South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-22
Quiet Urdercurrent Of Serious Purpose Marks
Formal FarelUen to Soldiers Tuesday Night
Boys Enjoy Fine Meal and
Hear Talks Expressing AS
SuranCe That "Home
Folks" viii Remember
Them Substantially.

en- South Bend soldiers of Co F. last
night in the Chamber OF Commerce
quarters.
II was what was left unsaid and
what Is yet TO do that contains the
message OF that meeting
Three hundred and hfty-tnree
guardsmen sat down 20 dinner with
their officers and the representatives
OF south Bend business men who
were delegated 90 bear the formal
message OF farewell The dinner was
good the cigars were excellent. the
music was entertaining and the ad-
dresses interesting
But under dli--never gaining ex-
preston by word and seldom by ges-
ture-was the updercurrent of Sc
rious purpose and determined spir-
II.
You are going out TO night FOR a
great spiritual ideal" said Dr. j. r..
Lippincott ia his address. and that
suceinct statement best expressed the
spirit OF the meeting
No HcrOics or Boasts.
There were no neroics-no boast
ful promises but only quiet. re-
pressed determined purpose
The men were gathered for their
last public good time" before they
20 out TO fight i'm the war of world
democracy. That they realized the
responsibility of duty and honor
that rests upon them was shown bv
the determination that lit every eye
and the courage tat glOWed in eV-
cry countenance
10 was the first Of two similar
expressions of esteem that will coue
10 these men-the FIRST. last night.
when they are going out-the sec
ond. who knows how far i'm the flu
ture, when they come back.
10 was an expression of Tie 10y
atty OF South Bend of its love. of
its admiration for those men who
are 10 fight in foreisn lands for the
great principles their fathers ana
their srandfathers bled TO- i'm
America.
All Arc Heroes
They were heroes last niEht. and
there is no man or woman i'm south
Bend who doubts that when they
come back, they viii be heroes in
deed as we'll as heroes i'm purpose
The men marched from their
quarters IN Leeper park to the
Chamber Of Commerce building. led
by the third regiment band and e.
corted 10y hundreds of admiring
friends The dinner-and every one
OF them enjoyed twas served by
members of the Womens Relief
corps. Auten post No. IA. The hall
was decorated with the colors.
There was music by the band and
a number of vocal selections 10y the
P0larine quartet Duke Staples, the
". k Cut-Up of our Village, per
formed in a strong voice a high
hat and a red vest. Another gen
tleman. Mr.. Guthrie by name. enliv-
ened the evening with a monologue
II dialect.
ErcycrInujh j. Chccrcd.
Col Frcyermuth then was called
upon. but before the colonel could
get started. every man in the room
lcaped 90 his feet and Joined in
three rafter ringing cheers.
Were going 10 Berlin" an
nounced jhe colonel and again there
vas an outburst OF cheering that
jndieated the spirit that imbues the
stout hearts of the men i'm his COM
mand.
Col. Freyermuth spoke briefly anC
% the point He thanked south
Bend for its fine treatment Of his
men. ne promised that the third In
diana viii Justify the confidence and
the pride that south Bend feels in
IL.
Dr. A. =. +. Gammdck who has
iust returned from "a months ON the
battle line i'm France. was introduced
and asked 10 detail some OF his i'm
terestnE experience.
Calls Il small He'll
well began the doctor. I'm the
rgst place. understand that this Is
$40 picnic. Lots OF men uhc 80 over
there 30 20 see the country. as
they express g. / do not believe
any OF you men are goinS with that
idea uppermost iu your minds. IL
SOU are. forset IL. To Is journey
that is 90 Ice undertaken with the
utmost seriousness. You are soins
into a small hell But YOU are go
ius iu "a great cause. I have been
hack 10 my native land only eight
DAYS but if &c was possible I would
return 20 France tomorrow.
"Yod know, continued Dr. Gam
mack, in o. humorous Sc 10. nov. The
hest private we have had ON the
battle lire is an American. enlisted
from the show me state ! refer
Ia the Missouri mule After hea 81
bombardment. when the terrain is
so pitted with shell holes So thick
that they are scarcely foot apart.
The Missouri mule carried ammunl-
zion and supplies where no other
animal and no machine could go.
tie has proven well night invaluable
81 this war.
life u the biliers behind the
lines is monoton0us IN the extreme.
Ia "a treuca YOU are bounded 10y
piles OF sand bags and an apparent
j. Inexhaustible stencil. The trench
raids are the pleasantest part of
trenchs Mfe-for the men who are
not hurt. And really. when YOU con-
slider the enormous number OF men
engaged. few are hit There are