Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-26
CITY GIVES SOLDIER BOYS tRoUS-
ING FAREWELL WHEN con-
TlNGENT ENTRAINS.
ONE HUNDRED FIVE GO;
THREE MORE VOLUNTEER
Five Others Of Contingent Kept at
Home by Sickness Will Join Others
at Camp Dodge a. Soon a. Able to
Be MobiIzed-Tears at Parting
Harding County Boys Join Locals.

!: Marching to band music, and follow
|: ing International colors while thou
|: sands looked, cheered, and wept, Mar
i shall county boys, to the number of
i Jos, went to war this forenoon. They
! were the deferred contingent Of the
j first draft Of the national army off to
|: Camp Dodge for training. In addition
I; to the men in the draft, three others
I: caught by the enthusiasm Of the going
I: volunteered and went along, but they
: were not Of the contingent. Five 9TH
!: ers who are sick and who are held for
: the contingent will go later Others
III the contingent, who will be mob
: ilized in distant states where they are
: now. will more than fill the deferred
: contingent Of Ill.
: Seven, the last seven of the printed
list of 100 summoned, were not needed
: for the contingent and were not sent.
One of them, however, was one of the
volunteers. Attached to the train that
left over the Chicago Great Western
: at 1875 were two cars containing the
Hardin county contingent Of seventy
three, which reached the city on the
NJ. G. ST. l.,
Huge Throns at Parting.
Thousands lined Main street and
!: Third avenue, the line OF march from
the court house, where the men were
: assembled, and packed the station
platform.
The parade. in charge Of Com
mandant b &. Whitehill, Of the sol
: dlers home, moved from in front Of
the court house shortly before ~
o'clock. leading it were members OF
the local exemption board and county
officers. followed by the soldiers home
band, Frank VI. Thomas post. G. A R.
men of the draft, the Odd Fellows
band, members Of the carpenters
union, a color guard Of the high school
cadets and the high school band.
To the stirring measures of Good
bye Broadway. Hello France" and
Keep the Home Fires Burning" the
parade moved away between crowds
that packed the sidewalks and over
flowed into the streets, then followed
those who marched to the station.
!; Tears At Parting.
Il On the station grounds the high
, Va
Fred N. Wilbur, had roped off and
guarded large space reserved for the
drafted men and their relatives. The
arrangement made possible last good
byes that would not otherwise have
been said, so great was the congestion
Of the crowd.
Soon families were united with their
: departing sons and brothers, and in a
| farr .r;x,<ag ,l,, I>,,;x ,vf,, %,o
!: arms OF dear ones. There were some
! tears, the tears Of mothers giving up
boys. There was some rejoicing, for
one or two mothers did not know their
: sons were not in the list until the sta
: ton was reached Great was their
: relief One drafted man, notified at
the last moment that he was not to be
included. searched eagerly for a few
/: minutes to relieve his anxious mother,
: whom he could not find quickly in the
: crowd.
All Are Americans.
All were Americans at the parting
Many nationalides are represented in
/: the list, each representative answering
|. the national summons. Inside the
/: roped space gathered an Americanized
!: alien father and mother and daughters
|: to see off their son and brother. They
!: had come from a, country at war. Now
|: they were sending to war with that
/: country an only son, and the parting
/; was hard and fraught with tears
i Down the old wrinkled face Of the
/: mother and sisters the tears streamed
Their parting tugged at heart strings
i Over the shoulder Of a tall, pink
checked boy, who had answered the
|: summons from a distant state, sobbet
Il another mother. Brace up, mother
=; brace up" he bravely encouraged her
II The Touch Of a Mother.
j! C1inging to the breast OF another
]; boy leaned still another mother 4
:: country woman she was. In the sol
: der boys hand was package and {
!, bag. They came from home and con
tanned food from mothers kitchen ant
cooked by her. It might be the las
time the boy would get to eat moth
ers cooking.
The mothcr became calnaer and ther
told her boy what was in the pack
age. "And I put in the cough drop
If you catch cold" she added thinking
OF the time when she would not b.
near to take care Of him.
But for the 'most part the boys wer.
gay and laughing. Many Of the good
byes had bean said in the homes, an
many not wanting to face the stres
OF public farewell nursed their grie
at home or il, private.
Alfred Butt. IL Charge.
Placed in charge OF the contingen
was Alfred W. Butts, of Clemens. /
white ribbon around his hat was hi
insignia of office. With the contingen
went Marion Gard, chairman Of tn
exemption beard, and General Secre
tary John 3. Northcott OF the Y. N
C. A., to look after the comfort Of tn
boys on the train. With him Wa
sent a supply of writing material an
magazines for the boys.
When the drafted men were mobil
lied Monday afternoon the watche
and medals were distributed by Nj
Northcott, e. H. Draper and e. r. La.
Of the committee. Twenty-four Of tn
boys who could not 80 home for owe
night were kept at the z. NJ c. 4
and Stoddart and Pilgrim hotels an
were provided with supper and break
fast.
The W. r. C. provided q lunch fc
each boy consisting Of fried CHECKER
two sandwiches OF home made brea
and butter, an orange, and pickles.
The men were reassembied in tn
east court room at $3.50 this mornin
for the final muster, where each wa