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Show : a sort of spirit of gloom pervac1mg pervading pervac1mgamong pervadingamong pervadingamong among some of the members memben . of the thecamp thecamp thecamp camp all day Saturday ' The 'TIle TIle hum hum- humming humming humming - ming of parting songs could be behcrd beheird beheard hc\rd hc rd heird ' \ and many 'last last ' last time t1me con- con connabs conilabs con-nabs con nabs - nabs ilabs ' could be"itnes.sed be \ witnessed \"itnes.sed itnes.sed "itnes.sed itnessed " . Among Amongthe Amongthe Amongthe the bovs boys leaving leavmg , there was a mIX- mIX xm- xm mIXtUle xmtuie mix-tuie mix tuie . - - tUle tuie of emotions , they hated to toleae toleale toleave lea\e lea e leale \ the camp and fnends friends made madehere madehere madehere here , and yet in order to be at home homewith homewith homewith with relatives and other fnends friends and andto andto andto to be able to report for new Jobs jobsiwaitmg jobsawaiting .waltmg waltmg iwaitmg . them theie thele , such partmgs partings partmgsmust partingsmust partingsmust must take placeAt placeAt place placeAt At 6 30 p m in Lt Ringel , com- com corn- corn company cornpany com company - pany commander , called all the thebos theboss thebovs bos boss } , " ' who "ho ho 'abe abe were leaving lea\lng lea lng lealing \ , togetherfoi togetherfOl together fOl foi a last roll call He gave gaje ga'e gae ' them themsome themsome themsome some general instructions mstrucUons as to how howto howto howto to conduct themselves on theIr theIrjourney theirjourney theirjourney journey home ( At a former meet meet- meeting meetIng meeting - ing in m the mess hall he W1.5hed W15hed wished W1.5hedthem wishedthem wishedthem . them a pleasant plensant journey home and andhoped andhoped andhoped hoped they " would "ould ould never forget the thepleasant thepleasant thepleasant pleasant associations nssoclations formed in Inthis inthis this camp These TIlese remarks remarhs blOUght biought bioughta bi oughta a general appliuse apphuse appl'tuse appltuse ' from the tile whole wholegroup wholegroup wholegroup group ) And fo so o the great moment came came.At cameAt . . At exactly ' 7 7 o'clock oclock ' ' the boys bctys bcys , , , home- home borne- borne homeward borneward homeward - ward bound . , , climbed into trucks trucksand trucksand trucksand and "a a " waved ved a last farewell fare\vell fare vell ' \ to those thoseieinaining thoselemaining 1 emalning ieinaining The trucks started on ontheIr ontheir ontheir theIr v . way o.y oy ay . to Thompsons where the theboys theboys theboys boys would board the train which whichwould whichwould whichwould would eventually e-wentuaUy e wentuaUy eentually - % take them to Min Min- Miii- Miii Minnesota Miiinesota Minnesota - nesota nesotaThree Three of the officers , , Lt Engberg Engberg.Dr EngbergDr , . Dr . . Alton Saxer , , and Lt . . FmnCI'3 FmnCI3 Francis FmnCI'3DiU FrancisDill FrancisDill ' DiU Dill accompanied the boys on their theirjourney theirjourney theirjourney journey eastward Lt Dill will win re- re return return re return - - turn to his home in . Lawrence LawrenceKanasas LawrenceKarmzas LawrenceKanasas Kanasas Karmzas and arid will no longer be con- con connected connected con connected - nected with this company . . Lt . . Eng- Eng Bog- Bog Engberg Bogberg Eng-bere Eng bere - berg and Dr- Dr DrSaer - . Sa\er Sa er Sa'Cer SaCer Saxer \ " ' expect e'Cpect eCpect expegi ' tobnng tobnnga to , brmg bnnga brmga a new group of boys back\with back with backLw1th backwiththem backLw1ththem back \ ! withthem- withthem withthemThey them . - . They will probably arnve arrive arnvehere arrivehere arrivehere here about the 10th oX 2t April AprU APrfl . . |