The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-28
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY.
THREE ENTRAIN THIS
MORNING.
MADISON, S. D., TO BERLIN
AN ESTIMATED CROWD OF 1000
PEOPLE SAY FAREWELL
TO THE MEN.

The Lake county exemption board
this morning entrained a contingent
of 153 men for Camp Funston. The
men had been assembled at the local
military headquarters in the court
house yesterday afternoon and pro-
vided with their transportation, meal
tickets, ETC., thus avoiding rush and
confusion this morning. At 8 o'clock
this morning the men were in their
places at courthouse square and es-
corted by the municipal band, exemp-
ton board, home guards and COM
rades of Gen. Shields Post, G.. A. r.,
they marched west from the court
house on Center street e to Egan
avenue, thence south to the depot.
The sidewalks on Egan avenue were
packed with people who had turned
out to show their patriotism and good
will toward the men. The crowd
closed in and followed the men to
the depot where they were congregat-
ed on Railway park at Second street
SW. After a selection by the band
Ira F. Blewitt addressed the men,
paying high tribute to their worth to
the country and their willingness to
make sacrifices to defeat the Ger
mans In their efforts to subjugate the
world in the interest of their mill
~taristic au~tocracy. The address was
received with enthusiasm by the men
and the immense throng of people.
The Rev. HI. w. Minish, in the uni
form of a home guard, invoked the
divine blessing and the formal exer-
cises came to a close and the men
were given the privilege of circulat-
ing among their friends in the crowd.
an exchange of farewells and hand
shaking being the order until they
were called upon to entrain. The
special train of six coaches, dining
car and baggage car to transport the
men to their destination was spotted
in the yards adjoining the depot on
the west and they went aboard in line.
A dozen or more colored porters in
white uniforms occupied the cars to
see to the comfort of the men on
their journey. An immense streamer
extending the length of one car in
the train bore the words, From Mad
ison, S. d., to Berlin" There was
little delay in speeding the special
train on its way, and at 1910 o'clock
1t pulled out on the south track EN-
route to Sioux Falls and thence to
Camp Funston. AS the train passed
through the immense crowd on either
side of the track there we're enthus-
iastic cheers by the crowd and the
men in the cars, with many interjec-
tions of Good luck and God bless
you,"-and the Lake county men
were off.
The men were in charge of Carl j
Johnson, appointed captain for the
journey to the camp, assisted by ap-
pointive corporals, Geo. c. Koch, Ray
E. Page, Fred Prochnow, John Cou.
sin, Edwin Flynn, Walter w. Web.
Der, Elmer Winesburg. Melvin Grin.
ager, Harold w. Mitchell, Frank Wa.
tiers, Oscar Richter. Bert Sheldon
Edwin Graft, Horace Huxford, C. II
Trygstad. Carl Hexom, John ]
tO'Connell. Harold Rensch.
Following is a list of the Lake
county men entrained:
John M. Cousin.
USamuel Car Klink.
John M. Zimmerman.
Herman G. Friedrich.
Carl s.. Sage.
Ray Martin Pryor.
Bert Lois Sheldon.
Frank s. Kearney.
Walter Allen Angle.
Edward Klein Craft.
William Lewis Kiner.
Leonard Hof.
C. Helmer Trygstad.
Lars Ryland.
Frank K~irchberg.
Ora j.. Jones.
Robert M. Kehrwald.