Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-24

tain club, So West 44th street, New
York City, and any messages enquir-
ing about any particular New Next
CO boy, addressed to the secretary
will have his immediate attentions and
information asked for will be fur
nished. Thousands of letters have
been received at the club for return
ing soldiers and are delivered
promptly upon arrival of the soldiers
in New York. No New Mexico boys,
returning from France with the
fruits of the greatest victory ever
won upon the field of battle in the
cause of humanity. should be allowed
to set foot upon his native land with
out message from home We must
give Them evidence that their serv-
ices are and always will be appreci-
ated, and that the best they left when
they went to fight it waiting for them
and much more.
The boys in the camps in the vi
cinity. of New York will be asked to
make the Rocky Mountain club their
headquarters as hundreds are al
| ready doing, during their enforced
stay in the east. What New Mexico
boy has not looked forward to some
day visiting New York? This is the
chance of lifetime, and who would
deprive New Mexico soldier Just
back from the mud of the trenches
of France an opportunity to enjoy
few hours of pleasure in our great
city? Your boys did not fight for
money. They fought for love of
country and humanity and If upon
their return from France and the
trenches they have not the funds to
satisfy their youthful ambition. it is
our duty as representative of the
great state of New Mexico to so equip
and help them in order that when
they return to their homes they will
| not be forced to say that they were
only able to walk the paved streets
of New York and gaze at the bright
lights, unable to enjoy some of the
pleasure they had dreamed of, be-
cause they were broke"
New Mexico boys who may he in
the hospitals and who may be brok-
en- in body and without the means Of
enjoying a few hours during their
period of convalesence. will be en-
tertained and given every attention
possible. We must keep their spirits
whole and let them know and real
ize' without doubt, as we know New
Mexico fathers and mothers would
wish us to do. that their sufferings
and sacrifices have not been IN vain.
Members Of the Rocky Mountain Club
and their families, formerly of New
Mexico, and those interested in New
Mexico and there are many In Our
club, will see to it that your boys lack
for nothing.
Boys from the camps and in the
hospitals will be entertained at thea
ters by the club and ARRANGEMENTS
are now under way whereby the
charge against your appropriation
will be the smallest possible Through
the press of New York we are get
ting the names and home addresses
of former residents of New Mexico
and those interested in your state, to-
gether with their former address in
| New Mexico, who, while not members
of our club, have expressed a desire
to help 1t in every wav possible.
Through the cooperation of the
| port of embarkation officials and the
Red Cross, the Rocky Mountain club
| is enabled within the shortest possible
| time to have the names and home ad-
| dresses of your boys in the camps and
| hospitals following their arrival
| A telephone call by the club to the
| former native of New Mexico, man
| and woman, and to the native of the
| east interested in New Mexico, anx-
| nous to show your boys that their
services are appreciated, who realizes
that your boys may be further from
home right here in New York than
they were in France, will mean that
1 the hand of former resident of San
| Ia Fe, or any other town in New Mex
! leo, will be placed in the hand of a
soldier, from Santa Fe or from some
| other town in New Mexico, and it is
! not needed for me to say what will
| follow.
! Please ask the press of your state
| to feature the facilities which the
| Rocky Mountain club offers in order
| that letters. kilograms, and other
forms OF greeting from anxious and
| waiting, relatives at home may be
| placed in the hands of their boys
| when they reach American soil with
in the sight of the Statue of Liberty.
Please ask relatives and friends to
ask Rocky Mountain club to serve
them and we will do the rest, as we
4 consider it privilege and honor to
do our duty to the boys of New Mex
leo. -
! Every dollar appropriated by New
Mexico and entrusted to the club will
| buy dollars worth of benefit for
! your boys, it being understood with
all states making appropriations that
! their funds must take care of their
| own boys. The Rocky Mountain club
| will pay all overhead expenses and
| therefore will be abM to guarantee
| that every dollar given for the soldiers
| will be spent on them.
| ! am advised by our secretary that
| you have requested Mr.. Charles Hay
| den, of Hayden, Stone & Co., a gov
| ernor of our club, to represent you in
| supervising the expenditure of the
! funds placed In the hands of the
| Rocky Mountain club. trust that Mr.
| Hayden will accept your invitation to
act in this capacity as the club wishes
i that all funds be under control of a
personal representative OF the COVER
| nors, cooperating with the Rocky
| Mountain club. 81
Again thanking you on behalf of the
| members of the Rocky Mountain club
and assuring you that we will always
| appreciate the honor and trust you
have conferred upon us, I am,
| Very truly yours,
(Signed)
| JOHN HAYS HAMMOND,
President Rocky Mountain Club.
In response to the suggestion Of
President Hammond, Governor LARA
zolo has sent the following welcome
home message to New Mexico SOL