The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-05
Three Demonstrations
Of Patriotism by
Missoula People

Inree big patriotic demonstrations
yesterday aroused Missoula from an
apathy dating back to the very begin
ming of the final stage of the Ameri-
can-German controversy and provided
the first srublic manifestation the city
had seen of the fact that the nation is
at war.
A great rally of citizens students and
Boy Scouts started the day. Many
more than a thousand people turned
out almost before dawn to welcome to
Missoula a. detachment from the Sec
or,d North Dakota infantry, sent here
to garrison Fort Missoula.
A little later in the morning nearly
$50 State University students. headed
by the two companies of cadets which
were organized Tuesday, marched to
the county courthouse to hear patri-
otic speeches. In the afternoon hun
dreLs of high school boys and girls
paraded the downtown streets and
heard speeches at the courthouse. the
city hall and the First National bank
building.
Mlitiamen Welcomed.
The demonstration at the Northern
Pacific station was held yesterday
morning at o'clock when the Dakota
company in command of Captain C. N.
Barker alighted from passenger train
No. 3. which. had been delayed more
than 20 hours at Billings by a wash
out. The crowd. was somewhat dis
appointed when less than half of the
expected company detrained. Cap
tain Barker explained to the reception
committee that In all $50 members Of
the North Dakota national guard will
come to Missoula, but that the re-
mainder Of the company had not mobi-
lized when the orders for the transfer
to Missoula was given. The other
members of the company will arrive in
a few days. Several of them came
yesterday afternoon.
National airs were played by the
Missoula band as the troops marched
from the station to Spruce street and
back. The Boy Scouts cleared the
way and kept the crowd back by lock-
ing their slaves and forming wall
along the line of the curb. High
school and university students were
present In large numbers displaying
banners and flags. The cheering was
continuous from the time the soldiers
arrived until they left the station. The
soldiers coaches were taken direct to
the fort by way of the Bitter Root
tracks.
Veterans Speak.
Hardly had the streets been cleared
than they were again filled with the
marching students Of the university
Companies "A" and "B" of the uni
versity military training department
under the command of Harry Russell
marched to the courthouse, where they
We're addressed by w. ]. Mccormick
Will Cave and Charles II. Hall. About
200 young men are in the companies
and they were accompanied by about
$50 co-eds, who marched in COMPANY
formation behind them. Thomas C
Busha of Big Timber closed the dem
onstration at the courthouse with g
short address to his fellow students.
High School Parade.
In the afternoon another demonstra
ton was held by the students of tht
Missoula county high school, The,
marched through the city to the music
of n fife and drum corps. At tn,
courthouse they were addressed b!
County Attorney Fred r. Angevine
They then marched to. the. city hall
where Mayor Wilkinson commende,
them on their show of patriotism. A
the First National Bank building the.
were addressed by Attorney F. A. Rob
erts.