Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-05-31
March n Home Town
With Worthy Welcome

taanei ts Their homes sllari u after
ths lara.le
Tie hospitalitg ef Tie siiaai,s'li Is
I Lodge OF EIks added gKea1es la the
4 pleasure of tho day fas la ,is
anii local soldiers They kept ii 4
/ house iii Yrinceiy fashion aii Welt
to the limit fo Herease the haps,Ines'
ISL ali of the soldiers sifnatad rcig-
\ tile point whese The aafale sst Il is
solyeGs They we're II particularly
eooa spot to minister 20 the ilei asst I
weary
Tie returning soldiers Ncie af
course. the great attraction Of fiie pa
raie Marching with soldiers statdi
mess, but Il look on heir faces hat ifl
dicasei tlae tieisth "a their siapilless III
tuning to anfsc and loved ailes the
( people III e community VIII npves
forget The sigh Of their noble young
anen Who have dor their tIyille Nt,yA
SO we'll. ard have ilpaeld the traslit ions
q, slate an liz sd nohly, II Was
indeed one az the biz aass y ssse his
el5. anitapl
The othe portions 81 flie parade
Wese we'll worthy4Of the occasion An
napolis VAS ablely assisted hy IFS twe
suburbs East port anu West AIlnaposis
both of which made a sIlandil shoN
fng in the paraie. DR. Washington C.
tlaisie WAS chief nlarshai. and ne Yas
ably assisted by his aides Leslie S.
Klakrlng. Richard q chauey Allen
Rowie Howard. Peter n Magruder and
lidgely Melvin
Preceded by detachment OF City
fsoiiee. Marshal Claude viii, his aitles
ana Governor and Mrs Harrington
{ lead of. and right behind them was
the detachment Of service men hea.lef
Hy me Naval Academy band, thsli
rafnc the corps of cadets ST Johns
College. headed by it's own band ana
accomnaniea BIZ tho ommandaIst
Capt Duncan Elliott, Is s.
The next division was made up ef
representatives OF the public life Of
Annapolis and the count In opeH
carriage, role Mayor Strange ard the
otllaf members of tas CITY couacil,
Isgesiaol,t ItDa tiad tlte ether Couhs
IN Commissioners, ana they were f0l
lowed ily The City Fire Department.
headed hs Fire Marshal George I.
Basil, who was mounted The volun.
teef companies all PM their bes in
their part OF the parade Ii was a
labor Of love with hem All Of the
companies had nleinbars among tht
Ireturned soldiers. and had given spleu
did representations 10 the nations
service. and never had they made Il
better showing and been more happy
in doing their best than they were
yesterday
Automobiles carried classes OF the
city grammar school. and civic and
patriotic bodies, and d machine repre-.
senting the Marine Corps Then came
tile band and tho bugle corps of the
United States battlcship Alabama,
leading the contingent Of EastI,,rt
school children. and other organiza
Htions 1T the village float OF green's
ward with d grave. emblenatic Of the
heroes who lie dead in France a
fioaf dipicting the aerOnautical ser
vice floats. bearing members of the
Rel Cross society. floats of the local
lodge III Moose. Red Mn, in enstuIle. !.
noat that was taken as representiI1g
the tirys as IL bore dozens of bot
ties Of soft drinks. the local .represelis
tation Of the Salvation Army, the
keleie band. Uncle Sam in miniature.
Junior OHaer of Mechanics float,
Sfayes Military band of baltimore fol-
owed hy members of local lodge of
Eslks bearing i huge national flaE and
the lodge also had float re9reselits
ing the Odd Fellows and knights of
Columbus; q big truck bearing a num-
Der of bluejackets Of the navy pro
cessioi of children OF ST Mary's Cath
/ loiic school and filling in the rear fhe
ibig representation from Vest Annap-
oils
The Annapolis contingent of sol
ldiers and the others Who remained
l over. left Annapolis on a special train
+ al TO 20 Hundreds of relatives and
/ friends we're IL he station 10 give
them send on, all eheered BY he fart
/ that the final discharge Is not likely
to be DELAYED beyond Monday or Tues.
day Today the Annapolis men VII
parade III Baltisscre With the rest q
the 1I5ths and tomervoN they VIII
probably he allowed to ydsit their
homes again Mary fnl Il hard e
realize. that within few days The
lovs viii Ie hack int their accnstos'F
ed places in their homes, on their jobs
and at their places ~ business, but
such is the fact.
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