Milford chronicle., 1919-06-13
PREPARING ROYAL WELCOME
ADDRESS WANTED OF EVERY MAN OR
WOMAN WHO SERVED DURING WAR.

~ SSASpA ollou ever uelu III D6ldWdfe and
by all means the most important-the
II reception to those men who have been
~ serving in the world war that civili-
zatlon might live and who made sure
that it will live.
1t IS matter for general congratu-
latlon that the committee appointed bv
n the State of Delaware and the commit
: tee appointed for the city of Whining
|, ton have Joined together to make this.
e greatest OF all receptions, an affair of
= the entire state. While other towns
may have desired to give a reception
= to the returning soldiers the fact of
= the matter is that it would have been
= impossible to get the men to parade or
/ to attend reception in more than one
!, place for the time which the govern
=, ment grants away from the demObiliza-
ton camp must be necessarily short.
= The combination of the two commit
tees with former Governor Charles r. .
Miller, as the active chairman and
Governor John G. Townsend, Jr., and
Mayor John w. Lawson, as the hon
orary chairmen, will result in a cele- .
bration of which every resident of .
Delaware can feel proud
While the committee is without de-
finite information as to when the regi-
ment will set sail, it must not be un-
derstood that the committee in charge
OF the reception is losing any time.
On the contrary the committee is busy
and when the date is secured all that
will be necessary to be done will be to
direct that the program be held on
that particular day. In order that the
public may be kept informed as to
what is going on the general committee
has appointed a lublicity committee
which includes the editor of every
newspaper in the state of Delaware
and it is considered one of the strong
est publicity committees which has
ever been appointed in Delaware for
that reason.
But the editors are not the only
people throughout the state who are
going.. have work to do in connection
with this affair. Wilmington's COM
mittee appointed by Mayor Lawson is
composed of about 140 of the most
prominent men and women in the
city and state portion of the executive
committee is to select a committee of u
the same size from the state outside of g
Wilmington 1t is the determination to Z
make this Delaware reception a sue :,
cess and Delaware is not going to fall "
behind other states in this respect "
The necessity for having such a y
large committee is obvious when the u
work to be done is taken into consid- -
GRAFTON. Just few of the things ~
which are to be done: - =,
Ascertaining how many of the 10000 ssi
Delaware soldiers in the service of the 49,
government can be here on the date to ~
De named. To this end every Post -
master in the State has a supply of % %
postcards which can be ~ ~
lad upon request. q. 9.
House these men over night, for it
will be necessary for them to spend 81
me night in Wilmington
Furnish the men outside the city
With transportation to and from their
omes in other parts of the state.
Secure if possible, a reviewing place w
7here the prominent officials and the o!p
arents and other relatives of the men ltl
lay see the parade. 1t will be i'm an
ossible, however, to erect a grand Pc
tand for this purpose pr
Decorate Wilmington in the most sh
way. yei
See that honor is paid to the men PC,
'ho have made the supreme sacrifice ~,
addition to showing honor to the liv- n1G
Arrange for the expense of the affair +,,
9TH city and state having promised A
d.
These are only few of the things flea
be looked after. There are scores her
others, and it is for this reason that sail
Z general committee wants the CO. ard
,eratlon OF everyone in the state as
neither they are a member of the sch
or not ore
One OF the hrst things which the bee
mmittee asks is this: fro,
That every man who served from p
elaware in any division send, on a the
rm to be obtained from any Post sch,
ister, his name, his present address, nor
e name Of the division, etc, with teac
itch he served. If the man has not adv
turned home it is asked that his re- p
ives send the information as to
Iere he is and when he is expected
me. This is desired so that the COM CT
ttee may arrange transportation grad
;siGSS men VINO already nome, Vi
who live outside of Wilmington Cl
to provide for their entertain grad
mt. are
'he committees also desire the enou
ne and the division and date of scho
th of every soldier who has made
supreme sacrifice-who died or L
5 killed in battle while serving in year
army. 1t is desired to pay a tri-- /. 10
of respect to the memory of these 2.
4 One beautiful idea has been sug- a re
ted by Charles A. Rudolph, chair with
OF the committee on decorations. of e.
; estimated that 100 men died while g
he service of their country from prova
aware. On Market street in Will and
gton are just 100 ornamental cleo 4.
al poles and for each of these poles ment
e isS ~ shield. 1t is proposed to tract.
e the name of each of these heroes 5.
shield which will be placed on one a SEE
lese ornamental poles As the recor
vds honor the living they will also tory.
these names and honor the men 6.
gave their lives for their conu- self
Those who have been consulted she h.
his matter regard the suggestion none,
DeautiIuI IDEA and 1t is probable is, sht
it will be adopted It is hoped the en-
those who are asked will give the arshir
nation sought just as soon as obliga
ible. dent r
present the committee is work. after {
m number of other plans and years,
wing the reception to the soldiers tions
'eople of Wilmington will take up must
Ian, though the same committee Delaw
will ask the state committee pro- her sc
?, to cooperate in securing the RULE
) for suitable memorial for the SIN
ers and sailors of the state. It is
lble that the memorial will ha Il