Indiana daily times. [volume], August 26, 1920, Home Edition, Page 5, Image 5

About Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922

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There’s Too Much of Hus “Let George Do If Spirit
About These Rooms for the G. A. R. Encampment
Is Indianapolis Going to Fail to Live
Up to Her Splendid Reputation ?
A RE you one of those folks who have been saying ‘‘Huh, Hun
/ % dred Thousand at the G. A. R. Encampment? How
do they get it? You know there won’t be that many.
They can get along without my room.”
Figures show conclusively that there were 121,000 veterans,
wives and relatives at Columbus, Ohio, at the G. A. R. Encamp
ment last year. There will be at least 100,000 in Indianapolis. In
addition to hotel space, there must be 50,000 rooms to take care of
them.
Unless something happens to change the attitude of the citizens
of Indianapolis, there will be thousands of these old veterans on the
nights between September 19 and 25 trying to find a rest on the
street curbs, on the steps of public buildings and in the public parks
of this city—your city, by the way.
These are the men that as boys in ’6l left home and comfort to
face every hardship that your country might continue. To sleep in
the gutter at union station would have been fun in those days for
the boys, but it would be murderous today, for they are now old
men.
The Following Firms or Individuals are Paying for This Page in
Order to Get Every Householder in Indianapolis to Do His or
Her Duty:
Kahn Tailoring Company
Peoples Outfitting Company
L. C. Huesmann,
Central Supply Company
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26,1920.
The appeal for 50,000 rooms has been out for nearly three
weeks. On such an occasion as this the rooms should come in within
three days. The big clock in Kentucky avenue shows only a bare
5,000 rooms. There must be 45,000 more.
50,000 rooms means every available room in Indian
apolis must be listed for the G. A. R. This doesn’t
only mean a room from the neighbor s house across
the street, or your sister who lives around the corner.
This means a room from your house as well—two
rooms if you possibly can give them.
Tear out the coupon on the bottom of this page and
mail it in today. Show your Indianapolis spirit by
offering to give your room. What will it cost you
for one of these old veterans to sleep on an otherwise
unoccupied bed?
Are you a lot of other people? You’ve been
figuring that at the last minute you would give a
room if it is still needed. We are right at that time
now. These rooms must all be in within the next
ten days if they are to be carded and indexed so
as to be handled quickly at the station when the
trains begin to roll in with the old boys of blue.
Figure how many you can take care of. You can do a little
doubling up in your home for those few days, if you have no extra
room.
This is just a little thing for you to do. But you must give
every room you possibly can.
Mall this today! Dont put it of}!
Tear it out NOW!
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for him to come to Indianapolis and
Ziatfe /o sleep, at his advanced age, on the
Statehouse lawn?
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—Copy prepared by Fred Milll*.
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