The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-13
All Preparations Complete for the Big Demon
stration in Honor of the Men in Famous
Regiment from Hawkeye State
IMPRESSIVE PROGRAM IS ARRANGED
Parade, Showers of Flowers, Children With
Flags and Blossoms, Short Speeches, Big
Band and Pie for Soldiers in Line.

Main street above Second
street is the place OF the cele-
bration, with the formal exer-
clses at Sixth and Blondeau
streets.
NOBODY viii be allowed at
the union station when the SOL
diers of the famous 168tn In
fantry detrain, nor until after
the pies are distributed when
they return to the station to
entrain again.
Military police will be on
outy to enforce the orders OF
Commissioner of Public Safety
D. J. Hemmy. Streets leading
to- the union station and
around the EIks club house
Will be closed in accordance
with the above restrictions.
Members of the families OF
the Keokuk men in the batta-
lion coming here may get
passes through the lines to the
union station by applying in
person this evening at the Of
flee of Chairman Abel, 419
Main street.
The soldiers will be entirely
inaccessible until they are for
mally met by the officials OF
Keokuk's welcome demonstra-
ton at $50 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
The war department orders
are very strict that the cele-
hrations Of the arrival home OF
the soldiers of the 168th reg1-
ments, in the six Iowa cities
favored with their presence,
must not occupy more than
two hours.
Hence, although the troop
train bearing the battalion
composed of Companies D. e.
F G.. and r., the supply com
pany and sanitary company
detachments, and the Keokrik
men in Company L, viii ar
rive in the railroad yards here
earlier in the morning, they
will be inaccessible until $50
O'Clock when the honors to be
paid them by Keokuk will be-
gin.
The Wabash delivers the train to
the burlington at ST. Louis at .
O'Clock this afternoon. II will take
some time to get through ST. Louis
and the terminal tracks there.
The tresin is expected TO arrive at
Keokuk yards early tomorrow morn
ino. Where it will be placed Will be
determined by the night yardraster
when it comes in, and IL will not be
brought TO the union station. The
men are still in the army, and II
will guard itself against any visitors
near it until $50 O'Clock.
Each coach is decorated with a
large sign expressing the sentiments
of the iowa soldiers.
The Keokuk train left New York
last instead of first as was intended
at first.
EVERYTHING is READY.
Preparations are complete for the
bia demonstration in honor of the
battalion of the famous 16ath infan-
try which will get back home to
Iowa tomorrow morning at keokuk.
The celebration here will include
parade of the heroes of the world
war with an escort Of city executives
of keokuk and other cities In this
section of the country, formal ener.
cises of welcome from the porch Of
the Eiks' club, and the presentation
of home made pies, brick Ice cream
and cigarettes to every one of the
five hundred men coming to be the
guests of keokuk.
The marching column will include
the keokuk Concert band, the city
executives, the members of the f6eth
regiment invaded home in advance
of their organization acting as a
color guard, and the returning SOL
diers of the battalion en- route from
France to Camp Dodge via New
York and keokuk.
The plan to have whistles blow ant
bells rinng when the battalion crosses
the state line into Iowa has been aban
doned owing to the delay there Will be