The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-24
E0LD|ERs MARCH
THROUGH kEOkOk
..hment Of Machine Gun Men !"
kn.kl en- Route Home from
Down in Georgia Make
short Visit Here.
HOSPITALITY RECEIVED
s..nd an Hour In keokuk and are CIV
.n Look at Main Street and
Cigarettes and Coffee
to Boot.
uosprrABLY RECEIVED

II WAS ike Olu Times ,..,,l
~. ~ today when the city weicolneu
.srsa companies of soldiers VINO soop
IA "a here for over an hour en- loulo
20 ~ Samn Hancock to Camp Dodge
l'y ,ros very impromptu. on an
~. notice. but Mayor Lotion teie-
u uoaas = Charles s. Abel TO get Dusy
plSI Mcfarland. chairman OF the
aaa s,,, Red Cross, telephoned Charies
= ahal, "a take charge anu attend
= = mo work OF that organization tor
" ~ a,dier visitors, and the master
w .,.n;c of the Keokuk patriotic ma
ch;nery. put very credltaDie siio"
wv n,', for the city within the hour. =,
= when the train arrived al l1o
1901 there was a crowd at the un.
v ~ station. composed OF men ana
~ ~ and girls, and it sursed OUT 70
.h s.- track upon which the long Tram Oh
nine coaches STOPPED.
Marched with the Band.
The Keozuk Concert band piayea,
.T1ha Gangs All Here" as the tram
.,owad down to a stop, and every WIN
a. If the coaches had one or Two
sssds protruding and shouting.
le ~ : few minutes, the soldiers were
!, 1ina IN the platform, and in anotne r
minute they were marching behlno the
aard along .Jater street to Main ana
10 tha Main street hill. They marched
with the band to Seventh street Vs. sn
thew halted and came into line asan
for Mayor Lotion to say a few WORDS:
The mayor stood in the mlddie o.
The battalion line and made MS
speech short and sweet.
welcome short But sincere.
q am glad to welcome you back 70
the state of Iowa." he said. and ! as,
si,re YOU it is warm welcome an ,i
sincere. | hope your stay mere Will
| be pleasant one.
"Tne town is yours; 90 as yo'
please" - .haar
. their response to this address OF
welcome.
They At once formed column again
and marched to Ninth street and then
h,ck down Main street to the UNION
station where they entrained again.
The Clergy and War Aids.
The escort, besides the band, IN
ended the mayor and city council
vice president J. Albert kiedai1a
and Executive Secretary James Nj.
Fulton of the KeolsrIk Industrial asso.
citation, and from upper Main stree.
Very Rev. James w. Gillespie anu
Rev. Frank Phillips, of st. refer 9
church who Joined when they met uie
column.
The rear of the column of soldiers
was Y. NJ. C. A. troop train worker.
and his partner. knights of Column.
bus troop train escort. only lHey VI
the whole trainload paid their own
fares to the railroads.
The train left after more music by
the band and waving Of handkerch1efs
and shouting from both Keofuk peo-
pie and men in khaki.
Z
Coffee and Cigarettes for Them.
The soldiers were X, l. and M COM
panies Of machine gun training bat
talon commanded by Captain Charles
L. Gilman, whose peace home Is in
Minneapolis. Other officers were Lieu
tenant c. D. Anderson, and Lieuten-
ant s. B. Locker, the latter the medi-
cal officer.
The men were originally from Iowa
and Minnesota chiefly, and were fine
looking soldiers.
By direction of the Red Cross chair
man, c. F. Mcfarland, who telepohned
ms regrets ct not being able to leave
MS ONCE. Charles 8. Abel sent the
soldiers large lot of cigarettes, and
also loaded on their cook car a big
cauldron of hot coffee. Their COM
nssary was well stocked, they said,
and they ate on the train. They left
camp Hancock Saturday afternoon
and came via st. Louis.
keokuk Turned Out Well.
Inc sidewalks were crowded from
water street to Ninth street on both
sides.
The fire bells were run five min
.es at IL o'clock and The Gate City
1 's a bulletin to notify tn Getty Of
.e approach Of the soldiers who at
list We're thought to be from overseas.
~ oefng the noon hour enabled
aany people to come out to see and
s ~. the travelling soldiers, and
,ney cheered them, waved at them,
,uu IN every way showed their ap-
,,. re OF the uniform Of Uncle
mere we're 273 men and three Off
I = m the detachment, besides the
: =. ana the Y. NJ. G. A. men.