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Show THIRTY-ONE YOUNG MEN LEAVE 1 OGDEN TO ENTER THE FIGHT I IN DEFENSE OF THEIR COUNTRY I "Send 'em away with a fife and drum Over thirty men lined up on I Twenty -fourth street hill. Sunday 'evening, and to the military sound of a fife ;(nd a drum marched down the hill and along Washington avenue and then down Twenty-fifth street It was I lgd n and Weber county's quota of men for the special draft, and the by-Btanders by-Btanders Bald they were a fine looking 'bunch of boys. They wore accom-i accom-i panled by members of the city and I countv boards, including Chairman a R. Hey wood and Walter Richey of the city. Secretary Alma Peterson of the county and Justice Valentine Gideon Gid-eon of the state supreme court. They wen to tbfl Marion cafe wheie a dinner din-ner was given under auspices of the newspapermen of the city, and from there to the depot whre they departed depart-ed for Camp Lewis at 9 p. ra. on a special train. The party of soldiers consisted of thirty -one men. There were sixteen from Ogden city, four from Weber county, two from Twin Falls, Idaho, one from Racine. Wis. and the balance bal-ance from eastern Utah counties. The j latter arrived in Ogden in the afternoon after-noon and joined the local boys. The party consisted of the following from here: D. H Farrell. captain; Anton Poul-us, Poul-us, Arthur Fromb,rg. M. H. Anders. H M. Allen. Jameo W. Welch. R. D. Calhoun, Axel Peterson Frank E. Nor-don. Nor-don. John Mulder Raymond S. God-dard. God-dard. 0. B Greenwell, D, W. Mead, Orson Or-son Broadbent. F. R Faulkner and Leon Bartlett, together with D. D. Donaldson Don-aldson of Twin Falls and F. D Thomas of Racine, Wis., who were sent with the local men. From Weber county, the contingent! was Robert Gould, captain, Gordon! Neal, William L. Yearlcy and Peter Ray Nelson. ' 3 At the cafe there was 4 brief pm- 1 gram of speaking. In addition to the ' dinner Justit a Valentine Gid on was the first speaker and he assured th bovs that thev would he backed up , In their efforts by the efforts of those 5 remaining behind. i -Yunnan A K lloywood Of the City board told the men they were about to f psxtlt ipato in the nio.-t momentous , evi t i of the world's history and would , be remembered as tnosc who helped to make history History was being re- ( pealed over and over again in this war. he said, and America was lined , up with her allies In the fight for freedom, free-dom, the fight which had always been , victorious. Alfred Gladwell. representing the j newspapermen, said It was very ap- A propnate that these men should go ; forth on Easter day as that day commemorates com-memorates Christ's giving of his life to the world. The American soldiers were entering the war with tho same ' Bplrit, he Bald -that of offering themselves them-selves to free the world frrnn the op-pi( op-pi( live ' lUtCh of the Huns I Alma Peterson of the county board urged the men to keep clean, morally, physically and spiritually, saying the strongest men would be those who went into battle with pure hearts, firm purpose and clean bodies. Captain David H. Farrell of the city's quota and Robert E. Gould of the county's quota also spoke briefly, brief-ly, both saying thev were in for all it was worth andw ould do their best. Other speeches were given by F. D. Thomas of Racine, Wis , late of the Pantages circuit, A. T. Greenwell, Ernest Er-nest Spencer and W E. Zuppann. who acted as chairman of the meeting. The men remained at the cafe until 8.30 p. m., when they marched to the depot and departed amid a large gath-l gath-l ering of friends. |