Evening journal., 1919-06-09
PLANNING REVIEW
OF STATES HEROES
10000 Delaware Soldiers
TO March Here Before
Returning Home
SUGGEST BUILDING
AS MEMORIAL

Only definite information from the
War Department as TO when the Della
Eare Pioneer Regiment will set sail for
home, is needed TO set into active opcr-
stion the plans for the biggest cclcbra-
zion ever held in Delaware.
Il is a matter for general congratula-
Non that the committee appointed by the
state of Delaware and the committee ap-
pointed for the city of Wilmington have
Joined 10 make this greatest of all rcccp-
lions, an affair of the entire state. While
sthcr towns may have desired To have a
reception 10 the returning soldiers the
fact of the matter Is that 10 would have
been impossible 10 get thc men 10 parade
or TO attend a reception in moro than
one place for the time which the govern
mcnt grants away from the dcmobiliza
lion camp must be- necessarily short The
combination of the two committees. with
former Governor Miller as the active
chairman. and Governor Townsend
and Mayor lawson as the honorary
charmen. will result IN a celebration of
which every resident of Delaware can feel
proud
just few of the plans the commit
tees have i'm hand are:
Ascertain how many of the 10000
Delaware soldiers in the service of the
government can be here ON the date Co
be named To this end every Post
master in the State has supply of adj
dressed postcards which can be had upon
request
House these men overnight. for it
will he necessary for them 10 spend one
night in Wilmington
Furnish the men outside the city with
transportation % and from their homes
in other parts of the state
Secure. II possible, a reviewing place
where officials and the parents and other
relatives of the men may review the
parade Il viii be impossible, however,
TO erect a grandstand for this purpose.
Decorate Wilmington in the most APP
propriate way.
See that honor is paid 20 the men who
have made the supreme sacrifice. in addi-
tion 10 showing honor 10 the living men
who are returning.
Arrange for the expense of the rcccp-
tion, both city and state having promised
aid.
These arc only few of the things Co
be looked after There are scores of
others. and IL is for this reason that the
general committee wants the co-opcra-
tion Of everyone in the state whether
they are member of the committee or
not.
Ono Of the first things which the COM
mittee asks is this:
That every man who served from Della
ware IN any division send, ON form to
be obtained nom amy postmaster, his
name. his present address. the name of
the division. etc. with which he served.
If the man has not returned home it Is
asked that his relatives send the infor-
nation as 10 where he is and when ne Is
expected home This is desired so that
the committee may arrange transporta-
tion for those men who are already home
and who live outside of Wilmington and
TO provide for their entertainment.
The committee also desires the name
and the division and date of death of
every soldier who died or was killed in
battle. u is desired TO pay tribute of
respect TO the memory of these men. one
idea has been suggested by Charles A.
Rudolph, chairman of the committee ON
decorations. u is estimated that 100