The Alaska daily empire., 1918-06-07
FOURTH PLANS UNDER WAY BY HOME GUARDS Necessary Committees Are Appointed Secure Funds and Get Up CeIe-
 bration. TO BRING THE RECRUITS Purposed to Have a 4th of July Celebration That
 Will Be Biggest
 One Yet.
TO BRING THE RECRUITS

Plans for the celebration of the Fourth of July in Juneau are rapidly taking shape and at meeting held last night all committees for the ar engagements and handling of the cele- bration were appointed by the off ] cers of the Home Guards. The en- ] tire celebration depends on the amount of financial support given by | the citizens. It will cost consider able money to bring the soldiers | from Fort Seward to Juneau, but the | Home Guards are convinced that there is enough interest in the town taken in the boys to make this part comparatively easy.
 Committees were also appointed to devise ways and means, and to have charge of the collection of funds to | secure uniforms for the Home Guards. It is planned that any sur plus from the Fourth celebration fund, into the uniform fund. Gov. Thomas | Riggs Jr, has been advised by the Attorney General George B. Grigsby that he has no fund available to purchase uniforms and it is up to the | Home Guards to raise funds on their | own account. Rifles and ammunition | have been ordered and are expected within a few weeks.
 The committees appointed consist of the following:
 Uniform Committee-Corpl. M. L.. 1 Woodland, chairman First Lieut.. Geo. | w. Mock and Sergt B. A. Rosselle, 1 Finance Committee-Corpl. H. I. i Lucas, chairman; Sgt. B. A. Ros- selle, Corpl. c. E. Cartwright. | Entertainment Committee Pvt. | Glen c. Bartlett and Pvts. John Mu- seth, Amos w. Sundstrom, l.. s. Fer ris, Wm L. Gray, H. Wander Leest, [. Goldstein, A. M. Clair, J. A. Bor ges and c. R. Arundel.
 Music Committee-Carl c. Johnson, chairman; Sgt. David Smeaton, Mu- sician Thomas Richardson and Pri- yates S. B. Hall, Hal E. Bishop and Wm. Beck.
 TransportatiOn Committee Pvt. Royal M Shepard, chairman, Sergt. R. R. Young. and Privates Robert J. | Cragg and F. F. w. Lowle.
 Sports Committee-Ser V. N Du- puy, chairman; Corpl. W. M. Fry, Corpl. C. B. Brandon, and Privates J. T. Mcqueen, Sim Freiman and J. L. Gray.
 Publicity and Printing-Sgt. M. s. Perkins, chairman; Corpl. J. R. Cray 4n and Privates R. II. Kletzing and D. A. Thompson.
 Dance Committee - Corpl. w. E. Fielding, chairman; Privates George Cloudy, H. o. Martin, z. M. Bradford, 2. A. Metcalf and Martin Lavenik.
 Decoration Committee - Corpl. R. B. Fairley, chairman; Corpl. k. F. Rodenberg, with Privates E. R. Smith, c. J. Sullivan, and w. A. Beaudin.
 Reception Committee-Capt. A. B.. l Cole, chairman; First Lieut. Geo. w.. Mock, First Sergt. J. F. Hurley, First Duty Sergt. Charles A. Naghel, Gov. ernor Thomas Riggs, Jr., and Mayor Emery Valentine.
 | Parade Committee - Sergt. A. P. | King, chairman, with Privates G. K. Gilbert, Alvin Goldstein, H. F. Nord- ling, J.. c. Lund and Otto Wilde. i, A special committee whose duties will be to make themselves generally l useful wherever needed, direct strang l CTS about the town, answer questions, | and assist the other committees l wherever possible was also appointed | and consists of Private E. G. Keeney, chairman; with Pvts. w. w. Batchel Tor, G. B. Davis, R. G. Day, H. s. Graves, N. J. Gilkey, Charles Hadd, F. M. Harvey, J. E. Higgins, w. J. Harris, D. s. Haley, G. J. Jorgenson, G. w. Kohlhepp. H. M Lawrence, Henry Lempkins, J. K Marshall, B. J. Myhre, J. L. McCloskey, w. J. Mcdonald, D. H. Mckay, G. Par mentier, K. E. Smith, A. Shudshift C. H. Skinner. H. J. Turner, w. E. Ware, A. H. Ziegler, M J. Gleason Pat Casey and Roy Whitney, Jr.
 The Executive committee will con sist of Captain A. B. Cole and First Lieut.. Geo. w. Mock who will have general charge of the whole days arrangements and celebration. All chairmen of committees are expected to meet with the members of the Executive Committee immediately af- ter drill~tonight and form a general outline for the days celebration, and receive instructions as to their du- ties and what will be expected of each committed