The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-06-13
Entire City Helps Do
Honor to Victorious
Troops.
COMPANY D IS LAST
Tulsa's Own Comes in on
Last Section About 8
Thursday Night.
GREAT PARADE TAKES PLACE
Thousands Line Streets to
Watch l,5OO Soldiers
Swing By.
COME TO STAY IN 2 WEEKS
Trains Leave for Demob-
ilization Campo for Dis
charge Of Men.
GREAT PARADE TAKES PLACE
COME TO STAY IN 2 WEEKS

It's all over including the shout
ing
The lilth Engineers came. par
AIDED and went and with them Tulsa's
own Company II for which the city
has been anxiously waiting for
weeka
Tulsa looked down Main street
all forenoon In anticipation OF the
great event. Tulsa mothers. sweet
hearts, sisters and dads haunted the
Frisco station all day that they
might not lose a minute with engi-
neer relatives. greeted two sections
only to learn that Company +
would follow In the last and then
when the final section pulled In
Tulsa had her homecoming. shed
her tears and smiled her welcome
II was a great day for Tulsa.
And It was a real parade that re-
paid citizens for their labors in prep
aration and satisfied relatives after
a nervous period through which de-
lay after delay was announced. Some
even feared tho parade would be
| called off entirely. Hut II went
through on the last schedule, shortly
after 9 O'Clock. with Enfield rifles
coiors and standard. military band.
drum jor n everything
The first section arrived early
Thursday morning and overseaA cap.
ped engineers were 10 he seen every-
where CompanieEA. II and G were
the first orsa nizatlons 10 arrive this
morning and are respectively from
Port Arthur, Dallas and Hweetwater
Officers OF these organizations were
the guests OF Tulsa Rt breakfast and
luncheon and the enlisted men found
recreation In automobile rides about
tho city.
Shortly after noon 1000 persons
had gathered at the Frisco station
TO walt until the last train pulled in.
At l30 o'clock the second section
arrived and with II came Colonel
Horace Baker, commanding officer
OF the corps. and the lilth band
Organizations on the second section
were supply company headquarters
company and Company u OF the
llith ammunition train Soldier hu-
NOR WAS written all over tho cars
and ons chalked sign proclaimed
no beer no parade
Occupants OF the second section
got out and llmbered up and finally
stacked arms TO await arrival OF ths
last contingent and Company u,
Troops Of the first and part OF the
second ReCtlon, with exception OF tho
band which il an oklahoma orFaui-
lation entirely, are from Texas Some
or the boys were anxious 10 got homo,
but the majority were glad they
stopped In Tulsa and said that at
no place This side Of HOboken had
they received such welcome George
II Brundagc formerly chief clerk
FOR the VI X & r In Tulsa. IL
band leader for the lllth
Following arrival Of the second
section hundreds more tlockcd TO the
station and Main street was lined
three deep In expectancy of the pa
rade Uy 7.30 o'clock Il was esi-
mated that AZ leas, $500 persons
had gathered At tho Frisco station
20 receive Company u, and when tho
last section did pull I'm there was
grand rush FOR The first three cars.
which bore the TulRnE
Mothers and ewecthearts we're
dragged from their feet by strong
arms and lifted 20 a level with the
car windows. And there followed
such reunion, Interpreted with
hugs. kisses and handshakes, that for
II minutes officials could not get
the crowd back from the train that
Company - might form for the pa
rade Ana the platform a. tho sta
tion was Il verltaD!c fortress OF hu-
maniiy
Finally the parade formed sqnot
Of policemen and Euarlsm"n sue
ceoded IN partially clearing he
streets. and up Main street marched
the engineers io-.'h" music Of tt'l~
own band. which followed colonel
Baker and his starr N.srt hound