Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-29


Frances West Hemsley, daughter Of
the late Frederick Hemsley, of Phila
delphia and this city. She met him on
the dock when the 112th landed at
Newport News last week. lie saluted
her gravely as the head Of today's line
of march passed the grandstand at City
Hail.
Atlantic City's enthusiasm centered
no less about company Of very bronzed
and hardy looking engineers, Company
Il, of the 104th, known before they
went right into Uncle Sans service, a
week after war was declared, as old
Company i, Third Infantry. They
were not all here. Many Of the boys
who went away so bravely in July,
1917, are buried in France. Others
still are in the hospital, for the 104th
suffered heavily in opening up the ap-
proaches to the Hindenburg line through
the very center of the Argonne for the
famous Twenty ninth Division of which
they are part.
And further, whisper It, some of
them are in the depot brigade up at
Camp Dix, because they could not re-
press a natural longing to slip away
unotficialy to see the home folk almost
as soon as the 10th disembarked last
week at New York.
At the head of the remnant Of old
Company J. was Captain Frank Errico,
one of the home boys. He went out as
it's first lieutenant.
There was nothing narrow about the
iGea of the crowd. They cheered just
as loudly over the demobilizcd men of
the selective service units which were
constituted of Atlantic City boys.
Among these were the khaki garbcd
veterans of the 311th Infantry. the
303d Supply Train and other organ
izations.
And the Buffalops. consisting of bell
boys, portcrs. rolling chair pushers and
what not, back again after doing their
bit 'over there no matter what it hap
pcned to be, came in for no less full
hearted reception from not only the ten
thousand colorcd residents. but their
white fellow citizens.
After the parade officers of the sew
era units were taken to the Traymore
for luncheon while thousands huggeG
and kissed tho fighting boys at u rcCep-
tion for enlisted mon on tho Million
Dollar Pier. Early this afternoon the
112th resumed it's journey to Camp Dix
for rehabilitation.
War Ended Too Soon for Him
The only drawback to the JOY of tn,
battcrymon. one of them confessed as h,
boarded the train, was that they die
not get n chance to smash the Huns
They trained at Sea Girt, trained al
Camp Mcclellan. down in Alabama
trained in the back areas and even il
the front areas over in France. but JUS
when they finally were ready to hur
slrapnel into gray coated legions thu
war was called off. "Wouldn' t that jal
you?' he asked.
Old Company J. saw the hardest kline
of service, under fire many times. Bu
seventy five of the original 40 who lef
here so bravcIy ever will answer rollcal
again.
Interest centred about Colonel Gill
more today also because many of th
| tens of thousands of spectators knew
of his narrow escape from death on ,
accommodating tour close to the Ger
man lines last July. With Brigade
General Holbrook and Captain Rober
l.. Simonds. regimental adjutant, the.
were viewing the Hun trenches at clos
range when a machine gun suddenly le
loose. The party threw themselves t.
the ground. took advantage of the pro
lection of a tree and crawlcd back t
afety.