The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-05
MARSHALL COUNTY
BOYS 60 TO CAMP
SIXTY-TwO YOUNG MEN LEAVE
FOR THE TRAINING CAMP
AT PETERSBURG, VA
Wylie Wilson Of Woodland. in Command
Of the Squad With ohm Connors
and z. e. Heal Assisting.

SiXty-,wn Marshall county young men
'nt"rln"d '"r t,u.p Lee. from Mounds
VILE. yesterday afternoon at LES o'clock
y great crowd at relatives and friends
gathered At the station To sne the boys
off. but the assembly was not as large
as was present In pay honor to the l2S
county incn who left here Septemb Der
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The crowd also took tho departure ~?
tho dratt"rs NOR" phil"sphicaliy yester-
day than on the FORMER occasion. There
were huc few outward signs OF dcep
emotion md fewer hyat"rical women
we're seen in the nuEc gathering.
The delegation leaving Muundsvil!e
Thursday w;s in rharC" of Wylic Will
son. of Woodlands, who holds the en-
vHbl" record uf being til" most perfect
specimen of manhood y"1 called by TIL,
Marshall county board. His aids wert
John NJ. Cunnors. MrMechen and Erwin
I.iwarh Eel 1T lin@GS Run.
In the mcighhorhood OF sixty young
men from W"tZ'l and tyler counties
boarded tho Sprciri ut MnuIusville with
the Marshall County lads. They came
up Ia MoundSrili" III "'cInck. remain
ing there until IT." special pulled out.
The soldiers special l"ftl here on sched-
ulr time 1t is du" /" arrive in Peters
One Hundred Parade.
Andy Polugua of PncHhnntas county,
was sent along with the boys who loft
Mnundsville yesterday. He failed to
rcnort before the draft board for exam
inatlon when called and when he learn
cd he was listed as n dcserter he op-
peared before the Marshall county
honHl and was dispatched 10 Camp Lea
without even being examined.
The hoys from Bcnwood and Nc
Mechen arrived In Moundsville in auto
mobiles shortly before noon. The au.
tomobles In which they we're conveyed
from the up-rver two contingencies. lhir-
ty-sevnn In number. paradcd the streets
with the Marshal! county mem Mounos-
rillc and those from Tyler and Wetzel
counties 4 committee headed ny Mayor
Evan G. Roberts end q number Of othe:
nroninent Mountlsvlllc citizens escorted
the visitors over the city In automo-
biles
After the first roll call at the court
house. tho local .lraftecs as we'll as the
BOYS from Tyler and Wetzel counties.
were hanquclrd at the flrSt M H.
church by the ladies nf the MOUNDS
willie Fed Cross chapter. lmm'dlate'*
after dinner thcy went to the court
house for the final roll call. and short
" before l o'clock the line "I m"rch
was formed for the parade 70 the sta
ton.
Tho McMcchcn band headed the pro
cession with the m"Inhors of G {. Cain-
we'll Post G. \. r. Immediately In tn"
rear. Next came the draft boys. anout
q hundred being in the limo Of marcn;
Friends and relatives of the dfal'eo
boys brough: up tho rear
The parade MAYED down seventh
street TO Lafayette. out Lafayette 10
Eighth and down Eighth 10 the STATION
where IN" train awaited them. Nithin
ten minutes after the boys arrived AZ
,hr station tho train was moving to-
ward Petersburg
Six Fail To Appear.
When the final roll call was mhdr NJ
drar, headquarters yesterday aft"r-
noon. Il was found that six mon calico
10 leave had failed to put In an appear
ance. Their places wore taken by NJ
tcrnat.s who wore on hand. All Of the
men who failed 10 appear were frnclEn-
crs. Tho names Of IN" mon failing 70
show IN were not disclosed