Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-09-15

All the men of the Fifth and Sixth
in Omaha, the machine gun company
and the Omaha ambulance corps had
orders to move Friday. Other COM
panies Of the Fifth and Sixth through
out the state have also started and
will join the Omaha troops enroute.
The Omaha battalion of the Sixth
left the Auditorium at HAS Friday
morning and marched to the Burling-
ton station, where the men boarded
the train that was to take them to
Deming. Orders were for the sol.
diers to be at the station by noon
and they were there ON the minute.
TO MEET OTHER TROOPS.
Omaha companies will travel on
two special trains over the Burling-
ton, one starting from Omaha and the
other from Lincoln. Enroute to Kan
sas City detachments will be picked
up at Wymore and Falls City. At
Kansas City the Burlington will turn
the trains over to the Santa Fe and
over this road they will 60 on to des.
tination.
Thursday the Burlington laid a
long train of tourists sleepers in on =
siding near the Tenth street station.
During the night the cars were thor
oughly cleaned and iced and early this
morning they were ready for the re.
ception of the soldiers. ~
On the Move Early.
Early yesterday morning the Omaha
members OF the Fifth aAd Sixth were
astir. They bade friends and relatives
goodby and commenced loading their
personal effects into the cars, prepar.
atory to starting on the trip. ,,-~
About II o'clock q special ar.
rived over the Northwestern bringing
in the companies from upstate. Here
the, members of the units will join
their regiments and 60 on south.
Entrainment of the members of the
two regiments quartered in Lincoln
commenced early this morning and
about noon they were on the move,
picking up small detachments enroute.
The impedimentia of the two regi.
ments, or at least large portion of it.
was shipped several days ago and 10
expected to be in Deming before the
arrival of the troop trains.
Besides the Burlington trains, the
Missouri Pacific had three spe.
cial trains carrying the soldiers of
the Fifth and Sixth Nebraska out Of
Omaha for Deming, N. NJ, Friday.
All morning crowds of friends
thronged the streets in front of the
Auditorium and surged into the big
hall for last visit with the boys.
Many people from out of town drove
in Thursday night in their cars to be
on hand early to bid them goodby.
All have made countless friends in
Omaha and the demonstration at the
station was one of the biggest ever
known there.
At the armory the machine gun
company of the Fifth. the only COM
pany of the regiment in Omaha, was
ready to leave early yesterday morn.
ing, although orders set its leaving at
z o'clock in the afternoon.
Sixth Leaves Lincoln.
The Lincoln contingent of the
Sixth regiment left their headquar-
tiers at 9:4s yesterday and marched
to the Burlington station, off for Fort
Deming. They were escorted to the
depot by the Fifth regiment band.
Colonel Paul of the Fifth accompanied
Colonel Hall of the Sixth to the sta
ton in an automobile driven by DR..
Hall, father of the commander Of the
Sixth.
The soldiers leaving were: Head.
quarters company, ffty-seven men:
supply company, thirty-nine men:
sanitary department. thirty-four men;
Colonel Hall, field and staff officers,
six men. Total. twelve officers and
ia men.
The streets were lined with people
and street car service was suspended
a half hour for the parade. The build
ings were profuseiy decorated and
the soldiers were applauded loudly
as they marched down the street.