Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-05
CARRY OUT PROGRAM AS
PLANNED FOR THIS
AF TERNOOM
FIND D|PHTHER|A
CASE OF THROAT DISEASE
THROWS LOCAL BRAVES INTO
NEW GRIP OF TERROR WHEN
MORE QUARANTINE LOOMED
AS POSSIBILITY.

Another disappointmen; was in
store for the citizens of Ottawa late
yesterday afternoon when a message
reached here informing the people oj
the city that il was impossible o
demobilize Company c OF the 12g.h
Infantry until some time today. Me.
sages coming through earlier In the
the company of Ottawa braves would
be mustered out of the service before
evening and would be ready to start
tor home as soon as the party Of auto
lists reached Camp Grant thus mo,nA.-.
Shortly after > o'clock. just VIII Il
everything was in readiness for the
reception today, a message came with
the suddenness OF a bolt out Of a
clear sky informing the citizens OF o.
tawa that he reception " 1u,d have 90
be postponed for tweuty-four hours.
TO say that disappointment reisnc!
supreme would in no way EXPIRE IS the
feelings of the Ottawa people WHOM
they learned that it would be- tNeG.y.
'iour hours longer befo.e he city could
extend the glad hand to her boss.
Messages from the camp today IN
formed the PEE pie OF the clty that
everything was going nicely in tho
way of demoDiliza ion and that moth
ing would stand in the way If the
homecoming tomorrow.
All of the plans made for today VIII
be carried out Just twenty four hours
later The party Of motorists VIII
gather at the Central Life Building
tomorrow morning AZ o'clock, and
viii leave at once for camp. They
will return to town between AS" and
8 o'clock in the afternoon, Bringing
the boys with them. The parade
through the loop will follow at once,
The ringing of the fire bell and the.
sounding of dozens Of church bells
and whistles will be a signal that The
company will arrive in Ottawa just
fifteen minutes later.
Word From Ottawa Soy.
Word was received last evening
from Vernon Belrose, local Illinois dy-
enue boy, who is employed in the dis
charge unit through which Company
& is being mustered out. that the
l29ths paper work ana discharge pa
pers will be completed by noon tomols
row, after which nothing remains tO'
be done but passing through the dis
bursting office, where they will receive
payment in full, afilX their signature
to the discharge paper and enter the
waiting automobiles to enjoy one 0.
the happiest rides Of their lives.
Thirty-fve or forty machines will be
used in bringing the boys home. The
autos will leave here tomorrow morn
ing about O'Clock and will return
with the veterans of the world war
about 80 or o'clock.
All the boys who left with Compani
C, about eighty in all, will be brought
here and later distributed to their re-
spective homes, following the recep-
ton, which will begin, as stated here
tofore, about 5 o'clock.
Lid Is Lifted.
NdInD hTdnl, Ill, Juilt Cbi'''N'
Peter c. Field, camp surgeon, said last
night that the quarantine of the l29th
Infantry for meningitis in all proba-
bility would be lifted today at x
O'clock
Companies d and NJ were cut OF
from the rest of the regiment and cUl-
lures made from every mans threat
for laboratory tests. Every test was
negative with one exception, and FOL
low-uptest cleared the suspect. Colo
mel Field awaited report from the
base hospital last night before senG
ing his recommendation to the com
manding officer that the quarantine
be removed.
If the release comes this morning
the men will be ushered into the dis
charge mill Immediately, and the last
man should be out by Friday AFTER
noon. The quarantine has caused only
slight delay, since the 129th was not