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Show CLUBS GIVE HELP TO MB CAMP; Alta and University Organizations Organ-izations Pledge Support of Movement. MONEY IS SUBSCRIBED Governor, Senator and Mayor Earnestly Urge Citizens to Join. Pi ve hundred dollars was voted by the- Alta club to go toward the promotion promo-tion of tlio citizens' military training ramp, to he held at Fort Douglas August til to September 10. The meeting was held at tho call of President O. J. Salisbury of the Alta club and members of tlio University club were present by invitation to help work out a scheme whereby the members of the two clubs may lend their active support to tho camp movement. Governor William Spry told briefly of the success of similar camps at Flatts-burg Flatts-burg last year, arid expressed his sincere sin-cere belief 'in preparedness. He said, in part: If our citizens are to bo called upon t6 respond to a summons to the colors, they ought to know what will bo expected of them. They ougjit to take an example from the training in England, where men are taught the art of war for six months, a year or even longer before be-fore they are allowed to go to the front. If these training camps can furnish fur-nish such information thoy will do much good. I believe then can, and I think they should receive the support sup-port of every red-blooded American. If we're going to be prepared to march into Mexico, as tho dis-patchoa dis-patchoa would seem to indicate, we ought not to send unprepared men. If tho camps can prepare the men they should receive the fullest pat-ronago pat-ronago and support. Desires Promise Kept. Senator George Sutherland also spoke briefly. He said: I sincerely hope the encampment at Fort Douglas will be a success. I have a personal feeling about the matter. If it isn't a success I shall have earned tho reputation of being a liar in certain circles at Washington, for I said that it would, be a success. When I went to the war department depart-ment to ask that Captain Wallace be retained as the active head of the Fort Douglas camp I told General Gen-eral Scott that if Captain Wallace would be allowed to remain in charge here the camp would succeed. suc-ceed. I think it will. Preparedness as sort of a national insurance. And the insurance is worth its price for the peace of j mind it brings. "We have learned in this war the necessity of being prepared! pre-pared! England's navy has enabled the allies to carry on the war. So the United States should be prepared pre-pared lo meet the possibilities. And the training camps are to be considered con-sidered broadly as a part of the general preparedness movement. Mayor Urges Action. Mavor V. Mont Ferry, as president of the University club, responded for the college men by pledging their support, sup-port, moral, financial and physical. He said: We are too apt to pass the buck, too apt to "let George do it." We in tho west are far removed from contact with the foreign relations, but we should get the same spirit that has made the thousands enter the camps at . Plattsburg and Indianapolis, In-dianapolis, at Fort Oglethorpe in Georgia and Monterey in California. Califor-nia. We don't know how to rfcke care qf ourselves should an emergency arise. These camps will teach that. They are not meant for the men of the "first line of defense, but for the men' of the reserves. If the camp at Fort Douglas is not a 'success tho disgrace will fall on this section in general and Salt Lake City in particular. Let's make the camp a real success, not a flash in the pan. Following tho addresses, Mr. Salisbury Salis-bury called for volunteers to offer their services or their aid to the encampment. encamp-ment. W. M. Bradley was the first to respond, when he pledged $100 to the movement and stated that a son and two of his partners in business would go to the camp. Moylan C. Fox, president presi-dent of the Lureka Hill Mining company, com-pany, duplicated Mr. Bradley 's offer. Will Report Tomorrow. Following a discussion of the best way in which the clubs can get behind th'e Fort Douglas camp, it was moved by P. J. Moran that a committee of five be appointed by Presidents Salisbury of the Alta club and Ferry of the" University Uni-versity club to appoint a joint committee commit-tee that will report on Monday evening as to the exact plan of procedure. Keeruiting for the training camp reached the low level of the week at tho headquarters in the Commercial club yesterday. But five names were added to the list. These include Waldo F. Fueger, salesman with the H. Din-woodey Din-woodey Furniture company; Knute L. oilmen. Kdward A. Drury, clerk with I the Western Electric company; Patrick ,7. Owens of the United States Smelting & Kenning company, and John .lay Don-ohue Don-ohue of the Utah Power & Light company, com-pany, graduate of the University of Missouri. ! Frank P. Stewart, former Salt Lake newspaper man, was yesterday appointed ap-pointed recruiting officer at Anaconda, and W. H. Hoover was made recruiting officer at Great Falls in place of Walter Wal-ter C. Clark. S. U. Cheney of Lima, Mont., writes that a number of men there will enlist. i |