Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-18
SQUARE MEAL FOR SOLDIERS
Local Committee Hustling for the Where
wthal to Purchase Edibles
BADGES TO Be SOLD TO GENERAL PUBLIC
Those in Charge of the Matter Feel
Certain that the Requisite Three
Thousand Dollars VIII BE
Forthcoming.

| Chairman Hart of the Finance committee
has appointed the soliciting committees and
active work to raise the $4,000 needed tc
| detray the expenses of the reception to the
| Fifty-irst Iowa will commence today. The
committees and the districts they are as
| signed to are as follows:
| First Distrct-From Willow avenue south
on Main and Pearl streets, taking in the
manufacturers and jobbers:: f. X, Davis,
Second District-From Main street east
and north of Willow avenue: l., A, De-
vine, Mayor Jennings. j. p. Greenshields
Third District-From Willow avenue north
and from Main street west; Charles r.
Hannah. F. H. Hill, Charles Beno William
| Moore and Lucius Wells.
1t is the intention of these committees to
make thorough canvass Of the city before
the 81 ribbons are offered for sale. The
ribbons are now being printed. There will
be two ribbons in place OF one, as at first
designed. On the upper ribbon, which will
be red will be printed Il Have-Have You? %
This ribbon will be four inches long. The
second or underneath ribbon will be white
and FIVE inches in length. On it will be
printed the picture of a soldier and the
words This will buy a soldier a square
meal"
Chairman Hart feels confident that by the
day the regiment reaches Council Bluffs
every man, woman and child who can pos
sibly afford to pay 81 will be wearing these
ribbons and that a large portion of the
money necessary to defray the expenses of the
reception can be secured in this manner. He
said yesterday:
This is matter Of patriotism, and l be-
lieve everyone ought to buy at least one
of the ribbons Any man who can afford
the 81 and Is not wearing one of these rib
bons on the day of the reception, will, in
my opinion, be deserving of criticism"
Mr.. Hart expects to announce the COM
mittees this morning. who will have charge
of the disposal of these ribbons throughout
the city
Acting on instructions from the executive
committee. Secretary Tinley is engaged in
the arduous task of addressing a copy of
the following letter to the mayor of every
, town represented by soldiers in the regi-
ment:
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia, Oct. Ito the
Mayor: AS you have undoubtedly seen, an
return of the Fifty-hrst regiment to the
state. and pursuant to that idea an organ
ization has been perfected to make this well
ure and pride our state feels in the record
made by this regiment
We notice that your city is represented
IN tne regiment py having VI iiOl {
members, and as it is very desirable that
every municipality so directly interested
should take an active part We urge upon
your city local committee to take part
in the celebration; and that you also ap-
point and send to us as soon % as
to put upon the general reception COM
mittee.
letter that we have caused to be mailed
to all the cities and towns of the state.
but in view Of your particular interest we
of the committee suggested. Please let me
hear from you soon as possible, sending
me the names of such committee. Very
truly yours, EMMETT TINLEY;
Tho committee to which was assigned the
duty Of securing halls and headquarters is
having considerable difficulty in procuring
the needed number Chairman Lipe and
Frank True of the committee yesterday
made a tour of the business part of the city
and contracted for every vacant store build
ing. but found the number OF such buildings
very few. These vacant stores are to be
utilized for headquarters for the different
companies The committee has also secured
the use of all the public halls and lodge
rooms in the city.
The banquet at which two thousand SOL
diers and guests are expected to be present
will have to be divided into three sections,
as there Is no hall in the city large enough
to accommodate such a gathering. At
present the plan is to serve the banquet in
the large hall at the Masonic temple, the
Odd Fellows hall and on the second and
third floors of the Eiseman building. The
breakfast that 1t proposed to give the boys
Immediately on reaching here will be served
according to present plans, in the new
freight house of the Terminal company, at
Ninth street and Broadway.
Mayor Jennings is already in receipt OF
numerous inquiries regarding the reception
from outside towns, among the number re-
ceived yesterday being one from Rev. S. A.
Arnold OF Newton, Jasper county who
writes that he has two sons in Company NJ.
The executive committee will meet this
morning at 10 o'clock in the headquarters
recently established in the Grand hotel.