Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-30

SOLDIERS TO
BE RESUMED
PUZZLE OF HOW ITO GET At EN-" Is
SOLVED THROUGH OFFER OF CO.
OPERATION BY COLONEL DAVID
!. BAKER, COMMANDER.

Department and Navy department
was solved al = meeting nf ihe board last
evening NJ which Colonel David :. Baker.
Brownsville district commander. undertook
- see that the work was done ~ Fort
Brown "wIth neatne~- and Dispatch Colo
mel Baker wa~ elected IN honorary member
M the board.
Last nights meeting 81 the biard was
called al the suggestion of A.. \. fi~ke MI
san Antonio, agent on the border for the
Washington commission. wio came t"i
Brownsville IN the interest of ihe work "l
'hc cumm' sion. aud II resulted IN several
concrete -ucrc-tion- that promise I" bear
fruit ~ the very near future. Mr.. tl-kcl
suggested that Brownsville, nm the largest /,
station IN the district. ASSUME the work ol
getting in touch IN one way or another with
NH the camps IA ihi- part of thc border. and
among hin suggestions ol acttvlilc- that
m;ehi interest -nldicr- was enc fnr travel
in- hhraric- On gu from camp On camp. or-
ganizcd and organizing IN Brownsville and
handled from tlr~ city. 'nlonsl Baker
promised hin support aud operation ior
this work. pointing oui that army truck
travelling to and from tue outlying rnrip
could transport tho hhraric-, under ihe
direction nf h- rlr.uu- ouarterma-tcr-
This question vr- forthwith settled. and
the work Mi -uraanizinG SUCH hirarc- wall
begin very shortly
Sing -rle-. and the very rccc- ary -c
lection of competent leader ard proper
songs. were also pointed uui Fam NJ feature
of camp hic that can hc mado very inter
c~iing frr participating soldiers and civil
ian~. In lhi- ease. Chairman " L. Nnoro
If the War Recreation Board stated that
the ~cu-onrrafipn ut fhc Brownsville Music
n Club probably rrnld he enlisted. and this
-uerc-ti'n WIS adorfed.
Greater Intarc an tho part af thc oiv-
ilian~ of Brownsville in thc aihirtIr- uf tho
soldier. their baseball and trnIhall games.
and their either athletic aciiviti,- WAS
ec-fcd I'm Colonel Baker a- an -rcrfarrlar
Feature Mi camp liic thai i- appealing.
'Ju-t inc nn with thc crowd and sheer. "r
root. tor 'nc side or ihe other, WAS thc
suggestion. Mr.. Nrcro speaking TIER the
merchants, -ald thcg would he willing and
-lad to offer vor.nr- prizes whneorcr there
are athletic or othcr contests at thc army
post.
The question of dan,~ hv the soldier
was brought up during thc mcctin= at the
Beard ui City Development and discussed
for several minutes. Colonel Baker stated
ihat caci soldier must work ouf hi- oun
salvation in chat matter. thai if yuurg
ladic- were 'h.rl,i" fr dances thr avcrn-,
-oidi,r would io ari On feel ho wa- being
rairom1ci witir ei the same tln, fhr Nunna
ladic~ Who were 'hcrdcd' would hr paitr
likely tn display ratruuizine air-. me- 'hai
matter walls dropped. u- being one ihal
only personal acquaintance iu-t a- among
the young men IN vicilian HE, could solve.
Secretary Bamford of the Army NJ. NJ.
&. !. yho some time aao undertook ~ -c-
cure data 90 the individual -oilicr- mn
Fort Brown through card- io hc used a- an
index catalogue. reported that hc had been
able g. gct data ~ only two hundred men,
and that these two hundred were having "A
''eond time" IN the eitN through the data
they bad supplied. It's spoke mi thc diff
Guilty of getting the average soldier d" Sill
cat the card- owing to hin belief that there
wa~ 4 'niegnr' somewhere M the w%ondpile
nconncction with the information sought.
The cards used were examined closely hy
Colonel Baker aud other mrmhrr~ of ihc
committee with thc result that ii was found
the questions asked opened the way for
facciou~ and irrelevant remarks. II wa
then decided to 10 AWAY with these carl-
aud adopt 4 standard card rat uut hv thc
commission. and a- soon An these are ready
they viii hc turned over to Colonel Baker.
who in turn will hand them over IN com
panv organization commanders tu hc filled
out.
The new card Will hc simple rnd will
carry only "a few questions. such ;~ thc
name aud addrc--. the organization. md
such talents that thc answering man pos
~c-~c-. ~ well KIM hi~ church mn lodge aiiili
alton. These cards after tcin@ Iliicd nut
will BE- held probably m thc Aruly nj. II. Nh.
1. ~ Fori Brown. whore hey will hc oren
10 tile v|arinu- organizations Ia Browns
vile who desire - search out tro names of
men To be invited tn their church -oriul~
or other a,tivitlc-.
Luui~ Cuholini told .hc meeting, in con-
ncrtion with the statement ~ iic chair
man thai i probably would bc impossible to
raise 4 fund of S2.0nn for the commission
at TIL, time, that ~ Che past year some
sixty 60 %scxcntv Brownsville men have con.
Itrhutcd more than $4,000 in cash lo lari-
our things an connection with thr army
camps here. lie expressed the belief that
Brownsville has q better record than any.
other city IN Oh country. considering the
other Of pueople i, has who are willing To-
be drawn upon, and. hc said, .if there j.
apN.hinu MS, tho army vents Rr.wn.Vina