Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-31
BID FARE WELL
To MEN LEAVING
FOR CAMP DODGE
Ottumwans Turn Out In Big
Demonstration For Last
Of Second Draft.
TRAIN DELAYED
BY TRACK WASHOUT

BY TRACK WASHOUT
(From Wednesdays Daily
Ottumwa staged a big farewell turn
out yesterday In honor of the last
Of the second draft, numbering sixty
seven men, who were entrained for
Camp Dodge at noon. A large parade
through the business section In which
a varied lot Of organizations and peo-
pie participated, showed the regard Of
Ottumwans for the boys who are 60
ing into training to take their places
on the battle lines.
An address teeming with patriotism
and cheer, was delivered to the young
men at the city park before they left
by Dr.. c. D. Jacobs, pastor Of the First
Presbyterian church. The First Cav
airy band always on hand for these
patriotic calls, was liberal with its &C.
lections Of cheering and pleasing
music both in the park before the fare
we'll program actually started. and In
the parade about the city and also to
to vote under the absent voters law.
VOTE BEFORE LEAVING
Prior to their leaving, the men
gathered early at the court house for
final roll call. Monday night they had
roll call too and they were given tho
opportunity to cast their votes In the
coming primary elections. For nine OF
the lads it was their first vote and
fifty availed themselves Of the chance
to vote under the absent voters law.
r INC
guests Of the Commercial club at
smoker
GIVEN COMFORT KITS
When receiving their final instruc-
lions yesterday, the men were seen
by the Civilian Relief committee OF
the Red Cross and gave their state
ments regarding family, allottments
and other information sought by the
Home Service workers. The D. A. H.
had committee present and gave
every departing embryo soldier com.
fort kit II he desired one and these
were filled with number Of useful
things that the soldiers prize highly.
The train was reported an hour late
before the parade started but before
the men left town, the train delay had
totaled two hours and lengthy stay
was made at the station awaiting Its
arrival.
volney Plat was appointed captain
of the men leaving today and the fol-
lowing were assigned IS lieutenants
by Auditor F. L. Bissell:
James G. jackson, David Cohn, Man
ley o. Stevens, Edward F. Gill, Pete
Levey and Eliza J. Bailey.
Floyd Mccullough OF Ottawa, ILL.,,
Carl c. Fabritz Of Ravina, Ohio. both
to the local board; Elmer
holland and Eliza Bailey, were not list
ed with the sixty-six men whose names
were published few days ago. Some
of the latter have left with other
boards having transferred from here.
DR.. JACOBS BIDS GoDePEED
DR.. Jacobs said to the brothers,
sons, husbands and sweethearts that
It was a great task to speak sixty
seven good-bys, though 1t was really
the county's good.by to the men he
was saying. DR.. Jacobs own youngest
boy goes tomorrow morning from
Youngstown, Ohio, and he was saying
his good.by to him, too, as we'll as to
these Wapello county men.
81 will not belittle the facts. This
is war you are going to|hot a pleas
ure trip, or a picnic. There will be
bombs in the night, suffering and long
hours of torment War is, not glor-
ious, but the men may fight gloriously.
Never before was womanhood and
such an important factor
in a war. Remember your mothers,
they will be like the north star, for
guidance and strength.
BE good soldiers. Wapello county
pledges itself to do its part, in con-
serving. in spending, in every way. In
the civil war, 10 per cent of the popu.
lation of the north fought for the flag.
Is 1t any less dear to this generation?"
DR.. Jacobs paid a tribute to the
women OF the D. A. R. who filled the
comfort kits for the men. "The Huns
will never break through the line, nor
conquer the Stars and Stripes while
man still stands" he concluded.
MANY JOIN IN PARADE
The civil war veterans headed the
parade, escorting the soldiers-to-be,
followed by the First Cavalry band,
the Boy Scouts, various organizations,
the women Of the Relief corps, the
Red Cross workers, in caps and
aprons, and many school children,
members of the Junior Red Cross.
Flags were carried from the windows
Of business houses and the crowds
cheered as the men passed by.
At the station crowd Of fully 1000
people stood to watch the boys depar-
ture. Good soldiers they are in the
making, those boys, for though the
train was two and a half hours late,
and they were hot and tired, and must
have been hungry, for it was long past
dinner time, before the train left,
there was never a single murmur Of
complaint At the station the band
played patriotic airs.
BRIDE AMONG CROWD.
It wasn't such a gay crowd, this
time. Though there were not many
tears in evidence, the faces of the
men, and Of the crowd alike were
grave. 1t was not demonstrative
crowd, but it was loyal, thinking one.
For this time. Ottumwa was really
awake to the fact that she was send.
ing her sons off to actual war, not so
Tar in the distance. A little bride of