Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1899 — A Whole Regiment Coming. [ARTICLE]

A Whole Regiment Coming.

" A whole regiment of soldiers will pass through Rensselaer next Friday, April 28, it being the first time during the war that a whole regiment has passed over the Monon, in one body. It is the 2nd Illinois regiment, and formerly oneof Chicago’s crack regiments, * of the Illinois national guard. The regiment is now at Augusta, ' Georgia. It will come over the old line of the Monon, from Louisville. The regiment is still to remain as part of the Illinois militia, and its U. S. arms having been taken away, its state arms are to be sent to Monon, and the regiment equipped there. This is done in order that the regiment may enter Chicago fully armed jmd equipped, and their home coming is to be made the occasion •of a big demonstration. The regiment is expected to reach Chicago about 1 p. m. Friday, which would bring them to Rensselaer about 10 a. m. The regiment will be in three sections. We are not able to say if any or all of the sections will stop in Rensselaer, but it is not unlikely if at least one or more did. in order to let other trains pass.