New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-12
LOYALTY TALK IS BIG
ATTRACTION IN NEW ULM
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which we have been drafted into the
army of the. nation, or any act of utter
ance designed to hinder it's operation,
is a menace to us who are about to
assist in fighting the Nations battles;
and we therefore call upon all citizens
to be constantly loyal in thought,
word and action, and to steadfastly
support the government in it's every
effort to prosecute the war to a success
full conclusion; and by doing this, we
believe the object of the war may be
more speedily attained"
Parade is Long One.
The parade was lead by DR.. j. p.
Graft, marshal of the day, with Lieut..
Alfred Pullman and Otto Oswald as
aides. The first division formed on
Broadway, between Second and Third
North streets, with YOUNGSTERS band
leading. Then came the G. A. r.
veterans in carriages, and others in the
following order: Members Of the Brown
County Exemption Board, the drafted
men from the county, ladies of the Red
Cross and citizens Of New Ulm.
G.. R. Hennick was marshal of the
Second division, which formed on Second
North Street, between Broadway and
State, and marched in the following
order: Sleepy Eye band, members of
Company H, Second Regiment, pre-
siding officer, the speakers and members
of the committee in carriages, citizens
of Sleepy Eye, Golden and Evan.
The Third division was in charge of
Emil G. Hage as marshal, with the
following in line: The Springfield band,
Company L, Second Regiment, citizens
of Springfield and Redwood Falls.
Capt. B. Groebner, formerly of Com
pany A, in command of that organization
on the Mexican border last summer,
was marshal of the Fourth division, and
following the Hanska band were the
Spanish-American War veterans, veterans
of the 1916 Mexican campaign, citizens
of Hanska, Comfrey and from other
portions of Brown county.
The Fifth division was marshaled by
C. Filzen, Jr., and lead by the New Ulm
Concert band, Mapleton Drum CORPS,
Mankato Home Guards; citizens of
Mankato.
Postmaster is Marshall.
Fred Pfaender was marshal of the
Sixth division, which was led by the
St. Peter band, followed by citizens of
St. Peter and Kasota.
The Seventh division, of which F..
w. Dietz was marshal, was led by the
Madelia band, and followed by citizens
of Madelia, Lake Crystal and st. James.
The Eighth division, of which Verne
Keyser was marshal, was led by the
Lamberton band, with citizens. of Lam
berton and Sanborn in line.
Mich. Schuster was marshal of the
Ninth division, which was led by the
Fairfax band. That musical organiza-
ton was followed by citizens of Fairfax,
Olivia, Morgan and from various other
counties not especially assigned.
The Fairfax Fife and Drum Trio, Of
which Col. C. H. Hopkins and his
son, Hon. Frank Hopkins of Fairfax,
are members, brought up the rear Of
the parade, and created no little favor
able comment and much cheering from
the large number Of people who viewed
the parade from the streets thru which
it marched.
The speaking was from a platform
erected for the occasion, in front of the
Court House. Superintendent A. J..
Mueller of the Water and Light depart
ment had Illuminated the stand with
large number of red, white and blue
electric lights and the stand presented
a handsome appearance.
Besides the speakers the platform
was occupied by officers of the Com
mercial Club, under whose auspices the
meeting was held, members of the com-
mlttee and by H. C. Hess, director of
the Public Safety league Of Brown
county.
An UNLIMITED Speaker.
There was also ali unlimited individ-
iial, whose name is said to be Bowling
from Olivia, who insisted on making a
speech, after the others speakers
had finished. Major Bowling took oc-
casion to gratiuously insult the German
people and the committee in charge were
much chagrined that he got out OF their
control.
Judge I. M. Olsen in brief address
welcomed the audience and thanked
the people of all the surrounding towns
for the neighborly manner in which
they had helped to make the meeting
a success. He paid an eloquent tribute
to the drafted men, the national guard
and the volunteers, declaring they were
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