Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 5, 1940 Page: 3 of 8

                                
Thursday, December 5, 1940
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Civilian Moral Responsibility
Cited By Army Chief-of-Staff
And Re-Cited By Gen. Allen
Brigadier General Harvey C. A1
len, camp commander of Camp Hu-
len today re-emphasized certain
points having to do with the spirit-
ual, social and moral welfare of
soldiers on duty at camp Hulen as
enunciated in a radio talk given
last Friday evening by General
George C. Marshall, Army Chief of
Staff over the facilities of the Na-
tional Broadcasting Co. and asked
for the cooperation of civilian com-
mittees to provide wholesome places
where soldiers can find entertain-
ment and recreation.
Pertinent excerpts from the
Army Chief of Staff’s talk, to
which General Allen called particu-
lar attention in citing the eommun
ity’s responsibility to the troops,
follow:
There are being established
many portions of the country, par-
ticularly in the South and South
east, tremendous concentrations of
troops. In order to provide ade
quate space for training, it has been
necessary to locate these camps
where extensive plots of land could
be obtained at a reasonable price
The natural result is that only
small communities are normally to
be found in the vicinity of the
largest troop concentrations, with
the further result that there is a
serious lack of accomodations for
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commissioned officers. The troops
are in the field, it is true, but we
are not at war and it is not un-
natural, under the circumstances,
that many men, wishing to avoid
separation from their families for
a year, or possibly longer, desire
to move their dependents to the
vicinity of the concentration areas.
As a result of this influx of fam-
ilies, we find that in some locali-
ties, local rents at first doubled,
and npw in certain areas have
tripled, with indications that they
will go still higher, apparently on
the basis of “charge as much as the
traffic will bear”. This situation is
unfortunate and very unfair, and I
can only hope that State and mu-
nicipal authorities will bring a suf
ficient pressure to bear to sup
press this form of profiteering.
A subject of outstanding import-
ance and one to which we have giv-
en extensive consideration is the
moral and spiritual welfare of the
young soldier. Our Corps of Chap-
lains, with one chaplain for every
1200 men, is well organized and will
be adequately equipped to provide
religious services and training for
all denomination similar to those
found in the average city parish.
The Chief of Chaplains is being as-
sisted by Dr. Paul Moody for
Protestants, by Bishop John O'Hara
for Catholics, and Dr. David de
Sola Pool of the Jewish Welfare
Board. There should be no fear
that any young man will suffer
spiritual loss during the period of
his military service, and, on the
contrary, we hope that the young
soldier will return to his home with
a keener understanding of the sac-
red ideals for which our churches
stand.
However, despite the facilities
which exist for the spiritual pro-
tection of the soldier, there is an-
other serious problem arising from
the establishment of these large
camps, and one which troubles me
more than any other. I am referring
to matters that seriously affect
morale, that affect the reputation
of the Army, and especially that
will affect the future of the young
men now in the service. I am talk-
ing about the problem of handling
tremendous numbers of young men
who flood into the small nearby
communities over the week-ends, or
in the evenings when their work is
done.
Growing out of our experience
in the World War, it has been de-
termined many years ago that we
should not have competing welfare
organizations on the military reser-
vations, and that the Army should
take care of such matters and pro-
vide the recreational facilities. Con-
gress has given us the money for
the necessary construction and for
the operation of such services, and
these are being organized in a
large way. On the reservations the
Army can control matters, but
when the soldier leaves the camp
our trobules begin.
Human nature being what it is,
establishments for the purpose of
selling liquor are becoming increas-
ingly active in the communities ad-
jacent to the camps, and in some
communities there has been an in-
flux of persons of questionable repu-
tation. Here we have on the one
side a sordid business for the ac-
cumulation of money, and on the
other the interest of every parent
in the United States who has a son
in the Army, not to mention the
responsibility of the War Depart-
ment to develop an Army of the
highest quality. This situation must
be brought under control before it
grows serious.
It is in this field, in the commun-
ities in the vicinity of our troop
concentrations, that the War De-
partment urgently desires the as-
sistance of every welfare organi-
zation in the country. We can man-
age matters on the military reser-
vations, but, as I have said, we
have little authority once the sold-
ier goes to town. Therefore, it is
of the utmost importance to the
Army that the Red Cross and the
YMCA, the Knights of Columbus
and the Jewish Welfare Board, the
Salvation Army, the various fra-
ternal organizations, and the
churches of the community, all co-
operate to develop wholesome places
for the soldier to go for his en-
tertainment—places where he at
least can sit down in respectable
surroundings and not have to tramp
the streets with the ever-present
prospect of getting into trouble.
This question has received con-
tinuous thought in the War Depart-
ment, and much has been done to
stimulate the organization of com-
mittees of men and women familiar
with local customs to cooperate
with camp commanders, who have,
in turn, been ordered to make con-
tacts with the committees in com-
munities adjacent to their camps.
Here is a field where tremendous
good can be done for the National
Detense and for the future of these
young men. Here is f he field where,
it seems to me, an obligation exists
on the part of the local communi-
ties to do this work. It would ap-
pear to be but a matter of good
business for communities adjacent
to our camps thus to organize for
the protection of the thousands of
new customers that the Army has
brought to their gates. But in a
broader sense, there is a moral ob-
ligation on the part of both the
Army and civil communities to as-
sist these young men to lead clean,
sound lives while they wear the
uniform of their country.
This is not simply a matter of
morals or sentiment. More than
ever before, the efficiency of an
army depends upon the quality of
its soldiers, the men required to
operate the complicated machines
of this modern age. Soldiers today
must be alert, active, and in condi-
tion, mentally, morally, and physic-
ally to withstand the ordeals of the
enemy’s onslaught from both ground
and air, and still be able to carry
the fight to the other fellow.
So, as we report on the progress
of the past year in organizing,
equipping, and developing our ex-
panding forces, at the same time
we ask your assistance in better-
ing the living conditions for the
families of our officers and men,
and in guarding the health and
morale of our soldiers while they
are guests in your communities.
Only with your energetic assist-
ance can we assure the integrity
of our young army.
Nellie J. Batchelder
Nellie Joyce Butcholder was born
in Dresden, Kansas, March 12th,
1 DOR, and went to her eternal home
on November 27. 1940. At the age
of 5 years she moved with her par-
ents to Texas, settling on a farm
near Collegeport. She joined the
Methodist Church during her first
year ut Normal College, San Mar-
cos, and at the time of her death
she was a member of the Methodist
Church ut Phurr. During the past
twelve years she has taught in the
elementary grades of the Pharr-
San Juan schools. While attending
summer school in Alpine she was
stricken with un illness from which
she never recovered. Through all
the weeks of her illness she was
most thoughtful of those minister-
ing to her—always patient, never
complaining of any trial. Before her
illness Nell’s life was devoted to
her Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ,
to her work as a teacher in the
school and taking a deep interest
in the children, and to service in
the community. It is thought by her
friends that in all this she over-
taxed her strength. When the sum-
mons came to enter the many-man-
sioned home she had earned the
blessing:    “Well done, good and
faithful servant, enter into the joy
of thy Lord.”
The funeral service was held at
the Methodist Church on Friday
morning at 10 o’clock. It was con-
ducted by Rev. George F. Gillespie,
assisted by Rev. J. E. Mack, Pastor
of the Methodist Church, and Rev.
J. G. M. Ramsey, Pastor of the
Presbyterian Church. The preacher
took as his text St. John, eh. 17, v.
3, “This is life eternal that they
should know Thee, the only true
God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou
didst send”—words uttered by
Jesus in His great High Priestly
prayer before His death. To know
God—not only to seek and to fol
low after Him, but to know Him—
is the very glory and perfection of
human life; it is to share the
triumphant life of God; it is to love
goodness because goodness trans-
cends the material order, and good-
ness cannot die. The most signifi-
cant thing in Christian living is
our own individual experience of
God and of Jesua Christ—to be
left alone with the Father of our
spirits, to sit alone with my Bible
pondering its truths, to go out and
do something for some one for
Christ’s sake—all this is to know
God and to know Jesus Christ.
Future Home Makers
Elect New Officers
Members of the Future Home
Makers Club met this week aruT
elected officers for the year a* fol-
lows: President, Grace McClary;
Vice-President, Eunice Glaros; Sec-
retary, Fiances Kilgore; Treasurer,
Evelyn Slattum; Parliamentarian,
Naomi Padgett; Historian, Laura
Trull; Song Leader, Lillie Gene
Payne; Accompunist, Themla Jane
Batchelder; Reporter, Anna Mae
Hosier.
The Year Book Committee wae
appointed to plan our meetings and
programs. Palacios hopes to have
a bigger and better club than ever
before.    —Reporter-
Throughout her life Nell Batch-
elder knew this individual exper-
ience of God and of Jesus Christ.
She loved her Church, and she loved
to serve it. She “wore the orna-
ment of a meek and quiet spirit
which is in the sight of God of
great price.” The New Testament
does not measure time by years or
by mere duration. It measures time
by intensity, by fervent love, bjr
whole-hearted devotion. Jesus died
nt the age of 33, Henry Martyn at
the age of 31. We may not know
why our dear ones should have to
suffer so much, but we do know
that God suffered in the suffering
of His Son, and we understand—
in some measure, at least—the*
meaning of the words: “For as tho
sufferings of Christ abound unto
us, even so our comfort also
aboundeth through Christ” (2 Cor.,,
ch. 1, v. 5). The cross of Jesus
Christ is not only the emblem of
suffering, it is the emblem of vic-
tory—the victory over death and
the grave, and the bringing of life
and immortality to light. This is
what St. Paul means when he says
in the great passage on Resurrec-
tion: “Thanks be to God who giveth
us the victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ" (1 Cor., ch. 15, v. 57).
In our own deep suffering or deep
grief we comfort ourselves with the
fine words of Dora Greenwell: “We
are met from the eyes and brows
of Him who was indeed acquainted
with grief, by a look of solemn
recognition such as may pass be-
tween friends who have endured
between them some strange and
sacred sorrow and are through it
united in a bond that cannot be
broken.” The argument for immor-
tality is just the Gospel.
There was a large attendance of
friends from Collegeport and Pa-
lacios at the service in the Church,
and there were many beautiful
flowers from Pharr and College-
port and from friends here.
The pall-bearers were Ray Bow-
ers, Verner Bowers, Dick Corporan,
Sanford Crabill, Percy Corporan,
and Ira Corporan. Interment was
made by the Palacios Funeral
Home.
George F. Gillespie.
Pastor Collegeport Pres. Church
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