Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-28
ADJUTANT BUSH
PLAYS SANTA CLAUS
Boys OF Pioneer Regiment Cele-
brate Christmas a la
Delaware.
by Pvt. Philip A. Stcinbach.

ny iNt- I'htnp \. StptnohCh.
CForlncrlv of Every Evening staff now
OF Go. B. 5oth Pioneer Infantry
War-Scarrcd Europe awokc Ihris'mas
morning tn begin he most remarkable ana
novel celebration of the natal day ol the
Son of Man IN is history Never since
the dawn winch marked that trst hrist-
mas morn have events of such tremendous
Importance Ia mankind preceded the
anniversary ut that hir' hdaN
From the most remote little town ~
France to the great camtal~ 81 thr Vic-
turlous Allied pnwcr- from The smallest
seaport 10 tine Ina cltlcs held hv the arlni's
ot occupation thc men "i those gr'ht
armies of ltsticr and the liberated and
frcc pcorle- ron,I lu a common cclchra-
unn of the dal that Na> without precedent.
The President af Tho uitcd states rc-
viewed /, large force - seasoned veterans
and ever, man III The played
part IN the Cvrp's ~ thr tiIN
Snr,y \ hi-tnrl. httl, town IN north
eastern France dattug from Roman
t,mcs Wh,s, tlc lath Pioneer lutantry
Il stationed v,- tHy rcnc II beautiful
and mpIt~,ilr Observance \ massive
,llumlnatcd Christine trce. tons u
presents. vocal lnd musical program II
rlrc cNccllcurr and the ARRIVAL oi Santa
Caus vcrr the hig iratlrr- ri the aiialr
~fAElNt4 lNl tlthl~ lNA~.
An open mr. stage Lad In,cn erected on
thr plaza fronting tho Church Ot 81
Erm, winch dates from tho year So
l. had been ,lahoratcl> decorated with
greens atl tu>,l tud 'hc Tags If the
Allie w. Tho coruci Oa~ The iaulllar
opcn fr pnc, ami etlmnrv through
which Santa vo- a uak, las advent ON
the Scene
Promptly n , . clock " tie afternoon
the hand and rhoul- s-~ymhlcd NJ the
stand WItA + '.uuarcl hfth tots from the
local school N,ho -ang tie rcnch national
anthem ~ rraetlu oponci with TIC
Star Nrurhi luurf With band and
rreImcutel ,astl- ihc second number
vas Tie " rcdl u,e amy tx the
school ghldJ,u
Lcutcnaut liovarl \ nlvi~. chaplain.
then offered the uNotatIau which was
falloweI y, th. h,tnt L.ad Kindly
I3gh, Colord ! Manner Reed. COM
manarug ~ ,,ro3 tt, regiment. then cN-
tended hl- Chu-fml~ pre, nugs 10 the
tr"op, auj paii i tuc trlhutc - the men
tor thu ~pl,uiii manner IN Which they
hal performed then vauou~ tasks
IN Natt ut~r
Prlvatr Leon " oni then gaze "a ovhlhl
ton 1t ciag iru,ine. winch wa4 followed
D, baud and chorus ln q rendition 81 Nv
Bcglau Ro-, III, Ni~crcrc from II
IravatarC Wa pvcn IS a trombone solo
~ Sergeant Charlc~ toN and was much
appreciated Thc roeimcutal band c>
crllcd hi tho next number the most
pnpula- French march aiU NaIulrc ct /
Mouse ~clpcan, Jules Daean Wa then |
heard m + plccoln solo st unusual merit. |
IL Secret Ihe band aud .llaal- were
heard 10 advantage "a Nde-tc Iiiecs
Private l{,r, laivrc maie q inc m- |
preston with | m Sorry I made } oil |
CRY" sung 4, 4 tenor solo This vas fol |
lowed by baritone Solo hv Musician T
OWN J. HosGcld Ihc sacred song. 7
Holy Night hv band amt chorus. winch |
vas the next number Wa one 81 the gems /
oi the program "llamcwari Bound was
lIs,tly sung hS the chorus. he popular
f4vorIie. Snu>a maryh Hr Tho Stars
md Strlpcs Forever concluded the pro
gram.
cart. pUsH ,~ ~tNTA oIAu~.
The space IN front 81 The stand Vas
larkcd WITH = sold mas oi French |
women and children ana soldiers If the
rcnch and ouT army. loilowipc the /
singing oi The Marsclllal~c Santa
claus. in the person at Captain u II
Bush. tho rcgimental adIuiaut. rnaio has /
appearance great STOUT ans the waving /
ot hundreds ii httlc hands Welcomed the 1
good old gentleman TEc children took !
Santa right to their hearts and i soon be- I
came almost impossible for hIm to move I
among them.
when Santa succeeded N climbing 10 /
the stag, THE hiC surprise tU' tAe httlc +
ones WAS unioldcd I4eh e'uld received
beautiful hffic medal and hoN ~ ohoce-
latcs II seemed - though thcrc Was To he
no end 10 the distribution. for Santa had /
ticallv rvcr> child received . second box
~ Santa left the ,ceu . grcd' shout went
IN. and II j. certain ~orrv fufur ciu7Cns
will never forget that CHRISTMAS nay.
The splcndId success ii th, dav> events
was due III large measure, ~ the uDtlrIng
efforts OF the general committee which,
under the leadership q Lnutcnant-C oil
J Austin Ellison had worked fol many
davs and nights - achieve thi> result
With Colonel Ellison GA tn, committee
we're Captains James ". Cannon Jesse q
Mckay, David NJ. SalteT an Llcutcnants
" illiam 4. Turner and Howard \ DAVIS .
The countless small details IN II, ar
rlnCcmcut Of these Cvcat- were >ni,o.aslv +.
and efficiently managed hN Sergeant
arrv 4 Daw son. master 81 ceremonies
The nnc work OF the band. Ullch has
Won numerous laarel> during is stay IN
! rance, Was due to the untlrug efforts
oi Band Leader Harry Bruhak,I Visitors
ON the occasion pronounced tae chorus one '
al TIE bes, ta4r La, been heard among the 4
\. l.. !. IL rendition q the varied pro-
gram. winch was distinct mu,Ieai ne
complIsi.mcnt was due ~ no small -cnee,
% the wurG II Musician Edwin } Hos
field
l>onIprN cElErK.TIo>
Individual celebrations Fl th, dav were
held Is .te &. tii, COMPANIES Cakes.
candle ng..- 4p1 useful gifts were dis
trIbuted tG, a.n tlc rift 81 the rcei-
meni. Ilni M. -eutra- Dv.nts of thc.e