The Penn's Grove record., 1919-06-20
NEMSY CAPITOL NOTES
lt,.,,, thr p.nns Grove Records own
Correspondent
u,,ntinued from last week.

e continue"
t Washington, D. c.
MOT "Charlie" Ellis, the Mayor of
t Cor,don an old friend Of mine, in
t own hat memorial day, waiting for
IL boys TO come home, as well as his
5 son "Charlie" waNed wroth at the
f 1oai. Of - rousing reception to these
80 md those that arrived the day
, ,a[ious on the Martha Washington.
T. conId not understand why the
alLo1o town had not turned out in a
MS and why every whistle on land
} and u.a+or was not blowing it's head off.
r fa,+ +he same way too until talked
he matter over with John B. Lock,
10 Secretary Of the Chamber of Com
s,.rco one Of the hardest worked men
- Novn5rt News.
"Uarar Ellis saw only conditions at
+ho dopk Had he followed the troops
70 +bpm main street he would have found
he citizens of NEWPORT News were
Gni7g he cUrbs. leaving their work,
a. fbov have done day after day since
tbo arfaisticc began to bring the troops
5ark said Mr.. Locke, with feeling.
,SJ,,e1g vt would be unjust to ask the
business mon Of this city to close up
. -b4iT shops ana ItttlJlitS CNtIS blllC d
5ran.D5Ft came in. There is not a
NOR, pat5iotic town Of its size in the
.Tnitcd States than Newport News.
IaoL, 9t The Victory Arch we have
sI.oc+aI look al the avenue of States
fba+ we have built and all the financial
51rdcn fell upon the merchants
All Of which is true and that brings
mr to the suggestion that the other
Stafns in the Union, whose boys land
an Freedoms soil after months, in
man. cases, wears of fighting, should
send substantial delegations to this
d-aTarkatioD port to welcome on behalf
+ Their home cities or town the men,
Who gave up their all that the world
. should be free Of tyranny.
This could be done where organi-
zations number the majority of their
mon from one community, but it would
net solve the problem for the casuals
of-sav d unit like the all America
Rivision-jn which every State was
represented. And yet these men have
RIGHT to deserve as hearty a recep-
tion rs their brothers in rms 1t is
probably too late now to awaken the
rest of the country to what Virginia,
A~IaI\Iln0. aSIllllRI UIl, ~ - olIo
West Virginia has done and are doing
for her homecoming heroes, but in the
meantime Newport News will continue
to do all in its power to give the boys
he .glad hand" no matter where they
are from.
spent an afternoon at Embarka-
+ion HOSPITAL and found it full of in
feresting features. Upon their arrival
there he convalescent or ambulatory
cases are at once deloused, classified
as to their ailment and assignd to
wards. The litter cases are taken to
a ward building direct. Here every
man is given a comfort kit by the Red
cross ff he had not already received
ona) which contains a razor, shaving
and various other toilet articles
and stationery. If he has any mes
sage to send or letters to be written
The House Service Department of the
\. X. c. attends to them. If he is
we'll enough to walk around he can
visit the Red Cross Convalescent House
in the afternoon and evening or the
Red Cross theatre at night. Every
thing IS done for his comfort by this
organization.
Ihe trip over has invariably a