Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-17
EARLY RETURN FOR
406TH S|GNALERS
Former Bell Company Employees
Due to Reach New York
Saturday
SEEK ONE CONVOY FOR 18TH

Announcement is made today that the
406th Telegraph Battalion. composed of
former Bell Telephone Company en-
ployes of this state. will arrive in New
\ York Saturday on the cruiser Seattle.
4 J. NJ. Repplier has been named chair
man Of a committee to arrange for a
parade and reception of the battalion
upon its arrival in Philadelphia. Il is
composed Of nine officers and 200 on
listed men in command of Major Tomas
III. Griest. of this city.
The battalion wcnt overseas in Aa
gust. 1917. in command of Major James
w. Hubbell also OF Philadelphia Majo
Hubbell was later made n lieutenant
colonel and assigned to the Sixteenth
Division.
The former Bell employees took part
in some of the most important engage
ments of the war. Including Chateau
Thierry, the st. Mihiel and Argonno
forest operations.
Iruckmen in the battalion hauled
supplies over roads considered irnpas-
SABLE: lInemeu maintained telephone
/ hnes IN working order during the rain
ana cold and often under shelire. Lines
often were alsD installed in leaky build
1ngs and musty caves. in all creating 4
system that would have done credit TO
any large American plant.
Appeals to Governor SprouI 70 ask
the Legislature TO pass resolutions urg
.ag the War Department to send tho
! keystone division in unit 70 this c;tv
Tor parade were decided upon at a meet
ing of the Philadelphia welcome home
committee III the Mayors Office.
d. Jarden Gueuther. executive secrc
tary Oh the Philadelphia Council Of Ma
uonai Defence, sent telegram to trp
governor asking that the rcoucst ba
sent to the War Department. as fol.
lows:
At meeting of the welcome home
committee the secretary was instructed
10 request you as the Governor Of the
commonwealth to have introduced into
Doth branches of the state Legislatures :.
\ resolution addressed to the secretary NJ
{ war asking, in the strongest possible
TERMS for the return of the entiro
twenty eighth Division in one CONVOY
AT such time as to permit it to parsdo
as division in the city of PhiladeI-
phla before it shall be demobiized ;,
additional members of subcommittaes
/ were named yesterday by Judge !, vii
lis Martin. head of the committee ~,
plans, as follows:
Decora tions-John r wind,t,, ,,
". FGeeland Kendrick, Wildred ,JorSanrf ma IN n :
eeph p Gaffney. James Willard. u'" 'o'
Nshairman Charles 3. 8ai 8Gf'" John II G6Sffnsy 6TEsyy
george s Webster w. II. Wilson.
Eeary chairman; Emanuel Furth, Johr u
Patterson, W. w. Trlnkle. NJ d: Jamen, JTrn n n
lennon. '' '"'"es H.
Rec Recepntion-Isssc D. IIe,zelI, chairman
James A. Flaherty. John NJ pa%tIsr.Lnrep % ep0er'
Entertainment--John NJ Patterson cha
man George Wharton Pepper, Edwin 3
Burk ''''eu r.
Hotels and quarters - Charles Hail
CHAIRMAN: Joseph r. Ganney. W. FreeIand
Antomobts Ry W W KrusG9 !SssG Hst4e
chairman: Robert f. Lamberton' lam nos
Willard, Q. F. Mccormick.
Superintendence and polce--w. H Wilson.
James Willard, Emanuel Furth "
Assignment OF physicians Or. Wilmer
krusen. chairman DR.. f. B. Gleason, Dr.
w. W. Trinke.
4 Music--James f. Corneal.
Il 1t was suggested that citizens re-
quest their representatives in both
branches of the Pennsylvania Legisla
ture and in Congress to aid them in
their efforts to have the entire Twenty
eighth parade.