The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-12
CITY SENDS
HER BEST TO
MEET FOE
Bids Farewell To Naval
Militia Thursday
Noon
MEMBERS ALL
KEEN FOR SERVICE
First Battalion En-
trains For Some
where On Coast"


wrapped In slumber Thursday morn
ing $50 rudy checked, bright-eyed
boys. blue clad and white halted,
gathered in the naval militia arm
ory. at Jenerson-sve. and Brush-st
They we're the Detroit and Saginaw
members OF the naval militia. max.
ing hnal preparations for entrain-
ing al noon for some point on the
Atlantic seaboard
Prem the concentration point they
viii 70 aboard ships and start on
the biggest hunt ever engaged in
by men They are going In search
OF the most terrible enemy ingenu-
ity has ever conceived in the his
tory OF warfare-the deadly U-boat
They are going TO do their share to-
ward making the ocean safe and
Kidding h OF the terrors OF the sea.
Most OF these young men are
scions OF the proudest families in
Detroit As the lads went calmly
sbout the routine in the armOry
their faces showed that they real
ized the seriousness OF the business
they were concerned in. but there
was not a tardy or an absent man.
The full strength OF the brigade was
on hand before the sppOaated Ac,;r,
and officers had none he yeXa-
tlous work OF looking up those who
sought 20 change their minds
There was not a woman at or
near the armory. The last fare
wells had been sobbed out before
the sun rose. behind drawn curtains.
in the homes Of the young sailors.
The mothers from the most part had
told their sons they would not render
their duty any more dificult by ap-
pearing in the srmory TO make
heart breaking scenes. Every sadly
proud mother viii be somewhere
along the line Of march 20 wave a
final GOd-speed 10 her son. but the
pathetic incidents that 80 often rob
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nance wili be lacking. It is ex-
pected.
Many . choking mother in the
dim dawn. Of the last real day FOR
them until this war shall have end
ed. bravely stifed their sobs and
turned their tear-stained faces up 10
their tail sons 20 be kissed as they
exclaimed with the Spartan moth
or Go. son. and come back with
thy shield or on g."
Ileut Com Lundy will lead his
men out Of the armory shortly after
10 O'Clock Thursday morning. They
will form on Jererson-aye. before
the armory. and execute few
maneuvers 20 timber themselves up
and then march 20 the foot OF Cad
ilac-sq Here they will DO met by
the naval militia veterans OF the
Spanish American war. winch witt
form an escort Of honor on the
march "a the Union station.
In Cadillac 50. Edwin DENLY viii
present the naval militia with a
ztaf4 ~ es4eFs,- tAe Eift % Ma
Willis Bull. whose husband was one
NJ the distinguished members o. the
naval battalion which marched away
almost exactly 70 years ago 10 as
Fist its country IN the war with
Spain.
After this ceremony tho militia
with It's escort. viii march to wood
ward up Woodward 10 Grand
CiFcus park. then count ermarch
down Wood "a ard ave 10 Fort-st.,
thence out Fort 20 the station. The
hog VIII then board a train which
s.lI pull cut promptly a. - O'Clock
Detroit time, headed for the Allan
tlc coast.
OHcsrs OF he naval militia said
Thursdav morning that practically
200 ~ rhp men who have fsmilios
dependent upon them have been
veo5ed ont There arc a very Few
hose families have depended upon
their earning capacity. but these
have made private arrangements by
which their families will hc looked
after during their absence, go theg
20 githcnt- haunting thought