El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-11
MUST GAREFOR
BIC ARMY HERE
Supplanting Of Social Evil
by Wholesome Diversions
Church Subject.

sent to FL Paso in the new selective
service army were discussed before
the congregstion of the First Presby-
terian church Sunday night by speak
ers who have made a thorough investi-
CATION of these matters In FL Paso.
The speakers were adjutant A. Loney.
of the Salvation army; DR.. Paul Gal
lagher. H. D, Slater and Rev. Charles
l. Overstreet. pastor of the church
II was a recognition service" so
named in recognition o. the action OF
mayor Charles Davis and the city
council in abolishing the segregated
district in South FL PasO. In addi-
ton to the addresses a special musical
program was given
Rev. Charles l. Overstreet intro
duced the speakers
Loney Says skill IT,
Adit. Lonev related incidents in the
campaign against vice which he has
encountered in Salvation army work
He said that the only way to over
come the social evil was ito Kill II
In Los Angeles, the good women
of the W. c. 7. Z. some time ago in
yited the city fathers to visit 81
homes outside of the district which
had been saddened as q result OF the
district" said Adjt- Loney, The
cars for the officials to visit these
places and showed them what was re-
sulting from the district in that city.
Tells of Lost Girl Rescued.
There is only one way to regulate
this evil, only one way OF oeaIng
with it. and that is to kill it One day
while 1 was living in California, rap
came to our door and I was told that
a little II wear old girl who had been
living over a saloon in the redllsht
district had disappeared This girl
had been thrown out by the proprietor
of the place and every door was smut
against her We later discovered her
scantily clothed. living in a pile OF
ties which had been built by tramps
along a railroad track She had liVeo
bathed nor combed her hair in that
time. Mrs Loney took her IN and
bathed and clothed her with clean
clothes and even then her parents re-
fused TO take her in So we sent her
TO the Salvation Army rescue home
Returns TO Clean Life
Seven years later l was walking
down the streets of that same city
when a Young woman walked up TO
me and asked me II I did not remem-
Der her. She was the same girl VINO
had been rescued from this evil Ire
She had come out OF the home. mar
ried a prosperous business man and
was living a clean. wholesome Ire
This will prove that the killing OF the
business and the giving OF love 70
those unfortunate women Will DO the
most to abolish the evil.
Salvation Army Offers Help.
q am glad to know that mayor Da-
Wis and his administration nave taken
the right step toward abolishing the
district in FL Paso. Since he issued
\ - - n S1lXA-
ton Army have called on over 900 OF
these unfortunate women at their
rooms and novels in the district ana
have invited them to our nome
year ago when the district was closed
we did the same thing and small
number of women accepted our invi-
tation to the Rescue Home and these
women have changed from their evil
To-day 7 received a message from
my son saying that he had enlisted IN
the army I am glad TO know that
this boy Will not encounter tempta-
tons while ne is in the army which
were put before our soldiers before
these districts were closed am GLAD
that he viii not meet with such con-
ditions as existed in FL Paso before
the mayor closed the district
Rescue Home Saves Many.
Rev. Mr.. Overstreet said that when
the district was closed one year ago
from door to door in the district and
invited the women Of the district to
enter their Rescue Home When these
invitations were accepted the women
were received at the home. He was
glad to know that some Of them are
today leading clean and wholesome
lives. He told of the organization of
the Good Government league for the
purpose of fighting the vice conditions
in the city ard what the league had
accomplished in this fight on the dis
people Must Back Up Officials.
DR.. Paul Gallagher said the respon.
sibslity that the segregated district
shall stay out of FL Paso forever.
rests individually upon the people OF
the city. II the people II FL Paso DO
not insist on the enforcement OF the
laws, the closing Of the district for all
time will not be realized here The
lies with the people just
as much as with the public officials
and unless the officials are backed up
BY public opinion they will be help
less in their efforts to do away with
the evil OF a segregated district He
announced that he had received a let
ter from war department officials at
Washington saying that IL Fl Paso
ever wants to keep large body OF
troops here IL viii be necessary 10
keep the city clean.
should Keep District Closed
The idea occurs to me. Are condi-
tons here too rotten for outsiders and
not too rotten for ourselves said
Dr. Gallagher. You hear lot OF fool
speculation in the vice fight, but 1 be-
lievs until they prove to US that we
must have such an evil we should
keep out the segregated district from
III Paso. We have the district shut
tight now and we should keep II that
way. 1 know that the mayor and
county attorney W. H Fryer will do
what they can but they need the sup
port OF the people. They will give
their attention to what the people
want"
Recreation rs n Substitute.
H ID. Slater emphasized the fact
that in closing the redlight district
FL Paso had only taken one step to-
ward a solution Of the soldier prob
Lets be human, ana offer these
men-our fellow Americans-the true
they seek" said the
speaker. "The men in the regular
army, the national guard. and the
selective draft army are all folks just
like the rest Of us. representing every
trade and profession and group and
grade in the community and the
country. Take them away from their
homes and associations, business and
social. and they will be affected by
loneliness as anybody else would.
They work hard. verv hard Their
work in the army entails long hours
Of arduous physical and mental labor.
They need play. they need definite
provision for their leisure time, so
that they may not be tempted tn
waste their time or do evil for lack
Of something else to do. AS a gem
eral rule, they desire the best. and
seek good company and good reading.
I'VE have given a long trial TO the
various plans Of regulating the red
lfVht district and we have faflAd