The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-04
HONOR SERVICE
. Fur DRAFTED MEN
Many Attended Sunday Afternoon
Meeting in chautauqua Tent in
Rand Park-kindis's
Band Plays.
TWO FINE ADDRESSES
Messages to Drafted Men for the Ma
tional Army Given by Rev. E. 3.
Newcomb and Rev. George
Gisineer.
TWO FINE ADDRESSES

The city OF heOkuk pdlu It's llipule
to those men from Lee county who
are soon to become part OF the
great national army OF the United
States and also those who are sub
ject to draft, at patriotic service
in the chautauqua tent In Rand park
Sunday afternoon Messages Of hope,
interest and sympathy were given
by the speakers OF the afternoon IN
behalf of the city; the members OF
the new army were told that MOTH
ing but honor was their due and
they were urged to bear up through
the trials and tribulations that might
fall to their lot and conduct them
selves so that they would always be
credit TO themselves and TO the
city from which they came.
The chautauQua tent was crowded
with men subject TO the draft and
their relatives and friends. Due TO
the fact that the chautauqua man
agement had removed the piano from
the platform the special musical
numbers arranged for the day were
not given; it was also with regret
that it was announced that sickness
prevented the appearance OF Senator
Joseph Frailey. However. eloquent
addresses were given by the Rev. E.
B. Newcomb and the Rev George
Giglinger and Kindig's concert band
played an excellent program, giving
three mum bers before the meeting
was called to order and others be-
tween the numbers on the program.
closing with The Star Spangled
Banner.
Address by Dr.. Newcomb.
G.. Lloyd Norman, who acted as
the chairman of the day, first intro
duced the Rev. j. H. Matthias. who
made the invocation. In introducing
DR.. Newcomb, Mr.. Norman called at
tention to the preparedness address
the speaker made two years ago at
the same place.
DR.. Newcomb disclaimed any honor
as a prophet, but declared that al
though his friends didn't agree with
the thoughts expressed in his pre-
paredness address two years before,
he could now tell them that they
were wrong and could say that If
the country had began TO prepare at
that time it would not be in the
embarrassing position il is now. He
said it was easier TO get men than
eauipm emit and he drew a vivid pic
ture of the confusion that has re-
suited in the attempt to raise huge
army and fully equip it in so short
a time.
The speaker declared. however,
that he was not there TO talk about
the war, but TO give a message from
the sympathetic heart of Keokuk to
her conscripted soldiers for the new
national army.
NO hint but that OF honor shall
rest on the men called by conscrip-
tion," he said
The volunteers should be honored,
he said, but these men were desery-
ing of just as high praise. for know
ing that the government had set on
foot a new way to raise an army
they had waited to see If they were
wanted and now that the call had
come they were willing and ready to
respond.
These men need our interest,
hope, sympathy and certainties,"
said DR.. Newcomb, "as they are
doing our work. We can't go, some
of Us, but we can give those who
do, our full hearted sympathy and
hope"