Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-03
SUNDAY DECLARED
MILITARY HOLIDAY
BY OTTAWA PEOPLE
THOUSANDS SWARM THIRD AR
TlLLERY CAMP DURING TWO
DAY STAY OF OUTFIT IN CITY,
COLUMN MOVES ON STREAToR
AFTER PARADlNG THRU LOOP
The army has come and gone.

Inc army mas COME anu SOHe.
Five hundred troopers forming a
cavalcade approximating one mile in
length moved out of Ottawa this morn
ing on their days journey to Strea-
tor, two days bivouac on the field
north of the city waterworks pumping
station.
The outfit, comprising the third bat.
TALON of the Third Field Artillery
U. s. A., a unit of the motor transport
engineers and brigade headquarters,
including wagon train of great
length, arrived in Ottawa Saturday
afternoon and this morning at I
o'clock broke camp.
The column moved through the loop
between 7:30 and o'clock. Several
hundred early risers gathered in the
business district to witness the de-
parture. The parade was spectacle
never before seen in Ottawa and was
worth getting out of bed a little earl"
to view
Thousands Throng Camp.
Sunday was declared "a military hol-
iday in the city, when thousands from
near and far visited the artillery
camp. Throngs poured into the
grounds from early until late, admir-
ing the men, their equipment, and par
ticularly the we'll groomed, beautiful
animals. One thing that impressed
the citizenry in general was the man.
ner in which the soldiers deported
themselves during their stay in the
city. They were courteous, well be-
having and conducted themselves in
every way as gentlemen should. In
the theater, on the streets or at camp
the effects of army training and disc.
pline were manifested in the general
good department Of the enlisted man
Saturday Pay Day.
Saturday was day of especial inn
port to the buck in the service. Late
in the afternoon the assembly found
no backward ones getting into forml
ton to sign the pay roll, task which
was speedily disposed of, and the way
paved for putting lot Of money into
circulation. both in ottawa and among
the more successful members of the
outfit.
The exchanges were due largely to
the ever-present cubes of ivory, black.
Jack and the old army game of straight
and stud poker. The gallopin' domi-
noes, a prime favorite for speculation
purposes, yesterday were active in
several parts of the camp Much of
the pay roll found its way into other
channels through these various means
all of which are held near and dear to
the average soldiers heart
Band Renders Concert.
The regimental band Saturday night
played a very delightful concert on
the court house lawn. Crowds gath
cred on Madison street and before the
county building to enjoy the music
loudly applauding the numbers for the
excellent manner in which they were
given. The concert lasted from 7:31
until 8 o'clock,
In Streator Today.
The column, after vending its wav
through the streets of Ottawa on to
days leg of a journey which will ter
inmate at Camp Knox, Kentucky, ex.
poets to arrive in Streator about
O'Clock this afternoon, where it will
go into camp for the night. Tomor-
row the procession will move on Pom
tiac.
Colonel w. d. Newbill, commanding,
in his marching orders has provided
for an average advance of ffteer
miles per day. Under the system in
voked by the commandant the column
moves forward for fifty minutes and
then rests for ten minutes.