The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-04-18
DEMONSTRATION WAS ONE or
GREATEST EVER wtTnsssEo
Nv MEMPHIS.
-Four Mits payaas Ia One Grand Tn.
Umpbsi Maech~~s fonxsd Fight
srs Looked FIT To Repeat
4 II Necessary.


ened the ntalsegt tightags of the sld
First Tennessee cane horne under the
standards and guldons of tho iiStt
FlslG Arfiliary--home from tbs bells
vi the Arxonne and III, Mihsel--h caae
10 Memphis. mother Of generations 0l
southern fighting men
rorgottsE were the Agonies and
gloom Of war. Gone were the Anguish
and sorrow. Ut those other days when
the regiment marched away To txes
the ansaid furt~s Of the world easa
eiysm. Erased we're the fears and saf
f-rinx of mothers, wfsss. sweetheana
fathers
Tears there were In abundance,
They told the Joy VI mothers ~ rho
sight Of sons They were the mani
fastations VI sarsins souls which
grasped the magnificent significance
OF the occasion
Like the true southsrners that they
are. theso sturdy youths had gone,
Out of glnrinua achievement they re'
turned with swelling hearts and
dimming vision they were crested. ~
Memphis paid homage 10 her glorious
own
Countless thousands thronged every
vantage point. and no Roman emperor
returning victorious 10 the Holy City
gained greater Aeclaitn than the srib
etc 10 these soas Of Tennessee.
Gods pnrest sunshine graced the
m@ning an tha regiment de,fained,
Az tfah,t asse4 !S#sas 4a~a.a The
driveway from the Union Depot. II re-
called other days when az national
Euardsman tho regiment moved away
10 the Rio tifandn to face the war
clouds on the Mexican border AZ Il
returned whom tho clouds had lifted
~ again II turned the mntSles Of Its
rifles toward the hloodhounds OF car
mage, thia time on the PARKWAY soil
Of Belgium and France
70 the strains af the same glorious
march shleh gracsd their welcome
back from IN. Mexican frontier, the
scrried ranks began their trtumphsl
procession through cheering thou
sands
For two long weary years Mempha
had awaited this day And on the sec
cnd anniversary Of the aeslarsttoa OF
the United ta.ws that Germany mus,
bs crushed, those prayers wero
granted
Silent and tense the masses of hu
naniiy which packed the streets walt
sd the coming OF the steel hclme,ed
EgnnerS Balconies we're filled aud
the ruofs OF buildings were lined with
eager watchers
Eur nearly two hours the iiAth
tiGld Artillery fyavff$e1 Tho city
strecta. always between ciosely drawn
iines OF mon. women and children
Pretty gtrls, mothers, infants Ia arms
ali were there to give throat To their
tribute Fisgs waved and tluttevd
over the throne Flowers we're flung
% the rViumn Clouds of ccntetu
sw,rled In the hreetn An occasional
festive bomb burst harmless but nols,
tiy In the clear blue ct the heavens
And though they marched modest
under tha plaudi,s " the mnlIitats,
their faces. their ewes their erect, con
tlden, carriage. told the story ~ 'isht
A. lad VI nf nE
ieft IN lads. serious ~ course, fired
with the torch Of patriotism, hut after
oil lads They returned With fighting
fsees, xtc~ied In the fires ~ battle
They went away as the First Ten
ne~sse Infantry. VITA loss and las
trons r~s,ord They came back az thr
i,S,A Field Artillery, recognized as
one VI the flowers OF the army ready
to n'yca, II necessary,
Their harrase," Acknowledged a
marine " no wss a, ~ MlhseI. was as
rrSplar and accurate In frons Of Va, as
th~ Nnp~ ~ 4 rabbit "
Aua wttb All the neatness q. .a.sssss
frar'd euHtre these tauShty warriors
ma-yhet ecytye terjr admirers, their
cadrac@ regular ANd their tread that
et ths a'l aa.t", isys whoa ne uait
Wa f&ses,t a. .rt Ncs; drilled guard
ou'sit tn 'No roaruy Most loved II
Mempat2Us .A rE.eH a7tS Was tom
pspv / ~ ChI.kafv GEARS. raw