Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-17
H and F Companies of the
Second Id a ho Arrive
From North Where They
Have Been on Guard Duty
No Demonstration on Ar
rival Because No An
nouncement Had Been
Made of Time of Coming
&C and M Coming Soon.

Boise again took on a military ap-
pearance today with the arrival Of
two companies of what was the Sea-
ond Idaho infantry H company f
Boise and + company of Lewiston
came in on a special train at 12:5o
o'clock, the former from Standpoint,
and the latter from Pasco, Wash They
are temporarily quartered at Boise
barracks but viii move on In few
days to Camp Greene, Charlotte, y. g.
There were no welcoming crowds
out TO greet the home coming because
no announcement had been made rf
the tine of arrival A hundred or so.
chiefly relatives of members of II
company. we're at the station having
received private advices that the sol
diers might be expected about
o'clock. The first the general public
knew about it was when the two com
panies marched through the main
streets of the city on their way to the
barracks. Aside from friendly greet
ings to the returning officers and men
there was no demonstration
TRIP WITHOUT INCIDENT.
II Company left Standpoint Tuesdny
morning at 10 O'Clock. making the
trip by way of Spokane. At Wailula
+ company joined II company and the
two special trains We're combined into
one, with Captain Harry f. Boes in
command. The trip was made win I
out incident.
. Captain Newman of the quarter +
masters department of the regular
army, had everything in readiness at
the barracks TO receive the troops As
soon as the tentage could be moved +
from the train to the barracks the work !
or going into camp was begun and I
tonight the soldiers will sleep under /
canvass. +
{ and NJ companies which have been +
stationed at Fort George Wright, will
join ii and + companies before the
movement to Camp Greene is begun.
They are expected within day or two.
GLAD TO BE MOVING. F
1t was "A happy lot OF soldiers that .
arrived today. Officers and men alike
are pleased that the period of guard
duty is at an end and that they are
soon to go into active training for
service in the war. The men look as
though the outdoor life of the past
sun ~ has dSittu WITH liitH anu VI
ficers report that the health of the
soldiers has been remark ably good.
there having been very few cases of
illness.
Many expressions of regret We're
heard that the Second Idaho has been
broken up. but there was no complaint,
as 1t was realized the war department
was taking the action it deemed best,
LONG SEIGE OF GUARD DUTY.
The four companies which have been
doing guard duty in the north since
April comprise practically ne-third
of the regiment G and NJ companies,
home stations Occur d Alene and Ida
no Falls respectively. have been al
Fort George Wright, spokane: r com
pany, home station Lewiston. has been
at Pasco. Wash, and II company OF
Boise has been in camp al Standpoint
Detachments of these companies have
been guarding railroad bridges and do
ing other guard duty throughout the
summer. II company came to Boise
when the mobilization orders were is
sued early in August but returned
north later in the month to restime
guard duty.
when the troops arrived they march
ed at once to Boise barracks and went
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