Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-09

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cial reached Memphis the militiamen
knew that a hearty welcome awaited
them there, but 1t was not until they
were within the city that they learned
had been made for their reception
When the special reached Knoxville,
Tenn, the evening before, Capt. Terry,
commanding the Signal Corps. was
handed a telegram from Samuel jack
son. business secretary OF the Memphis
Y. NJ. c. A, inviting the guardsmen to
come to the associations clubhouse
upon their arrival in Memphis the FOL
lowing morning and have a shower
| Met by a Committee.
| It was a mighty welcome invitation
and from that time all were looking
forward to the treat which they
were to receive. When Memphis was
reached a committee of business men
was on hand to extend a welcome to
the city. Included in the party were
Is. NJ. Cowles, membership secretary
of the Y. NJ. c. A; E. D. Langley, gen.
eral secretary of the organizations; NJ
H. Rosenthal and DR.. Lee A. Stone.
representing the Business Mems asso-
citation.
| The section of the train bearing the
| LIST Separate Battalion of the District
troops had reached Memphis few
minutes before. Members Of this COM
mand were just leaving their coaches
l . fnvry rfy,Vt ac nf rat N
up exercises. when the second section
of the train bearing the signal and field
hospital units pulled in. A committee
of colored citizens was on hand to ex-
|tend to the members of the LIST Sepa-
rate Battalion a welcome that was just
las hearty as that received by the other
Troops.
Led by Secretary cowles. the Signal
Corps and Field Hospital men marched
to the Y. NJ. c. A clubhouse, a distance
of about ten blocks from the station
| The officials of the. association and
| representatives Of the citizens commit
tee were on the front steps Of the
building to welcome the soldiers Capt.
Terry and Maj. Bowker led their re-
spective commands into the gymnasium
of the building. Dressing rooms were
breaking time every one had undressed
and was under the showers.
Enjoyed the Shower Baths.
| 1t was the first opportunity that the
militiam en- had had to battle since their
last plunge under the showers at Camp
Ordway prior to their departure. Soap
and water felt might good.
Then came a plunge in the pool. The
two commands. numbering approx
mately $50 men, were 'in" at once.
Everybody was there from Capt. Terry
and Maj Bowker. the ranking officers
! tba n ma n
cooks. Bisbee, the collie mascot of
the Signal Corps, came up to the club
house with the militiamen, but was
disbarred from entering the pool He
| association Office, while his master. Bill
Bright. the cook. did a few diving
Venus" stunts in the water.
| When the militiamen came out OF
| the bath there was large supply of
| rough turkish towels in inreadiness for
| rnem. They were dressed In a Few
| minutes and as they marched into the
| lobby of the clubhouse cigars were
| presented to each man, gift from
| Henry Loeb. one of the Memphis BUSH
ness men, who is an enthusiastic Y. NJ.
| c. A. worker.
| Business Secretary Jackson then an
| nounced that there was an ample sup
ply of picture post cards and stationery
on hand for every one to write to the
| folks at home. Soon every writing
| table was filled.
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letter writing and the militiamen then
| fell in in front of the building and
| started on a march to the Union sta
| ton which carried them through some
streets Of Memphis. Crowds of persons
| stood on either side of the streets and
applauded the soldiers as they passed.
Washington Guardsmen cheered.
"Where do you fellows come from?'
was shouted by the onlookers from all
| sides.
When they were told that the troops
| came from the National Capital their
applause was doubled
en- werew aiting in front of the Union
station when the guardsmen arrived.
They had banded together as mem
bers of the Shelby County Chapter Of
the American Red Cross Society to
refresh the visitors and wish them God
speed on the remainder Of their jour-
jney Mrs M. J. Mccormick was chair
man of the committee.
The militiamen marched In single file
past tables loaded to utmost capacity
with all kinds Of sandwiches. On an
/ other table were hundreds OF tin cups
and nearby several women filled these
with coffee as the guardsmen passed
two tables were laden with fruit. in
Guiding oranges, lemons and bananas
There was a twenty-gallon can of ice
cold buttermilk and more in the
Kitchen" and those who cared for
lemonade had their fill and were then
urged to have Just another cupful"
They were no show cups, but full
sized pint cups.
Pretty Girls Deal Out Tobacco.
While the older women were serving
sandwiches and fruit the younger
women we're busy making their way
Through the crowds of militiamen with
Trays Of cigarettes and matches Others
lhad baskets Of fruit and they insisted
that every militiaman I'LL all Of his
pockets.
What made . great hit with the
soldiers was the distribution Of hand
and turkish towels to all who want
ed them. Towels are . scarce article
ON TIA l&0n md there's q long WAY