number who have led vicious lives
have been excluded ON account of physical
disabilities which have come to them - a
'eN4t ~ Nv iNiit-. aNR tNht tbR ~ lfiluN~
whom We have IN camp average cleaner and
better and more decent than the ordinary
run "a Young men ~ similar are.
"onc Of the most interesting. ~ we'll -
Important, efforts being made ~ the a~~o-
ciailon men. i the rc-cStahli~hmcnt of ties
which were broken when the soldier left
home. They strive to find out 10 what
church. lodge or other society each man
belongs and - have a corresponding local
organization Get in touch with him and H.
wife hmm t. it, activities. They encourage
The boy to write - home and friends. They
help to organize church ~ocial-. 10 hold
dances and other social functions and to
encourage the people of the community to
invite groups of boN~ to their homes.
The majority Of fellows IN the camps
have never been away from homr before.
Their life = all new and each day j. pretty
much the same a. every other dav. al least
to the extent that every man they see i in
khaki: that IT i drill. drill. drill from
morning until night: and that, while the
food \ wholesome and cxcellenilv prrrared
there 4 an unavoidable >amene-~ nr ron
tine in the dishes which pals after 4 time.
even though their strenuous fift gives them
great appetlte~.
"Some fellows get - homes * they can
hardly keep back the tear, if one speaks
of home 10 them. Their greatest desire.
when they get 10 town. l. 10 zee and talk
with people who look like their father and
their mother. their sisters and brothar-. |
have ~ mind one store where two daugh-
tiers Of the proprietor. sweet aud whole
some glri~. serve a. clerk. The nov from
a nearby camp bought out evervthin. in the
place whether they could use tie good or
not. simply for the pleasure 4. tulkin. to
these girls.
"The fund, to carry on this work must
be raised through popular subscriptions
and the subscriptions should Lc made to
one general fund rather than bv communi
tie To the support OF work al soma partic-
ular place. 4 few moments thought will
show that II the latter method ~ depended
on some camps that contain the boy~ from
rich and prosperous cities viii have more
equipment and attention than II needed.
while the less Fortunate camps will be- short
in everything"