Smyrna times., 1917-02-14
NIRNA TROOPERS VISIT
HOME RECEIVE WELCOME
,,1ulIoNS WILL BE MUSTERED
o,l1 OF SERVICE THIS WEEK
suyrna Boys Will Mostly Return to
Their Old obs-Sergeant j. L.
Section to Return to Smyrna

SnVHo
Their Old Jobs-Sergeant j. /.
Section to Return to Smyrna
Since the return of the battalion o.
nslsware Troops last Wednesday anc
me fine reception given them at Will.
riugtOn followed by the big banquet
:, the Hotel DUPONT of which the State
4 ,fDelaware was the host and Cover.
,or Townsend and others made "wel.
une home" addresses, the troopers
have been the object of great homage
,sd attention. The down state troops
1 which Smyrna boys were a part,
have been at Fort DUPONT. Owing to
tbe strained relations with Germany
be BOYS were not mustered out at
mce nor was it thought they would be
for while. On Saturday morning
nEever, Major Allen D. Raymond,
d the regular Army, who had been
ent by the War Department to mus
ter out the First battalion of Della
ware troops, received orders from the
Department of the East to proceed
With the work and it was started az
once. The same order was issued to
ae mastering out officer at Fort du
POnt, where the Second battalion is
Nartered This news gave joy to
hs hearts of the troopers who wanted
10 get back to their homes and voca-
tons. Because Of the mass of detailed
work involved it will be tomorrow or
Friday before all the militiamen
will be free to return to their homes.
Smyrna Soldiers Make First Visit Home
Seven Of the Smyrna boys, each got
IA hours furlough and visited their
NlstiVes in Smyrna and vicinity.
They we're; Supply Sergeant J. Les
A ScOtton; Corporal Augustus A.
WICK Mechanic, Earl P. Sylvester;
PnVates, William C. Goldsborough.
James D. CULLEN, Davis L. Bartlett
I'D William E. Farrell. Donald and
harvey Ransom, Leon Lyman and the
'Ih'f boys of the Smyrna "bunch"
VISITED elsewhere. 1t is needless to
aI they received a warm and hearty
Welcome They all expect to be home
A' BY the latter part of the week.
Sgssnt ScOtton will take his old
e'ltiOn back as Supervising Principal
ihe Smyrna Public Schools and the
LOST Of the other boys will have their
l@ltl0ns back. All of them look we'll
y healthy and have been benefited
gnelr SIX months service.
''a'0 Get Back to Civilization Again
~One ~ Wilmington paper reported
y II Is needless to say that when
""OOps got back to civilization
-IOlsy d, cars, to theatres, to clean
" llnsn and to real beds they hardly
"" y, now to conduct themselves. One
.'ns soldier boys told a reporter that
N ~'Oula hardly resist the temptation
l%u'A the crumbs from the table
W Ils '1e dinner at the Hotel Dupont
~ naa been accustomed to doing in
wy another said that he hardly
Wv now to take care of the little bit
a'ollee l, =" cup, after using tin mugs.
~ @'uefe we're few of the men. bv
= y y, own admission, who did not sleep
y, suly In their own little beds on
u tuesday night following the long
\ IeSOne ride from Deming and
1'l'enent incident to the recep.
In nj. u N1O AOCOP~
h 'ui'n they received in Whining
an ''' "arried and Stayed There.
!, -S'' - were just few of the militia
~ aaO did not come back from Dem,
M. ~ reasons all their own. Leonard
lim." aeu = was one OF these. He took
D.nis, " ~, ID,eming. got a job on the
a i. Graphic" and stayed there.
|aa. y Hammond married a little
|pSo'., Dsmlng lassie and there he's
,,I"Ds 'a With good job at the Dem
s,s" ~o'I yard. But they'll doubt
Sss' s OOck some day to tell their
''' mere all about it."