Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-24
WELCOMING PLANS
ARE TAKING SHAPE
Tentative Date in the Com
ing Week Fixed for Greeting
D. C. Soldiers.
BIG RECEPTIONS IN VIEW

With forty-one local fighting veter-
ans awaiting rehabilitation from
Company B of the 104th Signal Bat
talon at Camp Meade and several
hundred other District troops from
the 10th Field Artillery and 312th
Machine Gun Company due at the
denobilization point within few
1daxs iRdfcetians today are that the
held here either on Thursday, or FRI
day of the coming week.
If the, men Of the 312th arrive in
Camp Meade Wednesday they will
come with the other two units to this
city for the blowout" before de-
mobilization. The 10th Field Artil-
lery will arrive at Camp Meade Tues
the camp today. The date OF. arrival
of the machine gunners depends on
the railroad administration, 1t was
said. They are due to arrive in New
port News, it is said, tomorrow morn
ing at 8 o'clock. -.
Plans for the Reception.
Plans for the reception Of the boys
have crystallized. The 10th Field Ar
tillery is to be entertained by rela-
tives and friends at Wardman Park
Hotel. All other troops from the Dis
trict who have returned from over
seas duty with any other unit will be
entertained with supper, dance and q
reception in the Willard Hotels large
ballroom, which has been turned over
to the woman's committee under the
leadership Of Mrs. Larz Anderson for
an entire evenings celebration. John
H. Small & Sons, florists, will furnish
the decorations for the ballroom.
naoord ~ C;evoI H6>r
While not so much attention has
been paid to the signal men, who ar
rived at Meade yesterday evening, as
this little group probably saw more
service at the front than either of the
other two units. They went through
Verdun. the Argonne and several
other big engagements, being reserves
at st. Mihie1 when the big push"
vance. The largest number of these
fighters are young men, the average
age being not more than twenty-one.
They received special commentator
18th Division, for their fighting quail
ties during some hot campaigns.
Statement by Chairman Cans.
. Chairman Isaac Cans of the citizens
w6lcome-home committee stated this
morning that the word parade" was
being used generally for the informal
march up Pennsylvania avenue north
west.
"This may be called a parade if
very broad use of the word is taken
into consideration" he said. But as
a matter of fact it is simply half an
hours hike up Pennsylvania avenue
without equipment and without a big
government official to review the
marchers."
The men will be met on Thursday
or Friday. if they arrive, al the Union
station by the District National
guardsmen under command of Brig
Gen. Richard D. Simms. The guards
men will escort them up Pennsyl-
vania avenue to the Willard Hotel, if
it is evening. and to keiths il the
arrival is before the time for matt
nee performance.
Tentative Program.
In case it is late afternoon the men
will go to the Willard, where the
10th Field Artillery will detach itself
from the other units and proceed to a
point where special street cars are
expected to be provided for the ride
to the Wardman Park Hotel.
Plans for the reception of both units
are complete. There is in reality ac-
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