Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-04-23
OUR SOLDIER BOYS
WARMLY WELCOMED
BANQUET IN COURT HOUSE At
NIGHT TO SEvENTY-FIVE
Train Met by Large Crowd and the Boys
Given a ROusing Welcome by
Several Hundred Friends.
Brief Company Review

Thursday was gala day with The
people of Cumberland county in gen
eral, and Crossville in particular, fol
the boys, who had conferred the nigh
honor of furnishing the full quota re-
quireG of this county by volunteering,
came home, such of them as did not
pay the supreme sacrifice. When the
train pulled in at the station at 2:l7 p.
M, several hundred people were there
to welcome the members of Company
&. Such shouting and rejoicing has
never before been witnessed in Cross
vile. The boys appeared as glad to
get home as their friends were to see
them.
They were served with ham sand
wiches and coffee, as were a number of
other soldier boys who were on the
train bound for other points.
The occasion reminded one of the
several times within the past two
years, when groups of selectmen we're
accompanied to the train when leaving
tor the various training camps. On
this occasion, however, there was one
marked difference: On the other oc-
casions there we're many eyes over
flowing with tears of sorrow, while
on this occasion there we're almost as
many tears in evidence, but they were
tears of JOY unspeakable.
Such time of hand shaking, hugg-
ing and kissing has never before been
witnessed here. 1t was evident that
not all the tears and demonstrations
could completely hide the deep tinge
of sadness so plainly visible IN many
countenances, for many we're thinking
of the heroes who are sleeping beneath
the popples IN sunny France.
THE BANQUET.
That night at eight o'clock banquet
was spread for fully seventy five boys
in uniform. The banquet table extend
ed the full length of the court house
corr idor. At the table were seated with |
the boys, DIR. V. l.. Lewis, as master
of ceremonies, J. W. Dorton, Judge !
c. E. Snodgrass, Attorney General J.
X. Mitchell and g. P. Burnett as !
speakers for the occasion. Severa
parents were also seated at the table.
Brief talks were made by the gentle
men mentioned, and a short musical
program was rendered.
E,,l Nf !
things to eat that an abundance was
eft to teed the crowd that filled the
several office rooms aud the corridors
of the court house.
The people of town generally were
most generous in supplying good things
to eat and nothing was too good for our
soldier boys and no one seemed to think
they could give enough. The success
of the occasion was largely due to the
untiring efforts of Mrs. f. j. Upham
ard her crops of able assistants. H.
r. Webb generously donated the use
of chairs from his picture show.
Friday the Fentress county boys
were taken to jamestown in cars and ,
there they were royalty entertained
at noon and at night.
COMPANY d.
Company D was organized as VOL
lnteer CO npany here in the summer of
1917 by Capt. D. l.. Southard and was
drilled here for several weeks before
going to Camp Sewer. Greenville, S.
G. Capt. Southard was transferred to
another company and is now in the
regular army on the Mexican border.
From August, 1917, until the follow
ing May the company trained at Camp
Sewer, where it was brought to It's
full quota by the addition of some ;
North Carolina troops. Here too, the
company was changed from Company
D to Company G. On May II, 1915 /