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BIG CROWD SAW SOLDIERS LEAVELFully people gathered at the! Pennsylvania railroad station ibis! afternoon 10 see Cass county's 44 reg-I is trams .entrain for Camp Zachary j Taylor, where they will go into train- jr | ins for the national army. The*spec-! i 1 iai train on -which the boys left was £ made up of eight coaches and in addition to the Cass county contingent, carried coaiingenis from South. Benri,jc Plymouth, Valparaiso. Columbia City, j Each Chicago, Crown Point and!\Y maniac. . j.1Headed by a band and escorted by the Logaaspon Bay Scout organiza-i -! tion, the 14 men comprising rlie couti-| tl's contingent made a short parade of | the city. Large 3ags supported by the Soy Scout troops served as collection boxes and the hundreds of people who lined the streets over the course of the parade, donated generously. The exact amount collected was ft65.40. which sun will go to make up a soldiers’ mess fund.One noticeable feature in connection with the movement of more men to the’ training camps today was the' fact that the beys were sent away with cheers and smiles instead of tears and sobs. The fact that ibe war mpsi. be won anti that the United States HOldiers are going to be on, hand when they gat the kaiser.' has M had the right effect upon the general; public and as the boys leave on i he j ^ first lap cf the trip, which will event-j1 ually end in Berlin, there should be no tears to dishearten them.
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Logansport Pharos Reporter
Logansport, Indiana, US
Sat, Mar 30, 1918
Page 3
Full Page
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Thelma C.
IN, USA 28 Feb 2018
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