Evening journal., 1916-08-03
WARM Welcome
FOR OUR BOYS
Deming Citizens Entertain
Troops. on Arrival With
Luncheon and Concert
CONFIRM ATTACK
ON TROOP TRAIN
BY SERGEANT FRANKLIN RASH
Company A, o. N. D.

company - " We ~
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
DEMING. n. NJ. July 3O.-After
days of weary waiting. our dreams.
for the present have come true We
are really in Deming and have every
tent pitched and are listening TO the
strains of band composed, with
the exception Of the leader and clar-
met player. of girls. Il is some mu-
sic. too. and makes a very fitting sub
stitute for our regimental band. Our
trip was a grand one from start to
finish. We were told several times
thai our battalion was the best ac-
commodated that has gone to the
border The travelling rations of can
ned Wiley" corned beef, bread pre-
serves, all kinds Of canned soups,
baked beans. salmon, not TO mention
cantaloupes. were served warm in a
baggage car fitted up with a long
table with seats on each side.
Our first stop. after leaving Will
mington in a driving rain. was at
North Philadelphia. Next we rolled
into Harrisburg and had a good view
OF the capitol. The trip across the
mountains much to the regret Of all,
was made at night. but almost every
man was awake when we curved
around the great Horseshoe Bend.
Al Altoona we had to take on an
other engine to pull up the steep
grades. Il was while the train was
going slowly near Altoona that Law
renee Kirkly Of Company A. in a
dream. dropped out the car window
"Goob." as he is known 10 his friends
was picked up by track-walker
Kirkley was soon missed and tele-
grams we're sent back. lie was picked
up by the Second Battalion. suffering
only from a few bruises. 'GoOb" was
greatly missed from "A" company
during the trip as he is a center OF
amusement n that company
At Pittsburgh we gained an hour
and We didn't care bit, as It gave
us an additional hours gaze al the
beautiful scenery.
The arst time we got of the train
was at indianapolis al 8 o'clock, We'd
nesday. July 26. We marched through
the city without arms for exercise
and were cheered all along the streets
Now came the best part Of the tril
except our arrival at Deming. We
pulled into Terra Haute about
o'clock and found a crowd of at leas
400 people waiting at the station Re
freshments we're served us and III
kew TO the city given to the boys bu
we we're not permitted TO leave TN
station.
Many a Delaware boy forgot al
about home when the smiling girl
cried. please kill at least ON
grea,pr for me. Here is my address
lei me know about il" All declare
that next to Delaware, Terra Haut
was the best place on earth. NOV
tbav might substitute Deming.
Instead of going through St LOUIS
ne many expected. our train wen
tbronab East 81 Louis. down the cas-
hank of the Mississippi and the
across the river 10 limo. Miss.
We arrived here az 1890 and Wer
apain marched around for exercise
Coinr through Missouri and Arkan
sas IL was very warm and the Goa
dnet made a fellow pretty miserable
eo when we arrived az Newport IN
yIad news was given that we woul
have a bath. Some bath it was to.
in the White River. where many val
liable pearls are found in the mus
sells. which are very plentiful
At Little Rock. where we stoppe
az about $50 o'clock, the capital wa
illuminated and could be seen plaini
for miles around A queer thlh
about Western cities is that the bullo
ings are not constructed very high Q
extensively. The city halls. couT
houses and capitol buildings. how
ever. are always distinguished b
their size and beauty.
At 3 o'clock on Friday our fye
pulled into Texarkana. Part of III
city is in Texas and part in Al
kansas. hence its name One miliu'
man asked 2 civilian here II they ha
any mosquitoes in the city.
"AIosuuitoesi" he exclaimed
amazement. what the devil al
tbey?" This was good news, for v
knew that il there we're none in Te'
arkana, there probably would be MOI
in Deming. which fortunately. is n
case. However. there are scorpion
lizards. tarantulas and rattlesnake
but the people here say they won
bother us
At Long View we bought the bil
gest and sweetest watermelons v
ever saw for 10 cents each. Near
everyone had one. too. A farme
who was taking a load to ship. sol
the whole load TO the Delaware boy
We stopped next at Dallas about l.
o'clock but only 10 take on water.
At Fort Worth which I always SUI
posed 10 he an isolated army pos
but instead is a aourishing city v
march through the town and wei
again greeted with cheers and cordt
welcome
Most OF northern Texas is WOO
land. much 10 the surprise Of man
The prairies are all burnt up an
manv rivers are completely dried u
An amusing advertisement SEE
along the road was that Of the n
tional Bank Of Santos. whose capt.
and surplus we're only $4,000. Me-
Strawn. Texas. we had a view OF
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