The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-29
GREETING
ABSENT IN
NEW YORK
Thousands Drift Back Into
Civil Life Absolutely
Ignored BY State.

WASHINGTON. March 29-Atter
tion has been called here 70 +bo fao.
that while Indiana is arranging 80
hiiieent reception for those nsr+,o,,,.-
army units which had conspicuous rec
0Fas during the war. not a thing is he
ing done for the thousands on tbo,,-
s@"as o. Indiana lads who are drifting
PACK from Europe day by dav
Tndianians On Every Shin
-A-'i'99e every ship brings its quota Of
iHalanlans. sometimes a casual oon,ns,--.
OF $50 or 200 Indiana bows. eor,o+fr,ia.
aozeh or so Indianians in an Ohio mn
nois or some other unit sorno+jr,o. -.
l"o or three Indiana fighters that so,,,e-
now got mixed UP with the otbors
There is no one from home 10 r,ae+ +t,-..-
n Sew York OF Newport News Tbe,-
80 10 cemobilization camps and evan+,,-
any they are discharged and 20 hack
ii"iIle' not TO be received by brass hands
ana open arms IS they had sonebo,v
e~pecled' but with commonnlace s{-
renee tnat must make each soldier faoI
eAat his part in the war was too H.
sisiillcant 70 b noticed: that so-and-so
division won she war. and that he
should be glad 10 be alive
States Proud Record.
AAalaha had more than her full quota
of troops in the war. About o9o a.
them received an official recen+fo, ~.
two former Indiana national e,,sr5
units returned home shortly after
Christmas The approximately 2oeo
men IN the 150th feld artillery are to
receive big reception. as is the per
sohhel of base hospital No 80.
But the Indiana volunteers. for IN
stance, the lads who were with the 1st
"a and 81 regular divisions. which were
cut up terribly IN the fattIes in which
they participated, are apparently 10 be
ignored entirely and when they come
PACK nome real heroes Of hand-to-hand
encounters with the Hun. nothing. it
seems. is to be done for them in the
way Of official greetings.
know Of Real war.
Then the Indiana boys. who vera +st,
en- from the camp at Hatttesbr,~s- 49,
sent TO France in groups of ten and
twenty, there to fight all through tbc
war with celebrated combat divisions
knowing what it is to charge against
the cevilish fire of German machine
guns and cannon. are also to be for
gotten As they drift home in threes. or
fours. the rest OF their groups having
been left over there.
me Indiana boys who were al Carno
Taylor and who were sent from there IA
loin other divisions which went through
the terrible days OF the Argonne and the
cash for Sedan are also to be permitted
70 come back home to a silent and an
parently unappreciative public. The
lads who We're drafted in Indiana and
sent 70 Custer. Grant and elsewhere. are
to be treated in a like manner.
Other Ssates' Way
Nearly every state except Indiana has
made some arrangements for commit
tees TO meet its returning heroes. and 10
see that everything possible is done for
them. Most states have permanent rep
resentatvos at New York and Nownort
News TO look after the stranreIers. rs
they come drifting IN with any Old unit.
Indiana did not have a representative
at the pier when Indiana's two former
national guard regiments returned.
Some time ago some Indiana nurses
came back without meeting any Tndi-
anians at the nier. and every day Inai-
ana troops are arriving to find a cold and
cheerless reception.
The only unit which Will be met VIII
be the 150th Held artillery which.
though q splendid organization and
fully entitled to all the credit it has
received. did not bv any means win the
war single handed or provide Indiana's
only interest in the war
Undemonstrative Indiana.
Attention has been called to this glar-
ing neglect of her fighters en- the part
of the government and the people Of
Indiana because in the rush Of the other
things It probably has escaped their at
tentlon that Indiana provided more vol
unteers than any state in the Union in
proportion to her population. end that
Indiana's contribution TO the war was
all and more than could have been ask
eI but that Indiana's appreciation Of
her fighting men seems to be entirely
lacking or az least undemonstrative.