Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-02-26

books and other reading material be.
sides writing paper could be secured
free OF charge from the Chaplin OF the
ship. a.
The meals were very good and the
sailors and sol iers were fed together
in each compartment. The day before
landing at Hoboken, N. y. an appear
ance inspection was held on deck.
Only small percentage Of the sol.
oilers were sea sick although the
ocean was so rough that no ono was
allowed on the lower decks for about
q week. Is e 8
& The flag was at half mast the day
/ following Ex-Presfdent Rooseyelt's
death and the afternoon Of his funeral
guns were fred every half hour.
Our Landing at New York. .e.:...
The day Of landing, January 18th,
lights could be seen early In the morn
ing and land was sighted shortly be-
fore noon. The Statue of Liberty was
seen at 20 minutes past two and the
ship anchored at pier 3 at Hoboken,
pier, the band which was on the Seat
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This band played several selections
on the boat every day. When reach
Ing the pier we were gladly welcomed
by the Red Cross, a band, the waving
of flags and the cheers Of an immense
crowd. The ship was also welcomed
by Mayor Hylan of New York City
who was In boat accompanied by
the Red Cross who threw candy. Or
anges, chewing gum, and copies Of
New York Herald on board the ship,
after which the Y. M. G. A., Jewish
Welfare, and Knights of Columbus dis
tributed candy, gum, cigarets, match
es and post cards to the boys.
Later in the evening, the. Salvation
Army came on the ship and gave ev-
eryone a chance to send home a tele-
gram free of charge, besides distri-
butlng candy, etc: =
We alighted from the boat at eight
O'clock. the following morning and
again were treated by the Red Cross.
Had forty:flve minute ride on a fer
ry after which we also had a five
minute ride on the railroad, arriving
at Camp Mills, Long Island, N. Y.
about one o'clock in the afternoon.
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station" the first evening. Twenty
certain per cent Of the battalion could
was at this camp that Herbert Wadell
received the sad news in a telegram
announcing the death of his wife, so
he left Immediately for Detroit, MINI.
While at Camp Mills, telegram was
received from Mayor e. G. Wel1in of
Wilmar which pleased US greatly and
read as follows:
Care of Salvation Army:
"Willmar citizens rejoice to hear of
safe arrival. Welcome home.
E. G. Wellin,
Mayor of Wi1lmar"s:
This telegram was read by the 1st
in the evening.
Aboard for Camp Dodge.
On Saturday, January 18th, again
we received orders to roll packs which
was for the last time in the army.
This time travelling orders were for
Camp Dodge Iowa, so Headquarters
Co., A. and B. formed one train and
Co.. C. and D. another. The trains
left about half an hour apart, the
first leaving camp at 1890. The Red
Cross welcomed the trains at nearly
every station with coffee, doughnuts,
! candy, cigarets, post cards etc
The cities visited were: Jamaica, New
York City, Newark, Pennington, Stan
ton, Jutland, New Jersey. Coming
into Pennsylvania it was very noun
famous. The weather was beautiful
Among the cities visited in this state
were Easton, Wilkes Barre and Sayre.
On the night of Saturday, January
18th, the cities passed thru were Stat
ford, New York, the Niagara Falls,
Princeton, Woodstock and London,
Ontario, Canada. The cities visited
on Sunday were Port Huron, Flint,
Lansing and Battle Creek. Here we
were allowed half hour stop off dur
ing which time we took hike around
the city. South Bend, Ind, and Chi
cago, ILL.,, were the places visited on
Sunday night. The cities visited
1 from Chicago to Camp Dodge
Iowa, were Elgin, Hampshire and Sa-
vannah, H., Marion, Tama and Mad
rid, Iowa. We arrived at Madrid late
in the afternoon. Then at a town a
couple stations from Madrid we got
!! OF the train and took an electric train
to camp arriving there eight O'Clock
in the evening. ]. -.zs.4 , - I. -
r ! e. Awaiting Discharge
| The next few days seemed rather
long as we were patiently waiting Tor
our honorable discharge. All sorts
Fof papers had to be signed and most
of our equipment had to be turned In
On Friday afternoon all went to the
/ Liberty Theatre to attend lecture
Songs were sung and several talks
were given on insurance and reinlist