Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-05-13
Company Of Ottumwa Boys
Formed and Being Given
Drills Every Week
I. A. STOESSEL WILL
DIRECT THE LADS
Plan to Attend the State
Meeting at Davenport II B
Proficient in Tactics N

Ottumwa Elks, lodge has organised II
an rElks Cadet corps, made up Of boys
from to II years OF age for military II
drill Captain Theodore A. Stoessel Il
had the drill In charge which ID held
every Saturday afternoon ct o'clock y
In the lodge room. The COMMITTEES inss
charge of the work Is Capt 4. A.s
Stoessel, George r. Gibson, DR.. g. MI
Work. John Lewis and e. H. Emery
exalted ruler.
For some months the movement lof
such corps has been agitated III Nlk%
circles as means toward prepared.ss
ness and on April rs return cards were 4
sent out and the hrst drill was held y
on Saturday afternoon, April 49, An.
other practice was held last Saturday
and will be continued every week H.
the future
Many prominent men look with fors
boding toward the future The Elka 4
think 1t proper to show by this and
other means their patriotic interest," Il
by teaching the elements Of soldier
ing in this community. II the lads 81
Ottumwa show the proper RESPONSE.
1t is the plan Of the lodge to equip the
company with suitable uniforms ana
guns and this feature OF the good work
so prominent that 1t will greatly iuA.
press the community. y.
Want Boys to Enroii.
The boys who have enrolled IN tho
corps have been appealed to Ii N efssX
fort to interest other boys and III ioS1
the hope Of the lodge to greatly in-sA
crease the enrolment. One 81 tlio
cardinal principles OF the lodge iGa
patriotism and the flag is the MAJOR
emblem and is always spread upon
the altar. The ritual OF the oraera
teaches that the only distinctivc8
American order is the b. p. O. Il. an63
the first duty OF its members Is to ttl62
country and flag. 1t is said that
Ottumwa will be the credit Of takt6ES
the lead in this work which It II hoped
may be taken up by lodges THROUGH
out the country. ia
The parents are urged to see that
their boys take advantage OF this OY,ss
portunity afforded them and enroil.
The parents are invited to the dri1lGS
and the lodge room Is open to the pub
lie during these drills. Az an added
incentive plan will be carried ont
to have field days in some park during
the summer where the boys can haYe
good outing. Flags, pennants, stir.
ring music. and much else to inspiro !
the patriotic fervor will be afforded
by the lodge on these occasions. ~
May Attend State Meet.
If Captain Stoessel Is able to bring
the corps to good standard Of of-Ss
ficiency the boys will be taken to the Il
state meet at Davenport this summer. q
This, however, depends on the Re-
sponse Of the lads to this opportunity
afforded them by the local order and
to the interest taken in the project
by the parents.
Twenty-four boys from all parts o1
the city are now enrolled in the CONE
pany. Following are their naoes:@
George and Thomas Keefe, 428 Fart \
Fourth street; Rowland Beckley, 49,
Alta Vista avenue; Raymond Blake, 8
Sheridan avenue; Lyle Hervey. 101sS
South Willard street; Hugh Conroy,
407 Chester avenue; John O'GaS 326
North Clay street: Fred G1lliland, ,
Bismark avenue; Frank Kemp, 91osA
West Fourth street; Percy Eager, 3z3
East Second street: Cleon Caton, 31G u
North Wapello street; Richard and
Arthur Areingdale, rural route No. 3 :Sss:'
Lawrence Zaubitzer, b13 West Fourth
street; Stanley Yates, 9O4 West
Fourth street; Paul Green, 1905
schworm street; Hyman Jeruchin
sohn, 521 East Main street; Herbert
Harrington, 612 Center avenue; Leoa 1
and Lawrence Meier, Carter avenue; q
Garrett Cupp, rural route No. 8; Ira
Newly, 423 West Fourth street: Virgil
Payne, 713 West Second street: David
Nevin, Taft avenue.
The next practice will be held Sat-
urday afternoon at which time a
number of new boys are expected to-
enroll. 8 S5s M