Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-04
At Meeting Here Yesterday 100 Chefs for Canton
 ment Promised.
REALIZE NEED TO
 FEED FIGHTER \
Hotel Men of Every City and Town in Arkansas, Louisiana and Missis. sippi to Be Organized for Work
 in Providing Cooks.

! Pledges that they would provide 100
 cooks for the cantonment at Little Rock were mean hv hotel men from
 three states here yesterday in re-
 sponse to call sent out by w. N. l Trulock, called upon by Maj.-Gen.
 Henry G. Sharpe, U. s. A., and Jos.
 Beifield, national chairman of the
 committee to furnish cooks for the l United States army, to serve as chair
 man of district No. 12, U. s. A., com prising the states of Arkansas, Louis
 jana and Mississippi. Because of the short time intervening between MT.
 Trulock's call and the date for the meeting, only a few hotel men were here. The whole-hearted manner in which these men entered upon the task assigned them, however, pre- sages that the 3S,00O men to be as
 sembled at Little Rock will not go hungry pending organization and training of cooks from their ranks.
 "It is certainly gratifying to me-" said MT. Trulock after the meeting, ito have the assurances of such as- | sistance as 1 have been promised. l The way these gentlemen have en- tered upon the work put upon them | by the government is encouraging. It | is big task that has been assigned I'the hotel men, but I feel sure that l with the cooperation assured we shall succeed"
 Mir. TrulCck was not discouraged because the attendance at the meeting was not larger. Telegrams from ho- tel owners and managers unable to attend the conference assured him of their readiness to aid, and he believes that all these promises will be fulfill ed. New Orleans was not represented at the meeting, but the hotel men of the Crescent City are expected to or ganize next week to cooperate in the work. Mir. Trulock may go to New Orleans next week.
 Hotel Owners Bear Cost.
 The government has not only draft ed the hotel men to procure the cooks, but the expense incurred in doing so is to be borne by the conscripts. The national association and the associa- tions of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mis- sissippi will share the cost of procur- ing cooks for the Little Rock canton- ment.
 '1f the men who are offering their lives for our country can make such great sacrifice, surely we can do no less than give our services to help feed them," said MT. Trulock in open ing the meeting "This is critical period in the history of the nation, and it is the duty of every man to do his best. I am willing to do my part, and I'm sure you gentlemen are will ing to do yours We are asking for volunteers to serve for six or seven weeks as cooks at from $9O to S125 a month. There are enough capable mon in these three great states to render this service-men who will be glad I believe, to do this for the na- tion and their fellows. It is just a matter of reaching them with our appeal. and making them realize the importance of the duty they are asked to discharge. We can't all be soldiers and shoulder arms. But there is other work we can do. The man who volunteers for this service is entitled | to as much credit as the men who volunteer to serve as officers of the army"
 Will Comb Three States. Plans for combing the three states for men capable of serving as cooks l at the cantOnment were discussed, and it was agreed that the hotel men of each city and town in the district l should organize and carry on the work in their several communities.
 Each of the men present yesterday
 announced he would start work as
 soon as he returned to his home. It is
 realized that the class A men must
 come from the hotels. and it is confi- dentlv expected that these will be pro- vided. even if employers are incon- /, venienced.
 1 At the conclusion of the business l session, the visitors were the guests of Mr Trulcck at luncheon at the
 Hotel Pines.
 Hotel Men Here.
 l The hotel men attending yester- days meeting were Thomas Foun- taine. Greenville, Miss; Fred H. l SUcGT, NotllCft'yOlt LN., L L. VdHOCI
 voort, Paragould, Ark; A. B. Fair
 child, Blytheville. Ark; T. J. Petit,
 Helena. Ark; Jules s. Arky, Merid-
 ian, Miss; o. w. Everett, A. B. Mont
 gomery. !. R. Frazer Jr.. and c. A. Sawyer Little Rock. Hot Springs
 was not represented. All returned to their homes yesterday afternoon, ex.
 cepting Mr. Arky, of Meridian. MT, |Arky went to Hot Springs for two
 weeks stay, saying he believed when
 one approached as near Hot Springs as Pine Bluff, opportunity to see the natior'a great health resort should be
 accepted.
 To Serve as Instructors.
 The Official Bulletin, issued by the
 federal committee on public informa-
 tion. says:
 "It is not the object of the quarter
 masters department to make these
 especially appointed cooks a perma-