The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-27
LIST Of SECOND
QUOTA OF MEN
DEMONSTRATION WAS HELD ON
THURSDAY EVENING TO SPEED
MEN ON THEIR WAY
COMMERCIAL CLUB ROOMS CROWDED
Big Crowd Get Up To Be At Early
Morning Train To See Boys start
OF To War

The Bookings county contingent
of forty-One men started off last Fri
day morning as per schedule, on their
way to Camp Funston, heal Fort
Kansas. The following is the
list of the men:
1855 George Lunde. Astoria
l26 Alfred Bergh, Nolga.
GIG VIM. Garlic Coleman, Altus.
Okla.
l07 Theodore Hemmestad, volga.
4S6 Sigurd Nicholson, White.
600 JOY Miller. City.
Goa clyde William Mcknight, City.
43 Edward Frank Ecker. Bush
nell.
1045 Arthur Henry Peterson, Bruce.
1881 George William Montgomery,
White.
1882 Geo. Orr IIoffman, City.
1923 Erharth ii. Preusler, White.
927 VIM r.. Brandt. Elkton.
1903 Frank Ray Goodfellow. Bruce.
1895 Willie Norgaard, Arlington.
to6 Henry Paterson Kinsler. Black
water. Va.
5ls Chas. clinton Marshman. City.
1920 Bert NJ. Tollefson, Bruce,
223 Hugh James Getty. Volga.
l44l Geo. Sorsen. White.
900 Frank Eugene O'Leary, Elkton
1874 Fred Ernest Cook. Arlington.
1850 Willie Bernhart Hanson. City.
9S2 Russell BAIL Blair. Elkton.
TIA John Clarence Clark. Bruce
$50 Alexander Lynch. Elkton.
1875 William Clarence Jarman, City
5 Charles l.. Hartman, Bushnell.
$40 Henry Ralph Nelson. Elkton.
1872 Ross Nowal Francomb. Bruce.
1iS5 Carl Furman Hickman, Aurora
492 William McCuen. White.
$50 John w. Sponsler, City
957 Nalclav Simanovsky, Elkton.
ll12 Raymond Cleveland, Bruce
AS Allen Warner. City.
li36 Oscar Westgaard, Astoria.
275 Horace Ralph Kerr. Bruce.
ll7S Dick VIM. Miller, White.
1896 Andrew Oleson, Arlington.
1876 Ole Peder Bakken, Astoria.
The evening before, all the men who
would attend were entertained at a
dinner, served in the G.. A. II. hall by
the Episcopal guild ladies', under the
auspices Of the Commercial club.
There were no speeches and when the
men had finished the dinner they were
escorted to the club rooms in the city
hall by Company G of the S. ID. n. G..
and the band. In front of the city
hall the procession halted and Prof.
+. +. Brown recited a couple of pa
tliotic selections, in his usually excel
lent and entertaining manner. In the
club rooms the men were given an
opportunity to meet their friends and
say goodbye. Under direction of the
local board they all retired to the
Hotel where they slept.
They were up at five the next morn
ing, had breakfast, and as the train
was forty-ive minutes late they had
of time to get ready to go.
Lunches had been provided in boxes
for every man by the Red Cross chap
ter and there was more than ample
provision for all. Extra coaches were
attached to the train here so that
there was ample room for all our men.
Though of course, it was expected
to fill up the cars at other stations
where other contingents of the new
were taken N. Every county
seat along the line contributed it's
quota, until the southern line of the
state was reached.
The scene at the depot was lively,
as nearly three hundred people were
on hand and the autos lined up around
he station numbered over fifty. There
was not much evidence of grief,
several mothers, sisters and
sweethearts looked rather grave and
solemn. The men were all cheerful
and acted as if they wanted to go. J..
II. Sponsler, who had been appointed
by the local board, was busy,
as was DR.. Stoll, the board chairman.
And ever if the boys had to be count
twice because the captain forgot
to count himself, there was very little
confusion. The train finally pulled
with Bookings %county's second
contribution to the National Army.
The men were a very likely looking
set, all active and wiry, none very tall
and none very fat. Some wore good
and took along a suit case in
to send them home. Others
in old clothes and o~veralls.
These latter seem to us to be the wis
Pr course, as it is going to be some
to get a chance to express a
package back home. If every man
look a suit case, the express company
would have enough business to keep
hem going for thirty days.
Out of the fourteen substitutes who
only four were used. Two
men, L. ]. Brynes. Of Aurora. and w.