The Y.M.C.A. decided to establish some stations along the border for troops.
From the Arizona Daily Star, Wednesday, July 12, 1916:
“Y” Accommodations On Border for Guardsmen
Twenty Y. M. C. A. Stations Will Be Established by Association
A series of army Y. M. C. A. stations will be established along the border for the benefit of the troops called for patrol service, according to local Secretary E. Kinney Miller, who was in conference yesterday with urban Williams and W. E. Adams, International Y. M. C. A. army secretaries, who were on their way to Nogales to start an army Y. M. C. A. there.
There will be 20 in all, secretary Miller stated. They will be stationed at convenient places, and will include reading rooms, rest rooms, with facilities for billiards and pool and other accommodations needed by the soldiers.
International Army Secretary F. A. McCarl will have charge of the stations from El Paso west, while G. A. Reeder will have charge of the stations form El Paso east.
“Interstate Secretary Day, of Albuquerque, appointed a special representative at Columbus,” Secretary Miller stated yesterday evening, “and he did the very best that he could. However, in the present situation it is necessary for the international organization to take charge of the movement and I have been expecting an announcement of this kind for some time.”
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In other news, the local druggist displayed live animals in his window, apparently preferring chipmunks. Our question: Was PETA around in 1916?
‘Doc.’ Shumway Looking For White Chipmunks
Will Add Rare Specimens to Collection in Show Window Zoo
A bunch of live “white chipmunks” is the main prize that “Doc” Shumway, local druggist, will seek on his lavation trip on which he starts tomorrow along the International border.
“Doc” will leave by machine today and will travel along the border from Nogales to El Paso. He is noted in Tucson and all over the southwest for his wild animal collection, particularly of rattlesnakes and chipmunks, and has achieved the distinction of being an authority on the habits of reptiles and animals that are not well known.
“I heard the other day,” Shumway said yesterday, “that there are some white chipmunks hear Calabasas, and as far as I know, they are the only ones in the country. I hope to bring back some good specimens for my show window. They re a very beautiful animal. They sprang originally from a cross between the white rat and the Arizona chipmunk.”
Chummy believes that the chipmunks such as he has in his window, are the wisest animals living. there are young chipmunks that were born in the show window and have lived all of their lives in his store. Crowds of curious people gather daily to watch the playful antics of the little animals.
