The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-13
kATO FOLK BID GOOD
CHEER TO THE BOYS
YOUNG MEN DEPARTED LAST
EVE FOR CAMP GRANT
Contingents From Brown, Lyons
And Lincoln Did Not Leave
The Train


Blue Earth county babe farewell to
sixty eight more young men who de-
parted at seven o'clock last evening
for Camp Grant, Rockford Ill, where
they will enter training in the new
national army. The men were given
rousing sendoff by Mankato citizens,
friends and relatives and by the
local guardsmen who turned out to
escort the men to the depot and bid
them farewell
Men from Brown, Lyons and In
coin counties were not served sup
per in the city The train on which
they were to reach the city at Abs
p. n. was nearly four hours late and
the men did not pass through until
after eight o'clock. They did not get
Off the train here, These men formed
a total of fifty three draftees, and
they remained in their special coach
and were taken through to Camp
Grant, expecting to reach there short
ly after the special carrying the
major part OF the men
At $50 o'clock yesterday afternoon
the train arrived bearing the Fari-
bault, Murray and Cottonwood county
boys. The Nicollet county contingent
arrived later. These men were met
by Captain M. d. Fritz of the can
teen committee and Lieutenant w. E.
Van Ness and Lieutenant l. NJ Temp
kins and escorted to the Swedish
Lutheran church where supper was
served
Supper Is Served
In the meantime the Blue Earth
county men, after meeting at the
court house at three O'Clock, were
escorted by Sheriff Anton Osten and
County Auditor G. L. Kennedy to the
Presbyterian church where they were
served supper. John lien was leader
of the Blue Earth county boys. With
the special train for Camp Grant were
Lieutenant Millward and Lieutenant
sMcHugh, who were sent here to ac+
company the men and make sure all
were properly accounted for.
While the men were at supper the
national guardsmen formed at the
armory and were marched to the
church to escort the boys to the
train. Guards from all three of the
local companies formed the escort
They were under the command of
Captain Bud c. Cain and Lieutenants
Van Ness and Edgar Owen.
The company, in platoon forma-
tion led the march to the depot, fol-
Vowed by the national co,ors carried
by John Madigan. After these march
ed the members of the draft board,
Sheriff Osten, Auditor Kennedy. DR..
Roy Andrews and Professor L, A.
Hancock. After the board the select
ed men marched, two abreast form
ing a long column. The men were
heartily cheered as they swung down
Front street and huge throng pack
ed the depot platform to see them off.
Other Units Escorted.
While the Blue Earth county men
were entraining on the special the,
guardsmen marched back to the
Swedish Lutheran church and escort
ed the men from other counties to
the train. The visiting draftees were
in high spirits and kept up running
fire OF jokes and humorous shouts as
they marched to the Gepoi. On
board the train the boys shouted and
cheered from the open windows and
continued to wave farewells until
they were lost from view.
The train left Mankato a few
minutes after seven o'clock and was
expected to arrive in Rockford, H.,
about noon today. The men were to
receive breakfast this morning at,
Milwaukee.
Several Were Released.
Late yesterday afternoon the fol-
lowing men were released from re-
spending to the Blue Earth county
draft call, either for physical defects
or because an appeal had been filed
in their cases: Hubert Hodapp, Jo-
seph Duren, Louis Reichel Arthur
Pitts, Herman CLAIM and Otto Sch
wanke.
The following men, among. the al
ternates were called to fill the va
cancies caused by these late deferred
cases and by others who failed to re-
spond. A majority of these men are
among those who registered June 5.
1918: Gordon Slater, Frank McConb,
Irwin Childs, Lester Westpahl. Carl
1N-iocH, OdIlu AImSJTOQS, Clement
Schmidt. Emeren Roll, John Thew,
Delbert Vickerman, Henry Wolf, How
ard Bates and Howard Seals. Many
of these men volunteered and were
anxious to fill the empty ranks in the
quota. Guy Lyons of Madison Lake,
who registered at Denver, Colorado,
was transferred and left with the
Blue Earth county quota.
Cottonwood County Unit.
The following young men from Cot
tonwood county, were in the crowd:
Frank J. HILBERT Mountain Lake; DIR.
Arthur E. Tillisch, Window; George
10. Derksen, Mountain Lake: David E.
Fast, Mountain Lake; John B. Cam
den, Minneapolis; Helmor S. Weston.
Window; Sidney O. Johnson, Win
dom; Lars Swaziland, Dundee; Andor
Larson, Storden; Arthur P. Steinke.
Bingham Lake; Gerhard G.. Kliewer'
Mountain Lake; Gerhard S. Rempel,
mountain Lake; Peter S. Derksen.
Mountain Lake; Peter H. Peters
Mountain Lake; Jacob ]. Ewert
Mountain Lake; Ernest E.. Piotrascb-
ke, Window; Louis E. Nc.son. Win.
dom; Cornelius c. Harder. Bingham
Lake; John E. Peterson, Westbroo,r
Attorney Named For Place in Eed.,