Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-09-20
Cavalry Boys Off for Deming,
City Of About 1000 Inhabitants

Last Saturday morning the local
members of the First South Dakota
Cavalry entrained for Deming, New
Mexico, where they go into camp for
training.
Hundreds upon hundreds of local
citizens, with a few from surround
ing communities, were present to bid
the boys a fond farewell and to wish
them Godspeed.
Since the Spanish-American war,
when the noted company H departed
for Sioux Falls, the temporary place
of mobilization, no such occasion has
presented itself to South Dakotans,
inasmuch as the country has been
blessed with peace for more than
half a generation.
IN Fine Spirits.
The boys of the cavalry were in
fine spirits, Notwithstanding the sad
ness of the occasion. They held their
heads high and walked with an elias.
tic step.
The good-byes were marked by
tears and tremulous tones, it is true,
on the part of the friends left behind,
but, aside from the parting, the To-
cal members of the regiment seem
somewhat elated over the prospects
OF getting into more active service.
Promptly at 6 o'clock, Colonel G.
H. Englesby raised his hand as a sig
nal to the engineer to pull out, and
the train moved out amid the waving
OF handkerchiefs and the farewells of
hundreds of voices.
The Evening Reception.
On Friday evening a general city
reception was held in the court house
square, where thousands %congregat,
ed.
Brief addresses were delivered by
Mayor A. T Hopkins, himself a vet
eran of the Spanish-American war
and by Hon. j. G. McFrland.
Following the speech-making, the
cavalry band rendered a fine program
of music, to the keen delight of the
large. gathering.
The band, by the way, has made
marked Improvement in the line OF
music since its organization early in
the history of the cavalry. 1t is d
volunteer band, the musicians being
mostly members of the cornet band
at Vienna, with a few additions from
other places including FIVE or SIX
from Watertown.
Lunch at Sioux Falls.
Al Sioux Falls, where the train ar
rived about 1o:45 the boys We're mel
by the Sioux Falls troops and one
troop from Flandreau.
Following a parade, dinner was
served at noon in the large auditor
ium, soon after which the train re
sumed its journey, having on board
the Sioux Falls and Flandreau troops
towards Deming, N. N.
The WatertoWn cavalry took With
it about five or six hundred lunch
baskets which had been prepared BY
the ladies of the city. Some OF these
baskets were marked with the names
OF those for whom intended, while
others were placed in the general al
lotment. Colonel Englesby had as
sured the ladies that the baskets
would be properly cared for and thai
they would be delivered to the boys
at lunch time.
Deming, N. N
Deming, where the boys will en-;
camp until called into service else.
where, is a small city OF about hVe
or six thousand inhabitants.
It's elevation is around 1000 feet
above the level of the sea. IT'S win;
tel climate is said to be delightful
the thermometers registering but 9
frihe below the freezing point. ex
cepting upon rare occasions, WHILE he
average day during the winter very
much resembles IN temperature thai
Of an verage early fall day ! n the
Dakotas.
The spring time is marked by stin
breezes, but otherwise the climate i
agreeable, while the attitude e not
50 great as unfavorably 10 afectsoness
breathing.