The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-06-26
PAY TRIBUTE TO
FIGHTING men
Members of Old Company
NJ. Are City's Guests At
Gathering At Elks Club
Monday Night.
MARTIAL NOTE MISSING
Men Who Fought n Argonne Forest
Cheer Cabaret Singers and Laud Lead
ers In Song AMI story - Pay Trib-
ute TO Sleeping Heroes.

Kenosha paid tribute to her Fight
ing men " at the Elks Club on Monday
night when the members Of old Com
pany M Of the Fourth Wisconsin, who
scattered into many units Of the army,
had part in the most bitter fighting on
the French and German front, were the
guests of honor at dinner and
cabaret given by the city of Ke-
nosha under the auspices of the Keno
sha Welcome Home Committee
| It was one of the most interesting
gatherings ever held in Kenosha and
one which brought home to these fight
+ ing men the appreciation Of the city
of the splendid service they had rend-
cred. Dinner was set in the Pompeian
Room of the big club house and in honor
of the "boys" the room was resplen-
Gent in patriotic decorations. Old
Glory was much in evidence and the
banners Of the Thirty Division
III which the honor guests had served
with distinction were much in evidence.
| 1t was merry unconventional enter
tainment with a bang up cabaret which
kept the boys singing and laughing
and just enough oratory to make the
evening one Of unusual interest.
More than sixty five Of the men who
had marched out under Captain Dayton
in August of 1917, responded to this,
his last call to the colors, on Monday
evening and while not one Of the mem
bers of the company wore the uniform
in which they fought, they brought
with them the old spirit Of loyalty to
the company and it was much in evi.
dence during the evening.
The boys joined Justify in singing
the songs which had been featured in
the camp and on the battle fields over
il France; they applauded their lead
ers who were called upon for speeches
during the evening yes and they re-.
membered the boys who came not back.
In the very center Of the beautifully
decorated dining room there was lit
tle round table set for four. At each
/ of the places at this table was an empty
chair and on the table were great
bouquets Of roses and field daises as a
silent token of remembrance to four of
the members of Company M who gave
their lives in the great struggle for
world freedom. The cards at the places
bore the names, Corpora "Billy'' Ball,
Sergeant Berteen Marsh, Corporal
Arthur Junker and Private Jacob Met
/ ten. All save the last named are sleep
ing in graves over on European soil.
Corporal Ball and Sergeant Marsh fell
fighting with their faces to the foe;
/ Corporal Junker was one of the victims
of the sinking Of the Tuscania, and
Private Metten died in camp at Waco
before the order to go overseas came.
i Dinner was served at eight cock
and it was dinner fit for king. It
was dinner with music, as Benson of
/ Chicago had sent half a dozen Of his
best entertainers to Kenosha to enter
tain the soldiers and between every
course there was an offering in the
entertainment line sDoc' Roe. fam
Gus as leader of community singing,
was also on the job and he called into
service all Of the old songs which the
army had made famous and the spirit
of Company M was shown in the way
the boys joined in the music.
Rose Marie Blaine, the charming lit
tie French girl of the Benson forces,
sang four series of songs during the
evening, her concluding number being.
Madalon' in French which proved
one of the big hits of the evening.
/ Katherine Dufin, xsthe original Jazz
BABY made a wonderful hit with the
soldiers and she answered to encores
galore during the evening as did Kath-
crime Mills, charming violinist and
soloist, and Alex Mazzone, the squeeze
box' artist deluxe, furnished many
numbers on the program.
George S. Whyte, chairman of the
Entertainment Committee. acted as
POSTMASTER for the evening and in Civ
ling the formal welcome home to these
fighting men, he voiced the apprecia-
ton of the entire city and county Of
the work they had done for the adj
vancement of world democracy. He
declared that Kenosha felt an infinite
pride in the way that these boys had
stood under fire and that their ex-
PLOTS in the army would ever remain
one Of the brightest pages Of the his
tory of the city and county.
There were no long speeches. Cap
tain Dayton was given a tremendous
ovation by his former command when
he spoke for a few minutes. He paid
tribute to the men who marched away
with him and declared that the highest