The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-04-04
BATTERY F men
SPEND NIGHT IN
COLUMBIA HOMES
NUMBER OF OVERSEAS SOLDIERS
TAKE OPPORTUNITY TO WIS.,
IT THEIR FOLKS.
BIG CROWD GOES TO NASHVILLE
Maury County Soldiers in Hath Field
Artillery Return From Overseas
Service in Same Spirit That They
Departed.
Mondays Daily Herald.)


Major Horace Frierson, Lieut. Sam
Hays, Sergt Clarence Watson, Pri-
Yates Walter Tidwell, Elmo Bates
Frank Emerson and w. K. Boardman,
Jr., were the first members Of the
Hath Field Artillery to reach Column
bia upon their return from overseas.
The regiment having been released
soon after it's arrival in Nashville Sun
day afternoon until Z o'clock this
morning, these men and probably 9th
ers took advantage OF the opportunity
to spend the night with their home
folks. But few people outside of their
immediate families had the pleasure
of seeing them but by all who did they
were given hearty welcome.
But the soldiers from Maury did
not have to come to Columbia to see
the folks from home. They will see
most everybody in whom they will
have any interest in Nashville today.
Crowds began leaving Columbia Sat
urday night. All trains to Nashville
Sunday were packed and damned.
Scores Of automobile carried hundrers
of others Sunday afternoon and this
morning. So many had already gone
that when several extra coaches were
hooked on to early trains today were
almost empty when they left. The
streets of the city had deserted APP
pearance today and it was as quiet as
Sunday everywhere. All banks We're
closed and number of other bust
ness houses shut their doors for the
day. There was but little business
anywhere.
Battery F, Maury county's unit in
the Hath, left Columbia September
10, 1917 and joined the regiment in
Nashville for mobilization at Camp
Sewer, Greenville, S. C. The battery
was organized here and underwent it's
first training at Columbia Military
Academy. Capt Thomas P. Hender-
son was in commando of the battery
and remained in command through
out its foreign service. The boys
were given a warm-hearted farewell
and many tears were shed as the train
bore them away for their great ad-
venture.
The boys themselves were in the
highest spirits, as was indicated by
inscriptions on the sides Of the coach
es. Goodbye pretty Girls, but to H
with the Slackers," '"To H with
Kissin,' Catch Him Skinnay,' BAT
terry + the Bravest Men in the Army"
etc, were some of the slogans, one of
which, ITO H With the Kissin," for
instance, no. doubt. has since been
abandoned
Battery F was mustered into federal
service on August 4 and the boys were
given big dinner at the academy by
the people Of Maury county. On Sep
TENDER a guidon was presented to
the battery by the citizens of Frank
lin and comfort kits were distributed
to the boys by the ladies of Columbia.
Miss Kernen Faw of Franklin placed
the guidon in the hands of Capt. Hen
derson and Mrs. E. Fl. Hatcher as
sister by number of ColunAhia girls
presented the comfort kits. The
~uidon has been brought back I'M
stained, and the comfort kits have
long since served their usefulness.
The regiment sailed for France in
May, 1918, where it remained about
10 months, participating in the st. Mi
hiel and Argonne drives and being
for a few weeks part of the army
of occupation. 1t landed at Newport
News about a, week ago and will soon
he. demobilized at FIT. Oglethorpe.