- HEADQUARTERS, FORT MONMOUTH
OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL SERVICE OFFICER

POST OFFICE ADDRESS
RED BANK, N. J.

Athletic Office JFZ/k1s

November 25, 1942

Athletic Director
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Sir: |

In a recent release from Mr. Ned Irish, of Madison
Square Garden, New York City, I noticed that you have a bas»
ketball game scheduled at the Garden.

The Fort Monmouth basketball team is now composed of
former college and university players, and has many of the New
York colleges on its schedule. Among them are Brooklyn College,
Fordham, Columbia, St. Francis College and Lafayette College. We
also have two dates in the Garden: November 23 and November 25.

If you are planning to spend a few days in New York,
would it be possible for your team to com to Fort Monmouth?
Our main purpose in having a basketball team is to entertain the
thousands of men of Fort Monmouth and its subposts, Camp Wood and
Camp Edison. Therefore, I know the presence of your team would
really be a treat for all the men.

If there is a possibility of a game, please contact me.
We are located approximately forty-five miles from New York; and
I can make arrangements for you to hire a bus so that the trip
will be possible. I will also see to it that the members of your
team are fed here at the fort.

Hoping to get a favorable reply, I remain,

Very truly yours,

enant, Signal Corps
Athletic Officer