Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-21
.bRONZED VETERANS
MARCH ON STREETS
PAVED WITH ROSES
Waiting Wives and Mothers
Snatch Hasty Kiss From
Loved Ones.
REBEL WELLS REND AIR
| AS HEROES DISEMBARK
Flying Machines and Balloons
Circle Vessel as Matsonia
Sails Into Harbor.
CHILDREN FORM "WELCoNIE"
Governor and Party From Capital
Greet Arriving Ship as II
Entered Bay.
REBEL WELLS REND AIR
AS HEROES DISEMBARK
CHILDREN FORM "wELCoNrE.
Governor and Party From Capital
Greet Arriving Ship ms II
Entered Bay.
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NEWroRT1' 70 SEws ShS fimSs1 %A ApisEatehl Ma %
Ssirginta,s own, the One Hundrod and
orSshtn scorcs of dh,y inihamtry. in which there are
morning. and Was accorded the rreats
GSt welcome III the history of the city.
stuart. Tomorrow they wjll take onmp nns.
SeHi'on @ili be Of the the e,ty Thursday they
day morning they will leave for Rirh.
iliGnd ,. ior regimental parade before
of the service. out
which the troops came BACK, od,a dcc,.rs on
cane. cans me arms arms Of land at the Virginia
II 10 embrace the mwhen they siChted
america early this morning.
Greeted by Richmond Party.
,.sn ne 1ransport steamed on in Chesa-
Roads Roads SAY insnr and thence into Hampton
iruesed laws ,ayo nE Governor Westmoreland
Mayors Of other Virginia tia'9nni cities and
welcoming delegations from ali over Hru
the STATE These deleeations Vent vel 'out out
chasers 'n,s ms, morning morning on submarine
tbs Slfglng fIs z :, machines ma and balloons from
over the homins ship. The tugs ann
| launches went as near as they Il, re,,
TJranSes tJ and cigarettes hurtled through
With 'ir Their Meoners sons , exchanged greetings
rcnt the air. EetS
Airpianc Delivers Message.
the nesr sne .h hMa,s1nia turned to enter
low low oSar oSer fhannei ,ha An airplane swooped
locke looked as though it we're going to
nrash ,nash,, into the ship. On and S on the
breath. their mouths agape in wonaer
Inc machine rose Slightly, glided
tbbTopsh fbi9s III, the air above lhe ship. some
faliinR among the closely nacsaG
thousands of khaki-clad men whp were
grouped on the deck
:, IL was a message from Mayor A
Moss, or Newport News. and a, bnnaIe All,
Gs Is,irn, ineWspapers ,rs The men yelled thei,
ana came back, playing about the hnat
and its precious cargo Of humanifv
As As s. II came up the channee and turned
III towards the pier.
me small boats dropped behind and
daio dai across TO another pier. where the
% the revie tiWi winG ,anden s1s and were takenbto
virginia Veterans Dtsembark,
~ IHis time the Matsonia was dock
dncL ns rsw lev people We're allowed on the
al rather than be charged with
favoritism one by one the V;rrini.
reiorana, ',e, tried and true, fled down
the dock. Bands played and wives Of
some OF the men who were on the nier
snatched brief kiss as their Loved
enc passed the space roped off ,Yor
them. i Hto'
An hour later the w>rd march Was
gwen. The men swuns down the run-
street. Two hundred yards away tbers
was mighty roar from the assembled
snonssnds; so,,nds IS This mingled with the
craft in the harbor. created din
never 10 be forgotten. Packs were
disposed OF on waiting trucks and The
men flied by.
Streets strewed with Flowers.
Again ,, the command march" was
gwen This time the troops were pre-
ceded by an automobile truck laden
nigh with roses. Little girls strewed
the streets with these. the men crush
rob nailed shoes.
The regmental band struck up
martial air and the great review was
on Half a mile away General HarIsv
r. Ferguson. comma ndant OF the port.
the Governor. Mayor Ainsiie and other
Mayors and scores OF people in the
rival OF the men.
As the troops swung through the
walls OF humanity which lined either
side Of the street. there was another
to block like a line Of machine guns
opening UP, one after another. l.
reached the grand stand. Mounted
orderlies had difficulty in restraining.
their horses.
Under the Arch of Triumph.
An ambulance bearing several men
taken sick on the trip across hove
in sight. The crowd Went wild Soon
the strains of music could be heard
The reGimental band passed under the
Arch Of Triumph.
Virginia veterans. men who met and
defeated the flower OF the German
army. hove in sight. Men and boys
went mad. Women forgot themselves
pounding each other on the back. Here
and there along the line OF march a
woman dashed from the crowd. leapcd
at the neck of IA bronzed hero and
without stopping second. caught step
with the troops and continued on the
way to camp
And while they marched silent
host, invisible, noiscicsS. dead yet liv-
ing, there. though unseen. marched
with them.
Spirits OF Dead March With Living.
None saw them. yet they we're there.
Heads erect. shoulders back. faces set
and eyes agleaminS, the deathIess
dead marched with The dauntless liv-
ms.
Ecrie forms they were, those spirit,
of the men of the one Hundred and Six.
teenth who fell OF Flanders fields. They
made no sound they trod the car. /,
pct OF roses strcvn by loving and
grateful children. o.
sleep" f
Thus did tho city remember thsnrsin
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