Arizona republican., 1919-03-15
BOYS
 TObE CAREDFOR
 IN NEW YORK
What Rocky Mountain Club
 Will Do for Returning Soldiers of this State Told
 in Letter to Governor

III Letter to Governor |
 What will be done for the returning Arizona boys when they disembark at New York city from France and how the appropriation made by Arizona will be spent for their benefit is described in letter from John Hays Hammond, president of the Rocky Mountain club of New York to Governor Campbell. Special emphasis is laid on the fact that all communications designed to meet the boys when they land should be sent in care of the Rocky Mountain | Club, New York. The letter is as ! follows:
 Kalorame Road, Washington, D. C. March 10. 1919. | Hon. Thomas E. Campbell,
 ! Governor, Phoenix, Arizona.
 | My dear Governor:
 | Permit me as president of the Rocky 1 Mountain club. to thank you and | through you to express to the legisla- | ture and people of Arizona, our deep appreciation of the trust you have | placed in the club. The action of the 1 legislature in officially designating our | club to represent your state in eXtend- | ing a fitting and timely welcome home to your fighters, and their unanimous action in accompanying designation with funds. is 1 assure you a source of | qualification to the governors and members of the Rocky Mountain club. l We will endeavOr to the best of our ability to carry out the trust placed in us.
 We ask your helpful suggestions in order that the welcome home to your boys when they first touch foot upon 1 American soil, far from home and friends. may be as you and the folks at home wish it.
 | Please send to our secretary, Herbert Wall, 65 West 44th street. New York. your official welcome home message to your boys. This will be printed in pamphlet form. accompanying other messages from other governors who have officially designated Rocky Moun- tain club and will be printed in the New York press and wire leased to all incoming troop ships. This in itself . will make your boys glad and they will know that the folks al home are think ? ing of them.
 Please tell the folks at home to send their messages to their returning heroes care the Rocky Mountain club, 65 West 44th street, New York City. 1 Letters, telegrams and other forms of welcome home greetings will be placed in your boys hands immediately upon their arrival on American soil. No Ari- zona soldier. returning from the battle fields of Europe with the fruits of the greatest victory ever won upon the field of battle in the cause of human ity. must be allowed to set foot upon 5 his native soil without a message from home. We must give them evidence r that their services and sacrifices are and always will be appreciated. ! The boys in the camps in the vicinity of New York will be asked to make the Rocky Mountain club their headquar- f ters during their enforced stay in the east. What Arizona boy has not looked ,. forward to someday visiting New
 York? This is the chance of his life- time, and who would deprive an Arizo- m soldier just back from the trenches
 in France of an opportunity to enjoy a few hours in our great city. Your
 boys did not fight for money. They
 fought for love of country and human
 ity. and if upon their return iron
 France and the trenches they have mol |. the funds to satisfy their youthful am 1 bition, 1t is our duty as representins - the great state of Arizona to so equiI
 them in order that when they go bacI
 home they will not be forced to sal
 that they were only able to walk tn,
 paved streets of New York and lool d at the bright lights, and unable to en. ' joy some of the pleasures they hay, q dreamed Of. because-they were broke. y Arizona boys who may be in the hos
 pitals, broken in body and without tn, - means of enjoying a few days durin. l. their period of convalescence. will b. h entertained and given every attention Na bofy f-s4 d whole and let them know, as We knoy l. Arizona mothers and fathers woul' n wish us do, that their sufferings am n sacrifices have not beenin vain. Mem d bers of the Rocky Mountain club an h their families, formerly of Arizona an .- those interested in Arizona, and ther l. are many in our club, will see to i F that your boys lack for nothing. 'o Boys from the camps and in tn f hospitals will be entertained at thea ' ters by the club. and arrangements ar
 now being made whereby the charg
 to your appropriation will be infintesi
 nal. Through the press of New Tor ie We are getting the names and hom .s addresses of former residents of Ari i Zona. with their former address, als st the names and addresses of the man
 native New Workers interested in Ari - zona.
 Through the cooperation of the poi
 of embarkation officials and the Re
 Cross the Rocky Mountain club wi
 be able within the shortest possibl
 time to have the name and home ad
 dresses of your boys in the camps an
 hospitals, following their arrival A telephone call to the former na 1 tive of Arizona. man and woman, an to the native New Yorker interested | Arizona. and anxious to show your boy that their services are appreciate
 will mean that the hand of a form, resident of Phoenix, or any other tow | in Arizona will be placed in the hand
 a soldier from Phoenix or any oth
 town in Arizona, and it is not need,
 of me to say what will follow
 Please ask the press of your sta
 to feature the sending of messages | relatives to their boys care Rock Mountain Club. Please ask the rel; | tives and friends of your returnir
 soldiers to ask Rocky Mountain cIl
 to serve them and we will do the res and will consider it a privilege ar
 honor to do our duty to the boys Arizona
 Sincerely yours,
 JOHN HAYS HAMMOND.
 President Rocky Mountain Club. P. $. l am advised by our secretai that you have requested Walter Dou, las to represent you in supervising tl
 expenditure of funds placed in Il hands of the Rocky Mountain club al
 l am glad to know that Mr. Dougl