El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-19
To
Be UN5Iu.llCKLED
City Will Give Men Going
to Camp Travis Friday
Rousing Farewell.

A grand parade formed by several
thousand men. women and children,
all afoot. even the grand marshal
judge Peyton F. Edwards. Will be
formed Friday noon in front Of the
new court house to escort Il Paso's
second contingent for the national
army to the special train on which
they will 80 to their training camp
at san Antonio.
A conference was held I'm the Of
flee Of mayor Charles Davis and at
tended by the CITY aldermen, school
superintendent II. J. Tighe and chair
men L. A. Dale, J. F. Williams and A.
Boone. OF the three exemption boards.
respectively, Wednesday morning,
and the following parade formation
was decided on:
Police escort,
Military band.
Mayor and councilmen,
Members Of exemption boards,
Drafted men.
School children.
Citizens at large.
The school children. who viii mum
Der about 1000, including the high
school cadet corps, viii form AZ
Campbell and san Antonio streets
and fail in behind
Flags for Everybody.
The committee in charge. consist
ing OF the cOnferees named. viii at
tempt to distribute flags to every
one in the parade. This viii cost
son was delegated to collect that
amount By popular subscription
Members OF the council contributed
$50 individually TO the fund Besides,
the various business places along the
line of march 10 the depot will be
The request of the mayor is needed
Call Roll at Station
The parade viii reach the Union
depot at I o'clock. when the roll Of
Davis Will then preside over a pro-
gram OF speech making. The follow
ing citizens have accepted Invitations
TO make three minute talks and
pledged that they viii leave all gloom
a home and give the boys nothing
but a jolly sendoff; W. W Turney.
Tom Lea. Rev. p. r Knickerbockel,
Prof. r. J. TiEhe. James c. McNary
and Maury Kemp.
With a proclamation by mayor
Charles Davis. calling on the citi-
zens to ''uushackle their patriotism
and make this event an enthusiastic
celebration" as the invitation 10 ev-
eryone TO. come out, the chairmen Of
the various army selection boards
are buslly preparing plans Tor one
Of tho greatest patriotic parades in
the history Of the city.
schools VIII Turn Out.
William j. Moran. OF city board
No. ], appeared before the city school
board Tuesday evening and asked
that a holiday be granted the chill
students IN the parade 1t Is re-
gretful.' said Mr. Moran, that there
is not as much feeling here as IN the
eastern part OF the state II is time
20 become interested"
The board readily granted the holt
day and agreed that at least the high
school cadet corps be in the parade
a committee was appointed 10 have
other students participate.
Thursday Men VIII Meet
The men called by the three boards
viii have TO appear Thursday after
noon and may, IL they desire, spend
the last night at home, but IN the
case of those from the lower valley
the county board expects to- provide
III Paso is sending 34e men to the
army" said the mayor in discussing
his proclamation, and IL behOOves
every citizen TO do his part 10 make
their leaving a patriotic celebration.
Every man who is able should be in
line Of march and carry a flag Let
FL PasCans unite on this day and
show these men, who are leaving 10
join the fight for democracy. that We
are proud of them"
Flags To Fly Friday
The flags OF the allies were taken
from the pole in san JacintO plaza
" ednesday morning and brought to
the city hall, to dry thoroughly and
be used in the parade Friday after
noon incident TO the departure of the
3f2 men leaving for the national army.
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