El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-21

mere II would put Fl RaSo on N
map.
Let Soldiers Meet WILLIAMS.
at is always desirable to bring
] soldiers in normal contact with civil
I ians This would be done with pub
| lie links. say at Washington park OF
some other ideal location. II IS a
great help in the life Of the soldier
TO get away from camp at times
| While links at Fort Bliss would
doubtless be Of great value and very
convenient. public links would tend
! to strengthen the morale OF civilians
and give soldiers a recreation that
camp links would not afford
There are plenty Of good places
at Bliss for ideal links. The matter
could be taken up there with good
results. I am sure. There are plenty
Of soldiers who would like to play.
| OF course, we have not heard so
much about il because when a sol
der finds no place to play golf and
considers the amount Of work IL
takes to build links, he generally
let's the matter drop. It is not the
same as in baseball, where diamonds
may be arranged in a few hours.
IF 4 move TO provide golf for sol
diers be started methodically with
proper executive arrangements, I am
sure that members of the Country
club and citizens Of FL PasO generally
could be depended on to support the
move and make it a success. Several
prominent golfers Of FL PasO have
indicated a willingness to help in this
sort of thing and they are the kind
Of men who put a thing through
when they get behind it."
Mr.. Fisk has just written Washing
ton authorities in connection with
golf for soldiers.
Word from many Of the canton
ments and army posts received at
Washington. indicate the popularity
Of the move to give soldiers golf.
Some Of them follow:
From Camp Beauregard, Louisiana,
comes:
: I'VE have two golf courses a. camp,
one a nine hole and the orr a six
hole course" From Camp Las Casas
Porto Rico: I'VE could lay out an ad-
mirable nine hole circuit here. to-
gether with the establishment of sew
eral putting green's Many Of our Of
ficers would like to play and have
made request to that effect"
Capt r +. Nelligan, athletic d.
rector at Camp Devens. declares that
there is no opportunity to play golf
within the cantonment. but that the
clubs in Boston. Fitchburg and Wor-
cester are much used by the officers
At Camp Dix. director Walton states
that he has thrown open to the sol
diers a golf course four miles from
camp and that if he can get soldiers
detailed to keep the circuit in condi-
ton it will be much used
Great interest is shown at Camp
Kearny. Cal. and the question Of in
stalling a nine hole course has been
discussed. Officers and men play at
the surrounding clubs. and the Red
Cross has furnished six sets Of clubs
and three dozen balls. Del Ma al
lows them TO play free and La Jolla
charges 81 a month. Director Case
says he can use many more outfits
than he has and that. in fact. Del
Mar officials are offering special
prizes for service tournaments.
On the whole, the repcrSs are over
whelmingly in favor OF golf. Thew
bear out the ASSUMPTION Of DR.. ". S
Harlan. vice president Of the United
States Gold association. that II the Of
ficers and men could be supplied with
outfits they could use them to ad-
vantage on existing courses at the
country clubs.