Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-11
YOUNG MEN
DEPART FOR WAR
A Day Devoted to Doing Them Honor
Farewell Banquet by Rotary Club

The first call for Marathon eounty's
new soldiers to become part of the ma
tional army brought out twenty-one
men on the 5th of Sept, the day desig-
mated by the government and they
spent the day in Wausau, receiving
instructions from the exemption
boards and mingling with their friends
and relatives. The five per cent called
were present, with the exception of
Albert Anenier cf Reitbrock, who
failed to show up and the next on the
list was called5-Art c.. Schroeder.
The following is the list of soldiers:
First District
Waldemar Jensen, Mosinee
Benjamin Daul, Dancy
Nicholas Wehles, Athens
Anton j. Weber, Stratford
Joseph Kraus, Edgar
Henry A. G.. Petri, Edgar
George H. Zopfi, Stratford
George Seliger, Edgar
Arnold Trantow, Wausau
Art. c. Schroeder, Eau Pleine
Second District
Clarence Mathesson, Wausau
Thos. f. Torgeson, Wausau
Arthur Peterson, Wausau
Henry Schultz, Wausau
John Brown, Wausau
Clarence LaCerte, Wausau
William Berkholz, Wausau
Lloyd G.. Allie, Wausau
Erwin Weinkauf, Wansau
Art G. Schieler, Wausau
Edward Busch, Kncwlton
At noon the men who did not live
in the city, were given a dinner at
Hotel Bells, and in the evening the
members of the Wausau Rotary club
did the honors. The selected men
were guests of the club at a banquet
stendered them at st. James hall, at
$50 o'clock p. m. The guests also
included the members of the first and
second district exemption boards,
viz:
First District IL G. A. Kreutzer,
Athens; Carl Kronenwetter, Mosinee;
A. A. Damon, Spencer; A. E. Beebe,
Mcmillan; E. F. Butler, Mosinee c.
s. Cook, Unity, and A. w. Prehn, Ed
gar.
Second District-C. ~ Goerling, Dr.
w. A. Ladwig, H. G. Flieth, F. P.
Stone, w. l.. Edmonds, DR.. A. W.
Trevitt and l.. H. Cook, all of Wausau.
The hall was handsomely decorat-
ed with the national colors. There
were small flags suspended from the
ceiling, over the tables and large flags
were on the side walls, and at each
plate was a small silk flag for the
buttonhole and in front of the toast
master was combination of flags,
representing the U. s., Great Britain
and France. The tables were ar
ranged in a square and in the center
were the selected boys. Schultz or
chestra rendered patriotic music and
there was singing of stirring patriot
ic songs, in which all joined, led by
+. e. Puchner, the clubs director.
One of the features was the snare drum
playing by Rev. Howard Miller, a
drummer boy in the civil war; Over
100 sat down to the excellent chicken
supper served by the ladies of the
church
l.. A. Pradt was the toastmaster of
the evening and after a brief talk to
the young men about to depart in the
service of their country, he intro
duced Rev. Father E. P. O'Toole, who
delivered an eloquent address of well
come. He was followed by DR.. Joseph
F. Smith. president of the Wausau
Rotary club. ex-president, Alfred H.
Zimmerman, S. B. Tobey, Supt. of
schools, A. E. Beebe of Mcmillan, H.
G. Flieth, Judge A. H. Reid, Judge
l.. Narchetti, James Montgomery, NJ.
c. Ewing. T. H. Ryan and w. H. Bis
sell
The evening of good cheer and fare
well closed by singing the star
Spangled Banner" 1t was a great
success and an event worthy of the
occasion.
Thursday-the Day of Departure
All day Thursday the young men
were kept busy by relatives and
friends from their home towns, and
the large delegations, attested more
than words, of the place the boys held
in the hearts of neighbors and friends.
The departure of the selected men for