The sun., 1917-09-21
DRAFTED MEN GAY
IN LEAVE TAKING
1,725 Depart for Yaphank as
Cheering Thousands Bid
Them Godspeed.
MANY SIGNS CARRIED
Few Fail to Answer Call and
They Are Being Rounded
Up Rapidly.
MANY SIGNS CARRIED

Cheering. nag waving crowds escorted
1.725 drafted soldiers of liberty to tho
Pennsylvania station and the East Thir-
ty-fourth street ferry yesterday when
the boys left In two sections. and by
two routes, for their shanty homes at
faphank. The new delegation made
merry as It went along to take its place
with Gen. J. Franklin Bells division at
Camp Emory Upton.
The old ferry house At East Thirty
fourth street never held a more lively
gathering than the 57e men who marched
down from local boards 101 to 1il.
Board 102 carried banner saying:
I'VE are taking them there?'
where?
ITO Yaphank.
why?
ITO Kan the Kaiser"
And the lads who came along from
Board Ill had big sign that stated
the David Curtis axiom. Aces Beat
Kings" Lots and lots Of women folk
were there to see the boys on their way.
They cheered q great deal. wept q little.
kissed considerably and waved their
flags around the enthusiastic boys who
| are going to be touched by the wand
| Of discipline and become corner stones
| Of democracy and world freedom. For
tune is frivolous. and she made many a
hero in the crowd by the mere passing
! Of q moment under the psychology of
! the crowd.
| Many in Aut0m obiles.
| Many OF the quotas that came over
to the Pennsylvania station travelled
' t,. l
they were hilarious.
The men from Board 129 marched
down Fifth avenue from the Metropoli-
tan Museum Of Art and got a happy
hand along the way that ought to have
made them feel the town appreciated
them. Banners and flags waved over
the marchers and many women trudged
along by the side Of the men. At their
head marched Julius Henry Cohen
chairman Of the local board.
A fife and drum corps. making a noise
like THE Spirit Of TO- preceded the
boys from Board 11s. who came swing.
Ing along forty strong from their head.
quarters. Some humorst in the crowd
had taken the Gas House district for .
theme and put this inscription on Y
banner:
Gas bombs for the Kaiser: from the
boys Of the Gas House district
Patriotic In CheerinG.
Al both stations the boys cheered fol
the President. and they cheered for theiI
local boards. and they cheered for every.
body and everything that had the rinl
OF patriotism. They sang and they
danced. they shouted and they made
sport Of the day. and the nfes and druml
pounded the circumambient atmosphere
with rollickinR melody
Frederic r. Coudert, chairman oi
Board 1928, came along with his men ir
a sightseeing car. and in the quota wer<
two brothers. Alexander and Corneliui
Brennan Of PA East Fifty-sixth street
From Board l20 there came JOSEPH
Meehan Of AL West F'ifty-sixth street
who left behind . wife and three chill
dren who did not object to his serving.
Brave. loyal and true are the boyi
from 1872" said a friendly banner will
that boards contingent.
Wood Views Departure.
Roger b. Wood. assistant to the Ad
jutant- General, watched the boys depar
and waved good-by from the con
course at the station. and SO did the sis
ters and the cousins and the aunts. Il
say nothing OF the mothers and tn,
sweethearts, OF the lads who are bounc
for the khaki.
There were 101 men who did not an
swer tho roll calls for the trip and b!
,, noon l5 OF them were headed for tn,
Seventy-hrst Regiment Armory 1,
charge OF a perfectly willing and ca
pable sergeant. They were not treatet
fas deserters and not even as prisoners
but pains were taken to SEQ that the!
got out to the camp without any delay
Some Of tho men had good excuses
Twenty more Of the missing were &C
counted for in q satisfactory manner
Mr.. Wood said that a number Of the ab
sentees we're aliens or men who did no
understand the arrangements for tn
mobilization. and that such men will b
RiYen trRnaportation and sent tn cam