Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-03-27
An Occasion Long to be Remembered
By Those Privileged to be Pre-.
sent at This Auspicious
Event.
MUCH ENTHUSIASM IN EVIDENCE
Fully Two Hundred Fifty Surrounded
the Banquet Board.-Some
Good Addresses.

| GOOQ Addresses.
The banquet given in the Elks
rooms last night in honor CT Com
pany C Of the Second Iowa Infantry
and the Regimental band, just re-
turned from nine months service OIL
the Mexican border, was success III
every feature and was an occasion
long to be remembered by those priv
ileged 20 be present and participate
in the proceedings.
The room was Hastily and profllsc-
ly decorated with the national en-
blem and the perfume Of fine cut
flowers from the Curtis greenhouse
permeated the atmosphere and added
pleasure to the evening. The occa-
sion was enlivened by music furn-
ishcd by Mrs. w. Fl. Cook, Nick Ken
nedy, Chester Mag and Myron
Hahne.
The ladies of the Methodist church
furnished the banquet and succeed
ed admirably in supplying the two
hundred fifty guests who surround
ed the banquet board. The ladies
performed their various duties with
precision and speed, indicating that
they, as we'll as Company c, had eX-
perienced some valuable training. The
following menu was served:
Soup Crackers
Honon Steak Brown Gravy
Mashed Potatoes Spanish Rice
Lemon Ice
Rolls Butter
Cake Ice Cream
Coffee Cigars
After the rcpast came the program
of toasts and responses. Prof. d.
M. Kelly acted as POSTMASTER and
filled the position to the brim. The
professor has the happy faculty of
always saying the right thing at the
right time and he was in fine form.
Upon calling the Assembly to order
he said they would now listen to a
flow of reason and have feast of
soul. He thanked the Elks for what
they had done to make the occasion
a happy success and the people for
responding so generously with their
presence. Company G and the regi-
mental band were warmly commend
ed by the toast master for promptly
responding to the colors and for the
duties they had performed so ungrud-
gingly upon the Mexican border. He
assured the soldier boys that the
people of this community would al
ways feel proud of the record they
had made and of the bearing they
had maintained.
Prof. Kelly presented Judge KAN
rar, who welcomed the returning
soldiers and band to Webster City.
The judge said it was great priv
lilege to him to welcome the boys
home and expressed satisfaction at
the manner they had conducted
themselves during their nine months
absence. The judge had addressed
the departing soldiers at the ban
quet given them at the Baptist
church Il few evenings before their
departure to the front and observed
last might that they fulfilled the eX-
presSions of confidence INDUCED in
upon that occasion. He was rcjoic-
ed thai the boys made such a fine
record and predicted that if they
were called out for more serious SER
vice they would respond to every
just expectation and conduct them
Iseiyes as becomes soldiers of the Unit
ed States.
Major Lund was then called upon
by the toaStmaSter to tell OF the SER
vice on the border. In opening his
remarks the major observed that this
Occasion was enough reward for what
he had done. He had responded to
the call of duty and the experience
was worth much to the officers. mem
bers of company c and the regiment
AL band The major beamed with
pride for the soldiers and it was quite
evident that he considered the Sec
ond Iowa regiment the best on the
border. He declared that no mem
Der of the Second was whining;
none were cutters and they are net
asking sympathy. They did their duty
the best they could and feel well re-
paid by the generous words of encour-
agement and confidence expressed up
on every side. The major dwelt at
length upon the benefit the boys had
received from the nine months SER
vice, declaring that they had been
in, m n CT, r., hly in,nrnynd phySipally