The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-06
LANSING TELLS PEACE C0NFEREN SECRETS
WEI CONES FIFTY THREE .
MEMBERS OF WEST VIRGINIA GUARD
Business Was Suspended
And Thousands Flock
ed to the. Station.

With tears, cheers, the playing Oh
bands and great spirit of welcome,
fifty-three members of Company H
of the old First regiment, w. Va.
N. G., were welcomed home this morn
ing by more than two thousand moth
ers fathers, sisters, brothers, wives.
sweethearts and friends who packed
the station and every vantage point
within block.
With overseas caps at jaunty an
gle, faces and necks burned to brick
red, hair and eyebrows sunburned to a
dusty yellow, the boys piled out OF the
coaches at ten-forty this morning into
the arms Of loved ones.
For few minutes there was a tre-
mendous congestion for when a moth
er who has not seen her son for tw3
yeNas while he has been soldering
gets her arms about him and her heal
on his shoulder it is several minutes
before she can let go.
Although rain had been falling in
termittently all morning it was no.
enough to deter people from being on
hand to welcome home the soldiers
There was no attempt at formal
march to the station, only the band
coming down in formation. But near
ly two hours before train time the sta
tion was filled with relatives of the
homecoming boys. Many mothers
came in from far out in the county and
sat all morning in the station waiting.
When train time arrived the business
part of Fairmont suspended operations.
locked its doors and flocked to the sta
ton.
The boys made the trip from Camp
DIX without incident, except that
trains were little late. The company
was met at Washington by Waldron
Leonard, formerly OF Company H, and
Secretary Thomas, of the local Y. NJ.
G. A. With Mr.. Thomas went choco-
late and cigarettes and the four months /
membership card that the "Y" pre-
sents to each service man.
A few of the boys were held in camp
for various reasons and will be dis |
charged soon and return to their
homes in few days. They arrived in !
this country last week on the transport
zeelandia.
Only one member of the company
elected TO re-enl!st, this being John
w. Shields, the remainder were rarin'
TO get home to the folks.
Below are the names of the boys who
arrived this morning:
Rex L. LaRue, Rivesville: Clinton
Merrtfield, R. R. No. 20; Rannie Mer-
rill, Rtvesville; Howard w. Mitchell.
1858 Indiana avenue; Earl B. Nor i
gan, 81 Barclay avenue; Alden c. Rob-
1nson. Lawrence G. Satterfield, R.
NO. 8; Ira S. Smith, Rivesville: Chaun- !
cey j. Merrill. Rivesville; Jasper p. |
Hardesty, Oscar H. Phillips. Thomas
X. Helmick, Harry P. McCray, S3o |
Emerson street; Jas. w. Haddix. Graf !
ton; Ernest Hibbs, sos Cottage ave /
nue.; Jas. L, Mitchell. Wilbur c. Sim u.
mons, Mill Creek; Ray E. Layman. |
Dale Mcclure, Masontown; Charles
Parsons, 531 Monroe street: benson
Ripple, Hutchinson; James l.. Mitchell
Fairview; John May, Watson; John r
Metheny, Albright; Irwin l. johnson.
rs w. Pike street, Clarksburg: Row
Cr1ss, Warrington; Thomas r Hell |
mick, 1923 Raymond street: Lawrence
A. Floyd, Barrackville; Clyde FLOYD
Endllner' Pa; VIM. Morgan, Spring
street; Rex l.. Lancer, Frank l.. Nor
gan 81 Barclay; Lawrence C. Tooth
man, 11S Reeves avenue; John +.
Stewart, "a Vermont avenue; Geo. F
Randall, Visiting Carlisle; Carl /.
Brown, Worthington; Ray A. Berry
Haskell Cunnutte, Ray G. Cox, Clarks.
burg; Russell Kern, Morgantown.
Harold A. Ankrom, Paul McClunr
Clarksburg; Gordon wroe. 500 Mar
ket street; Clyde o. Wilmoth, Clyda
B. Bunner, Wendell? Lloyd ]. Murphy
Keim; orval w. Brand, Clarence M
loser Pennsboro; Lee Cherter. James
A. Collins. Wana; Leslie H Deems !
Parkersburg; William c. Floyd. Mike
Garner, w. E. Leonard, Worthington.
Donley Smith, General Delivery: los. Z
eph Hartley.