The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-01
READY
FOR CELEBRATION
eokuk VIII % Herself Proud When
she Welcomes to Iowa Soil the
Heroes Of the Famous Resl-
ment Of Hawk-Eyes.
TIME NOT KNOWN YET
Whenever They Arrive, keoku anu
the Surrounding Country VIII
Be Ready for Them with
Warm Hospitality.

Most certainly, TopLiSu GaeA
Dickson, manager of the Community
band when asked by the committee
whether it would donate it's services
TO the big celebration in keokuK
when several companies of the fam-
Gus 16Sth infantry stop here for TWO
hours on their way to Camp Dodge.
The Peoples Institute band VIII
also play for the people of Keokuk
on that occasion, and the quick ten
der of services by the keokuk Con-
cert band has been announced pre-
viously.
When the big celebration here VIII
occur is not known definitely yet
and Mayor Lotion is awaiting the
announcement Of the time from Adj
iutant General Kerr at Washington,
Adjutant Ball of the 16Sth regi-
ment, t~elegraphed yesterday after
noon that the men will reach Iowa
some time the latter part of nsNt
week. He said the troops are ready,
but the transportation Is not.
Want Home Cooked Lunches.
The two things the men wanted
most, New York dispatches say, wee
home cooking and money to see New
York City.
Home cooking includes lunch boxes
of the American type, fresh fru' s
and vegetables. The army rations
taken from Camp Upton will be
their food on the way across the
country to Des Moines through keo-
kuk.
Des Moines plans to have 1.5oO
lunch boxes ready for their arrival
there. The Keokuk Red Cross chap
ter has charge of the home cooking
detail while the men are here. Ihey
are tired of army fare, they say.
Called for Spending Money.
There was a general desire 1or
spending money, and everybody re
ported himself dead broke.
Jerry B.. Sullivan wired Des Moines
the financial condition, and the cities
having companies in h famous
! regiment were also informed or It
All these cities telegraphed funds to
be given the men for spending
money. J.,
a member of the Des Moines wei
, coming committee will come to keo'
kuk to meet the three companies
here and ride to Des Moines with
them. Twenty-four men have been
granted permits to ride with tht
troop trains from their entrance into
Iowa at the Mississippi river gate
ways.
Men from Every State.
The regiment is already mucf
broken up in its personnel, and hal
I lost much of it's identity which /
had in it's fighting days In rance
The men will scatter to every par
of the United States.
The regiment has members from
every state. Camp Dodge will ge
the largest detachment. about one
half of the membership, but NOR
than 1900 men will entrain for othe.
cantonments.
Buddies who have fought side b.
side from Lorraine to the Argonne
through the battle of the Ourcq, a
st. Mihiel and at the breaking OF tn
.Kriemhilde SIZZLING are making tn
most of their companionship befor
parting, probably forever.
Want to See Casualties.
The men in Camp Upton hav
been told what awaits them in low
when they finally get there.
They're going to meet us a
along the line" the colonel toll
/. them.
And to voice their sentiment tn
boys gave a shout hat was hear
all over Camp Upton.
1t is estimated that more OF tn
regular One Hundred Sixty-eight
men are now in hospitals in ID
: states than will return with the reg
-iment to Des Moines.
1t is these men-these old pa
t and comrades who camped out unde
r deadly German barrages and WI
charged with them over the top
and who are now in hospitals
Iowa-the boys at Camp Upton al
Y anxious to see.
Keokuk has a half dozen Of thet
casualties from Company I. Of i
# famous regiment who got wounde
y SO can not participate n abe b
Il times coming to the rest OF the rss
g ment."