The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-23

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ment of the young men. until finally
the whole city capitulated and there
is now nothing but words of praise
on every tongue in regard to these
SON ers.
ION last Saturday evening. 1 am
sure there were approximately 10000
in our town. and although the
streets, restaurants and stores were
thronged, there was not the slight
est act of disorder. nor even any
loud talking or boisterous conduct.
In fact, 1T may seem a rather exag-
gerated statement that during the
four weeks that we have had these
young fellows with us, there has not
been a single act of disorder on their
part while within our city.
"You Took Us For GentIemen.P
81 Speaking to one of these young
men in praise of their conduct, the
fine young fellow replied, We'll. sir,
you people here in Charlotte haYe
treated us as though you took us for
gentlemen, and that has put us on
our mettle.
Il may say for our city that we
are bestirring ourselves in our Eff
forts to make the life Of your boys
as enjoyable as possible. We have
splendid Y. M. c. A. in the city,
with shower baths and swimming
pool. and on last Saturday. a thou
sand boys from the camp availed
themselves of the bath privileges,
each bath costing only cents. to
pay for soap and use OF towels. The
Y. VIC. A. has also thrown open
it's doors, and the young men have
access there, under proper instruc-
tons and regulations. Each Of the
leading churches of the city has a
writing and rest room for the soldie1
boys, where writing material and
reading matter are available to them
at all times of the day and in the
evenings. The public Libraries are
also available for reading matter.
Give Attention to Privates.
1--WE have what we consider a
splendid city of $4,000, and the off,
GERS and soldiers are very loud in
their expressions of admiration for
our city, and of appreciation for what
has been done for them. l have met
very few officers in the camp. be-
cause the citizens generally, includ-
ing myself, have somehow felt that
it was worth our while to show most
of our attentions to the noncommis-
stoned officers and pFiyates, whose
opportunities for pleasurable enjoy I,
ment were somewhat limited.
Another thing that has surprised
us is the very large number of young
men who attended our churches. AT
each of our leading churches, so per
cent or more of our congregations
are now made up by the soldier boys.
We had an impression that the peO-
pie out west were rather scantv in
their attendance upon church serv-
ice, but this is not true Of the boys
who are here.
IF either you or any of your
parishioners have any relatives and
special friends in the camp to whom
it is desired that any special atten-
to receive their names and meet
them"
Quartet Feted Royalty.
Mr.. Tillett. in his letter. also tells
Of meeting Rev. Mr.. Anderson's son,
Cuyler Anderson, a member of
Company G, 164th United States in
fantry.
Il had the pleasure a week ago
of meeting your son, Cuyler Ander-
son. Learning that he was the son
of a Methodist preacher. and being
myself the son Of a Methodist
preacher, was first drawn to him by
this bond, but later more particular
~ by personal acquaintance with
him." writes Mr.. Tillett. las you
doubtless know, your son and
Messrs. Andreason. Plush and Baar-
stad, all of Valley City, N. D., COM
pose a quartet in Company G, 164th
u. s. Infantry. I asked this quartet
some ten days ago if they would
sing at some Of our church services
and entertainments, and to this they
readily assented and accordingly
they came into our town last Satur-
day afternoon and were entertained
for supper at the home of one of the
prominent officials of our church. |
They were then brought to the
church to assist in an entertainment
for the soldiers, provided by the
young people of the church and the
quartet sang. to the great delight of
those present. After the entertain
ment these young gentlemen, with
mingled with the young peo-
pie and seemed to have a pleasant |
time, and later were sent back to the |
camp. N....
ION Sunday morning / went after |
them and brought them to the city. |
| turned over my machine to them, |
which they used in having a ride for |
about an a9ur before church serv- |
Ice. At the church service they sang !
The Voluntary, to the great pleasure |
Of a large congregation. After the |
church service / took them, and also |
Mr.. Martin, one Of their friends, to |
ny home and entertained them at I
1inaer. They remained with us for |
several hours. and then we carried |
them TO the Y. w. G. A. building, |
where a Sunday afternoon social was |
N progress, with some religious |
service. Here the quartet sang again |
and mingled with the people there, !
and seemed to have a very pleasant 4
lime, forming some new and agree |
able acquaintance among the Young |
women of our city We then carried |
hem back to camp.
II give you this somewhat in de-
tail that you may see not only what |
your boys are doing for US, but in
some measure, what we are trying to
do for them. We enjoyed every min
ute OF our association with them,
and / was delighted to have them in
my home. ] have given each Of them
a most cordial invitation to return
and feel free to drop i'm with us and
iofn the home circle at any time ii
may suit their convenience.
THE same night that our own
church byron Street Methodist
church, was having a social for
the young people, referred to above,
several other of the large city
hurches had the same Character Of
entertainment, and the soldiers were
invited to meet the young people Of
the city and have some light refresh
ments. Hundreds. and perhaps thou
sands. Of them responded, and every
where there seemed TO be pleasure
and gaiety Of an innocent and help-