The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-09-27
G00D-B y To BOYS
FAREWELL DEMONSTRATION TO
NEW ARMY MEN.

When the Rock Island train bearing
six coaches filed with young men Sc
lected for military service from the
section of Iowa along the Rock Island
line, fifty-four Oskaloosa and Mahas-
ka county bid farewell to home and
friends yesterday afternoon and de-
parted for the thirteenth divisional
training camp of the National Army
at Camp Dodge. All Oskaloosa and
Mahaska county was there to say
goodbye" and the send off given Ma
kaska boys was one long to be rememy
bered. Oskaloosa's second increment
more than filled one railway coach,
and mingled with the Selects from the
counties of southern Iowa. A special
train, bedecked in flags and banners
carried the new National Army men
tc their training camp near Des
Moines. Secretary Bob" Shanahan of
the Oskaloosa Commercial Club and
Henry S. Rosecrans, postmaster, ac-
! companied the local selects to Des
Moines, and will see that special at
tcntion is paid to Mahaska's pride. A
special interurban car, met the men at
the Rock Island station at Des
| Moines and carried Oskaloosa's addi-
| tional quota to the Camp Dodge can
Torment, number of miles on ide
The city of Des Moines.
The Iowa Brigade Band, represen
tatives of the commercial club, old
soldiers and army men home on fur
ioughs marched to the station with
Mahaska's selects. II was a grand pro-
cession The spirit which was manifest
turing the departure of Company ii
ior France, again broke forth, and
| cheers greeted the new army contri.
button as they marched along the
crowded thoroughfares to the railroad
station. At the station a greater feel.
| ing of patriotism and pride was shown
| waving flags, and hearty Landscapes
we're the soldiers farewell.
The procession formed at the court
house where the Selects were assem-
| Sled and marched south on First street
| Special cars set along the main line
near the depot awaited the soldiers,
| and vast crowd greeted them as they
entrained. Before boarding the coaches
| ID carry them to the service of Uncle
| Sam, the men were assembled in the
station yard, where stirring talks
were made by Cornelius Yer Ploeg and
George True.
Pink Carnations were pinned on
| each coat lapel, with broad blue pin
bearing in large white letters, "OSKA
LOOSA."
| The farewell was touched with sad
less as loved ones saia farewell" tC
the young man called into country's
service. But above all that spirit OF
pride and hero worship found fore
most place in the faces of the people.
| The feeling which has made Americas
selective CONSUMPTION plan successful
was shown here at this trying time.
Every man reported to the local
| board at the station and Mahaska
county will report full ranks when the
Selects reach Camp Dodge.
Five other carloads of young fellows
the best of the country, attracted
much local attention. These young
men from neighboring counties were
also on their way to the new army
camp and will soon be dressed in the
amiliar khaki of the army.
The crowd at the station was i'm
mense. Few expected as large a turn
| out as was accorded the departing
| men. The streets about the station
we're thronged with mass of human
ty, surging backward and forward,
and seeking to catch glimpse OF
| the selects.
The affair will long be remembered
by the men who left at a country's
call.