The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean., 1917-09-27
BOYS GIVEN
A GREAT |: A
SEN'D|'-OFF !

Saturday in this city was a big day,
so far as the soldier boys, who left for
the front that day was concerned.
There was % called, and % left in
the afternoon for Camp Dodge, Iowa,
the other, five not showing up, pos
sibly because they had not received
their notice to report here.
Thousands Of people were in the
city to show their appreciation of the
boys, who go to help fight the bat
ties of the country, and at noon there
was banquet rendered them at the
Elks home. The ladies of the city Ger
tainly did themselves proud in serving
one of the finest banquets possible.
Besides the soldiers present there were
several local citizens and after the
banquet was finished, remarks were
made by different ones.
At one o'clock the procession formed
to escort the boys to the depot. The
formation was made at the corner of
Kelly Ave-, and Fifth Street, with the
local band in the lead followed by the
Boy Scouts, the G. A. R., Co. D, in
command Of Capt. Lonnevick and Co.
G in command of Capt. Grant. Fol-
lowing these were the honored boys.
The line Of march was north on Kelly
Avenue to the school house, thence
east one block and south one block,
west one block to Kelly Avenue, down
which the procession marched to the
Great Northern depot. At the train
an enormous crowd was gathered to
see them off. The band rendered sew
eral selections appropriate to the oc-
casion, and the train pulled out amidst
the ringing cheers and the well-wishes
of the friends and relatives.
Thus did their patriotic relatives,
friends and neighbors assemble to pay
them homage and ask Destiny to be
kind to them as they submit themsel-
YES to the burning uncertainties Of the
future. The mothers are making the
greatest sacrifices that will inevitably
follow the United States of America
into this world-war-this great and
terrible crush IF elements into which
a numerous people were plunged at
the command of a meglomaniac.
Theirs is the duty that falls to the
son, the citizen and the patriot.
It is their great privilege to carry
the responsibilities Of this great ma
tion to successful termination in or
der that the great principles of demo-
cracy may lend hope to the down
trodden of autocratic misrule. The S.
o. S. call of the world has found it's
mark in free America. The ancient
judgment of God i once more to
sound its warning. A Prusoian mill
tary regime is to hear it and the flow
er Of Americas military manhood with
its spirit Of freedom is the collective
hand and instrumentality Of Provi-
dence to carry IL , rebuke Of an out
ragged Deity. The mothers Of men
have heard the weeping Of Belgian wo-
men and see the haunted look Of raw
ished girlhood. The lisping and pratt
tie Of dying children has waited itself
across the dark waters in which lies
the unseen mechanical terror Of the
Hun and all the mother-love that brot
these same young men SO carefully
thru their period Of helplessness has
spoken, and they have given of their
own to punish those responsible fol-
these atrocities.
Others are due to follow them to the
first-line trenches, and beyond, and
those who remain at home will vel
come their return and rejoice in the
splendor of their conquest for Liberty
their homes and their country. In the
midst of battle and in their darkest
hour the spirit Of a multitude will &c
out to them and in every stitch Of ev-
cry sock sent to them from countless
American homes there will be moth
er's or sisters silent tear for vic,
tory and their safe return.
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FOOD SHORT, GERMANY
TO SLAUGHTER ALL PIGS