Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1917 — PLAN RECREATION CENTERS [ARTICLE]

PLAN RECREATION CENTERS

Knights of Columbus Directors Appropriate $1,000,000 for Army. New Haven, Connecticut, June 19. —The supreme board of directors of the Knights of Columbus announced yesterday the appropriation of $1,000,000 by the order for the establishment and maintenance of recreation centers at all the principal army concentration camps. This action, it is said, is the result of a general appeal from members throughout the country, urging that the work started on the Mexican border last year be continued and enlarged to meet present conditions. “Of the million men soon to be in concentration camps preparing for war,” says the statement, “30 or 40 per cent will be Catholics, many o( them: members of our order. Plainly then our society is confronted with the proposition of opening up recreation centers at all of the principal concentration camps and of furnishing moral and material aid, comfort and support to our soldiers. Our centers, of course, will be open to all regardless of creed or membership in the order. “The supreme board of directors has appropriated $1,000,600 f.or purpose and has issued a nationwide appeal to our membership for contributions to this war camp fund.’’ -