Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-30
ARRIVING HEROES GREETED
BY MAYORS COMMITTEE
is Mr. Smith Unable Be Present Ong His Trial. Robert
D"nnins Dripps Headed Delegates Who Met Troopship
Dozen Dcacarc River

Carrying N" Mayors reception COM
Chestnut street wharf at 7l5 o'clock
to meet tho ETavcrford. The boat car
ricd official greetings from Philadelphia
to tNc returning troops.
IN tho absence Of Mayor Smith, who
waS present in court at his trial in the
Fifth ward case" Robert Cumming
Drippe. chairman Of IN" local National
Council of Defense and secretary of the
Jubilee reception committee. looked after
the welfare Of the committee and its
invited guests
Invitations 10 hoard tho city Of
camden and greet tho returning soldiers
were issued 20 about 1000 persons.
Nearly $50 persons were on board,
Among the guests wcrc Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Siemon. oa23 North Second street,
parents Of Private William IL Sicmon,
OF the Sixty-frth Coast Artillery Mcdi.
cal Corps. one Of tho Philadelphia boys
m tte TIaverford The Siemon party,
besides the parents. included Private Sic
mons sisters, Mario T.. and Christine
Sicn,on and Harry y. Siemon, his
brother
Tho city or camden reached Marcus
Hook about o:20 o'clock and slowly
H'fa11fD FnN0 mo TlNsT 70 beANlfN,
where It awaited the coming Of tho IIav-
erford. The of'lcial boat camc up tho
river about 100 yards to the side Of the
troop-ladcn Haverford. At Marcus Hook
officials from the quarantine station
boarded the IIaverford, At $50 o'clock
tho trcopship started on its last leg up
tho Delaware River TO Washington ave-
nue. wharf
As the IIavcrford came in view the
Philadelphia police band. which was on
board the city Of camden. played HAL,
the ConquorinE Heroes Come"
This was followed ny Home, Sweet
Home" Th" tuno was real music To the
happy soldiers, and 10 show their glad
ness they threw their overseas caps into
/ m" air and shouted \ few minutes later
/ the band aboard the liayerford struck
Z n TT orell Be a Hot Tine in the Old
! Town Tonight"
During the trip up tho Delaware tho
troops and officers lined the sides Of tho
! HaYcrford waved to tho guests aboard
| tho reception boat and sang several
| songs 4 sailor and army Lieutenant on
tho city Of Camden held wig-waggng
| conversations with two soldiers aboard
tho big liner.
| ono rf the messages read, where do
| "" go from hero. old top?' Tho answer
good enough for US"
Tho parents Of Private Siomon during
the trip down 20 meet the returning
| Havcrford occupied seats in the cabin
! When the news was announced that the
IIavcrCDrd was I'm sight they left tn,
cabin and rushed 10 the upper deck
| With tears IN her eyes Mrs. Siemor
clasped her hands and for a minute OF
moro was In prayer. The sisters auc
brother could not control their emotion.
and also gave vent TO tears.
| "Oh. lc We could only get closer tC
tho ship I could see Bill" declared Mis-!
Siemon.
81 hope We pull nearer 10 the ship
said the mother. 81 could pick out my
boy from a million other soldiers"
To locate the young soldiers Mr.. Sic
mon brought with him "A pair Of field
glasses
The committee representing the cit,
and its organizations which went dorpi
the Delaware River officially 10 welcom
the IIaverford included: