The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-04-05
FINE WELCOME
FOR OVERSEAS
SOLDIER BOYS

Special Dispatch to The lntel''genccf'
STEUBENVILLE. O.. April 4.-Steu''-
envlIlc today extended tho glad hand CT
welcome to her own 1S4th macH'he
gun battalion and part OF the l"0lh Hio-
chine gun battalion OF the 31th diVislon.
The bronZed veterans Of the Ar8onne'
st Mihicl and Fscaut river. 33o IN
number, under command OF Major Waoo
Christy of Youngstown. Ohio. were pa
ra,Icd. given Il banquet and aho"creo
with gifts by happy populacc DURING
th, hours they were In the city eHr"'$o
,o Camp sherman for GENERALIZATION.
The city took half holiday 1" honor
Ita returning heroes. huHinc"a nnd IN
duY,rv being suspended In Tia" forenoon
nat only In the city. but throughout Uni"
disirIri. cltiZrns Of surrounding to"1a
Of Brooke. Hancock md Jefferson Ep"'
tics came In cn Inn"s" and took part III
tho celebration, which was ono OF INC
greatest In the city.
The troop train bearing inc Whch''''
runncrs arrived in In" city from
Youngstown, Ohin. nj n. m. ri'"N'
morning. Despite tho hour ara INC 1a"t
that IL drcnching ruin was 'laIhh9' ..
crowd Of five hundred rcih'IErs an"
friends Of the men met them NJ inc So
lion. the train pulling III anna II nc"ie!
of .hrjcking whistles. Changing bcils and
rousing cheers. ,o,,,.
TIL rcis in khaki were given leave
f-o,,, tho train until $40 this morning
~ enend the night with their relatives.
A, that hour they Tcasscmbled anu
formed for the parade at 10 O'clock.
Tho procession was led by Col. L. :.
chambers, divisional machine gun con'-
WANDER and members OF the Jcncrsoh
nonntv var board and Mayor Felst
committees. >,,,,o-
Major Christy. Captain Ray Millcr
ond L.icutcnants Harry Strong ana I'Eue
Iindun of Stcubcnvillc led company d.
"Stcubcnvillc's own" and Captain feFcS
Tctlon- NJ Salem. Ohio. led company y.
'rhr Musicians union provided the banu'
The crowd was so great at places inc
.,idior. had only n narrow lane through
which 70 march. 4 tremendous ovation
was given the men everywhere
A, Inspiring scene took place "hen
,h,. ,ncn reached the home OF Captu'il
Ernrcis McCook, former commander Oh
romnanv -, who made the supreme -
rInrr In the Argonnc. The Danas atpp
ned playing. the men halted hna uu'Ia
:, moments silence the buGIc nou"u ~
the sad call of taps M ''iou
,hr captain and comrades VINO l'c S'''r'
ing I'm Flandrr" fields
Following the parade tho mon %cre
marched to Westminster ch"rrh, ~nr.'
;, banuuct was served by the lI"d cr"H'
r,JLicr No,hcrs' club and church "o-
men. During the rcpnsl Mayor rrnn rank
IScist welcomed the mon in behalf OF lhe
city and II. y. W"@tfnll Of the war !n n"M,9
,,, ,o-ds of greeting for the county
a,cr The soldiers boarded their tram
in the panhandle yards and left shorty
after The noon hour for Uhrichsyille:
Ohio. where they parade tonight. Ihey
continue their journey TO Camp ohc''''"'
tomorrow. ,,. ,os,
Company r, stcubenvillc's unit. los'
six killed in the war. Captain FRANCIS
.McCook. Corporal Howard L: Prcnic
prcvitcs Cecil II. Lloyd, Felix Iaio"sN
a,d .ntoni ALTER, who fell in the Ar
ronno fighting. and Private Paul r. NC.
Pom OF Toronto, Ohio. who made inc
supreme sacrifice on tho FLANDERS front