Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-06-05
CITIZENS GIVE SINCERE
WELCOME TO SOLDIER BOYS
PARADE FEATURE Event

tell you that that was the best dem
onstration Of Quits that ever saw.
Some of the boys who had sore
hands, had their letters tied to them
and went into the worst of the fight
ing to deliver the letters, going
nightly or at any time necessary.
| and that is the wonderful thing Of
| the American army.
He spoke Of the YD men and said
| that really that was all the division
| that he praised because it was his
division, but that any member of
any other division should praise
! theirs as much for he said he knew
| that they all did just as we'll as the
YD and perhaps better. but it was
! up to those who had taken part in
| the other divisions to praise them.
You have played the game and done
! your best. Look out for your town,
! look out for your State and. by gor-
ry, I am sure we will look out for
| the United States" Following his
! address, three heart cheers were CIV
! en- the Is Civil War veterans who
did escort duty to the returned men,
mid great applause Lieut. Col
John G. Towne, who was introduced
by the chairman. responded and
gave short talk to the men whom
he CALLED comrades. In Introducing
| Col. Towne, DR.. Hill stated that he
: was especially interested in him for
that he. was the first to get him start
ed in army life, putting him in as
NJ i,a ln ~
CDR. HID was colonel Of the COM
pany.
Col. Towne said that Pres Roberts
/ had expressed what he had intended
to. and then added that if a person
wanted to appreciate American cit
izenship, al they wanted to do was
to put on the uniform and work for
! the Stars and Stripes for a while. He
said that when he was in the Yankee
Division he thought there was no
! other division. but when he was
transferred last July to the S. o. S.
he found that there was something
else for him to do, and other duty for
him to perform.
F., He mentioned the forming of the
~HiiiSi AAbi LES iOis WulCH TIE IcluTucu
men were anxious to start, and said
that it would include every service
man.
I'VE went overseas dependent on
our people here, and I want every
| man here to give three cheers for our
people at home. (Cheers} 1t is true
. that DR.. Hill got me into this scrape,
/ nd Of -
it, but let me say that if DR.. Hill is
as proud of me as 1 am Of him, he
will have to 60 some" Col. Towne
stated that he placed DR.. Hill in the
same class as Theodore Roosevelt,
for he gave his all. and SO did DR..
Hill. The first time l saw Howard
! Hill in France. he looked like any
thing but the son of DR.. Hill, for he
was all dirty and greasy. but happy"
. Then he added that that was the way
he found all the boys over there.
Following the banquet and speech
es the boys left the banquet hall and
| went to the grandstand where the
sports for the day took place. The
sports committee, which consisted of
r. L. Erwin. George D. Hegarty and
| Walter McAlary, is deserving of a
great deal of credit for it's program,
which was very well carried out and
much enjoyed.
The order OF sports and winners were
as follows:
100 yards. Mosher first in II seconds,
SO; Clayton second. s.; Reser, $3.50.
go yards. Clayton first in p seconds,
SO; Mosher second S.
Half mile. Libby of Company first
in 4.1s. SO; Reser second, IS.
Mile, Smith first in ass, SO: Libby
second. s.: Reed third, $3.50
The last and probably most interest
ing sport event was the boxing match.
and from start to finish there was not a
quiet person on the stand. Everyone
was excited over the match and cheer
ing was going on all the time In the
first bout Eddie Polo knocked down
Johnny Forgoin of Lewiston in about
two minutes. The referee stopped the
bout because he felt that Boureon
would be seriously injured before the
final.
The second bout was between Emery
of Cambridge and Sailor Roberts of
the United States navy. 1t was adraw
in six-round bout.
The final and best was that of JACK
Johnson and Joe Rivers of Dorchester.
Johnson was by far the stronger man.
but in the first six rounds Rivers show
ed great spunk. johnson, who is very
iast. came very near knocking him out
IN the 18th round. and the sounding of
the gong saved him from the knockout
Johnson completely outclassed Rivers n
the last six rounds. They were botb
very clever boxers and gave fine ex-
hioitlon in spite Of the extremely hot
sun that shone upon them.