The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-09
LIEUT.. TARLTON ARRIVES
WELCOMED BY RELATIVES AND
FRIENDS AT UNION STATION.
His Old Company of the Indiana
Guard Also Extended Greet
ing-Hc Came Alone.

Lieut.. Charles S. Tarlton. his features
well bronzed with the heat of a tropical
sun, arrived home last night after more
than a years service in the Philippine
islands with the Thirtieth United States
Volunteer Infantry. Lieutenant Tarlton
reached the city at o'clock yesterday
evening from ST. Louis.
The welcome the young lieutenant re-
ceived must have been very gratifying to
him. Company II, of the Second Regiment,
in command of Captain DRAPER, was there
TO meet the lieutenant. This is Tarlton's
old company. n committee composed of
Capt c. b. Carr. Capt. II. b. Mahan and
Lieut.. Guy Boyle was also at the station to
greet the returning soldier. The Iieuten-
ants young wife and host Of relatives
were on hand early to greet him. There
was no arrangement for parade, Company
Ill being the only organization that came
out. it was not desired to make a demon
tration over the return of the lieutenant,
but some of his friends thought it would
be an appropriate thing for his old COM
pany to come out.
The lieutenant stepped from the train
with arms full of luggage. As soon as he
approached the gates leading out of the
ed the young mans ears. Expects ut faces
were pressed against the gate. As il opened
his friends pressed forward. y reporter
thoughtfulIy relieved the lieutenant of one
piece of his luggage so that he had an arm
free to struggle with his delighted rela-
tives. The lieutenants pretty young wife
was the first TO greet him. II come next. "
sang out a blue-eyed miss of seventeen, a
niece of the lieutenant, and she lifted a
pair OF rosy lips to her handsome uncle's
bearded face. In the meantime the lieuten-
ants disengaged arm was embracing a rel
alive here and shaking hands with an ac-
cuaintance there. For a full half minute
the young man was ingulfed in a struggling
crowd of admiring friends and relatives.
in the midst of this ELUSIVE greeting some
one presented a fine bouquet of flowers,
which the lieutenant gracefully accepted.
Outside OF the station, drawn up in CON-
pany front, was Company II. prepared to
greet the lieutenant. we are glad to see
you. lieutenant" said Captain DRAPER.
stepping forward as the lieutenant came
down the steps at the north end Of the
station. The two men shook hands and
the company cheered the lieutenant as he
stepped into an open carriage with Mrs.
Tarlton and other relatives. The lieuten-
ant was at once taken to the home of his
brother-in-law, Henry {. @. Balls, at No.
Lieutenant Tarltou returned TO the city
alone, the other Indiana members of the
regiment having gone to their respective
homes in different parts of the State. w. r.
Jackson, sergeant of Company +, Thirtieth
Regiment. arrived home yesterday morning.
His parents are Mr.. and Mrs. Gaylord NJ.
Jackson OF $3.50 Leon street. The Thirtieth
regiment was organized in August, 1929
with fifty officers and 1909 men. The Indi-
ana officers in the regiment We're Capt.
Charles E Reese. TT. Wayne. Capt r.
Ross Smith. Washington; Capt Kenneth
NJ. Burr Anderson. Capt. Edwin H. Fitz-
gerald Goshen; Lieut.. Guilford ;. CARRIER.
Madison. and Lieut.. IarltOn. There were
fin the neighborhOod of one hundred Indiana
boys in the regiment, 1t is estimated.