Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-09-17


nounce his aids in day or two
Miss Hampton and Mrs. James l..
MasHn were present at the committee
meeting in behalf of the Ladies' Aid
society having in charge the floral
plans prepared by the society as fol-
the school children of the upper
grades to scatter the flowers as the
soldiers approached the line of march,
and the whistleywill give the children
two hours notice of the coming of
the soldiers, when the older children
are requested to proceed to Seven
teenth street to participate in the
demonstration. Each child is request
ed to bring as many flowers as posi-
BILE to strew before the soldiers. All
persons going to the line of march are
requested to take along at least a
spray of flowers for like purpose.
The children, on assembling on Seven
teenth street, will be placed in charge
of the flower committee of the aid
society. The participation of the
children is expected only in the event
of the homecoming occurring in the
day time. If it occurs at night the
young ladies are requested to assem-
BILE at Seventeenth street, the men,
bers of the Ladies' Aid society in uni
form. The committee appointed
Messrs James Maslin and John Rinck,
of the Sons of Veterans, committee
to secure four wagons to be placed at
intervals along the line of march in
which the children are to be placed
and to provide a Sons of Veterans
guard for their protection and to pre-
vent unauthorized persons occupying
their places.
1t was further decided by the COM
mittee to hold the public reception
to be given to the company few |
evenings after their arrival at the |
court house instead of Armory hall. |
1t is planned, with the consent of |
Sheriff Hemenway, to close the east |
and west doors station the boys along |
the main lobby, and have the people |
pass through from the south |
to the north entrance. An |
orchestra will be stationed on the |
second floor, and the Woman's Relief |
corps and Ladies' Aid society, with |
the ladies' generally of Rock Island,
are to act as. a reception committee, |
and this committee will have charge /
of the decoration of the court house |
and providing of flowers for the occa-
sion. The reception hours will be
from to 10, followed by the ban
quet for the boys at the Harper.
Assurances were received from Di-
vision Agent Mack, of the Burlington,
this morning that the train bearing
the beFs-- if it came on his road, would |
be stopped at Twentieth street until |
the soldiers are all disembarked.
Sick Soldiers at Home.
Thirty-four sick members of the /
50th Iowa arrived in Davenport at
O'Clock last night on special, which
met the train bearing the regiment to
Des Moines at De Witt. They were
by committee of Dav-
export citizens and nurses and physi-
clans. There were ID Company b
members who were taken to their
homes or to hospitals. The Rock ISL
and ambulance went over to meet j.
S. Coulter, of this city, who belongs /
to the 50th's band, but he was able
to ride in a carriage, in which he was
taken to Mercy hospital. The Rock
Island wagon was used in conveying
Ernest Ritzman, of Maquoketa. who
was delirious and unable to continue
the journey, to st. Luke's. Private
Crafts, of Keokuk, was also taken
from the train at Davenport, after
which the soldiers belonging in the
other Iowa towns proceeded home
ward, the coaches in WHICH they were
being attached to the regu-
lar Rock Island train. Most of the
boys are suffering from typhoid.
No definite inflammation has come tn
Rock Island concerning any of the
sick of Company A left at Ponce on
the hospital ship.