The Washington times., 1917-03-04
INCOMING VISITORS
JAM UNION STATION
Average Of Nine Trains An
Hour Arriving At
Terminal.
NO ACCESS TO coEcoURsE
Cosmopolitan Crowd Of Soldiers
and Civilians Lends Color
to Scene.
NO ACCESS TO coNcoURsE

With trains arriving eight and ten
to. the hour and emptying thousands
Of iniugura1 visitors into cold and
misty Washington, Union Station to-
day Is the scene |of q hustling and
busting. throng Of uniformed soldiery,
men. women, and children
At short intervals. special trains
bearing military or civic organizations
come pan.tngly to q stop and the sta
tion II flIed with martial music OF
brass bands as the arrivals form and
march from the huge depot.
A crowd estimated at between 5000
and 1000 native Washingtonians ~
packed and jammed against the rallied
barrier constructed At the southwest
ern part OF the terminal. II - q
crowd which came either to welcome
visitors or to satisfy euriousity. But
REINFORCED body OF special police
men Is keeping all but travellers from
the concourse and train foyer.
Informatiea BoetA Besieged.
The benches are lined with visitors
seeking rest after weary trips. Tired
out officials, husky OF voice, are an
swering question after question nred
at them by the new arrivals-
Plain clothes men and uniformed
police are tirelessly searching the In
coming throngs for suspicious char
&C ters. Telephone booths always
are In demand Men and women wait
in line for their turn to communists
with friends in the city.
The crowd today reached its maxi
mum Yesterday the big station was
hIled- Today it Is packed With an
estimated average of nine regular
trains an hour, each train containing
upwards OF seven coaches. and each
coach with seventy or more passen-
gers, the number arriving at Union
Station easily can be estimated
Trains Behind Schedule.
Practically al of the trains are rum
ming behind schedule. - Trains from
the West and South are as much a
eight hours late. Between the regular
trains, special trains de luxe are con-
stantly arriving, bearing governors
of States and men prominent In the
November campaign
Lines OF those fortunate enough to
get into the train foyer, with the ar
rival of trains, form on both sides Of
the gate to watch fer friends. Through
this lane walk the arrivals. bearing
the scrutiny Of THOUSANDS OF anxious
eyes. Some of the lines reach from
the railroad gates to the entrance OF
the concourse, and those forming the
lines are packed eight deep on both
sides. 2.s -
Though the crowds at Union Station
this morning and afternoon were
larger than at any time during the .
past week, the incoming throng will
probably be doubled tonight.
orEnaizations Arriving.
Those organizations which have ar
rived and will arrive on special trains
today folIowr -
Columbia militia, Columbis, Tenn:
-Four Virginia regiment. Richmond,
Newport News and Norfolk: Battery
4, New York National Guard; Gov.
Theodore @. Bilbo and stan, Misis--
sippI: the Loyal Legion OF Atlanta;
the Sswanee Military Cadets, Cowan,
Tenn: Buford College and Tennessee
College, Nashville, Tenn; GovernoT
Pleasant and stan, Louisiana: Young
Mems Democratic Club, Canton. Ohio:
the Sixteenth Pennsylvania regiment,
OIL City and JohnsonburE, Pa: Gov
ernor Manning and stan. South Caro-
lima; the Gastonia Drum Corps, Gas
tonia, N. c.; First battalion, Third
regiment. Pennsylvania National
Guard: Twelfth New York regiment,
en- route from the border; Twelfth
coast artillery, Maine; the Wisconsin
Democratic Club. Milwaukee: the yfr-
ginia Military Institute Cadets, Lex
ington, Va; Governor Gardner and
staf, Missouri; the Nose Green Club,
Louisville. KY: the Maryland Ma
tional Guard companies o. Cumber-
land. Hagerstown and Frederick:
Maryland Natal Company B. Balti-
more: postmasters of Western Penn
sylvania and Ohio; Robert Cooke and
party, Uniontown, Pa; the Indiana
Democratic Club, Indianapolis; the
Emporia militia. Emporia, Va