Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1917 — MILITIA GOT HOME FRIDAY [ARTICLE]

MILITIA GOT HOME FRIDAY

Train Was Delayfed and Did Not Reach Here Until 11 P. M. Company M of the Indiana National Guard reached* Refisselaer shortly before midnight? Friday night, and it was a happy throng of young fellows that left the train and ah equally . joyous crowd of friends and relatives and extended open arms and welcoming smiles to the returning soldiers. The time of the arrival of the militiamen was quite uncertain throughout Friday, it first being announced that they would arrive with*the 6:50 p. m. train from Indianapolis. Later it- was announced that they would arrive on a special train at about 9:30 p. m. Had they arrived at 6:50 p. m. the band and perhaps 1,000 people would have been at the depot, but as the time passed and no train or militia came the people who had no intimate friends or relatives in the coippany departed. Company M left Rensselaer on June 24, and on July 11 arrived at Llano Grande, Texas, where they went into camp. Here they remained continuously until December 4, when they returned to Fort Benjamin Harrison at Indianapolis, remaining there three weeks going through the formality of being mustered out of the federal service. The boys are all glad to get home and are all enjoying exceptionally good health.