Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-11-06
ROTARY CLUB LUNCHEON

| Yesterday noon an important meet
| ing of the Wausau Rotary club was
held at ST. Johns Guild hall. there
being about 20 members present. The
luncheon was served by the ladies OF
ST. Johns guild. DR.. Joseph F. Smith,
president, presided.
John N Manson, president of Dist.
| No. 3, of the War Work Council, which
has for it's work the raising of the
national war fund, extended an inVi-
tation to all Rotarians to be present
at a banquet which is to be held at
| the Y NJ c.. A this Tuesday eEening g,
at which time the campaign for rails
ing $4,000 in Marathon county is
, to be commenced. Mr.. Manson made
the statement that this was not, as
| many supposed, smOney being raised
| by the local or national Y NJ. G. A.,
| but by the War Work Council, to be
| used in making it possible for Y NJ.
c. A. Institutions to be operated in
connection with the army forces.
The speaker of the Iuns snena was
Principal c. W. Otto Of EIgin Ill.
who is with the War Service Council
Activities. Mr.. Fcsdick gave a very
AAlLCL CcLll4E u1lE uOuI > Ldlh DE LIe
work in which he is giving his time.
He said that the prime object was to
arrange clean, wholesome recreation
for the soldiers which pertain to NOR
al and physical sanitation in the en-
virOnment of the training camps and
in cities which have no camp but
which are points where soldiers con-
centrate on their way to camp or
from camp fields to their fields of
service. It includes in the communi-
ties adjacent to the camps, tte pro-
yldIng and supervising of every prop
er kind of commercial amusement
and every possible free amusement
and home hospitality which may prove
interesting and entertaining to men.
He made the astounding statement
that while only y per cent of the en-
listed men were ineapacitated by bull
let's, 80 l-3 per cent were incapacitat-
ed by disease This work commenced
by the War Service Council has. in
camps where absolute record has been
kept, reduced the number incapacitat-
ed by disease, to only 2 per cent
He felt certain that it lies within the
power of our people, through the work
being conducted by the International
Rotary clubs of this country, to give
back the soldiers, in this respect, as
clean, physically, mentally and NOR
ally as when they left their homes.
When it is considered that every great
war in history has been accompanied
by a scOurge of disease which has
not only ruined the lives of a multi
tude of soldiers, but has passed
through generations of men and wom-
en-, bringing insanity, blindness and
thousand other ills in it's train. Mr.
FOsdick said that $4,000, 600 was being
raised in this country to carry on this
great work.
r. Z. Nelson of Racine, was present
and told the Rotarians how it's quota
of $4,000 was raised in that city in
one day by team work
Justice VI. B. Rosenberg told the
manner in which Madison's quota was
raised, which was also done in one
day
The amount for Wausau was placed
at $1,000 and on motion, each Rotari-
an pledged himself to raise $500 and
hand into the secretary by Monday
evening
Messrs. c. C. Yawkey, B. F. Will
son and Walter Alexander were ad-
mittted to membership.
An orchestra furnished music dur
ing the luncheon hour.