Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 140, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1917 — REJOICING. [ARTICLE]

REJOICING.

American Regular* Paint Sign* of Confidence on Car* a* They Start to Europe. An American Port, June 27. The American regular went to the war rejoicing and confident of the good account he soon would be giving “somewhere in France.” As the long troop trains pulled in to load the men aboard the armada of troop ships a few weeks ago the cars bore many painted cloth signs or chalk writings on their sides. Some of them were: “We’re going to get the kaiser s goat.” “Down the Wilhelmstrasse for -ours.” —■ —- ~ “Belgium first, the Rhine next. “Send on your Zeps, Willie.” “France, we are on our way.” “Good-by, Yankeeland. See you later.” “We fear no submarine, Von Terpitz!”