The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-02
300 ATTEND FEED
FOR SOLDIER BOYS
Gackle Citizens Give Defenders
Fine Farewell Send-off,

Gackle. \. D., April "A large
crowd filled the Rex theatre to it's
capacity on the occasion of the de-
parture Of number of our young men
to the training camp. EX-Representa-
tive France. acted as chairman for
the evening. The hall and stage were
beautifully decorated with American
flags The music was furnished by
the Gackle brass band consisting OF
twenty pieces.
Patriotic songs were sung by twelve
young ladies'.
Rev. Baun1ann opened the exercises
with prayer. He prayed that the boys
might return to us. sOuNl IN body
and With the same loyal spirit with
which they left. He prayp! that the
president of the United STATES ana
all those entrusted with the power Of
c,vsS;lment might he always true to
loyalty, justice and mercy.
The speakers OF the evening were
2. E. Sphinx, who spoke in English, and
Rev. Baumann, who spoke in German.
Mr.. Sphinx was the first speaker OF
the evening, he said he was pleased to
have this opportunity of addressing
the loyal people of Gack)e. That the
young men about to leave us had put
aside the life of a private citizen TO
assume the life Of a soldier in the
great army of the republic. That they
had heard their country's call and be-
ing true Americans with no yellow
blood they had nobly responded and
in q few short months would be in a
foreign land prepared to defend the
flag which is already waving proudly
above the trenches in France, and be-
meath it's folds would be found thou
sands of American boys who were al
ready there land would give them
hearty welcome. The speaker said
that the American soldiers are the
finest in the world; that the very air
their breathe had instilled into them .
love Of liberty, home, and country that
time could not obliterate. Our boys.
the speaker said, had never bowed
their head or bent their knee to king,
car or emperor; in this great repuD'
lie every man is king In his own
right. He further said that the Amer
lean soldier had shown of what metal
they were made at Lexington ana
Bunker Hill, also in New Orleans in
1912, and again at Antietam and the
Wilderness in 1863, and that in all our
wars since the formation OF this gov
eminent, as a nation we have never
been whipped. and that kaiser Bill
will certainly know when the JOB is
finished that he has been into some,
scrap
The speaker asked our loyal citizens
to get behind the Red Cross and the
Liberty Loan with their cash. That
this was the time to show their loyal
ty by their deeds. In his closing re-
marks, he discussed the constitution,
and the great duties of citizenship.
Rev. Baumann, the second speaker,
smoke in German. He told the boys
of the great benefits to be derived
from the training they would receive
at the hands Of this government; ne
said that training would make real
men OF them. The speaker told them
of the work being done by the Y. M.
C.. A. and other christian and humane
institutions in which the spiritual well
fare of the men are looked after by
competent and religious men and Wor1~
Ell. He wished the soldier boys sue
cess in their battles for their coun-
'try's flag, and told them to remenl.
Der that the people of Gackle would
ever be with them in mind and best
wishes. The speaker pleaded for the
people to assist the Liberty Loan and
the Red Cross, and to show their 10y
atty by their deeds. -
: A banquet IN which two or three
hundred people participated followed
the speaking. A table was arranged
upon the stage expressly for the SOL
der boys-the guests Of honor. This
table was tastefully decorated with
small flags and bunting. Much cred
it is due the loyal ladies and gentle
men of Gackle who had this loyalty