Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-06-27
Service Men Made H py By
Stirring Addresses And Feast
Of Coed Things
RECEIVE SERVICE NJ DAIs

The young men of Anne Arnndea
who served their c0unsry So well on
Land and yea and who won Esesh lau-
arels III this crisis for annnlty
/ which has never failed TO nj sure up
ito the test. were made 10 ael last
might what their people hae ID their
hearts for them This was be best
part of the receptions and ne-c cofa-
/ Ing exercises which were cid last
might in the Blaaan street IL lory and
the ST. Johns gymnasium.
THAT every detail WAS redlt to
Ethe capable and hearty w0t og the
splendid women OF Ammo Araad adel and
that its men also did their t In ar
ranging their portion of at took
place. are Incidental The g thing
Ii that the men were made % know
stllat Annapolis and all Anne Arundel
feel to the very depth of tiigse hearts
that they have done WELL at they
have acquitted themselves se men,
and that every man. woman ia child
Of the home country Is proud % know
AMI he associated with then
And what i gathering 1t M Some
thing like three hundred ad nifty
wore 1T the tables when tll enst be-
gan There we're men Of eyas branch
Iof the service on land and atioat
heroes of the Blue and who
crossed the Mouse and sOg4aed the
woods of Conzneyoye: men fought
under the symbol Of tlI orraine
Cross and had their part lln Mont
faucon. the Gibraltar o9 Vcrdan
defense. was stormed men served
Ia the machine-gun baitali and had
sprayed the Huns win des men of
the artillery, soldiers Of ti Gins anil
of the supply scrvtce: men served
q ID every pOsslas0 tstvsv
great dr0adnasigats and CID with
the destroyers, those hot 81 uf the
Esulking submarine murder b. With
flse transports which carrIS fAEe Army
over and brought It back. IN of the
devil hounds of the and
many of those who had dSse aone of
these tilings but had on them
selves for any duty and ila e active
part In It only because fhS u what
tie u country assigned thes aad their
WoFk was along other I'm
Tue phrase. the table gpaased With
good things. ii oxpresss isctad.
Not only is II worn to read !, but
wiig should any table gross Vhen a.
sOciatcd with such spf as tho
wo.aen Of Anne Arundel rFepred TOR
their service men, Not ftan ii It
pos sIbie for one to sit nysn To
spread OF such good thF and III
sach profusion while the women
on the face og. Gods earth were happy
to serve their men and uf hem to
10 an they could to make inapres
sion on the Yast quantities Of eaIclkan
salad, old Maryland ham, rolls and
beaten aacult. sweets and Felsshes. Ice
cream and the wonderful supply 0f|
home made cake of every coHceIyable
-kind. Such feast end s,lcA ser
vica comes very seldom "a aayb0dys
life.
Tie final exercises In the arT1ory
consisted 81 brief speeches and the
presentation 0E Aae service medals,
prerared under the dlrection QF the
committee headed by WinsonG, Gatt
Mayor James r. Strange presided and
handed the medals peTsChaIIy To each
man as he iicd past
hi opening this portion Dc che axaF~
cises, Mayor Strange referred to the
evening when the people basle good
by to the Hrst og their men toleaYe. za
she dance Id the college aranfys
Mayor Strange recalled that ~ haa
expressed his condolences hat Ehe men
wOuId return In trlumph he sid
shat this had been Justified and tlaa1
the men returned better and tr0n
men ia every way He assured tlag
men o9 tiae interest that had bs8n
taken lin thern while they bad h6sn
away, and the j0y which was felt ln
having them back
Major Hugh ii Riley MAS the seee
speaker He spoke og the aanOcla
Iof the room with the work of tha
1 aional Guard and with 10 neM AZ
il Who had iastilIea their p1epa
10y heir work In France O. wherszt
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