The Washington herald., 1919-02-10
400 District Men Among
l,200 Coast Artillerymen
Arriving in Washington
Are rendered Remark
able Reception by Great
Crowds.
MANY DECORATED
FOR BRAVE DEEDS
Dog First to Spot Master
as He Marches from
Train, While Relations
Vainly Seek to Locate
Him-Fighter Tells Of
Action When Command
ing Officer Orders Him to.


ing Officer Orders Him to.
Amid rounds of frenzied cheers from
mothers, wives and sweethearts. +O)
heavy artillerymemn. Our City's
Own" tramped through Union Sta
tion and out Pennsylvania avenue last
night, their mud SCARED helmets beat
ing q gay answer to the Tousing well
come which discipline forbade answer
ing.
Their ranks thinned by the IL per
cent of their number which paid the
Great Sacrifice, these boys, who COM
prise the entire strength Of the old
first and second companies of the Dis
trict National Guard. headed by their
regimental band, last night brought
hundreds OF war workers in the Plaza
dOrmitories to their windows. who
cheered and waved handwerchif at the
returned service men.
"Nenr-st to the Rhine"
With the return of these troops
Washington last night welcomed Its
men behind the guns" who besides
several especial citations for valorous
deeds. hold the distinction of be-
ing the unit which came nearest to
the. Rhine
Followed by crowds. which were
swelled by hundreds of fresh recruits
at every street corner, the two bat
taliOns, the Third and Second, swung
around the Capitol and down Pennsyl-
vania avenue. The line of march was
banked by crowds, who were thrilled
by sight OF the Districts veteran
troops fresh from the battlefelds of
France.
Striking up The Citizens Pride"
they marched down the Avenue to
, Third street. From there the route to
the wharf. where they were to take
the boat for Fort Washington. took
them through Third to y and along y
to the wharf.
All along Third the welcome ac-
corded the District soldiers was. If
anything. more uproarious than that
at the station. Men. women and chill
dren danced and hugged each other in
their glee.
Enough to Make Him Quit.
No wonder the Germans quit"
proud parents breathed as the units
which arrived on the first train filed
between them with all of their trench
accoutrements dangling beside them
impressively.
The boys arrived on two trains. the
first of which got in at $50 and the
second at $50 p. III. They reported
a pleasant trip from Camp Merritt.
New Jersey. where they have been in
quarantine since landing in New York
from Brest February T.
L. Z. Morris. sos East Capitol street,
was the first District boy to hit the
deck" after the first of the two trains
which brought the troops had pulled
in.
Others who promptly responded the
general cry. of District Boys to the
Front were: c. B. Cummings, 1905
Alabama avenue southeast; p. o.
David, I25S Perry street northeast;
2. S. Martin, I124 d street southeast.
Wear Divisional Insignia
All of the boys wore their division
al insignia which consists of large
black "A" with a dash of red and
a dash of white in the lower right
hand corner.
On the first train to arrive in I'm
ion Station was the Third Battalion.
commanded by Mai. John lizard, C.
A C, of Roanoke. Va. with the
Headquarters company, and the Sup
ply Company.
Those troops on the second train
were in charge of Lieut.. Col. Fair
fax Ayres. c. A. c.. and were mem
bers of the Second and Third bat
talions sent to Fort Howard, Md.
The regiment is in command of
Col. F. II. Lincoln, c. A. c. Col. E
J. wallace, c. a. c., under whose
command the regiment was original
Iy organized. was. killed in action
october % during the Argonne-
Meuse offensive.
The Sixtieth Artillery went to the
front on September s. and partici-
pated in the St. Mihiel offensive,
September 12 to 16. 1t also was in
the Meuse-Argonne offensive. in all
, three of it's phases. beginning Sep
tember IS and ending with the sign
ing of the srmistice. This regiment
was armed with the G. P. F. gun
caliber 155 NM. and was several
times cited for its services.
~ seven Months In France.
The Sixtieth Artillery, c. A. C..
landed in New York from Brest on
February l. They sailed from the
United States for France on April g,
seeing seven months service on for
eign soil.
Their unit was organized at Fort
washington. Md, and Fort Monroe,
Va It includes the coast artillery,
National Guards of this city and Vir-
gfnia. together with Battery d, COM
posed entirely of District boys.
Boat Makes Two Trips.
Arrived at the wharf. the Third Bat
talon. comprising both the first ara
second companies of the old ID. C.
y. G. c. A. c., which trained at Fort
washington, with trailing guns.
boarded the Major L'Enfant, which
was filled to capacity by the 600 men
OF the leading contingent. The Second
Battalion, which followed the first at
an interval OF about half an hour. was
headed by Col. Lincoln. of the regular
army. commander of the 50th Heavy