Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-04-03
LOCAL COMPANY
is ORDERED To
GAIN RECRUITS.
Big Patriotic Demonstration
Is Being Planned for
Ottumwa This Week
ASK CITIZENS TO
DECORATE HOUSES

Not many Ottumwans will soon for.
get the open air patriotic meeting one
evening last summer, when Thousands
of the towns citizens gathered at the
city park, to wish Godspeed to tho
members OF Company G, departing
under orders to Des Moines, and from
there, somewhere on the Mexican
border" The boys have returned and
have taken up their occupations in
civil life just where they dropped
them, when in answer to Unle Sans
call for aid, they put on their uni
forms, shouldered their rifles, and
marched away.
But now another similar meeting IL
being planned for. because events
seem to indicate that soon, the ~boys"
will be marching away again. Secre-
tary Toulme, Of the Commercial club,
is arranging for patriotic demonstra-
ton, as an aid to recruiting Company
"a to the necessary one hundred mem
bers, the date Of the meeting being
Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. The
place has not been decided upon. but
1t will probably be upon the west side
Of the federal building, or II tho
weather does not permit Of an open
air meeting, in the opera house.
| Captain Gets Wires.
The reason for this activity was the
lreceipt of two curt and ominous tele-
grams by Captain G. e. schamp today.
lone from the State Adjutent Geperni
I lGuy E. Logan, the S6thSf 4f01SE 1rlIl'
Bennett Of the Third Iowa Infantfy.
General Logan's telegram follows:
captain Schamp- Report by wire
the number OF men who have taken
the national defense oath. You win
place lieutenant and one enlisted
man on duty at the armory for recruit
ing duty and you are urged to enlist
your company to one hundred II pos.
sible. Send name Of lieutenant and
enlisted man detailed by first mall
Logan. adjutant general.
Colonel Bennett made an appeal
for one hundred men by Saturday He
said that the future Of the regiment
rests upon the response made by the
companies. His messages follows:
'.The Adjutant General has ordered re-
cruiting officers on duty In every COM
pany. Every company in the Third In
fantry should have one hundred men
under the Federal oath by next Satur-
day. Arrange a patriotic meeting at
lonce. No man accepted who does not
take oath. The future Of the regiment
depends on success. Advise me OF re-
suit" Bennett, colonel. Third Iowa In
fantry
Want Big Meeting.
When the war clouds rolled black
last summer, during the Mexican
crisis, Ottumwans were not slow to
show their patriotism, and the Com
mercial club which has the meeting in
charge. does not believe that the citi-
zens will be hesitant in showing their
colors now. That was freely admitted
to have been the greatest of its kind
ever held in Ottumwa. Those who are !,
in charge Of this meeting ask that
the citizens make this even greater
one.
Just who the speakers will be Thurs
day night. 1t Is as yet impossible to
say. but Mr. Toulme is trying to secure
some out Of town man for chief speak
er. A number of local men will also
be asked to make talks and probably
Mayor Leeny will be one Of the speak
ers. The First Cavalry band will fur
nish the music for the occasion.
Fly the Flag.
| CAPTAIN Schamp and Lieutenant
Younkin Of Company G. ask that the
citizens fly their flags as they did last
summer when Company g was about
to leave Every business house in the
city was draped and decorated with
American flags and bunting, and tbs
officers would wish that the people OF