The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-06-29
GOODBYE IS SAID
TO COMPANY 4
BOYS GIVEN ROYAL SEND OFF on
49,. o., SUNDAY MORNING. Ht
FIFTEEN THOUSAND PEOPLE
Crowd the Down Town Streets and
Line of March to Depot. Gener-
Gus Collection is Taken for
The Soldiers. ~.


for miles about turned out enmasse to
say good bye to Company H, Third
Reg't Iowa National Guard early Sun,
day morning and While tears mingled
with cheers" the soldiers were given
send off that not one will forget. II
was spontaneous demonstration the
depth of which was without measure
NJ Thousands and thousands of people
lined the streets along the line OF
march from the armory to the Rock
Island station where the boys took
the train at seven o'clock. More thous.
ands crowded about the station house
4 and over ran the tracks in the depot
yards. Not all who desired a glimpse
of Our boys in khiki" could get near
enough for so much as peek at them
about the depot grounds and from the
station house on Second street west to
. beyond d street, the people were lined
. up and standing along the railway
tracks by the hundred, solid mass
of humanity waving handkerchiefs,
and flags, shouting 80 long boys,
good bye" hurry back" and cheer
upon cheer followed the course of the
train out ofo town. 4.%t,
I a, Crowd Came Out Early. 49,
People began gathering at the sta.
ton where the troops were to en-
train as early as five o'clock and even
before this hour the town was astir
and people were about the streets
making for the proximity Of the ar
mory where the lads were congregat-
ing for the last roll call before de-
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ly at five o'clock, and even that early
hour found many people about the
company headquarters down town!
The crowd grew rapidly from five to
six o'clock while Taylor Kalbach play
ed a program of patriotic pieces on
the Episcopal, chimes, and at half after
six when the fire alarm was sounded
to tell the people that the boys were
about to start, the. volume, of the
gathering grey to almost unbelievable
proportions: Streets about the armory
were packed ,until lit seemed no more
could wedge their way into the throng,
All side streets were filed and every
vantage point in window or store front
was claimed. and filled. Along the, Tine
Of march, from the armory to the rail
Way station the streets were one, solii
jam of men,, women and cnildren,
from babes in aarms to todcling old
age. e, = sgus.1 s... ... .,... .,...., o..
People came inc cars distance of
thirty>miles or more to see the boys
start away Every village and town in
Mahaska county was. represented in
this Sunday morning. demonstration,
and autos, came from What Cheer
SearsborO, PeIa And other distant
Streets damned With Humanity
AS the departure parade moved
down the street toward the station
the throng of people witnessing the
progress of the marchers turned in
and followed in the effort to witness
the final departure from the city.
South First street would not accommo
date the crowd that swarmed through
the thoroughfare from lot line to lot
line. Market street and Second streets
were crowded almost to the same eX-
tent and people approached the pas
senger station from all directions,
- Various estimates Sof the size of the
crowd4 have been "offeredy and, these
run from ten and fifteen thousand Tho
latter figure would be the more near.
ly correct. Automobiles were so crowd
ed and jan1med along the streets about
the station thati.the late Corners could
not get near the coaches and had to
park, blocks distant. Nh Fth atxln .st.a
From the sound Of 1.-The morning.
bugle to the occupying ofiplace rims
the coaches two Of them. with baggage
car in addition. set out for the use of
the COMPANY, every part ! of the def
parture was carried out with military
precision. .-,- -.,r
Bells rang, whistles blew, flags Hav-
ed horns footed and the people cheer
ed as the train pulled out of the sta.
ton enroute to Des Moines and Camp
Dodge.
K Makeup of Procession.
The parade formed in front of the |
court house. Here Company H. fell in
line, and the order of procession was
as follows:
Platoon of Police. "
Iowa Brigade Band.
City Officials, Mayor J. G. Harold, |
councilmen and Commander James |
Wadding of the q. A. r, in decorated
E. EfYFE IN, te ~ 4 #4a'g II
Phil Kearney Post No. 40 G. A. r.
Spanish-American War Veterans. Il
Company II, Third Iowa Infantry.
Boy Scouts. kla'ftt
Ladies' of G. A. R. and W. R. c.. in
cars. Nsr% ysS
Several hundred joined in, car
rying American flags. some marching
and others riding in beautifully decor
ated cars. ii','t 3!e]iaT s4b
Flowers and Farewells. Il
The line of march was south on
First street, from High avenue to Rock
Island avenue, where a short program
was given. Here also, Mrs. J. G. Har-
old and ladies, gave each militia man
? flower pinning red carnations on
coats and waists.
Assembling in front of the G. r. r.
& p, depot Company H listened to a
brief but appropriate program Mayor
Harold, in behalf of the city of os-
kaloosa, bid the boys OF Company II,
God speed. and Au Reyoir. Then came
The most touching part. OF the departJ
are, Mothers, wives and sweethHarts,I
,ame to bid the boys, good bye Grayyla