Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-06
TWENTY ONE VOLUNTEERS
FROM REGISTERED MEN GO
TO KANSAS CITY.
WILL ATTEND AUTO SCHOOL
FOR STUDY AND WORK
Each Man Presented With Wrist
Watch and MedaI-Those Far Dis
tant From Homo Were Furnished
Supper and Provided With Places to
Spend the Evenns-5eard in Charge

Twenty one more young men. ten
of whom were from this city, left the
city s:1S Friday night to enter trair:-
ing for service with the army. They
were those who had volunteered for
induction under a special call for 1900
for mechanical service with the aero
section. They go first to Kansas City
TO enter the Sweeney Auto School for
a period OF several weeks technical
and practical training in gas engine
construction and operation.
After their training is completed
there they will be assigned to aero
squadrons al aviation training fields,
where they will receive additional
training to fit them later for duty in
France at training camps for airmen,
motors of aeroplanes.
Farewell in Afternoon.
There was no public demonstration
at the farewell of this contingent.
partly because of the hour at which
they left. But when they reported at
o'clock to the exemption board in the
court house they were congratulated
in behalf of the county for volunteer
ing and thus making it unnecessary 10
draft any of the contingent by DR.. w
5. Devine, of the board, and General
Secretary John 3. Northcott, of the Y;
VI c. A. The latter gave each man
wrist watch and medal. and Miss Agnes
swift, clerk of the board, pinned the
tag with the boards number and adj
dress on the lapel of the coat OF each
10y.
Those who were too far distant from
home to return for the evening were
furnished with supper, were invited to
spend the hours at the Y. NJ. c. A. or
at the picture shows early in the eve
ming.
Hugh c. Beard was placed in charge
Of the contingent. a good sized
crowd of relatives, friends and
acquaintances gathered AT the Chicago
Great Western station to bid the boys
good bye. Roll was called by DR.. De-
vine before the train was boarded. In
spite Of persistent efforts made in the
city by the local board sleeping car &C
Communications were not provided for
the boys, as the board was notified
they would be. No reason has yet been
given the board why the transporta-
ton department failed in this regard.
The boys reached Kansas City early
this morning.
The Twenty One.
All of the twenty one who were first
10 volunteer were accepted in the hna!
check of the list. They were:
John w. Meyers. Liscomb.
Ingolf o. Peterson, city.
William G. Good, 306 West Main
street.
Edward Pose. Webster City.
Frank c. Harding, Rhodes.
Inman j. jacobson. Dillon.
Herman Breunig, 1907 Arson street.
Kermer Adland, sos East Boone
street.
Charles A Bolei, so5 Bromley street.
Fay A. Stevens, 204 East Linn street.
W. Winfield Scott, Cos West Main
street.
George W. Goodman, Rhodes.
Leo A. Cook. Melbourne.
John F. vost, Melbourne.
George H. Van Slyke. Liscomb.
Vernon L. Richards, l4l6 West Main
street.
Lloyd J Ryan, Melbourne.
Cyrus J. Small, Liscomb.
Bryant Z. Boyd, Liscomb.
Hugh c. Beard, Oelwein. until re-
Gently employed as matchmaker by
Mcbride & Will Drug Company
John ]. Young, GOA East Main street.
Frank Miller, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Miller 400 Woodbury. street,
who is registered IN Jasper county
left with the contingent from that
county from. Newton, Friday evening