Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-26

drnb tunics Yesterday when the great
I..,iathan, proud OF her cargo. steam
Ell msjestically into New York har-
Dor. IL had safely brought from Brest,
France, units OF tho Rainbow division
representing "a dozen states ana the
District OF Columbia and It's welcome
was n national one.
south. east and west were present
in the cheering thronges assembled In
HobokoN when the giant OF our trans
port fleet was warped into her dock.
Illinois and Chicago and Dapville were
there. for 500 OF the men aboard were
Reilly's Bucks. The itsth field srtil-
iery had come home.
Their Hopes ovsrtoppsd.
Not an officer nor an enlisted man
aboard who had not dreamed for eight
cen months OF this homecoming, They
had tried TO visualize their first
glimpse OF their own country; had
thrilled with the anticipation OF how
the silhouette OF the Statue OF liber-
" would break out against the skies
and finally had lived again and again
the heartful OF joy at sounds of voices
never forgotten and at the clasp or
eager hands.
Crash of bands, salvos OF cheers
and the welcome home greetings or
thousands OF friends far outran all
the imaginings Of dugout days II IL
reasonably certain that none or these
200 pictured himself standing with
his fifty pound pack upon his back
looking dow the gang plank thru
his own tears. But that happened to
many a boy who had taken his shellfire
like a veteran.
Get Ready Hours Before.
Every man was proud of the Ram
bow emblem upon his left sleeve ana
he was proud OF the Rainbow's vel
come.
The Leviathan did not dock until
after o'clock. but at II o'clock TINS
morning all the doughboys had their
rolls rolled and were ready. Nheh
officers went down 10 the lower decks
shortly before noon and sang out 'Roil
your rolls" mighty shout OF derision
greeted them.
Leave It to n Rainbow doughsoy or
Reilly cannoneer 10 be ready, orders
or no orders.
Iowa Boys Stay Aboard.
The lssth infantry, doughty Iowa
boys, were the only ones to be LETT on
the ship all night. They went TO Camp
Upton today, while the i49th field ar
.ilery was sent off last night TO Camp
Merritt. twenty five miles up on the
Jersey side. To the same camp went
the I50th Undiana) artillery and the
l6Sth infantry. the pride Of Col. Ben
son w Hough and of his fellow COM
monwealthers I'm Ohio.
Sanitary trains. military police
headquarters companies, and various
minor units also went TO Merritt. They
took ferries to Weehawken and thence
to camp In west shore trains
Some Division III Fsssiu5.
These arrangements made II appar-
ent that no parade OF the Rainbow di-
vision was Contemplated and this news
was greeted with mingled feeling by
the troops. While there was q uni
versal feeling Of disappointment that
the high chiefs of army affairs had
seen tit to deprive the famous combat
division Of it's collective greeting, there
were many who We're relieved at the
probability that no parade meant an
earlier return to their homes. -
One officer said with some spirit
that he was surprised the war depart
ncnt had not delayed the landing from
tine i.esiathan until after dark 10 thai
the boys might hnse bean tnstled or
and got out af aiehts with the least
disturbance TO everybody canceined.