The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-05
BISMARCK BIDS
FIRST SOLDIERS
FOND FAREWELL
Hundreds of People Gather at
Station to See National
Army Men Depart
NORTHERN PACIFIC NO.
8RUNs PATH OF GLORY
Journey Through State Today
One Long Triumphal Pro-
cession- Others to Go

cession-0 Others to Go
There were few dry eyes in the
crowd of several hundred people as
sembled at the Northern Pacific sta
tion this afternoon to bid farewell to
Burleigh county's first contingent of
the great national army when train
No. pulled out to the strains of God
be With You Until We Meet Again."
feelingly played by the Second regi-
ment band of Harvey.
The station and platforms were
crowded half an hour before the ar
rival of the train, and long before the
three Bismarck young men who are
the first to answer Uncle Sans call
for a select service army made their
appearance. All the young men are
immensely popular, and every men,
ber of their wide circle of acquaint-
ance who possibly could make the
train was there.
In addition, there were Col. Frank
White of the Second and Mrs. White;
members of Co. A and other units Of
the First from Fort Lincoln, members
of Co. ], the headquarters and the sup
ply company o. the Second; drafted
men who will follow todays advance
guard within two weeks; members of
the local exemption board, clergymen,
business and professional men, all
anxious to do full honor to the first
group of Capital City men called to
the cOlOrs. ,sg
Those who went today, representing
FIVE per cent Of Burleigh's net quota OF
80, were: sss4:;$, ~, s4Sr5s~7, s -, H. ~. r.
. EUGENE .WACHTEP, son of Mr..
and Mrs. G. c. Wachter and actively
associated with the; Wachter Dray &
Transfer Co. FER"
FRANK JOHNSON, for several
months past on the Office staff of the
First National bank.
C. C. OTTOSDN, advertising sales
man who has made Bismarck his
home for some years past.
In St. Paul this trio will be joined
by the fourth member of the party,
Walter q. II. Hagmann, popular Bis
marck travelling salesman, represent
ing a Duluth house, and who only a
few months ago was united In mar
riage with Miss Georgia Carpenter.
formerly librarian of the state histor
ical society at the capitol.
From the Twin Cities the young
men will proceed direct to Des Moines
where they will report to Maj. Gen. E.
H. Plummer, commanding the SSth d.
vision o. The national army, headquar-
tered at. Camp Dodge, 11R miles
north of town, and reached by inter-
urban. Here the boys will be joined
during the ensuing two days by five
percent of the net quota from every
county in North Dakota, Minnesota
and Iowa, whose complete net quotas
are 5,272, 1777S and 12,749 men, res
pectively, and by men from the north
ern half of Illinois, totaling 1856. The
complete quota from Camp Dodge Is
As ,165, and the second contingent OF
40 per cent will begin to move Sep
tember 10.
Triumphal Procession.
The course of Northern Pacific train
No. 8 from the time it entered the
state at Beach this morning has been
one cDnClnucu., trlLmplal recession.
At Beach the entire town turned out
to see the one representative of Cold
en- Valley county board the train. At
Medora there was another demonstra-
ton when two Billings county nation
~ mt froin n1 ond tho n
cess was repeated on a larger scale
at Dickinson, when Stark county bade
farewell to it's four candidates.
At Mandan the band and the entire
Copulace were out to bid Morton Coun-
tvs eight men God-speed and to
greet the delegation from the Mott
and Killdeer branch lines, from Het-
finger, and Grant, Dunn, Mercer and
Oliver counties, Is in all. When the
train reached Bismarck it carried 80
select service men. The number was
swelled by three here; by three Kid
der county men at Steele, and at
jamestown by two men from Eddy
county, five from Benson, and three
from Sheridan, completing the first
contingent over the Northern Pacific.
At the same time, the 500 line was
picking up men from Ward, Wells,
Mcintosh, Barnes, Mclean, Foster,
Logan, Sargent and Burke, making
total of 81 men who left North Dako-
ia today to report for duty at Camp
Dodge.
Impressive Farewell.
The farewell at the Bismarck sta
tion was an impressive one. In spite
Of the size of the crowd, complete ST.
lence reigned as the train pulled out,
except for the solemn measures OF
the grand old religious hymn of part
ing. Mothers, sisters and sweet
hearts who had come to bid loved
ones goodbye, stood surrounded by
sympathetic friends, and there was
none to intruae idle curiosity upon
their grief. As a last tribute to the
boys before they boarded the train,
the band played America, while every
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