Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-07-29
With Ten Thousand People Shouting
and Band Playing, Hamilton
County Bids Farewell to
4 Largest Soldier Increment.
SERVED BREAKFAST IN STREET
Monster Celebration Marks Sending
Away Of Increment of 239 Men
From County.

their last farewells, the band play.
ing Sousa's STARS and Stripes For
ever" the boys on the train shouting
and waving to relatives and friends
Hamilton county Friday started
22S of her finest selectmen to the train
ing camp at Camp Gordon, near
Atlanta, Georgia. This camp is but i,
stopping place on the route to the
western front in France where today
the worlds civilization is slowly but
surely strangling to death the most
monstrous autocracy that has attempt
ed to cast over the earth the blight OF
unholy conquest since the days OF
Alexander the Great, who conquered
the world--in the days when the
known world was small and history
still in the dawn of recorded time.
And even before the train had pull
ed out of the yards, Chaplain G. E.
Chapter of Camp Dodge had the incre-
ments from Calhoun and Hamilton
county loudly singing songs of cheer,
the first lesson in patriotism taught
the soldiers of democracy.
Served Breakfast.
The men were called to rendezvous
in Webster City Friday morning at Z
o'clock and the canteen committee of
the Hamilton County Red Cross served
them a hot and sumptuous breakfast
on tables strung down Second street
Between Des Moines street and Will
son avenue. This string Of tables was
14O feet long, loaned for the purpose
by the Outing Club.
8 The tablesa were decorated with
large bowls Of nasturtiums and bas-
kets of fruit. Five men and twenty
four young ladies, composing the can
teen committee, served the men. The
I'D Vienna cafe location was used as a
kitchen. Owing to the fact that the
men arrived in the city at different
times, not all were served at once.
The Webster City band played during
the serving and John Svenson made
several official photographs of the vari-
ious parties as they were served. In
addition to the regular menu, the
knights of Columbus donated rolls, A.
H. Hyatt & Son cigars, and Roy
O'Brien a package of cigarets to each
man. The canteen committee was at
work bright and early that morning
and promptly at 1880 o'clock all was
in readiness to serve. The men ate
heartily ard each was given all he
wanted. Some of the men arrived too
late to be served and the committee
took all the food which was left-a
large and varied supply OF sand
witches, fruit, etc.-to the train where
it was passed through the cars to all
who wanted it, including the men from
Calhoun county.
I. The Parade.
3 Shortly after o'clock, the band led
the crowd to the court house, where
the parade formed. The band led,
followed by the members of Winfield
Scott Post, G. A. r., the selectmen and
igitizens marching. The parade moved
directly to the Illinois Central station,
where monstrous crowd had congre-
gated to say farewell and godspeed to
the selectmen.
The train, a special, was due at I
yp'clock. 1t was fifteen minutes late,
however. 1t left Rockwell City that
morning at 1880, carrying 172 men
from Calhoun county. There were
228 from here and that afternoon Ill
entrained at Dyersville from Dubuque
county, making total of 511 on the
train. The men were taken with
out change direct to Camp Gordon,
where they were scheduled to arrive
Sunday morning at 6:15 o'clock.
Y. The train was made up Of ten
coaches, including a diner and baggage
car.
Beside lunch for the men on the
train, the canteen committee also put
\ some 400 magazines aboard to help
the men pass the time. Some 200 were
donated by the Elks club and about
200 were bought at the news stands
this morning by the trustees of Ken
dali Young library.
Chalked on some of the coaches by
the Calhoun county increment were
the following mottos:
4 Berlin or bust.
To hell with the kai er.
The hun is on the rysn
!. Good the :.
These mottQs w ca,.I indication
Edith has a position -.