Weekly journal-miner., 1918-05-29
THOUSANDS CHEER BOYS ON THEIR WAY ID PUT A DENT IN KAISER BILL

with the same ease as 1t was in '9S, and there is no reason to believe that the interesting event Of 1919 or 1920 will not be participated in by some
 of the Yavapians who pulled out yesterday afternoon.
 All Class IA Men Have Gone With the departure of the contin- gent which entrained yesterday, the
 total number of draft men sent to the front so far from this county reached the goodly figure of LOLA. All of. the Class IA men have gone now with the exception of a number of colored boys who arc yet to be called. In all probability a large number o:sC,ass IA men will be ad- ded to the rolls after the next regis tration is held on June 5th, and the youths who have attained their ma jority since the registration date of last year have been listed. After this another call may be made from the county, but as matters stand now, Yavapai, the mother of counties, has given every man who can be spared under ordinary circumstances. Plenty more there are, however, who can and will go if the occasion demands, but until the Class IA men from the other States in the Union are ex- hausted, Uncle Sam will probably de- mand no more men from the baby State of Arizona.
 Many Join in Parade
 The long parade which escorted the boys from the federal court room to the railroad station, was several blocks long, and was headed by the band. Following the musicians came the high school cadets udner the command of Prof. Martin, their drill master. The boys carried their ri- hes, executed their orders in faultless fashion, and lent war-like tone to the procession. The Boy Scouts were also in line, and several hum dred school children from the city schools were there.
 One of the prettiest sights was the Red Cross float Mrs. Charles G. Reibeling conceived the idea early in the morning that the Red Cross should be represented and started im- mcdiately to line her beautiful new with white with large red crosses on all sides. In the car were of the Yavapai County Chapter of the Red Cross and little Maybelle and Dorthea Darrow, Mary Lou Ruffner, Billie Vyne, Louise and Jean Hogsett, all members of the Junior Red Cross. At the depot these little tots collected S2o S5 for the Red Cross war fund.
 The parade began at the Chamber of Commerce corner, the draft boys falling in line at the entrance of the U. s. court room where they had finally reported to the exemption board officers Each man had been presented with one of the handy com fort kits supplied by the various branches of the Red Cross and all wore their red, white and blue silk arm-bands which proclaimed them members of tue contingent. The march to the station began shortly after 12:30, the boys going directly to their cars upon reaching the depot.
 Next to Largest Contingent
 With the exception of the second contingent of the first draft, which left Prescott late in September, 1917, the contingent which got away yes terday was the largest which has left the county. The county had been called on to furnish 2l9 men yestcr- lay, but owing to the fact that the supply of Class IA men was practically exhausted and also because large number of the Yava- oai registrants had been sent to camp oy foreign boards, it was neither possible nor necessary to send the
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