Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-27
DRAIN COUNTY. MISSOURI. THURSDAY. JUNE 27. 1918
TRANSFORMED FROM
N. N. A. TO FRANCE

An honest-to-goodnsss battle will
be staged on tne N. u. A. campus here
on July 4. The only thing that will
be lacking is the hnn, and what a
PITY
It Is true that the beautiful little
lake at the foot Of The natural amphi-
theatre formed by the grounds will
make a tame and somewhat miniature
ocean; and the Boat Clubs crafts will
hardly loom Up az BE as tae United
States monster transports. But the
reduction in the troops will come in
numbers, not in size. Thirty, and
| probably forty. United States ''tars"
viii spend the Fourtbin this city, and
their forces strengthened by the twen-
ty-five Marines, who are coming, will
make a veritable army" to land on
the shores of this play like" France.
Although final arrangements have
not been made, owing to the fact that
a promise from naval officials could
not be procured until Monday, it is
thought that this sham battle will be
the climax of the pageant which has
been previously planned.
A Day Of Instruction.
President Wilson urged that all
communities celebrate the Fourth this
year Of all years in order that the grip
of patriotism take deeper root in the
hearts of the people, but he added
that the nature of the entertainment
should be such as to give those pres
ent a bigger, broader knowledge Of
the purport of the gigantic world
struggle. The local committee can
see no better way Of making people
understand the ways of war than
bringing the war right here in their
very homes.
The equipment Of the Missouri
Military Academy includes modern
war trench which has been erected by
! the students there and is mechanically
correct. Barbed wire entanglemeuts
guard its front. The armory contains
full stock of modern army rifles, the
mechanism Of which will be demon
strated by the regulars sent here.
People attending the Fourth cele-
bration here will get an insight intc
the working of the war" which few
have at present.
Z On Duty All Day Long.
d At least thirty sailors with the com
! manding officer of the st. Louis Re
zI eruting Station, Lieutenant F. N
8 Wilson, in charge, will arrive il
Mexico the night of July 8. A ban'
& concert will be given the next morn
9 ing on the Square, and the "iackies
. will give an exhibition drill; probahI,
in connection with the twenty-five Ma
i rines, who vnl also be in this city ear
i ly Thursday morning, for all day du
d ty.
= In the afternoon at the celebratio
ground, immediately after the baseba
q game, the troops will give secon
b exhibition. All during the day the
4 will mingle with the crowd telling Q
= their experiences and of Army an
= Navy life. In the evening they wi
= take an important part in the pagear
of the "Allied Nations" which is bein
! arranged by Mrs. F. N. Henderson an
i Miss Maude Wallace.
! No Naval Bands Now on Land.
.E v. F. Ryan, chairman of the ente,
= tainment committee, who went to $
= Louis to obtain naval band for Il
] day, was informed by officials thel
j that every naval band in the Unite
= States had been assigned to a shi
q and that it had been impossible for e
Z en- the big cities to procure them f
= celebration purposes. So he procure
i this company of Sailors instead.
! William Rose is still in st. Louis
= the interest of obtaining concession
q and he left with the intention Of sta
= ing there until he "got bunch
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