Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-12-15
FORT BAYARD

Leo II. King, secretary OF the
| Knights OF Columbus activities at
Fort Bayard, has been sent to
Fort Stanton, where there is a big
marine tubercular sanitarium, to
establish branch of the X. of
c. social service similar to the
work done in army hospitals. He
| will organize the work there, ar
ranging for a moving picture pro-
gram several times a week, and
/ establish a hut, and look after
other amusements for the pa
tionts. Mr.. King will be at Fort
I Stanton about sixty days, when
he will be relieved by a secre-
tary permanently assigned to that
post, and he will then return to
Fort Bayard. His place at Fort
Bayard is temporarily being filled
by M. G. Wetherell, who was @
X. G. secretary here during the
army days, and who is now per-
manently stationed at Camp Lo-
gan, Houston, Texas.
A permanent athletic organlza-
tion has been organized at Fort
Bayard, and in future it will SUI
pervise all athletic contests. All
the social service organizations
are represented on the committee
which is authorized by Major
Leverton, commanding officer, to
administer all athletics and
amusements. The president of the
committee is Major c. S. Wells
of the American Red Cross. Leo
| King, of the X, c.. is secretary.
Byron Grow, of thUAmerican LIE.
gion athletic committee, is man
ager. Other members of the
committee are Clarence Houston
of the Sojourners' club, and
Holmes Smith of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars. They plan to open
| the basketball season as soon as
possible, and all basketball man
ayers, desiring to secure games at
Fort Bayard are requested to
write or wire Byron Grow.
Mrs. John Jacob Rogers, wife
| of Congressman Rogers Of Massa :
chusetts and the faithful friend Of
all disabled veterans of the world
war, is at Fort Bayard, inspect
| ing the hospital as the personal
representative of President Hard
! ing and Director Charles r.
Forbes, of the Veterans Bureau.
Mrs. Rogers goes through the
wards talking to the sickest pa
tients at their bedsides, and when
ever she finds a man that is not
| receiving the compensation to
which he is entitled she wires in
to Washington and in few days
the matter is settled as Mrs.
Rogers says. She has been on
tour of all veterans hospitals
since last March, and is doing the
being paid by the government.
| She was a war worker in France
during the world war, and is
called the American Florence
| Nightingale in many camps.
DIR. ID. II. Williams and wife, OF
Dallas, Texas, are visiting their
son, who is a patient in the hos
pital here.
Miss Minnie Prah1 has returned
after an extended visit to Mexico
! City and San Antonio, Texas, in
| the effort to enjoy the pictur-
esqueness of Spanish America.
Nl5' NOobSllu SIdlS anu MlSS
Margaret Carr are spending a few
days in Eel PasQ. IT,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Watkins
left Tuesday for San Antonio,
where they will spend the Christ
mas holidays with relatives.
Miss Mai Frances Hunter,
Spanish teacher at the training
center, left last week for her
home in San Antonio, where she
will spend the holidays with her
family.
Miss Helen Thurman returned
last week from a short visit to
Las Vegas, N. NJ.
Miss Catherine Burnside re-
turned Sunday from a weeks
leave spent in Ell Paso and Las
Cruces.
Mrs. Arnold Shamaskin gave
bridge party Monday afternoon.
which was one of the most de-
lightful events enjoyed by the
ladies Of Fort Bayard this win
ter.
Robert Snuff left for New Or
leans Monday, and expects TO
make his future homo in tho
SIthtGHI NllSs
All the children at Fort Bay
ard will enjoy the biggest Christ
mas tree of their lives, IL the
plans Of the Christmas committee,
made up of representatives of all
the organizations on the post and
headed by Arthur Harris, So
journers' club welfare worker.
are carried out. There are several
hundred children on the post,
many of them the children of
Mexican laborers and others too
poor to celebrate Christmas as
child thinks it should be cele-
brated, but all will receive cam
dies, goodies and presents to let
them know that it is Christmas.
More than three hundred and
fifty dollars have been raised,
and much more is expected to
be donated.
The postoffice at Fort Bayard
has been remodeled and five hum
dred new mail boxes installed.
The new postoffice partition in
which are the mail boxes is of
steel painted in imitation of ma
hogany, and the postoffice pre-
sGilAB llle appearance VI all olIlIS
worthy of town of four or five
thousand.
At the annual election OF Off
GERS of the local post of the
American Legion last week, the
following were elected for the
year 1928 and installed the same
evening: Robert NJ. McGrew
commander; Orville A. Murphy,
vice commander; Clarence Il.
Houston, junior vice commander;
Leo II. King, finance officer;
Maude v. Ward. historian; Geo.
M. Adams. chaplain; and on the
executive committee the follow.
ing: DR.. A. G. Walker, DR..
Percy Kyllo, B. #. Bratcher,
Bernard f. Boyd and Roy S.
Williams.