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cAMRpiDGE. MD.. MAY l9. 1919
SPEED WELCOMS PLAN
Members Of Governors Committee
Will SeIIie Details Today-<ii eet-
ers Ia Leave Tonight.

gradually draw closer 20 American
shores, The greal machinery of wei
come which the people of The State
have constructed out of their desire
to pay fitting tribute TO the iIaryland
aghters hourly is grinding out new
novel ideas which will make the re-
turn one long to be remembered.
Today. at noon, Governor Harring
tons committee. headed by judge
0orter. will meet with representa-
tives of the auxiliaries and welcom-
ing associations in the Circuit Court,
and there final details of many of
the plans will be worked out. With
In an hour or two after this meeting
ts over the vanguard of Maryland's
missionaries Of welcome will be on
bay boats, on the way down to New
port News, there to start the work
Of making the Virginia port. for a
few weeks at least, as nearly like
. Maryland city as it is possible to
make it.
At the same time. Adjt.-Gen. Hem
uH. Wariield will be in conference
with officers ut Camp Meade. and
will be concluding with them plans
tor bringing the Maryland fighting
units to Baltimore for parade. Cen
eral Warfield was assured in Wash
'ington Saturday that the units will
II allowed to parade in Baltimore,
sud that the commander at Camp
Meade will be instructed immediate
~ to cooperate with General War
Asld in every way.
Before the noon meeting today
membfrs of,4he Governors commit
tee ms de tentative plans for securing
Z building down at Newport News.
near dhe deharxation camps, where
real Maryland men and women. real
Aaryl4nd food. real Mary land gos-
sip. win be awaiting the returning
soldiers. Mrs. C. Baker Clotworthy
has been named by the Governor to
represent Maryland in this feature of
the reception, and she Will be in
charge of this building.
Mrs. Clotworthy said yesterday
that so far NO definite plans for get
ting q building had been carried out,
and. therefore. she could make no
plans for operating it. However.
said Mrs. Ciotworthy, if something
definite can he done at the noon
meeting in Judge Gorter's court to-
day, she will be prepared to go to
Newport News on the night boat and
start work at once. II a building is
secured, Mrs. Clotworthy will take
with her. to aid in extending Mary
land's welcome, Is OF the Maryland
uemen who have assisted her in the
A Cross canteen work here. They
IN ~ therefore, not only Maryland
weneA. but Maryland women who
k1ov best just what pleases the
rstprning soldier most.
Auxiliarles of the Seventy-ninth
and Twenty-ninth Divisions and aux
iltaries Of scattered Maryland units
were busy yesterday brushing up fl
nal details Of their plans. SO that they
would be ready to cooperate quickly
and fully with Judge Gorter's COM
mdttee today. No time is to be lost
- Aarylanders will be coming in in
ever-increasing numbers for several
weeks. The work that to be done,
1f the reception to be given the sol
diers is to be fitting one and
real Maryland welcome. must be done
quickly. with everyone cooperating.
AT, the meeting of the Governor
committee IN the Circuit Court it
probably will be decided just who
will be .the official delegates from
the stats Of Maryland to go to New
port News to meet the soldiers. Gov
senor Harrington and Judse Gorter
win 60. but just who the others will