Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-15
NEARLY 1000 OF RAINBOW MEN
STOP IN CITY ENRoUTe TO-
CAMP DODGE.
PART OF ONE CONTINGENT
LEFT HERE BY TRAIN CREW
Misunderstanding Regarding Length Of
Stop Of Northwestern Train Causes
$50 Soldiers to 30 Left-Parads 10
Staged Thru Business Seetion-huss
Crowds Greet Special Trains.

Homeward bound and nearing the
end of their long journey. nearly 1000
Iowa soldiers of the 16Sth infantry,
Rainbow division. were in the city for
short stays Wednesday sight on their
way to Des Moines for the state re-
ception and 20 Camp Dodge to be
mustered out. The soldiers were on
two trains. the first reaching here over
the Northwestern at 5:45. The second
| train got here at s:15 over the Chicago
Great Western and stopped for about
half an hour.
Because of a misunderstanding OF
the length Of time the Northwestern
train was to stop at the union station.
it pulled out leaving about half the
contingent that was preparing to pa
rade. The train was stopped at La
mobile and those who were left here
after paradiny thru the business dis.
trict, were double timed to the station
and put on No. 10, leaving here at
$50, TO catch the special at Lamoille.
Immense Crowd at Station.
AAOusdbus Va Sits pCoPiS anu ciiiSAS
from all over the county waited at the
union and Chicago Great Western sta
lions TO get a glimpse of the Iowa
heroes of this famous regiment and
division. The soldiers home fife and
drum corps and the high school band
greeted the Northwestern train. As
the trains pulled in the crowds cheered
and the soldiers hustled out of the
sleepers and lined up and were served
with hot coffee doughnuts and ciga-
rets by the local canteen workers.
Those who waited for the Chicago
Great Western train HAD to remain for
a long time. This special remained for
only about half an hour. Altho at
first announced to arrive at about
O'Clock and later at 7:-5 it was not
| until 9:l5 that the train pulled in.
Trains Bear Banners.
| Tackled to the sleepers were numer-
Gus banners bearing the words From
the Rhine to Iowa." From the Rhine
to Gods Country and From the
Rhine to Near Beer" a dummy figure
| to represent the kaiser, was hanging
| from the window of one car.
The Northwestern train crew had
OTupIS 10 sup lltlc tiiAAt ~ AheNSSh
| the Iowa committee on the train and
Lieut.. Col. Guy Brewer, in command
of the conting,A At on the Northwestern
special, understood the train was 10
stay here an hour. Win that much
| time pre- parations were made for pa
rade, and the soldiers in heavy march-
ing order were formed on the plat
form. When about $50 had been lined
up, the train pulled out with the others
on board These remaining on the
platform supposed the train was mere
ly pulling up in the yards.
The contingent that was left was
marched up Second avenue to Main
street and west in Main. returning
south in first avenue. In order to
catch No. 10 the men were double
timed and tumbled into the train in
hurry.
County Men on Trains.
OF greatest interest to some residents
of the county were the few soldiers
from this county, or soldiers who for
merly lived here, who were on the
trains. There were happy greetings
when the relatives of these were able
to reach and greet their returned SOL
der boys.
Among them was First Sergeant
Harry Kempe. the son of Mrs. Anna
Kcmpe, of LeGrand. His mother,
whom he had not seen fore eighteen
wears. was at the union station 10
meet her son. Vie had been eighteen
months overseas.
Harry Finch, Of Ames, the son Of l.
S. Finch, ana formerly of this CITY,
was another former Marshall county
hoy on the Northwestern train. Finch
was at one time a messenger for the
Western Union office Of this city.
Dewey Wilson, the son of W. NJ. Will
son. and Lyle Moler, the son OF Marx
Moler the latter 4o7 North Third ave-
nue. were on the Chicago Great west
ern train. Howard Bolts, the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. David Bolts, of Liscomo.
was also on TINS train, being a MEM
her of the band that with the head
quarters was also on special.
Committees With Both Trains.
The Northwestern train Of fourteen
sleepers carried 500 men and officers
in addition to the Iowa committee.
headed by H. w. Byers. Of Des Moines'
The Chicago Great Western train, also
of fourteen sleepers, carried 463 men
and fifteen officers. including the band
and ~egimenral headquarters. Gov
ernor Harding, VINO headed tihs Io~"a
committee on this train, left the train
at Waterloo and passed thru here on
the 9:1s passenger.