Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-05-31
PERSONAL COMMENT
OF OUR D0UGHBOYs
fconslnuea grom FIrs. Tagel

never did. They do il with energy
From Annapolis Four bricks Bat
you want 10 remember that firing the
whole string without stop will heal
the gun mp
Then II was only necessary 10 lis
ten ID their conversation To learn hoW
they we're pleased hy the reception
NOBODY has ever known more Joy than
they felt. and they said 50 They
said, too. that there wasn't any other
place like Annapolis on the map. and
that being back home here had an
extra meaning, they thought over its.
use about any other town
Its home, and no doubt about II !.
another wearer az an averseas cap told
the observer I'm not from Anna
polls. bat have been In this company
FOR 4 good while and my position has
given me two different views OF the
place knew these men as the
whifess crowd I've ever met. but some
how just eonldns seem 10 like the
town. Anyhow. take back al that |
ever said about Ii and say instead that
it's the finest place I've ever known
eNhats that you're taking back. 4
asked an Annapolltan comrade who
had strolled up and heard the last
remark
me things used 70 say about An
napolis
Well. what did You say g.'
The other laughed DO you think
I'm going 10 repeat II after what I've
seen. and yon can't help feeling
the welcome II doesn't seem to mat
ter whether Or not anybody knows
you. they're all glad 10 see you just
the same. Ii this the way that All Of
Maryland feels. or is II Just tho spirit
OF Annapolis2 His answer came from
i civilian. and told the feeling ~ the
town. It's an attempt 70 express cur
share Of what the whole country
feels
There were pleasures which only
the boys themselves could know, but
which could not have been possible
without the home coming Some oi
them who had been detached from the
company before II returned as unit
and the reunion 81 bonds of friend
ship formed IN war must be q pleasure
which we civilians cannot appreciate
One Of the boys said that the thing
had pleased him most was seeing
sugar again His interviewer stood
respectfully attentive sunposing that
sugar was one of the girls Of An
napolis who had worked with partic-
ular interest for the home coming
Hut when he continued his meaning
became much clearer. and the vision
.0f fair hair and blue eyes gave way
ito another when he said that he had
sent sugar back Id bring water when
they were lighting In the Argonne;
that on the way for the water he had
been wounded and was removed To d
hospital The two had not met again
until yesterday
Despite the disappointment III the
Identity OF sugar, il was not to be
doubted that the ladies figured In their
the boys Joy at returning. They All
felt such an indefinable pleasure thai
fit aroused their own curiosity, and
they asked each other the reasons fol
it one of the Annapolis boys. turning
tic another asked him the one thine
that had seemed best to him out 81
the whole day or reunion. Without
any hesitation the questioned one BE,
piled Seeing mother His friend evi
dently knew great deal Of his pri.
vata affairs. and wasn't satisfied e
LET the answer stand at that, so hi
prompted q little farther Sealing moth.
er. and r The irterviewer's sub.
ject remained silent for moment
and then smiling d little that his secrel
had been discovered. answered We'll
yes, II you insist on having II that way
seing mother, and
So Annapolitans may feel that in
yesterdays celebration they gave ID
the boys something chat nobody but
the home folks could have given and
that. seen from the viewpoint of those
heroes who were present. ii was an
occasion of d grandeur and happiness
$50 great as to be almost unbeliey-
able
Even the thief may have a sense oi