The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-22
.,,,s+er Parade to Move Out Main to
twelfth, Thence to Depot at
$50 O'Clock TO-
night.
RI. MADISON IS COMING
Five Hundred Citizens and a Band
viii Arrive-FareweIis to Sc
Iects at Water
Street.
ORDER OF PARADE.

Fort Madison band.
Delegation Of 500 Fort Madison
citizens.
Keokuk Concert band.
Hamilton guards.
Knlahts of Columbus.
Eagles and Moose.
Community band.
Knights of Pythias.
Hiah Tension club.
Letter carriers.
Fife and drum corps.
florence Post g. A. r.
eeIknap Post, 6. A. r.
Spanish War Veterans.
Uncle Sam drum corps.
Firing squad.
Keokuk Eiks.
seIectives.
Odd Fellows.
Modern Woodmen.
Fish dealers.
. Boy Scouts.
Peoples Institute band.
CoIored citizens.
Relatives and friends Of the selec-
tive service men will bid goodbye
to the new soldiers tonight when a
great parade that has been planned
reaches the foot Of Main street at
Water.
Entrain Quickly.
Ten minutes will be permitted for
the farewells. Then the men will
march Immediately to their special
train and board the cars.
Not less than twenty-five organi-
cations will participate in the parade,
and the line OF march will be one
Of the longest the city has known
on a strictly military occasion.
Fort Madison will send 100 cars
and 500 citizens.
Hundreds Of persons representing
fraternal, musical and other bodies
will take part in the demonstration
(. arranged to give the more than 200
selectmen an appropriate and home
like departure for Camp Pike, Ark.
Motorists Asked to Help.
In order that the formation of the
parade may be unhampered, request
went forth today from the commit
tee in charge urging that automo-
biles refrain from using Main street
between the river and Twelfth
street between the hours of 9 p. m.
and the time for the men to entrain.
Request has likewise been made
that motor car drivers use another
street than Blondeau between Sixth
and Eighth streets. "A part of the
parade will form in those sections.
Selectives will be formed in line be-
tween Blondeau and Concert streets
on Sixth.
Where Sections Form.
The parade will form at o'clock
and will move at $50. The various
sections, with the head at Eighth and
Main streets, are to organize as fol-
lows:
City officials and Fort Madi-
son band, Ninth and Main; Fort
Madison delegation, Ninth be-
tween Main and Blondeau; Keo-
kuk Concert band, Ninth and
Blondeau: Hamilton guards,
knights Of Columbus, Eagles and
Moose, between Eighth and
Ninth on Blondeau; Community
band Eighth and Blondeau;
knights of Pythias, High Ten
SION club, letter carriers, be-
tween Seventh and Eighth on
Blondeau; Terrence and Belknap
posts, G. A. R.. Seventh and Blon-
aeau; Spanish war veterans,
Uncle Sans drum crops, firing
SQUAD, selective service men and
Elks, between Sixth and Seventh
on Blondeau; Peoples Institute
nand, Sixth and Blondeau; Odd
fellows, Modern Woodmen. fish
aealers and Boy Scouts, between
Filth and Sixth on Blondeau.
March to Twelfth.
Inc parade will move out
MAIN street to Twelfth at $50
O'Clock and return on Main street
to the depot.
entrance of the large Fort
Madison delegation today into
tne plans caused several changes
70 be made in the parade. The
fort Madison citizens, with their
oand, will occupy practically
oiock of the parade themselves.
After the troop train has de-
parted, the parade will reform,
march up Bank to Second street,
20 Main. to the Elks club and