The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-06-07

headquarters at $50; all three reei-
ments attending, and the Oversee
Detachment attended. / had an OPP
portunity to see the men while they
were listening to the program ! am
enclosing program of the services
herewith:
Programme 64th Field Artillery
Brigade, Memorial Day, Camp Beau
regard, La, May 30th, 1918:
Overture-Band, 142nd Field Artil-
lery.
Invocation-1st Lieut. John Wig
lerio, Chaplain, 141st Field Artillery.
Selection-"The Marseillaise," Band,
142nd Field Artillery.
Opening Address and Reading of
the Presidents Proclamation, Briga-
dier-General Ira A. Haynes.
Selection-"The Vacant Chair"
Band, 142nd Field Artillery.
Address-"The Gettysburg Address
of President Lincoln" Colonel ALI
son Owen, 141st F. A.
Selection-"TheS Star Spangled Ban
ner," Band, 142nd Field Artillery.
Benediction-1st Lieut. Aubrey A.
Stanley, Chaplain, 140th Field Artil-
lery
Dismissal
March-"Old Trinity" Band, 142nd
Field Artillery.
The services were impressive, and a
brigade of artillery gathered on a
hillside, all standing, with a speakers
stand erected on the low ground is
quite an inspiring sight. As you will
note from the program appropriate
music was furnished by the 142 F. A.
band, considered one of the best in
the regiment.
watched the Overseas Detachment
march by to their camp with Colonel
Ownbey in the lead, and they looked
fifteen for fightin'." The sun and
wind has tanned the men to almost a
chocolate and their drills have made
1
them competent to give an excellent
account Of themselves when they get
over there" The men are from
Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi
One of the attendants at the ser
vices this morning, and a little unus-
ual too, was Major General Hodges,
commander of the 18th Division. He
probably attended because it is pos
| sibly the last time all the members Of
the Gath Brigade Artillery will be to-
gether in such service-in view of
the anticipated leaving of the oversee
men
Several hundred of draft, or
! should say select men, arrived here
the past week, and 4400 are expected
next week They are all being sent
TO the infantry brigades to fill up
vacancies caused by troop move
ments. Only a few Arkansas men
have arrived so far, mostly from Mis-
sissippi and Louisiana.
Twenty per cent of the men are
now going home on an 8-day furlougf,
and some of the Springdale boys are
| doubtless at home now. AS fast as
! they return, others are granted tur-
loughs until all have had a visit home.
One item of interest | should men
ton. Sergeant Garland Graham, OF
Battery "A" is attending the 4th .. l
c. and will probably be commissioned.
Was talking with the sergeant few
days ago and he said it was sure hard
work, but he thought he would get
there all right. All the men attend
! ing this school have been transferred
to the National Army and are not
members of this regiment any more
Was glad to see Springdale make
such a grand showing for the hed
Cross. | read all the articles IN last
issue. and liked them very much
Folks, you just stay behind US Ike
that, and the Kaiser won't have look
| in. don't think there IS greater,
grander organization than the Rea
Cross As | wrote once before you
can never do too much for the Red
/ Cross" our mother over there.
Visit From Aer0planes.
Aeroplanes are getting to be very
familiar around camp nov, and nave
ceased to create any unusual interest.
Formerly. an aeroplane in the SKY
was thing of curiosity, and work
generally stopped. Now the machines
come to camp with the motors hum
ming and popping; they d. the tan
spin" the nose dive and various
other maneuvers. and work goes on
lust as usual Even the old govern
ment mule has gotten used to these
birds and pays them no attention,
even thought they be just 400 OF 94o
or even 200 feet overhead. 4 SQUAD
ron of machines came here from the
field at Lake Charles last Sunday.
There were ten machines and seemed