Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-09-19

| received two months pay today. The men
| leave for home tomorrow evening on so
| days furIough.
| Camp Lincoln, Springfield, Ill, Sept. 10
| To The Rock Island Argus: The company
| will probably be home Wednesday, but not
| absolutely certain. Col. Foster.
| The above dispatches, the first from
| the Associated Press, and the second
| from Col. Foster-in reply to an in
quiry from THE ARGUs-indicate that
| the bows will be home Wednesday.
just what time they will arrive is not
definitely known. Neither has it been
ascertained by what road they will
| come. Both the c.. Il. & Q. and Il. l.
& p. are working for the transportation
| of the troops. 1t is expected that in
either case they will come on a spe-
cial train. and will get in some time
Wednesday morning. This matter it
is anticipated will be determined be-
fore night, and when it is, Mayor
Medill will issue n proclamation to
the public as to Interpretation of sig
nails announcing arrival of the com
pany, and inviting the public to turn
out, etc.
Procession Forms at Twentieth.
In order to avoid any possible COM
plication as to the place of forma-
ton, the following was addressed to
Division Agent Mack, of the Burling-
ton, this morning, it being under
stood if the company returns on the
r. l. & p. it will disembark at TWEEN
tieth street, of course. but the Bur-
lington depot being at Sixteenth
street, it was thought best to have
definite understanding:
Rock Island, ILL.,, Sept. 19.-H. ID.
Mack, Division Passenger Agent, c.,
b. q O., City. Dear Sir: In the
event of Company A coming home
via the C., b. Il O., can you give alb
solute assurance that the train con-
veying the company will be stopped
ut Twentieth street until the boys are
off. This information is desired that
there may be no possibility of mis-
understanding.
II. A. MCDONALD,
THOMAS II. MCNEvIN,
ii. p. SIMPSON,
General Committee.
To this Mr.. Mack replied:
General Committee, Gentlemen:
Yes. will guarantee that the train
conveying our boys will be stopped
ut Twentieth street until the boys
get off. ii. ID. MACK.
Aids in Parade.
Maj. c. W. Halves, grand marshal
of the parade in honor of the boys
return, has made appointment of aids
as follows:
Chief-Mai H. C. Connolly.
Assistants Comrades Z. Ii. Bow |
man, NJ. NJ. Sturgeon, j. H. Cleland,
J. NJ. Beardsley, Charles Engel, John |
Herbert and L. c. Daugherty and |
Sons of Veterans Henry ladders and |
John Rinck.
Maj. Halves has also issued the |
following orders: EX-members of
Company A are requested to assem-
BILE at the Rock Island house, re-
porting to Aids Bowman and Stur-
geon, who will form the detachment |
and conduct the same to its position |
in line.
Other commands, Bleuer's band, |
police detail and Naval Reserves will |
report to the marshal or chief aid at |
the corner of Twentieth street and |
Second avenue for assignment.
Unattached veterans are requested |
to fall in at the rear of Buford post |
or Shiloh command, as they NAV
elect.
Every member of the organizations
named is expected to be in line.
Saw the Boys.
Capt. II. A. Mcdonald. i. G.. Eddy
and Sheriff +. &. Hemenway arrived
home Saturday night from Spring
field. Capt. Mcdonald, acting for the
local committee in charge of the ar
for the reception to be
given the company on its return, re-
ported the boys in fairly good condi-
ton and all anxious to get back to
their homes. He states that Mai.
Channon, aside from other ills. has
an abscess, and an operation will be
necessary. The faces of the soldiers
are tanned, and while some of them
are considerably wasted in flesh as a
result of the hardships of the cam
Daign, many appear stronger than
when they marched away last April.
Capt. Mcdonald saws their clothing
; ragged and worn, and some are
about camp barefooted. but
hat they meet it all with smile and
,huckle with the knowledge that it
will not be many days before they are
pack to partake of those pies that
mother used to make, and sleep in a
Gather bed.
RosenfieId Home. :
Louis Rosenfield, of Company A, :
Who left the regiment in New York. /;
having been attached to the hospital
.orps during the war. dropped in on I,
lis folks early Sunday morning. He ,
alks entertainingly of what he
aw on sea and on land, and while he
avs he would not take money for his :
experience, he is not anxious to go
hough another such campaign. He
eceived telegram from Col. Foster 4
oday to join his company at once at :
springfield.
John Carse's Condition
Henry Carse reached home last
light from New York, where he had