Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1918 — MEMBERS OF GREAT LAKES BAND NOT TO GO EAST [ARTICLE]

MEMBERS OF GREAT LAKES BAND NOT TO GO EAST

Mrs. Don Beam received word by telephone Monday evening from her husband that Don Wright, Hany Kerlin and himself would not entrain for New York as were their original orders. The boys with 85 others were to have left by special train this Tuesday morning for New York where they were to be divided into four bands, one going to France, and the other three to be assigned to three scout > cruisers on the Atlantic. Capt. Moffett disliked giving up his bands as he has immediate use for them. He returned from Washington Monday and together with a petition from prominent citizens of Chicago requested the return of the N. N. V. Band to Grant Park. The sailing has been postponed officially for three weeks reconsideration and perhaps altogether.