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900 SOLDIERSEXPECTEDResMrs. L. E. Daoust, commandant ofthe local Red Cross Canteen service.received a telegram this morning,stating that 891 soldiers will leavCamp Mills, N. Y., June 12th overthe B. O., which will put thbm inDefiance some time Friday.The exact time of their arrival inDefiance is not yet known and prob-Moiably will not be until Fridav morning.This means that the local RedCross Canteen^Service wiil have toll ^prepare for, approximately nine hundred men for Friday. The canteennow has a large amount of supplieshat were brought in for the trainsthat were to have passed thru hereSunday but were switched to the'Pennsylvania lines. However, thecanteen needs sandwich filling inlarge quantities and can alwavs usebrollineup of IIrse 5(Ktiotainther supplies. AH those desiring tocontribute supplies or monev areasked to do so bv Friday morning.While the definite time of the ar-01totopeticrival of the troops here will hardlyrbe known mtil Friday morning, it isnrcoipretty certain that the troops will i °x^ass thru here Friday, barring no accidents or change of schedule.shThe troops will most likelv bemarched to the old fort groundwhere they will be served.afon;elnea
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Defiance Democrat
Defiance, Ohio, US
Thu, Jun 12, 1919
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