Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-07
DISTRICT SOLDIERS
\ Of 312TH GET BIC
WELCOME HOME
Stirring Scenes at Station as
Heroes Arrive From
Camp Meade.
BOYS MARCH UP AVENUE
AMIDST CHEERING CROWD
Guests at Dinner and Dance To-
i night at Willard's-Review of
Achievements in War.

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washington's fighting men of the
512th Machine Gun Battalion marched
in review today before a city that is
proud of the record they made.
The city did not take day off, but
wen, women and children paused in
THE streets as the heroes passed and
shouted welcome to them.
Stirring Scenes at Union Station.
The scene at Union station when the
men arrived from Camp Meade at 10
o'clock was a stirring, one. Long be-
fore the train arrived a long line of
friends and relatives formed outside
the Presidents entrance.
As the men of the 312th. marching
with the sturdy step of veterans,
came through to the street the JOY
Gus families began to cheer, drown
ing a lively air from the Marine
Band.
Even the policemen. assigned to
freep clear an afde for the marchers,
Entered into the <Sirit Of the welcome,
and for a few moments military dis
fipline suffered badly as eager fathers
end mothers hugs~d their sons in line.
4 Men 0ficiat1y Greeted.
isaac Cans. chairman of the wei.
come committee, was in the Presi.
dents room at the station and off,
cially greeted the soldiers as they
entered. He introduced Commissioner
Brownlow, who told the men briefly
how glad the. District was to have
them home and how proud the city is
ibf their conduct overseas.
Maj. Gen. Joseph E. Kuhn, COM
mander OF their division, also was at
the station to welcome the men back
home.
Two airplanes from Boiling field
were lowering over the station wait
ing to drop flowers on the heads of
the soldiers as they marched out of
the station. The aviators few over
the marchers along the route of the
parade.
Sirens Shrek Welcome.
From a score OF automobiles parked
around the station chorus of sirens
began to shrek and cheering became
general. In addition to the Marine
tional Guard of the District was wait
ing to escort the victors through the
city.
AS the column swO1g into Delaware
avenue and started toward the Capt.
toll schoolboys whose heads only
reached to the soldiers belts trailed
along beside the battalion. their eyes
riveted in admiration on their big
brothers" who had been over there.
One hatless lad of ten slipped his
hand into the grasp of a soldier on
the end of line and sought vainfy
to keep in step. The big soldier look
ed down and smiled at the little ire
-ho hoI fa1l Snta
Mascot Dog Marches in Line.
Out in front of the battalion. look
ing straight ahead, trotted Brownie,
the mascot dog of the 312th. He was
just as proud of the Lorraine cross
which was clipped in his shaggy hair
as any man in the battalion was of
that cross, which was chosen as the
18th Division insignia On his back he
wore a little jacket with the name of
the battalion inscribed on il.
Brownie belongs to Bugler Alex Pc
trie of Company c. who lives at Ken
ilworth. D. c. Brownie enlisted" in
the 312th at Verdun. For several days
he would come running up to Petrie
every time the bugler gave the call
for mess.
Brownie is bad soldier in one
respect only. He ignores the higher
from his bugler. Petrie-
As the men swung through the
Capitol grounds into Pennsylvania
avenue. members of Congress on their
way to the Capitol paused to cheer
Washington's fighters
Crowds on Avenue Cheer.
All along the avenue from Peace
Monument to 18th street crowds gath
cred hurriedly on the sidewalks and
waved to the men in khaki From
18th street the parade turned west on
Connecticut avenue to Massachusetts
avenue and thence east to the War
camp Community house at 1914 Mas
sachusetts avenue.
In front Of the community house
the national guardsmen formed a
court of honor for the men from
overseas to march through. Hot and
somsr<hat tired from the march, the
Wen eagerly TO the luncheon
which the community house had pre-
There were approximately $50 men
in the detachment which came home
from Meade. more than a hundred
being Washington men and the bal
aBce from Maryland Capt. Z. W.
Jordan marched at their head.
Wounded Comrades Greet Boys.
Among the crowds that stood on
the side lines to greet the boys were
at least a dozen men who were able
I" realize what the battalion did to
earn a welcome. They were former
members who Were sent home sew
ral months ago to recover from
wounds received in action.
They included Sergts. Carl o. ALI
IN and Louden Langdon Privates
Elmer Andrews, James Bittle, Ed
ward Boteler, Garnett P. Brown.
Howard Brown. Louis Common. Will
lam Z. Eiseman. owen Grinder. Job,
Kelley. Charles Schroth, Agostius
Soldano. Richard Dudley Warfield
clifford II. Wilson and Carl Worth.
One of the outstanding features of
the record these men made was the
takin., - Viz f7H. in which action
they chased the Death Head Hussars
the favorite troops of the Crown
Prince Thee times the 3l2th took
the hill from these picked Germans
md each time were forced to retreat
The fourth time they took the hill
however. the Hussars did not come
back.
The soldiers who marched TODAY
also took part in the capture of Mont.
f1ucon. the town in which was the
- lower used by the Crown Prince in
observing the attacks of his army
After the luncheon the men were
free to go to the ball game at Amer.
lean League Park or spend the aft.
srnoon with their families and sweet.
hearts. Clark Grifiith. manager of the
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