Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-09-12
PRESIDENT LEADS
NATIONAL ARMY MEN;
TRAINING STARTS
Wilson Carries Flag in Demon
stration at Capital.
10000 PERSONS IN LINE
Members of Both Houses of Congress
and Many Others Honor Drafted
Men-WIson Says He Would
Like to Go to the Front.

Washington. Sept with the pres
ident of the United States, members
of both houses of congress, high OIL
Gals and diplomats participating, the
national capital paid fareWeH trlp-
ute to her sons on Tuesday who soon
will enter the National army for serv-
ice overseas with the eXpedllonary
forces.
The demonstration took the form or
parade in which the men of the Sc
lective draft army, led by President
Wilson on foot, and accompanied by
veterans of the blue and gray, soldiers,
sailors and marines, swung up historic
Pennsylvania avenue from the cap
itol past the White House.
President Heads Column.
There were 10000 or 10000 men in
line, including the most splendid mill
tary bands in the world, the most won
derfully drilled regiments, rows on
rows of field guns, machine guns, all
the panoply of war, with the presi-
dent at the head of the column and
the officers of the cabinet and about
every big personality in our national
government somewhere along the line.
Wilson Carries Flag.
President Wilson - straW-hatted,
white-trousered and blue-coated-
walked amid his top-hatted frock-
suited cabineteers. He carried small
flag and bowed to the cheers.
Uncle Joe Cannon marched with
Champ Clark. Confederate veterans,
Union veterans and Spanish war vet
Grams contributed their part TO the
Fourth-of-July effect.
Senate and House Adjourn.
The senate and house adjourned
early in order to take part, it being
the first time~that congress has ever
marched in any popular demonstration.
AS the van of the column reached
the White House the president 'fell
out" and entered the reviewing stand.
Wilson Feels Envy.
President Wilson feels genuine
envy for the drafted men who will go
overseas to fight freedoms battles.
81 should like to be with them on
the fields and in the trenches where
the real battle for the independence of
the United States is to be fought" he
wrote in a letter to Thomas L. Chad
bourne, Jr., member of the mayors
committee of national defense of New
York city.
Drafted Men Start Training.
Washington, Sept. 6.-The first of
the National army went into uniform
late yesterday. Into IA environments
poured groups of recruits, the first 5
per cent quota of the draft army.
Each group on it's arrival was stripped
of civilian clothing and supplied with
khaki uniform, army hat, shoes, leg
gings, blankets, rifle, ammunition belt
and other Announcements of soldier.
Training starts today. The second
September 49,
Reports to Provost Marshal General
Crowder indicated that the mobiliza-
ton was proceeding slowly. Most of
the groups took morning trains, al
though those from some western
states may not reach camp until late
today.
Camp Upton at Yaphank, L. l., and
Meade, at Admiral, Nd, were the
only environments not ready to for
mally open.
The movement of men yesterday
was the actual start of the assem-
bling of the National army 1t was
the march of the first 5 per cent of
the 251,965 men chosen for service
from the fifteen states in the central
department of the army The move
ment will consume five days.