Arizona republican., 1917-09-22
L|BRAR|ESFOR ENVIRONMENTS
 APPEA[EDF0R

 70 establish libraries at the thirty -tw, and training camps fo he soldiers of the national army, wa! started yesterday with the mailing O hundreds of letters to organization and individuals throughout the stat, asking for contributions.
 Con F. Cronin, sta-e law and refer ence librarian, has been named as di rector of this campaign for Arizona and the letters sent out yesterday ar in his name. Direct responsibility fO he providing of the fund of S1,000,00 1as been assumed by the American Ii 1rary association at the request of tn war department. The secretary of wal New ton D. Baker, has appointed a Ii Orary war council with Frank A. Van 1erlip as chairman.
 The appeal to the people of AriZon; to subscribe $2,000 to this fund sen put by MT. Cronin yesterday is as fol lows:
 The American Library associa- ton has been asked by the war de- partment to assume responsibility for providing adequate library fac 1iities in all cant0nments and train ing camps. Therefore, Secretary of War Baker has appointed a library war council of ten mem bers, with MT Frank A. Vanderlip of New York IS chairman, to aid the association in raising a fund of S1,000000.
 have been asked by this council to serve as director for Arizona, and have accepted the appoint A A,~i,x se, l11I fa,. contribution of only S2,000. We have until October l to complete our quota
 The time is so short that a di- rect personal appeal to those loyal and patriotic citizens who have so liberaly responded 70 our countrys previous calls is deemed best.
 The writer has just returned from a national law conference in the east, and from personal ob- servation knows of no more meri- torious measure than this,-to sup ply reading matter, instructive and entertaining to our young men.
 Please bear in mind that the money raised will be spent largely for books on such subjects as Avia- tion, Wireless Telegraphy, Sub marines, Automobiles, Signalling, First Aid and Hygiene. Travel and History specially relating to the countries at war,-Foreign Lam guage Study books.-especialiy French grammars and dictionaries In other words, for books that will make the men better soldiers, fit them for service in France, and oc- Ia.; fe is a cause deserving your active support.
 Each citizen, then, should rec ogniZe that this is a cause deserv- ing active support and regard it as an opportunity to help, and every social, business, religious, and woman's organization must use all it's energy to raise the stipulated sum at the appointed time. The response to this appeal should not be gridging but generous. Let all unite in an earnest effort to prove anew our patriotism, and to snow our solicitude for the brave men who have sacrificed more than we can compute to serve the country.
 Remeber that this is for your boy.
 As stated above, on account of the short time an organized cam paign is impossible, so everyone is requested to send his or her con- tribution to the undersigned.
 Make checks or -loney orders payable to LIBRARY WAR COUN- GIL A full list of contributors will be submitted to the war depart ment, and published upon receipt.
 CON P. GROWN,
 State Librarian.
 I hereby proclaim the foregoing of greatest merit, and earnestly re- quest from the people of Arizona a liberal and cheerful compliance with the requirements contained therein
 THOMAS E. CAMPBELL,
 Governor of Arizona. Why $1,000,000 for libraries for tl soldiers and sailors?
 Because that is the least amount, the experience of the American Libra association and the Library War cou cil. needed to supply libraries to t soldiers at the front. in the field, cantonments, in training camps and board troop ships
 There are 32 cantonment libra buildings to be erected. Skilled libr rians must be employed. At once, 35( 900. fresh, clean books must be pu chased for the larger cantonments, al these and the other reading matt must be properly kept up and mai tained and transported It will be ne essary to have sufficient funds on hal so that the reading matter in greate demand among the soldiers, textboo and the like, may be duplicated and r placed and each library maintained high state of efficiency.
 One of the heaviest items of eXpen at the beginning of this work is | erection of the library buildings at { various cantonments throughout { country. Plans for these have alrea been made. Each building will be 40 120 feet in size, one story high, a will have accommodations for 10,C books, newspapers and magazines, a living quarters for the staff Each of these libraries will be charge of a trained librarian. In ca camp it is planned to have a libra headquarters with books and perio icals for reading room use, togetf with a complete system of distributi agencies, affording to the soldiers first class city pubic library servi Without this character of service a library would be a useless thing. is for these services that the Libra War council needs $1,000,000. PAY ME?-Adv.