Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-11
LAST DRAFT GONTIN-
GENT LEAVES FRIDAY
Great Crowd al Alton Station to Bid
Audrain Boys Farewell On De-
p&rTure for Camp Funston
LEFT CHEERING AND SMILING
Galway Contingent Joins Mexico
Boys Here. Being in Charge Of
Sam Harrison. Of Auxvasse


Camp Funston left this city at 1915
Friday The platform Of the Alton
station vas crowded with friends and
relatives and as the train drew out Of
the station the air was filled with
waving hAndkerchiefs and hands and
cheering fareweIls.
An Of the men in the contingent
wore a smile and with cries Of
wen get the Kaiser" and similar
promises for future service in behalf
Ct their country they were coupled
into the special train bearing the ST.
Louis contingent and drew out Of the
city.
The Galloway contingent of % in
charge Of Sam Harrison, Of Aux
vase, a member of the Mexico Elks'
Lodge, arrived on the noon train in a
special car.
Exercises at Federal Building
The exercises for the National Ar
my men at the Federal building Fri
day morning at 10 o'clock were pre-
sided over by Chairman E. S. Will
son, Of the local exemption board.
George P. Marshall, who has charge
Of the contingent with Howard B
Keath, read the roll and as the men
replied they stepped forward in front
Of the reviewing stand on the south
side Of the building.
The men were all present except
George Dean Ferguson, of Laddonia,
who is in Montana, and whose father,
G. W. Ferguson as well as the
board has failed to locate; Joseph
Edward Taylor, who was given q
transfer and will go to Camp Lee, at
Petersburg, Va; Hardin Field, who
is ID and will depart later; Genus Gar
rett, Of this city, conscientious OBJ
jector and Albert ShotweIl, of Far
Der, who viii likely accompany an
Iowa contingent to Funston.
DR.. ]. G. Moore, of this city, a
member of the local exemption board.
addressed the men. He said they
were going to meet the great ad-
venture and TO make "the world safe
for democracy" That this phrase
would mean ore and more to them as
they were longer in the country's
service. He urged them to keep
their minds and bodies clean and 20
never forget they represented not
only their county, state and nation,
but their mother, wives and sweet
hearts and that TO be a credit TO
them, as he was sure they would.
The men were then presented with
comfort bags supplied by the local
W. c. T. U.
Postmaster jackson read the Presi-
dents letter to the men following |
the Rev. Henry Pearce Atkins
closed the meeting with a beautiful
prayer. The men were then photo
graphed and accompanied by an es-
cort of honor from the Missouri Mil
itary Academy and the Mcmillan
Band marched to the Hotel Hoxsey.
was a large hrowd attending
the exercises which were most i'm
pressiye.
Murray Wants to Substitute
Joseph Lee Murray, of near Mar
tnsburg, whose brother, James Law
renee Murray, went with the first con-
of the National Army to
Camp Funston, and who has another
brother, William Eugene Murray,
who left with the contingent Friday,
appeared before the local board late
Thursday and wa examined and GER
titled. He asked that he be substi-
tuted in this contingent for another
boy and was greatly disappointed
when told his number was too far
down in the list to be allowed to 20
this time. All three brothers have no
for exemption. They are farm
ers and moved to this county from
Enlists When Refused
Henry Donald Ingrum, of this eoun-
ty, whose brother, William D. In
grum, went to Camp Funston with the
contingent Friday, went before the
board Thursday and asked to be TAX
EN-. He was a month too young at the
of registration. When told the
board had no power to send him, he
went to the postmaster and enlisted
the regular army, being SEN to
Moberly at noon Friday to be exam
Two Members Recently Married
Of the contingent which left Fri
day, two members had Just recently
been married. F. A. Blank, of this
was married to Miss Blanche
about ten days ago; and Ross
Hubbell, of Laddonia, was married
Wednesday night.
Henry Vedder, whose son, Edwin
Henry Vedder, went with Fridays
contingent, brought his son to town
Thursday and went before the board.
Here he is" said Mr.. Vedder, in
4
broken English! I'm glad he can go
and I'm sorry I'm too old, for if l were
young enough you wouldn't have 10
examine me; I'd go anyway. Il
haven't any sympathy for the way
Germany is doing, even though I am
a German. / left the country because
Of oppression and I'd like to help win
this war"
Alien Citizen Goes
Johannes o. s. Johansson, an
alien citizen Of the United States, an
expert photographer, who has been
employed by Alfred Larson, of this
city, was in Kalispell, Mont. this
summer when men were being exam
ined for the National Army. He
went before the local board there and
registered. He asked no exemption,
waving all claims he had, and Fri
DAY he left for Camp Funston with
the Audrain contingent.
Conscientious Director
Genus Garrett, Of this city, who was
to have accompanied this contingent,
to Camp Funston, reported to the
board early Thursday morning ami
nnounced that IL ,uas aoainst HE -,