The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-01
DECORATIONS PULLED DOWN
Kenosha Gets Back to Normal Routine
of Everyday Life and High Praise
Is Given to the Police Department
and the Men Who Cleaned the Streets

The Kenosha Home Coming is now
memory. The last Of the events
scheduled on the program was held on
Sunday when a little band Of the sur
v1vors of Company FL. and T. of the
Thirty -third Wisconsin Infantry gath
cred at the Hotel Borup for their
annual reunion. 1t was the smallest
reunion in point of numbers held by
the survivors of the two companies.
Old age and illness reduced the attend
ance at the reunion and there were but
eight of the grizzled veterans about
the table on Sunday. The committee
In charge had hoped for fifteen at the
dinner, but many Of the old bows
wrote that it was impossible to come
and the attendance was limited to
members of the company living in this
immediate section. The fact that onlv
few OF them were present did not in
any way prevent those present enjoy
ing the day. The old battles of the
war were all fought over again and the
few hours that the old boys were to-
gether were rich in memories. Several
of the members Of the Grand Army
in Kenosha, not members Of the two
companies, were invited in to fill the
vacant places at the tables.
The members of the two companies
present at the reunion went RIGHT
ahead and arranged for the annual re-
union of next year and they hope at
that time to have more representa-
tive gathering of the survivors of the
two companies.
Kenosha today was busy mostly put
ting away her glad rags and compli-
menting herself on the success of the
big week of Home Coming events.
The Home Coming was a success.
But one of the features arranged for
the week proved .asyvdisappointment.
This was the Chautauqua. It was a
great success to the small number of
people who attended the sessions, but
financially it was disappointment and
the men who had guaranteed the pay
ment of the bills were called upon to
make small contributions to make up
the deficit.
The ~ VIII spirit which has made
Chicago great has developed in Keno
sha during Home Coming week. There
were lot Of things Of especial inter
est. First of all Kenosha people were
united in their determination to make
the Home Coming real event
Everybody took part in it. The mer-
chants and manufacturers and the
private citizens all did their part It
had every possible support that could
have been given by the officials. The
financial support given the Home Com
ing showed the feeling of the people
toward such gathering and it was
ample to meet all Of the expenses.
There is no deficit to bother the
committee.
Chief of Police Owen O'Hare and
the members of the Kenosha police de-
partment showed what earnest work
could do. At the opening of the Home
Coming seven of the police officers had
been in uniform but short time.
Few of them had ever seen traffic duty
but they were ordered to get busy and
take care of the traffic and they hand
led the great crowds like old time traf-
fc police officers in great city.
They were told that big crowds meant
robberies and were ordered to pick up
suspicious characters. The city paid
considerable bill for the board of these
fellows, but they had no chance to
work in the Kenosha crowds. So per
feet was the police patroling of the
city that a pickpocket had no chance
to get started. The manner in which
the crowds were handled is a matter of
great credit to Chief O'Hare and his
recognized police force. It showed
conclusively that the chief is working
along right lines and that the Kenosha
force of young men has the making of |
the best police force of any city the
size of Kenosha in the country.
Bouquets in connection with the
handling of the Home Coming have
been handed out rather freely but one
large one should decorate the desk of |
Alderman Charles Barr, chairman of
the streets and alleys committee of the |
council. Chairman Barr objects to |
publicity but he is entitled to the high |
est praise for the manner in which he |
kept the streets in the down town dis
trict. It meant work every night and |
some times all of the night, but he had |
the work so thoroughly organized that |
the streets were kept in perfect order
regardless of the unusual demand made |
on the street men.
The Chicago company in charge of |
the decorations about the city com
pleted the work of removing the street |
decorations on Sunday and the flags
and bunting, more than three carloads |
in all were shipped today.
There remains one souvenir of Keno
sha S first Home Coming and that is |.