Deming, New Mexico – September payday among the troops at Camp Cody resulted in about $60,000 worth of money orders being sent home to their dependents and other persons. O. G. Fisher, camp paymaster, has 11 assistants. It is reported that the soldiers are mailing more than 12,000 letters a day.
Y. M. C. A. building 4 and 5, for the men of Nebraska and South Dakota, will be opened this week. The 32 secretaries selected for duty here by the Y. M. C. A. have been ordered to report. The library here will contain 5,000 volumes from the American Library Association.
Adj. Gen. James Baca, from Santa Fe, conferred here with local authorities on the project of turning the Deming armory into a clubhouse for the men of Camp Cody. He will refer the matter to Gov. W. E. Lindsey and the state defense council. – El Paso Herald Newspaper – Thursday, September 20, 1917
