The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-10

Before this day has passed General
John J. Pershing, commander in CHIEF
Of the American cxpediuonary forces,
will have received caoled instructions
from Washington to send home Wheel
ing's own regjment-the 314th Field Ar
tillcry. With the 314th +. A Will come
all OF the 10Th and S0th divisions. and
when these troops have been discharged
in American camps practically oil or
Whcclings soldier boys still overseas
will be home. Only few local lads
scattered throughout other divisions
will then be in the service.
y local citizen, acting for the parents
and friends OF the boys in the 18th and
S0,h divisions took the initial step tow
ARDS having the boys brought home. and
last night received telegram from
Senator Howard Sutherland stating
that the war department will bring tn,
boys back and discharge them as unit
early in May. With this information
local committees arc again enabled 20
got busy planning a military event
outclassins the big parade of last Fri
Gay. The same organization that pfanE.
! I'd Fridays welcome will take the initi-
alive. Harry R. Bell deputy grand chan
| ccllor OF the knights OF Pythias. having
made II known that every Pythian lodge
will name committees 10 cooperate
with any other committees that may. he
named. II is probable that ali COM
mittceS will remain intact and that
the same general committee AS planned
| Fridays welcome will again be in
charge.
- H.
the boys will soon come home will
bring more happiness to Wheeling homes
than any message received in this city
since the armistlcc was signed. The
! boys Of the 314th have been gone for
almost two years. They went from
this city to Camp Lee and after inten-
! sivc training went overseas and were
under fire AZ days and nights. They
gave a good account Of themselves ana
! did much towards bringing about the
| German request for an armisticc.
Losses in this unit were heavy, ana
while many local lads were injured only
a few made tho supreme sacrifice. They
! will. however. bring back with. them
more Of interest from the batucfields Of
France than any Of the local lads now
at home These boys were right out
| front when the order to cease firing came
| md with the armisticc signed they
| moved forward into Germany. They
are now, however. proceeding towards
| French ports and rest camps
4 few days ago the 3l4th passed In
review before General Pcrshing. in his
last official review OF the overseas
| forces. Local lads write that the re-
view was the greatest military spectacle
Europe has ever seen and that eminent
allied commanders praised the appear
| ancc OF the American troops.
WASHINGTON, D. G.. March 9.-En-
lrss n change is made in orders. the Snth
! division will be sent home from France
| next May In this division arc the
/ 3lSth. 314th and 315th artillery. III
, which arc several thousand West F!r-
ginia boys. conscripted into the national
karny. The. 314th is solidly made UP or
! West Eirginilns. n minority OF whom are
, from the northern Panhandle and coun-'
ties contiguous thereto extending as far
! south rs the. Little kanawha group or
| counties.
II tho wishes if the rcopl" IT the SOC
tion from which tho 31tth boys went
! forth nrn realized. and plans begun tn
hc talked about now take formidable
shane inr future development. the a.
| rival home of the J14th'S veterans VIII
II, rr,adc the occasion Of celebration
which will he notablc in the history OF
tho state Tho suggestion Is that the
, upstate counties. from which these SOL
dicr boys hail. join in and giTe them
| rousng welcome homo.
The city Of Wheeling Il 70 he the
| point at which tn" homecoming and
! grand review OF III" 3l4th Is 10 be
staged. Interest in the dramatic even.
! is to hr worked up In each country con-
ccrncd by 4 local organization OF BOOST
crs. and excursion raf"* nr" to he asNr6
, for from the railroads. II * oclirFrd
that such n celebration " III draw 'hoe-
| sands of visitors to Wh""linE ana prov"
! to be ono Of IN" b'ESrst events ever
held in the history Of that city.