Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1919-05-24
THE ll5TH'S ARRIVAL
SPURS PRE- IATlONS
Must Hurry Work Reception
And Arrangements "A For The
Parade, TO BE Su esful
IT IS NOW NEVER

The arrival at NcApof News this
morning OF tile ll5sh llfantry. in
which are the majority DE the former
Maryland Guardsfnen wl@ left Anna
polss IN the service of ,neir country
during September of IS 917s#has rought
ID all acute situation the prep arations
for the greeting IL our reteern ea heroes,
Much remains to e d0na il our re-
turned heroes are to le greeted hitting
III. and It must / & done ms next two
or three DAYS More nloaaey must be
collected, the decorating nsslst le rush
ed and preparations forthe supper
and other features OF tie reception
must 10 ahead Ill d faster pace II III
now or never
IIair-frigger action must e taken
liz the plan To have Company n and
lthe Machine Gun Company in which
are most of the local Eogs. parade
The plan to have this done may not
he carried out Everything possible
to iring il about will te done and All
that could Z done np . tlals point has
already been done the parade
takes place. ii will probably e on
Thursday or Friday of next week. but
there ii Ii reasonable chaRce and the
pub lie must prepare Tor M that the
parade, as planned, viii rot be possi-
#ble. At any rate, every thing possible
must be done, and there must I q no
slowing down III any feature II the
parades not held. then everything
must 20 towards the great reception.
The committee on relations with the
War Department has handled the mat
ter Of arranging for The official per-
mission for the two companies 70 come
to Annapolis, 1t has written the War
Department. and received a courteous
ans wer. i'll which il is referred 70 the
authorities of the camp and the regi-
nent. "A letter was also waiting for
Col. Nj. Al. Reckord, commanding Of
iicer of the 1l5th, and he he.recelvea II
when he landed. and was informed Of
the local plans, and his assistance ask
ell in furthering the plan, Those who
know him are assured that he will
do everything possible 10 assist n the
plan
Finally, committee consisting Of
Judge Moss, Mayor Strange and Major
Riley. III standing ready 10 go % Camp
AIelee Immediately upon the arrival
there OF the II5th, and try 10 put the
mater through 1t IS thought that
tlie regiment will reach tile Anne
Arundel cantonment on Tuesday or
Wednesday The committee intends
I'd drop everything and leon the spot
Iii the same time. II viii keep in
close touch with the movements of the
regiment. and be ready 70 start
promptly for Camp Meade
The situation iii regard tosthe parade
of the two companies needs some ex-
planatlom Lack Of exact Snfor nation
as to the arrival Of the regiment at
Camp Meade and the length Of the
stay there. makes the situation solne-
what difficult, II is hoped that these
two companies can re brought here
Is whole The community will take
delight iii seeing the officers and men
with whom our boys served and
fought and iii entertaining them
There are, however certain diff
culfies in the way of making this ar
rangemenf. Hardly one fourth of the
member Of these companies are local
men. lne rest are from other parts
of Maryland and from naarly every
state i'll the Union Mary are from
the Southwest Texas. New Mexico
and ARIZONA. Ii viii I necessary
ID secure the consent ofstRe men Il
the comapnies are to.conse To Anna
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