Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-08
FOURTH NEBRASKA
REGIMENT IS OFF
FOR THE BORDER
Eight Hundred Twenty Eight
Men and Fifty Six Officers
Leave Lincoln on
Three Trains. vi
OMAHA IN THIRD SECTION
Contingent Departs Amid the
Cheers of Boys Of Fifth
Regiment.
DESTINATION KEPT SECRET
OMAHA IN THIRD SECTION
DESTINATION KEPT SECRET

| Telegram - hey are oil at last
midst tears and sobs, good-byes ant
farewells, the Fourth infantry, sigma
corps from Fremont, supply company
from Wisner and Fourth regimenta
band from Friend, boarded the specia
trains this morning and left for the
border. s@&
Companies z, Wayne; F. Blair
G, Stanton, and H, Madison, compos
ing the Second battalion, with the reg.
mental officers and the supply com.
pany WITS the first section out, leaving
about $50 o'clock. 1t was composed oi
twelve coaches, Pullman sleeper
baggage cars and seven freight cars
carrying the wagons and horses.
Companies | of Gordon, X of Osce-
ola and David City. L OF Kearney and
NJ of York left at 1880 on the second
section, which was composed of the
same amount of cars. The signal
corps from Fremont was also in this
section. .a.r K
The First battalion, composed of
the Omaha companies, and carrying
all that was left of the regiment, left
about II o'clock. These trains pulled
out Of the grounds to the music Of
the Fifth regimental band, cheers
from the boys of the Fifth regiment
and from hundreds of spectators. "A
short stop was made in the yards,
but by noon they were all on the
way. wax
The contingent consisted of 1928
men and 6fty-six officers. The troops
went out over the Burlington rail-
road for destination not made, pub
lie on account of censorship estab-
lished by the War department.
Colonel Eberly is in command of the
Fourth and Captain Smith of the
sanitary corps.
Omaha Troops Go Last.
The Omaha battalion was the last
to entrain and they marched from the
camp grounds to the entrance and
after standing in line for several min
atSS WV aiiONNu " Siiliu .40ll.5AlAc
cars and select their seats.
About half of the boys were wear
ing goggles, presented by the Omaha
Commercial club, which bought up
all the goggles they could find in
Omaha and sent them down to the
boys with a consignment Of socks and
other necessities, which were appre-
ciated very much. The men desire
The Bee to express for them their
heartfelt thanks to the friends who
thus remembered them.
State Auditor Smith went ou to the
grounds to see the troops entrain and
noticed few boys from his home
town of Seward sticking their heads
out of the car windows. He discov-
cred eight of them were without a
cent of money. They had not received
pay since enlisting and the good
natured auditor reached down into
his pockets and pulled out all the
money he had with him, about $5 in
silver, and passed it up to them.
Recruit Not Forgotten.
An elderly lady passed along the
train and inquired for soldier boy
whom she had wanted to see. As il
happened, he was one of the new re-
cruits and no one appeared to be able
to place him. II met him last night
and was talking to him." said the
larry, "and he made theremark that
while the rest of the boys would be
receiving good byes from their friends
there would be nobody to say good
bye to him, and so | just thought
| would come over this morning
and say good bye to him so he would
not feel that he was forgotten"
r Fifth Looks On.
While the boys of the Fourth were
being entrained, the boys of the Fifth
lined up along the fair ground fence
and cheered them, while some sang
songs or otherwise showed their good
will for the boys who were so FORUM
ate as to get away first. Frequently
a group would start up some popular
air, Don't Bite the Hand that's Feed
ing You" bing theone which has been
the most popular during camp SER
vice. --
( Here and there, some woman or
girl would be bidding husband or
sweetheart fearful goodbye and
many brave woman would try in
vain to keep back the tears which
would coipe in spite Of all her efforts.
A goodly number of Omaha people
were present to see the boys of the
Omaha battalion of, and many OF
them brought little presents to help
them on the way. The Omaha bat
talon made fine appearance as it
to the train as we'll as other
companies Of the regiment.
A Serious Job Now.
Il tell you,' said soldier boy, this
makes a fellow feel like he is tackling
a serious job. have been away from
home before, but | didn't feel just the
way do now"
Friends of the soldier boys should
remember that letter from home or
a friend or paper from the home
town will come mighty acceptable to
the boys after they are located and far
away from home ties.
While there were some delays, the
departure Of the Nebraska troops was
carried out in good shape, due to the
energy of Superintendent Bignell and
his assistants The trains were de-
layed short time at the yards, but
the last section got out OF the station
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