Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-03-27
Welcome Home Of
the ||6th TN. B.
The Big Day in Langdon's
History Will Always be
Friday, March FL.

With the exception of the twenty !
odd men who left the train at Grand !
Forks for their homes in the western
part Of the county at the towns OF
Munich, Clyde, Calvin and Sarles,
the rsst of the returning Company E.
men, took the Langdon train, out of
Grand Forks last Friday morning to
participate in the "Welcome Home'
extended to the boys of this town by
the home town folks.
Some fifty eight in all got off here
after Milton, Osnabrock, and Hannah
had each claimed their share of the
soldier boys-each of the towns tax.
ing pride in a welcome home to
their sons from France. In another
place IL given the roster Of the COM
pany at the time of its leaving the
camp after being mustered out. The
same being furnished us by Mess
Sergeant Cyril H. Radford.
There was warmth in Langdon' s
heart felt welcome when the train
cached here Friday afternoon, near
ly an hour over due, that had been
growing in intensity week by week
for long year and a half that the
boys had been gone from our midst.
1t lasted from the first greetings
when the train pulled into the depot
and the boys commenced to mingle
with the crowd awaiting them on the
Iplatform until long after the hour of
midnight when the home coming
dance ended with the strains of
"Home Sweet Home.''
First, after being given an escort
up town from the depot by a guard
of honor Of returned soldiers, under
the command Of Corporal Monnette,
dinner wa. served in the banquet hall
of the Knights of Columbus Hail by
. the ladies of Langdon. The company,
+ of ups ards. two hunGred and fifty
. seated included the parents, sisters
f and sweethearts of the boys. Later
at about four O'Clock the crowd that
f had gathered at the auditorium were
n given a share in the home coming,
when a program that crowded ug
f close 10 the supper time hour was
|, given. in which the speakers welcom.
4 ing home the boys inclGded Father
Cory, Rev. Drew and Hon. r. b
o Laing, Miss Jennie Mahoney. wht
n is claimed as Langdon's Red Cross
+ nurse, just returned from cveseas
i. also Interested all lin a short talk.
q The intervening musical numbers
v were furnished by the girls of the
= high school glee club. What the boys
!. thought of their welcome and a few
q interesting incidents of their exper-
liences over there proved to be tor
, 1liner with the crowd. Those of the
= ]'boys heard from being Sergeants
/. Konze, Zeiper, Radford and Mclean,
the latter being introduced as the
i. |~'Scotch Sergeant -
= 1t was big time, but merely a
. foretaste of the big time when the
tAYanks of Cavalier county, will
4 gather in Langdon for their big re.
union of the eighteenth of June
The following is the company s
roster of officers and men:
Sergeants:
4 First Sergeant -Chas. E. Divine
Supply Sergeant-Ernest F. Zeiper
Mess Sergeant-Cyril H. Radford
e Stable Sergeant Leslie Nickerson
e Duty Sergeant-Chas Lothspech
y Duty Sergeant-Byron Konze
Duty Sergeant-Burne..' H. Kjose
Duty Sergeant-Alex j. Mclean
Duty Sergeant-Ben C. McNiven
Corporals:
3 William J. Speckmann, Albert E.
: Nickerson, George D. Delling, Ben
=. Rudd. Buel Scott, Duncan Gurley,
r Lou B Plowman, John B. Elliott,
Lot j. Plowman.
= Cooks William j. Rourke, John J.
: Virgal. Leon j. Barcelo.
; Mechanic-Sidney G. Bohn
Wagoner-Joseph Thielen
Buglers-Cecll F. Ford and Anth-
! ony Slama.
, Medic-Ray Liebeler
, Lance Corpor VIM. E. Porter
First Class Privates:
; Roland Bulloch, Lord j. Holmes.
Clifford L. Indahl, George F. John
son, Ben Frank, John S. McGregor
|
Joseph Spangelo. Orville D. Stewart
Chas. Baragar. Albert d. Berg, Oscar
Brusseau, John Crum my, Burney l..
: Dahl Thomas } Doyle, William N.
Edwards, John A. Ellis Robert ].
) Gamble. Albert C. Gilbertson, G.
Gilbertson. Seymon Holt, Harry M.
lndahl, Sidney Montgomery, Adam
d. Paris, Albert Ogland, Robert d.