Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 203, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1919 — CHICAGOANS ASK RETURN OF SOLDIERS FROM SIBERIA. [ARTICLE]

CHICAGOANS ASK RETURN OF SOLDIERS FROM SIBERIA.

Carrying a petition signed by more than 100,000 Chicagoans and asking for the immediate return from Siberia of more than 4,000 Illinois drafted men of the Thirtyfirst and Twenty-seventh infantry regiments, a delegation of Chicago men and women called at the white house yesterday afternoon to see President Wilson. | The delegation was received by Secretary to the President Tumulty, who said that an engagement would Be made for them with the president as soon as possible. Fred McAver, who headed the delegation, said it represented an organization composed of friends and relatives of the soldiers.