Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-13
PLANS COMPLETED FOR RECEP-
TioNs OF FIGHTING ,6sTH IN
VARIOUS CITIES,
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
GRAND DAYS IN IOWA
Three Trains Due to Reach Des
Moines Some Time During Wednes'
day Nisht-Parade to Form at State
House Grounds Thursday--Com'
mittees Meet Trains at State Border.
Special to mes-RepubHcan.

! Special to Times Republican.
Des Moinos, May l3.-The big parade
of the victorious l6Sth regiment will
start from the state capital at . o'clock
Thursday. The parade Is to be the
great feature OF the home coming cele-
bration day to be staged in Des Moinos
Thursday and in which a big share OF
southwestern Iowa people will parti-
cipate. The program in brief for the
day follows: s-
The three troop trains are expected
TO reach Des Moines late Wednesday
or early Thursday morning. The trains
will remain on the track Wednesday
night.
Thursday morning from TO II
o'clock will be devoted to the meeting
OF the boys and their relatives and
friends. The Army club. Ninth and
Pleasant. army Y. NJ. G. A, Third and
Grand. will he the official meeting
places.
Allied war workers will serve dinner
W the men dl NHe 'OlIseuIll thursday
at II: 80 o'clock.
The regiment will form for the
parade at /; so o'clock on East Walnut
street. 1t will start promptly at
o'clock from the state house, headed
west.
After passing the reviewing stand
on the capitol mall and going thru the
triumphsi arch the regiment viii bc
placed in an extended formation on
the capitol knoll for photograph for
historical purposes. The parade will
then move west thru the principal bus
mess streets of the west side.
Entertainment OF men at the Coli
scum will begin at o'clock. when
more than $500 lunch boxes of food
will be served The musicians union of
the city will furnish the music free oc
charge,
At II o'clock p. m. the men will take
the trains to Camp Dodge for demob-
ilization.
Reception in Home Cities.
Tonight the three trains are due to
arrive in Chicago and st. Louis-two
in Chicago and the other in the Mis-
pun CITY. lUlLlOIIOW llty
will enter Iowa, where a tremendous
welcome awaits them. Entry will be
made at Davenport, Dubuque and
keokuk
The train from st. Louis that en-
ters at keokuk bears Companies D, +.
F, 6, and n, and a detachment of the
sanitary and supply companies. TO-
gether with battalion headquarters.
The train will be under command of
Major Charles j. Casey. Two-hour
stops for receptions and sparades will
be made by this train at keokuk, Of
tumwa and Oskaloosa-
Bearing Companies 7. K. L, NJ, ma
chine gun. supply and a detachment
of the sanitary corps, the second
train, which enters at Davenport, will
be under command of Lieutenant
Colonel Guy Brewer. 1t will make
two-hour stops at Davenport and
Cedar Rapids.
The train entering at Dubuque will
carry Companies A, B and C. head
quarters company, sanitary detach-
ment and regimental headquarters.
The Keokuk train has approximately
thirteen officers and ago men: that
routed thru Davenport about fourteen
officers and 504 men, and the Du-
buque train fourteen officers and 453
men.
Plans for entertainment of the men
in the seven cities where stops will be
made have been completed and the
veterans are assured of big welcome
The cities to be visited include those
from which part Of the regiment was
recruited.
The journey from the states eastern
border to Camp Dodge is expected to
occupy the entire day, and it is likely
the trains will not reach here until late
at night or early Thursday morning,
in time, however, for the ate-wide
reception and review in Des Moines
Thursday.
When the Rainbow heroes reach
Keokuk, they will be charged" by
phalanx Of that city's most comely
madens, each bearing several pies,
for home cooked eats are what the
men have been asking for ever since
they reached the U. S. A. OF course,
other food will be given the men, too,
but the attack is centered around those
pies.
Shriekng factory whistles, pealing
church and school bells and the cheers
Of thousands Of persons will welcome
the veterans at Ottumwa. Then one
hour will be given to reunions Of the
men and their families, and the wom-
ans auxiliary of Company G will dis
tribute boxes of food to the soldiers.
During the second hour of the stay.
there will be parade, led by the
Fifty fourth infantry band. until re-
Gently the Forty-sixth field artillery
band Hundreds Of people from Gem
terville and other cities of that section
are expected to be in Ottumwa for the
demonstration.
If the troop train reaches Oskaloosa
at noon, as seems likely. a big dinner
will be given the soldiers. under direc-
ton of the Red Cross. The men will