Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-02-23

families and resume your several pur-
suits. but such is the situation in
which we find ourselves as u nation.
that your services seem 10 be needed
further Your mettle is To be- tested
further Your self sacrificing spirit
i 10 have another opportunity to
show itself.
1--WE are praying that our country
may be spared the ordeal of war. AT
the same time We shall not draw back
from II il there is no other way out
Which self respecting nation can
take. We do not seek war with any
nation. but We are determined TO
maintain our rights. come veal or
woe. and should war come. many of Us
VIII, are welcoming Won here today
may be added To your ranks and
stand shoulder To shoulder with you
in common cause. ! need not say
ihat the State of Delaware will not
b, behind her sister states in the
bravery and devotion of her citizens,
should war overtakc the nation.
Every man who can bear arms
ALL offer himself If necessary and
an confident the women of our state
will not be behind the men in cour-
age and self sacrifice.
Members of the state guard, with
hri rts Overlooking with gratitude, We
BADLY and generously welcome you
back To old Delaware
Former Governor Charles II. Mil.
l"' who ha~ shown the deepest in
lcrc~t in the militia. and the Rev.
DR.. William Temple. pastor of st.
F'lZabeth's Chnrchh also were called
upon formally 10 address words of
welcome Ia the troops.
The Delaware troops return TO
thur nniive state with record that
every citizen of the state can feel
lroud Of and which has not been
cluallcd by any other troops doing
dnty on the border during the past
SIX or seven months. There has not
been II death in the two Delaware
hliiallons since they first left the
state, last July, and time after time
they have been praised as the finest
body of militia troops on the border
by both regular army officers and
citizens of Deming, near which city
they have been cncamped
This telegram received ON Monday
bN Governor Townsend from Lieuten-
ant Colonel Charles II. Martin, who
has had command of the Delaware
Troops, gives some idea of the excel
lent work of the Delaware bows la
New Mexico:
Demine. New Mexico,
February 3. 1917.
To the Governor of the State of Della
ware:
Last fall | was sent over here by
General Funston To command the
FIRST Delaware Infantry. which had
been organized into II provisional
regiment. Their uprightedness, zeal
aud attention To duty all have been
~uch that we see the regiment leave
the border with genuine regret. |
an n plain soldier man, To whom all
comes in n days work, but | cannot
refrain from saying that your soldiers
have placed II very high stamp ON
the citizenship of Delaware.
You and your people have every
reason to be justly proud of them.
(Signed) CHARLES II. MARTIN.
Lieutenant Colonel Eighteenth In
fantry, L. $. A.
The troops will be marched up
Market street to Twelfth, to King,
down King past the new Joint build
inc, to Tenth and Market streets and
then To the hotel.
There had been thousands of Della.
warcans congregated around the new
building ut Tenth and Market streets
'"N tut SlItttN LOT sumo
before the troops marched up Market
street.
The corridors of the Hotel dupont
had been congregated for hours by
persons anxious To see the arrange
ments that had been made for dining
the soldiers and 100 citizen guests.
Never since the Delaware regiment
returned at the close of the Spanish
American war has there been so
much patriotic enthusiasm as was
displayed by the crowds that awaited
the arrival of the two battalions this
afternoon. 1t was not n Wilmington
crowd, but Delaware assembly that
waited patiently for hours along the
streets for n sight of the "boys" who
have upheld the record of the state
and made proud every citizen by
their fine conduct on the border.
Governor Townsend, Jr., and his
stan, Secretary of State Everett C.