The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-05-30
OUR BOYS ARE COMING.
a1tTH AND 18TH :. 6. B. HAVE Ar
RIVED AT CAMP nEADE-BOTH BAT
IALIOAS INCLUDE CARROLL COUNTY
S0LDIERs--THE 18TH ARE OLD COM
PAHY n nEH--HILL Be MUSTERED
OUT At MEADE AND SENT HOME.

The ArtemIg, the American trans.
port with the Il2tn Machine Gun
Battalion aboard which arrived \,
Newport News Friday evening vas
met By Surveyor Of Port Guy w
Steele, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rainey
and Mrs. H. Scott Roop, Of this city
The greeting received by the men Of
the 1I2th viii long be remembered
especially those who received The
kisses from our fair American
ladies'. The Company arrived Thurs
day at Camp Meade where they Nill
be mustered out of service.
1t was "a little boat, this first vel
come ship, and 1t had business
like air about her rather than an air
of gayety Directly in front OF her
cabin. though stood four men, waving
their hats frantieally. Besides the
skipper at the wheel and three 5r
four official-Iooking men Who st1od
near the bow. they we're the only per-
sons On the boat.
As they drew nearer so that they
could see the flashes OF white teeth
along the line of khaki that adorned
the ships rail from stem 10 gterns ar.
Steele shouted. Carroll county, Car
roll county. We're from Carroll
county. The first soldiers TO greet Mr..
Steele vas Cook Samuel A. Myers and
John Magin.
Then the little boat was alongside
The Arfemis, and while one OF The
officialzlooking men was shouting 10
the commander OF the transport
through megaphone. the other four
: men we're clambering up lie Jacobs
ladder that hung down the side 81
the ship. They were not sailors ard
they made boIehy work of Il
They were former Senator Blair
Lee. Surveyor Of Customs Guy sLeele.
4. p. Ralney Of Westminster and Ray
mond TompkIns.
Mr. Steele was the first man
On The boat followed by Mr.
Rainey who will forever claim
for Carroll county the honor OF haY-
ing been the first county In be repre-
sented aboard the transport INT
brought home MafYland.s doughty
regiment and the machine gun Ia
TALON that supported IT, Senator re
claims nothing but that hs was ne
second man aboard the transport
representing the Lee family. OF Mont
gomery county. Raymond Tompklas'
CORRESPONDENT OF the Sun, claims
nothing but modest scoop.
The first member Of the Lee samiis
IN get IN the Artemia was, of course,
Major Brooke Lee, commanding me
second Battalion OF the One Hundred
and Fifteenth. lie got on At 81 Nj
zaire. Mr.. Rainey had zon aboard,
sergt. 4. p. nainey. Jr., Of Company
Z. of the Machine Gun Battalion,
which came home commanded by
Capt 7. A. Lyon.
All four OF this hrst party OF Mary
land to board the Arlemis n shs ~
waiting for the word TO 80 IN TO pofi,
Iumbled over the rail finally ana
landed In the midst Of the crowd oi
soldiers. who nearly tore loose me
deck Of the transport with yell Oh
welcome.
Actually IL was the soldiers Who
welcomed the first Maryia nde"s. ana
NOT the first Marylanders Who vel
eomed the soldiers. The real vel
come from the staIe Of Maryland
came little later when he Grail
Iude. With Governor Harrington ana
a marty OF 200 Maryland men and
women came tearing down the James
river as the KrtemiH was steaming IN
The four boarders vent below Htter
The first orgy OF handshakIng at the
sbStfs rail. and there in the mess hall
we're nearly al the officers OF hoth
units eating the conventional hearty
breakfast of bacon and eggs. Senator
lee and Messrs. Steele, Rainey ana
the sun correspondent sat down 10
eat. and typical IfaYy Filipino walters
IN white coats came forth Bteaithiiy
10 feed them.
There was great hilarIty In The
breakfast room Everybody wanted
IN talk polltIes and prohibition.
The men Who arrived are In the
sanitary detachment: Charles H.
aIizzaf1. Westminster. Wagner Al
hert + Mann. Finksburg. Wagoner
Roger c. PeeIIng, Asbestos: Wagner
Emory Zepp. Patanscoi Myron L.
stapffer Union Bridge; William 7.
NOON New Windsor Raymond Il.
Dayhoff. Uniontown.
Company e.-sergt George X. Bell.
Westminster. Alfred 9. Iarrimofe'
Tannerg (did not return On Artemis,
transferred May TO frovfslonai
Company d. Embarkation Headanaf
Iers American Expeditionafy Fofeea :;
Neyin c. Long, Westminster; june
r Miller. Mount Airy transferred TO
provisional Company ID, Embarka1ion
Headquarters. American Expedition
ary Foree) Harry S. Gressler, Carroll
ton: mess Sergeant Harry K. SNEAK,
westminster: supply Sergeant Arthur
P. RaIney, Westminster; Cook sam
mel !. Myers. Westminster; te9k
Harry A. Nusbaum, Westminster
COOK stewart $. Schmidt, Manchester;
Mechanic Alien " Rickell, Vest
minister: Mechanic William K Myers
westminster: Mechanic Samuel W.
hair. Westminster; Ernest I. Delphy'
Niddleburg; John 5. Gouff keedya-
vile: Paul Il. Wimert, Westminster
Edwin d. Bell, II. Westminster r
RuseelI Moraloek. Westminster
: charles Al Chew. patapseo Jesse
slick. Taneytown; Eltinge r. y.
Lsese. Westminster BENJAMIN i.
sherfg. Westminster; Frank Talbert,
Manchester: Carvel Horton, Vest
minister: George f l. steIbel, Vest
minister: sergl. John Magins Vest
minister: Thomas c. Wells. Manenee-
ter: sergt. Howard E. coppersmIth,
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