ox;ai.e gooa; roaus ,-iuiiauius year.682;480...; : ■... t;:.-;:TO THE PUBLIC.•;' Witli a : view, of removing any dif T ferences -and misunderstandings • ‘ between ' the eommitteeand ourselves in the proper display of our State capital on the .occasion of: the recep-! tion and- entertainment to ' be given ; pur *boys; onthe■/7th,''of next month; •we make this statement; v..*' ;If we said?, anything to the; ihemlt;? ;bers r of the ■ committee ;fer,: Sinitii. ahdv Reeves, that wad oir-'fens ive, toTthein,v or/ if - anything we said was/understood by them :* to? be; in 'disapprovai ofcrthe • commendable ^efforts they were making for the entertainment . of our.. boys: we greatly * regret it. /In discussions of this kind things can be -said which would ..not be.felt or uttered under proper consideration, and we want to assure the committee and the public that we not only regret^ -this misunderstanding but; -shall. gladly do our part in honoring the brave boyg who are to ^e our guests next Tuesday._/\ ^ BCHLEfiR BEOS.,1 .' FERD. SCHLEER;'•Jefferson City, Mo., Sept. 30, 1919;•*J0