Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-05-26
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Be HERE S WEEK
Annapolis Own Companies
May March City Sects On
Thursday Or iday
GET READY Fo THEMf |

The situation has deye hped Ia such
way that the chances re excellent
3of bringing Company Mssnd the Ma
chine Gun Company of Ae II5ti In
fantry to Annapolis eitNr Thursday
tor Friday as whole units The people
|of the community will Zen have the
great pleasure and inspfs sAtion Of see
ling the full companies auipped and
commanded under regul conditions
of service. parade before hem.
Not only will they se their own
lboys and all OF those froN this section
! who are still part al te iI5th, but
i they Will see the officers nder whom
they fought and the mes who stood.
side by side, with them battle and
llay down with them at sht In camp
and biYouac II will be significant
event iii the history of annapolis and
a sight never TO be forg tten By our
people.
The l15th will leave amp Stuart
3ifor Camp Meade on Tuesa and early
on wednesday morning, tlse local COM
3nittee. consisting Of Judge Moss,
Mayor Strange and Maj1 Riley VIII
be at Camp Meade and al not leave
until final arrangement have been
made or the attempt foiEF impossible
The latter contingent will hardly
arise. Col. Reckord the gallant and
sconsiderate commander the Ii6th,
received d letter from tgA local com
mittee when he landedat Newport
News. The desire Of tsse people Of
i Annapolis was made knSn4n To him,
and lie was asked 10 flirsher the pro-
iect ali he can. That heSill do this.
no one who knows him d3AIbts.
1t is now up to the pegsle OF Anna
polls and vicinity 10 takg care Of our
guests under any contin ency They
may be here Thursday Il may pc
Friday it is impossible say ct this
time They may return re sane day,
or they may require erite ainment for
the night. AT any rate the people
must be ready for them they must
reserve rooms for them hether they
come Or not 1t is unfortunate that
more definite informatio cannot pc
given at this time. but be situation
makes 1t impossible. and u the facts
Will be made public the homent they
4 are available. which VIII BE when the
comfniftee secures its iuHprmation At
Camp Meade It may bs that Il will
be found that the only aailabie date
iis Thursday, but IT is nlokR likely that
they will come On Friday The friends
of the soldiers must beeeady for Y
either way.
The committee is goingto meet any
suggestion Of the author les. IL they
i say, the local people Will have TO take
care OF transportation from Camp
a Meade to Annapolis, and from Anna
polls either back 10 Cal5p Meade Or
To Baltimore. tho committee is going
ITO assume the responsi lity II be-
lieyes the people viii bkek them up.
Ii will have to take this q itself Or 9
ldifficulty might come upat any time,
and there will be no othee way to meet
it. The plans must notoe baked +
there Is any way to cassy them out
and they viii not.
The parade must tal place this
week, or it will not tak place at All.
Next week we viii be ght into the
4 busiest June week we hge ever had,
Il and while that would no make Anna-
polls neglect It's heroes, would throw
difficuIties III the way a proper re-
hception and make less om available
81 for their entertainment But the great
s0bjectIon to delay Is tina the men will
sbegin to Be discharged gaext Monday
. and viii think of nothing but getting
home. II is this week ar not at all,
j and the people Of AnnahoIis must be
ready for 1T, with their corations and
. plans Of every sort, By most OF all
with their provisions e entertaining
the visitors over night his il absn-
lutely important. and there must b
no hitch Failure To tertatn these
grand boys in the riglI say would b
"a reflection on the con nunity which
would be unbearable.
The fact that BaltiMlQse has its pa-
rade of the whole regirsent and othea
units on Saturday. males II possible
for Annapolis 10 get its sWn companies
here iirat III WAS fortunate turn Oi
circumstances, and niaIss II possible
Ito carry out the local pI8ns more fully
! than could have been ticipated.
Another important thag Is that t0.
morrow evenings mes Ing shall b
fully attended. There nay Be last.
minute points TO SETTLE and everyone
should be there to know the latest de-
yeIopment and latest pIns.