Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-09-30

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who were members at the time the
company departed for Springfield are
| to be included-at O'Clock. the
formation of procession, which will
move east on Third avenue to TWEEN
| tieth, thence north to Second, west
to Fifteenth, south to Third, and to
made up as follows:
Platoon of Police
Bleuer'S Band
Carriages Containing Regimental ofncers and
Company A. 9th illinois Volunteers.
Home Members Naval Reserves.
The reception at the court house
will be public, and to meet the con-
venience of ali it is desired that peo-
pie paving their respects to the boys
enter at the south door and proceed
through the main corridor and out the
north door, the east and west doors
being closed. The regimental officers,
Company A and Reserves will be lined
up at the east side of the rotunda
The Wonan's Relief corps and the
Ladies' Aid society will assist the
soldiers and sailors in receiving.
Bleuer's band, stationed on the second
floor, will discourse a musical pro-
gram during the reception hours, from
1880 TO $50. At the latter hour the
doors will be closed and the process
sion. reform and march up Second
avenue to the Harper, where n BAN
quet will be rendered by the citizens
of Rock Island in the boys honor. 1t
will be confined to the BOYS and hon
ored guests of the evening. The fol-
lowing is the program of toasts and
resnOnSeS-
Instrumental selection. Bleuers Orchestra
Invocation Chaplain 9th regiment men D. '" ferrlS
Opening remarks, The City Pride. -.
The ToaStmaster
State and Nation" ................C. J. Searle
The Boys in Blue of Other Days.
1.-The Rodman Rifles Mai. c. W. HAYES
Company a in Peace and in War
1.-THE Naval Reserves .... william McEniry
Instt umental selection. --.-.. Orchestra
................. Capt C. Med. townsend
..Roek Isand arsenal Maj. stanhope - Blunt
THE Ladies Whose Thoughts Were With
the Soldiers at the Front. (by war
....e............... b. Mcintyre
The 9th regiment .......... Col; D. J. Eos er
During the progress of the feast
BleuSr's orchestra will present the
appended musical program:
America Forever" march .E T. Paul
Selection, Little Topper. William Fuist
P0sPouT The Fss ISs SCI ePesFei
Selection from The Twentieth Century
eTcan ;vert,rc E n caqifp
..Impassioned Dream" waltz. J. Roses
Overture, " endetta X schlepegren
Flowers For the Sick Soldiers.
The general committee, which is
composed of Capt. H. A. Mcdonald.
Mayor T. J. Medill. Jr., T. H. Nc
Nevin, William Stewart. ID. Il. Shaw,
Walter johnson, H. b. Simmon, L. G.
Eddy, John Rinck, F. J. Kinney,
II. p. Simpson, Charles RamskilI,
Charles McHugh, Capt. J. NJ. Boards
lev, William Johnston and +. G.
Young, at its meeting last evening,
appointed John Rinck a committee to
see that all sick members of the COM
pany are provided with flowers this
evening, and the committee also took
steps to provide relief for those of the
sick who may be in limited circum-
stances.
About the Soldiers.
Fred Cox, of Company A, is num-
bersd with the sick. He has fever.
Harold johnson left today for
Springfield for duty in the hospital
corps. He goes as Louis Rosenfield's
substitute.
Mrs. S. n. Conover contemplates
going east, and possibly to Porto
Rico, il she does not soon hear some
thing about her son, Leon Conover,
of Company A. who was too weak to
be removed when his regiment left
Ponce.
Capt. H. A Mcdonald is in receipt
of letter from Capt. William McCono-
chic, who is at Springfield, expressing
the regrets of himself and Sergt. An
thony at being unable to be present
tonight. as both are in the midst of
such work as they cannot leave.
Edgington did herself proud in the
reception rendered to her returned
soldiers yesterday. The affair was
in grove and largely attended. The
boys in blue were fittingly remem-
bered for their bravery in speeches
by Revs- L. r. Johnson, of Edgington,
ID. T. Robertson. of Hamlet, Thomas
Mackin and w S Marquis, of Rock
Island. and Messrs. B. ID. Connolly
and Louis Rosenfield, of Rock Island,
Ben Fountain, of Edgington, and j.
F. Mayne, of Aledo. The music was
by Bleuer's band and the II. o. quar-
tet, of this city, the Edgington
chorus and Andalusia martial band
A missive that broke painful sus-
psnse in Rock Island home and came
as Joyous relief to the whole COM
munity, was brought by yesterday
afternoons mail. 1t was from Pri-
vate John Carse. who was left behind