Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-08-04 | Page 35 | City Has Showers for Tired Troops

CITY HAS SHOWERS I IFOR FOR FORTifiED TIRED TROOPS Raleigh N N. N C. C Aug Au 3 Soldiers Soldiers J. on troop trains when passing through h Raleight refresh themselves from Crom a hot and tiresome Journey with shower baths free treo of or charge chare A building con con- laming shower baths a n. few tow yards from the tho railway tracks has been built I with funds raised by popular I subscription tion at a cost of oC approximately Go Governor Bickett several severn 1 weeks a ago o observed that many soldiers rs who ho stopped hero for exercise and antI refresh refresh- Rh- Rh ment mont displayed evidence of suffering from the intense heat hent and he appealed to the citizens of Raleigh to subscribe to a a. fund for tor a n bathhouse Within less th than n a D week enough money wa was contributed con con- Besides making makinI cash donations dona dona- lions business houses gave liberally In I material and labor Jabor In addition to the b baths the building build build- ing contains a large lare dining room which I is capable of seating fJ mon men Local Red Cross workers say they can withIn with with- in ono one hour supply food to a train of ot soldiers I