New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 6, 1917, Page 9

RNOR URGES State’s Chiel Executive Calls Up- on the Popalace to Do Their Bit . Hartford, Nov. 6.—Governor Marcus . H. Holcomb, in a statement regarding the War Camp Community Recrea- tion fund and its purposes, spoke ‘highly of the work being done by the Commission on Training Camp Ac- tivities and urged -the people of Con- Jecticut to do their share by gener- ous contributions in making the mave- .ment a success. He said: “No one whose heart has followed the soldiers from their Connecticut omes to the strange environs of distant camps and cantonments can hesitate to endorse any movement that will guard Connecticut's sons against unhealthy surrgundings or make their daily life more pleasant and whole- some. The War Camp Community Recreation fund, by endeavoring to gubstitiute proper recreational activi- ties for the dangerous relaxatians-to which the soldiers are exposed in their hours of liberty away from camp, is “contributing greatly to the comfort and safety of the men in their ab- sence from the home. At the same time the fund is one in which alliwho have the interest of the state and na- tlon at heart should take a\deep in- terest, by removing dangerous temp- tations jt pro es as efficlent fight- ing fuen soldlers who might other- wise ‘become handicaps instead of as- sets to the army. For the sake of the men who are fighting for us, for the sake of the home which they have left and to which they must return and !&r the sake of the nation and cause 1 quch it is fighting, I would urge Cohnecticut men and women to sup- port strongly the movement of the commission on training camp activi- tes.” The War Camp Community Recrea- tion fund, campaign in Connecticut started today with a meeting of its organizers at the state capitol- and the iappointment by the Connecticut +Staté Copncil of Defenge and the Connectiqit Chamber of Commerce of | the following state committee: Walter L. Goodwin, Hartford, chairman, Ed- ward P. Jones, Winsted, Walter Camp, “ New Haven, Winthrop A. Haviland, Hartford, Major Frank H. Johnson, ' New Britain, Willlam. F. Whitmore, Hartford. \ A guota of $150,000 has been as- signed to be raised in Connecticut was its share of the ngtional fund of $3,600,000. This has been appor- tloned .among the cities and towns of the state on a basis of population and wealth. It is expected that the full wmount will be subscribed by Satur- day, when the campaign closes. Although the community recreation :ampaign is almost coingident with /' those of the Young Men’s Christian wssociation and the Knights of Col- , relatives and friends who come umbus, ‘the work of these arganisa- tions is not competitive in any sense. All three look after the welfare of Uncle Sam’s soldiers and sailors and aim to provide healthful and whole- some recreation for him in the hours that he can devote to play, but, the ¥. M. C. A. and the Knights of Columbus confine their attention to the soldiers within the camp or can- tonment while the Playground and Re- creation association of America, which is doing the work for which the com- munity recreation fund is being raised, looks after ' the soldier during his hours off duty ,when he is allowed to leave camp and seek amusement un- restrained by camp regulations. It has been found that many sol- diers when left to their own devices seek amusement that is not wholesome and is apt to weaken them both moral- ly and physically. In addition to the harm done to the men as individuals the loss to the nation through the physical breakdown of men whose full strength is needed for fighting is apt to becorhe a seriaus factor in the , war. Officials at Washington® who first saw the danger, however, do not blame the soldiers, but have come to the conclusion that they seek harm- ful amusements because few if any wholesome amuseent places are ac- cessible. It is to.supply this lack that the recreation fund has been in- , augurated. R | In brief the alm is to perfect or- ganizations around the various mili- tary and naval camps such that when- ever soldier or sailor is allowed a few hours of liperty he will have at hand opportunities for wholesgme recrea- tion that will appeal stréngly to his tastes. If his hobby is athletics, he will be given an opportunity to in- dnige in his favorite sport; if he wants to see a show ar a motion picture, a theater Tun at cost will be apen to him; if homesickness or his social in- stincts make him crave the society of such people as he has left behind, he will be invited to dances and socials and’ the churches, lodges and other sacial centers of the community near his camp will try to make him feel at home. To do all this the commission on training camp activities is endeavor- ing to mobilize the existing reseurces of the communities near the camps and is in addition planning to estab- lish social centers near the camps. Besides theaters, billiard rooms, swim- ming pools and such establisnments it is planned to erect several soldier clubhouses near each camp. At Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass.,, for instance, present plans call far three clubhouses equizped with everything sthat will attract the men in their hours of liberty. The clubhouses will also meet an urgent mneed in providing places where the soldiers can greet to visit them. The only places where isitors at Aver can be recelved now are street carners, a few small hotels and a railroad station. The state committee in charge of the campaign has invited the vario Chambers of Commerce, Rotary clubs and other associations of business men and the members of the Connecticut Home Guard to co-operate in raising the fund. Contributions can be made through these bodies or can be sent direct to the Connecticut treasurer, William F. Whitmore, at the state capitol in Hartford. HERALD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER B You can’t think clearly when your head is “stopped up” from cold in the head, or nasal catarrh. TryKondon's \ to clear r (at no cost to you) 50,000,000 have used this 29-year-old re- SUSPECT IS TAKEN FROM A TRANSPORT Believed E) Have Boarded Ship to Damage the Machinery New York, Nov. 6.—A man who is believed to be a German spy. was found on board one of the American army transports and semoved to an army post ,near New ?ork by Gov- ernment agents. It was sald that he is suspected of having gone on the vessel intending to damage the ma- chinery. After the arrest inspectors went through the ship, examining the boilers, engines, and other machinery to ascertain whether any damage had been done or metal or other pieces of hard materia] placed in the cylinders or other vital parts of the maohinery with the intention of wrecking them after the transport got under way. At the time of his capture the man was near‘the wireless house on one of the upper decks. When taken in- to custody he failed to give a good excuse for his presence on the ship and was immediately ordered turned over to the Secret Service. His name is withheld by the authorities pend- ing an investigation as to his national- ity and his previous activities. A man who gave the name of Fritz Oerundahl was brought to the Fed- eral building yesterday, where he was arrested on fchflrse of having at- tempted to smuggle out of the United States, with the aid of two other men, thirty-two cases of tungsten, a steel- " HEALTH IS WEALTH Health is’ your greatest asset—oftentimes hardening material which is greatly needed by the Germans at the present time. Oerundahl was arrested on complaint of Emmett Kye, a Customs Inspector, who discovered tHe tung- sten on board a neutral steamship in New York Harbor. § The Government has started an n- vestigation of the activities of one Ben J. Salmon, secretary of the Denver branch of the so-called People's Council of America, an organization which is agitating for a peace such aa Germany i3 said to be ready to nego- tiate. 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