Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-03
DRAFT BOYS TO
Get 4 ROUSInC
SEhD-OFF HERE
Parade TO BE Held in Honor of
Local Contingent Going 10
California Tonight.
FOUR BANDS PROVIDE MUSIC
Hundreds Of Relatives viii BE at
Milwaukee Station 10 Bid
Kin Farewell.

One hundred siXty-nine stalwart
sons Of Rock Island county pre-
sentea themselves Tor roll call at 4
o'clock this afternoon at the local
exemption board offices.
These men viii entrain at $50
tonight from the station at the foot
Of Seventeenth street over the Mil
waukee lines TOR Fort BOsencrans,
San Diego. Cal, where they will
enter the national army.
The boys in this contingent are
10 be rendered a rousing seniOff
nv Rock Island people, and one that
taev will not soon forget 4 pa
rade IS 10 be held in their honor,
with no less than four bands dis
eoursing patriotic airs. The par
ade will be held about 7-o'cIock.
This evening at o'clock the
drafted men Will be rendered
farewell dinner at the Rock Island
club at the expense Of the govern
ment. Orchestra music will be fur
nished during the dinner. and sew
eral short talks Will be made fol-
lowing.
When the men assembled this
aIIGILtlla q t-4t l.l's-A Il ta4a' < IcltAl
was presented with a comfort kit
by the Rock Island chapter Of the
Red Cross. Smokes were also given
TIE boys. Members OF the canteen
committee of the Red Cross viii
wait on the tableSat the dinner at
the Rock Island club tonight. The
BED Cross members will also take
part in the parade through the
loop.
The line Of march Of the parade
is as follows. Starting at the Rock
Island club south to Third avenue,
east 10 Twentieth street. nOTsl to
Second avenue. west 10 Seventeenth
street and north to the Milwaukee
station al the foot OF Seventeenth
street.
Appended is the order of march:
BeIgian-Anerican band.
Officials Of exemption board.
G. 4 r file and drum corps.
Contingent drafted men.
Bleuers band.
Members Of Eagles.
Members Red Cross.
Members G. 4. r.
Sons Of Veterans.
AmoO gr0ttO drum corps.
Members AmOO grOttO.
The Rock Island BeIgian-Amer-
lean band donated its services for
the evening This band is COM
posed Of 16 pieces and led by Frank
Callewearts. The Rock Island aerie
Of Eagles engaged Bleuer's band
for the occasion. Twenty-Five mem
hers Of the local Eagles are in
Guided in the contingent. Amoo
grotto also will be on hand to bid
farewell 10 its members who are
leaving, among them being Stanley
Skinner, secretary of the grotto,
In addition hundreds of relatives
will be ar the station 10 bid their
kin farewell and godspeed on their
long journey 70 the Pacific coast.
The demonstration is expected to
be the largest Of its kind held in
Rock Island since the outbreak of
the war
Arrive Sunday.
The Rock Island contingent wills
60 from this city to Kansas City
over the Milwaukee lines, while No
lines contingent Of 216 men goes
over the Rock Island lines. At
J Kansas City the trains will be COM
bined and continue over the Rock
Island lines The trains are pro-
vided with tourist sIeepers. Ap-
pended is the route Rock Island
contingent viii take:
Leave Rock Island. $50 p. m,
april 3, Milwaukee train, arrive in
Kansas City, $50 a. m, April 4,
breakfast: leave Kansas City a
n Rock Island lines special train,
arrives Mcfarland, Kan. 1 p m,
luncheon. leave Mcfarland 2 p. m.
arrive Pratt, Kan, Z p. m. dinner;
leave Pratt s ?. II. arrive Tucum-
carr, n. NJ, a. m. April 3. break
fast' leave TuCumcari 7 p. n. +. P
z 5. W special. arrive Carrizozo. y.
~ D. n. luncheon. leave CARR
zozzo 2 p m. arrive Fl PasO. Texas.
go p. r., dinner, leave Fl Paso
81 D. m. special breakfast. lunch
con and dinner euroute. arrive Los
angeles. Cal. 1:45 T. m. April 7.
leave Los Angeles 2:30 a. m. ar
rive San Diego $50 a. m. April Z.