Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-04
LIGHT GUARDS GOING WEST
Company Will Pass Through Council Bluffs
Sunday Afternoon,
RECEPTION BEING PREPARED FOR THEM
Citizens VIII Give n Welcome To the
Boys who Arc On Their Way
TO Assist Admiral
Dewey.
RECEPTION BEING PREPARED FOR THEM

The Dodge Light Guards, who now form
one Of the companies of the Fifty first reg
iment, Iowa volunteer infantry, will pass
through Council Bluffs tomorrow afternoon
on their way to San Francisco. Such was
the news received in a telegram here yestcr-
day afternoon from Captain w. y. Pryor,
and the announcement rs to be expected
created no little excitement among the rel
atlves and friends of the soldier boys. Prep
a~rations were ut once commenced to provide
the soldiers with a good warm lunch to be
served them during the stopover at the
Transfer depot.
The Second battalion of the Fifty-frst reg
iment, comprising some $50 men, including
the boys of the Dodge Light Guards, Will
come in over the Northwestern road. The
officials at this end have not yet received
any definite information as to the time the
train will leave Des Moines, but they eH-
pect that it will reach Council Bluffs about
2 o'clock in the afternoon. Several of the
parents and relatives of the members Of
the Guards will probably go to Missouri
Valley to meet the train and come in with
the boys. When asked yesterday as to
whether such would be permitted, Ticket
Agent Mitchell of the Northwester stated
that he thought no objection would be made
to the immediate relatives of the men join
/ lHe III L d dln u IL WV III 81 " hai'cNh w.
! it might possibly result in none being allowed
on board at Missouri Valley. as he expected
that the men of the battalion would about
fill the train. Mr.. Mitchell said he would
advise that the friends of the men meet
them at the Transfer depot, where a stoT
would undoubtedly be made of at least forty
minutes, as there would have to be a change
of crews and engines made which would oc'
cupy at least that time.
AS soon as the news was received from
Des Moines the members of the Council
Bluffs Women's Sanitary Relief commission
held a meeting at the home of the secretary
Miss Beatrice FINLEY, and commenced ar
rangements for serving the soldiers with
substantial warm lunch on reaching here
The commission asks that the citizens fur
nish baskets of provisions tomorrow con
tanning sandwiches. hot coffee and othe
plain food with plenty of fruit and eithe
! bring them to the depot or else leave then
at the GLOWING grocers: Bell & Son, Franz
Peterson, J. X. Cooper, James & Haver
stock and Pat Gunnoude, and they will b
gathered by the commission. Mrs. R. E
S Montgomery and Mrs. D.. w. Bushnell wer
A appointed an executive committee to loo
S after the serving of the lunch and the com
. mission has asked the High school cadet
and members of the class of '9S and SO t
u assist.
Later in the evening word was receive
from Des -Moines that a change had bee
e made in the arrangements for transpUrtin
II the Fifty-first regiment to San F~'lHaiiCisc
although no confirmation could be obtaine'
t The report was that the first battalio
u would probably come through here over 1t
: Rock Island and the third over the NORTH
western, but that the second battalion,
{ which the Dodge Light Guards formed
h company, would go around by Plattsmoul
over the Burlington. Lieutenant Matt Til
ley arrived from Des Moines last night, b
d knew nothing of the reported change. VIII
he left Camp Mckinley 1t was with the III
J. Outstanding that he would rejoin the con
e pany here today on its way west. DesI !
&c these rumors the preparations for feedir
the bows rs the. come through were col
" tinued and late last night the women
&c charge had sufficient promised to provi'
Of 500 with lunches.