The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-05

quota II II .t29.
A early a. n O'Clock Wednesda,
morning the crowd began 20 form
along Woodward and Jefferson
for 4 glimpse % the boys a. thel
marched away. Promptly az u ~
The nttle company left The armoIy
escorted by Mayor Marx ana many
member of the common council on
foot. veterans ~ two wars. mount
cd and foot police. Boy Scouts ano
Al Greens band The line OF
march was Brush.sf 20 Jencrson' ~
Woodward and up the east 'ile OF
Woodward 10 Elizabeth'st, "her-
the citizen soldiers boarded spt'lA
cars that carried them 10 The sra
ton.
There was little about the pro
cessIon 10 suggest tho grim hnsinf'7
on which the men were abei' I'D
embark One occasionally caught
siImpse of khaki In The line. when
identined some former National
Cuardsman or a member Of ne state
,roops but With these c1ccp IONS
tho marchers were All IN clNI 5H
dress They dld nor even caFiy
disposed Of In ne armory
The martial music Of he band
nrovided military Atmosphere.
however. and II was surcIeht 70
provoke lustv cheers all along 'h'
line AZ the men. some Win grave
faces and others Ia holiday mooa
marched along IN excellent order
considering thai few had ever ans
military training
There was one feature Of ne
parade. however that m me ~
sence Of tho implements ana lnsis
,.ia OF war. served as a iorcetul 70
miuder Of the purpose Of % ali. II
was a huge banner, borne oy 10Y
Scouts and II bore THIS QUOTATION
from resident Wilson's war message
OF April 2
re rxht a. more precious Than
penr~. and Ne shall hghH Tor thr
thisgs which we have ~" a.. '"rrIe"
nearest our hearts--fcr demo-x-sy'
for the rlEkt Of those who saeEit 70
authority TO have q voice In thrir
sun governments for The riEhfs Ane
liberties sf ANAL nations. FOR uni-
versst dominion OF rght n, sueh
~oaesrt of free peoples ~ shall orinG
ven~e and safety To all nstions and
make the world itself At last free.
Another biz crowd aVaitrd t1e
conscripts AZ the depot Here tie
final farewells were said FOR con
irary 10 previous announcement p, no I
uroyision had been made for rrla
tlves aboard The special Ho~ever. I
several relatives and friends OF sol 4
dlers boarded tho regular irAn Tor (
Battle Creek. leaving immediately |
after the special
The vanguard ~ Detroits con
script army IL composed OF FIVE Per I.
cent OF the quota from each o. the I
nrst six OF the 26 city divisions.
made up as follows Division No. I.
!, 30 men: No. ?. II; No. 3, rs No. /
4, So, No. 5, 20 No s. a. These 1
1874 for the most part were picked (
from men who, eager 10 be first II I
camp, had volunteered 10 90 on he Z
first call. In some OF the districts, /
notably No 3, which comprises the /
Second ward. there were many more /
that could be accomEo-
dated.
The men reported az their 70
spective local headquarters a.
n
with Identification cards. and bag.
gage checks and then. in charge Of
one OF their number. took cars foz
the armory. where each group gath
cred In a designated spot and waited
the dinner call.
At i1:i5 they fell in AZ sigma
from the band leader and marched
in orderly fashion 10 Al Smiths
restaurant on Cadillac-sq for din
ner. The government allowed 90
cents for each man, but no limit
was placed on the food or The mum
her of helpings by the restaurant
man. And when every man hac
eaten his I'll Re was presented with
good cigar.
There was an Impressive scene Ia
the armory, just after the last 81 thc
six divisions had reported. when the
hand struck up THE Star Spangled
Banner" Every hat came OF
promptly and az the end there wss
a rousing cheer for Old Glory, which
had been unfurled as The band
played.
Before the departure from the
armory each man was presented
with box lunch. pipe, package
OF tobacco and cigarette papers. the
gifts OF the common council
The details OF thee getaway were
in the hands OF a committee 2p
pointed by the local boards. The
committee did It's work we'll There
was not a hitch anywhere in the
proceedings
Malcolm J. Mcleod. chairman ~
local board No. Z. marched AZ the
head OF his division and stuck WI
HIS men right up 20 the moment ~
departure. He was given n "hand"
all along the line.
wyandotte is sending four men
10 Camp Custer today. They are
Earl Tucker, Earl Stieler. John Beat
tie and Harry Niefert They left TIC
city quietly Wednesday morning
There was no celebration
The draft men OF the Twenty-frst
ward, numbering about 500. we're
hcnored by citizens OF the ward
Tuesday night with a parade in
which the conscripts were nc chief
participants The entire line u
march, which included Jefferson ave
and a few intersec,ing streets. was
lighted with red fire and house,
were profuseiy decorated With flags
and bunting Fully 5000 persons
took part IN the demonstration
Following the parade patriotic
street meeting was held, with I'D
Bradley as chairman. The speak.
ers were Gen. c. W Hsrrah, Col "
@ LAtimer and Louis J. BTadney.