The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-06-28
ITO Clay COUNTY
SELECTED men
LEAVE FOR CAMP
New Father Typifed Spirit
Of Men Who Left This
Morning
NINE INDICTED
FOR OTHER BOARDS
Farewell Meeting Last
Night Largely At
tended

Il am ready to go and want to go
now. My wife and baby will be
taken care OF and there is no reason
why I should wait until later"
That was the answer OF Theodore
G.. Iverson of Baker. who was pre-
scented with a daughter by his wife
ON Wednesday, when the Clay coun-
ty local board offered to place him
in contingent of selected men to
be called later. The offer came as a
surprise to Iverson, as neither he MOI
his wife had asked for deferred &C.
ton. knowledge of the arrival OF
the daughter reached the board from
Mrs. Iverson's doctor.
This is the spirit of the men OF
Clay county and only three of the
men called failed to respond when
the roll was called ait the courthouse
in Moorhead Thursday afternoon.
One OF these men Is already in the
service; another was indicted
through a board elsewhere, and the
third was detained at home on &C
count OF sickness.
After the men had been indicted
into the service yesterday after
noon Sen. F. II. Peterson, on behalf
of Moorhead chapter Of the Red
Cross, spoke to them Of the i'm
portance OF taking the war insur-
ance and Keeping the folks at home
informed as to the commands to
which they are assigned. E..
> Farewell Meeting Last Night.
The open air meeting, held last
evening ait the Comstock hotel In
honor of the selected men, was at
tended by over 1000 people. The Dill
worth Italian. band furnished the
music and the Moorhead Home
Guard attended. ...#
Hon. s.. G.. Comstock, chairman of
the meeting first introduced DR.. F. A
Weld, president Of the Moorhead
normal school. DR.. Weld spoke of
the lessons that adj will learn from
the war. and said that one Of the
most important of the lessons will
be the learning of a new value of
knowledge. THE war has not even
scratched us hers" said DR.. Weld, -
and 1 believe the women have a
fuller appreciation Of what confronts
us than the men have" The great
to provide for the men when they
return.
Edgar E. Sharp told the men that
those who remain at home win do
their part in every way 20 help the
men who go over there He also
said that the few people who are
not behind the men are unfit to live
In a free country and that they are
being found out and will be prop
erly dealt with.
George E. PerIey spoke Of the
spirit Of the men who have been
selected to do the fighting. He said
not single man for whom he had
filed out the QUESTIONABLE had ask
ed for exemption, but each had in
sisted that he was ready to go.
Three Thousand at sbhe Train.
Fully 5000 people from every part
OF Clay county were at the Northern
Pacific station this morning to wish
the men God-speed. There were
many touching leave takings but
the men were all cheerful as, they
marched to the train with the Moor
head Home Guards as guard of
honor.
The Ito Clay county men and nine
from other counties who entrained
CfllS morning sLOF camp GrunC WSES
i'm charge OF George H, Mcdonald,
assisted by the Following squad
leaders: Melvin b. Wentzell, Ralph
TX. Torson, Melvin e. Hearl, Burton
II. Hanson, Clark S. Miller, Joseph ID.
Steele, Sylvester D. Plummer, Theo.
C. Iverson, Carl Hanson. Oscar e.
Nokken, Nels b. Anderson. Theo
Jore. Rudolph w. Johnk and Ernest
T. Lamb.
Clay County Men,
Following are the Clay county men
who left today;
Christopher e. Kuehl, sabin
Andrew Kosen, FELTON,,
Albert E Johnson, 213. Ninth street
south, MooThead.
Roy Stephenson, st. Paul
Ambrose e. smith, Milford I'LL.
Joseph ID. Steele, DilWorta.