Milford chronicle., 1919-08-08
MILFORD TROOPS ARE
NOW IN The STATES
COMPANIES B. C AND D OF THE 59TH
PIONEER REGIMENT LANDED LAST
SUNDAY AT NEWPORT NEWS.
MAJOR LANK IN COMMAND
LOCAL MAN BROUGHT THE COMPANIES
BACK. ALL WILL Be MUSTERED OUT
QUICKLY AT CAMP Lee.

The remaining companies Of Del
aware's Own" regiment, the 59th Pic
neers. arrived back in the good old
U. S. A. on Sunday last. In this con-
tingent were companies B, and d,
and Major W. +. Lank of Milford
commanded the men. Company b, also
of Milford, was under command OF
Major James w. Cannon, who left
Milford as captain OF the company.
Soon after landing the three COM
panies, 562 men and 10 officers, left
for Camp Lee, Virginia, where they
will be mustered out. The men were
in the best of spirits at the thought
of again being back in the States and
their only complaint seemed to be
about the manner in which they were
fed while on the homeward journey
aboard the Artemis. According to the
men the food served was not fit for
food.
But hungry and dissatisfied as the
boys were, their countenances were
joyful as they were met by the ia
miliar faces from their native State.
Some picked out members of the re-
ception committee; others identified
their relatives; still others rejoiced in
seeing somebody in civilian clothes.
OF the 1900 boys in khaki, none except
the Delaware boys had the good for
tune to be met by as large delega-
ton as represented this State.
The men expressed their apprecia-
ton in no uncertain terms of the eff
forts put forth by the reception COM
mittee as shown by the extended trip
eOufhward IN greet them
Il wish somebody from my State or
city was here" So ran the comment
of the boys from other States as they
crossed the planks from the ship to
the pier and witnessed Delaware's lads
being greeted from all sides.
UnbOunded indeed was the joy of
the fathers and mothers who were for
tunate to spy their own boys first on
the deck OF the ship, exchanging
shouted words of greeting, and then
meet them as they stepped off the
boat.
Through the courtesy of Governor
Townsend, General Wickersham and
Mayor Taylor and the cooperation of
the military authorities, General Will
liam Chamberlain and Major General
Adelbert Cronkite, every Delawarean
who was either at Point Comfort or
Newport News was given the oppor-
tunity to meet the Artemis and later
to see the boys Immediately after their
landing.
The management of the Hotel Cham
berlain. too, where the party stopped,
gave the Delawareans every facility to
keep in touch with the incoming steam
err and aided also in the arrangements
which were carried out without so
much as a jar.
Oppose Formal Reception
The boys seemed to be unanimous
against any sort of formal reception
that will involve parading. A general
get together" of all the men in SER
vice, however, seems to find much
favor with them. The suggestion that
one of the Fair days be designated as
a Soldiers Day when everybody who
served in the war be invited with his
friends to participate in an informal
reunion finds numerous adherents
among the men, the officers and the
large majority of the people.
The reception committee consisted
of representatives from the committee
chosen from the Legislature and rep
resentatives from Wilmington headed
by Mayor Taylor. Governor Town
send was unable to reach Old Point
Comfort with the committee. but he
managed to reach there early Satur-
day morning. While waiting for the
ship all Delawareans there were the
guests of the Governor on an automO-
bile tour through the historic grounds
of Fortress Monroe and the surround
ing territory