The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-30

A waving handkerchief, miniature
of Old Glory and just below it a minia-
ture of the Italian flag waving in the
breezes just as the sun came out from
behind the clouds and added to the
sheen of the patriotic colors, was the
farewell Of nearly three hundred Ke-
nisha men as the train filled with
troops-more than six hundred Of them
picked its way around the curves of
the western division of the Northwest
ern this morning, bound for Rockford
as the first stop of the biggest quota
the Kenosha city and county has sent
to join the men cover there'' Some
one back in the crowd knew who it
was waving the handkerchief, some
one back here knew who it was waving
the American and Italian flag and un-
til the train was lost in the distance
the crowd stood and cheered.
It was some cheer for that crowd Of
patriots was made up of more than
five thousand Kenosha people. AS the
train pulled out carrying the boys
away to the fields of the glory pande-
monium broke loose. Women who
held babies closely to their breast and
who had been sobbing softly in remem-
brance of the last farewell caught the
spirit of it all. Cheers chased away
the tears and even baby hands were
raised in the ovation which was given
the boys off to war.
The demonstration was notable. in
the history Of the city. It showed that
the people were getting accustomed to
war. That the people were getting
more cheers into the farewell even
though the tears would some time
break through.
1t was a "nasty" morning. Rain
fell on the selects as they hurried to
the armory to answer the roll call.
Rain fell on the bands and the march
ing cheering men who went with them
to the train but before the train pulled
out the sun broke through the clouds
like bow of promise and tho boys
got away under ideal conditions.
Long before the time set for the BOYS
to leave the armory for the special
train which was to take them to Camp
Grant, the streets about the armory
were filed with people. The peole did
not seem to care for the falling rain.
They wanted to show the boys that
they appreciated the sacrifice they were
making and they didn't care whether
the rain fell or the sun shone. There
were men and women in the crowd and
the women seemed to regard it as their
privilege to stand in the rain and keep
time to the martial music of the
bands.
The bands were all there. The old
reliable Since Band led the march to
the station, the Nash Motors band Drop
ped in just behind the member of Com
pany B. w. s. G. and the Provisional
Battalion and right back in the line
with the selects was the Kenosha Com
munity Band which had turned out as
a mark of special honor to the forty
Italian born boys who went with the
quota.
There were only six of the large quota
Of men called from the city missing
when the final call was made this morn
ing and alternates were on hand to
take their places in the ranks. In fact
the alternates were anxious to 90 and
Kenosha IS list was increased to an even
two hundred in order to accommodate
all of the men who wanted to be in
Quoted into service and get away
with the bunch" AS the city men
left the armory the call for assembly
was sounded by the band at the county
building and seventy three selects from