The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-27
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!. stops at tho Union Station Twenty
Minutes This Morning and keo-
kuk Soldiers In II sec
Their Folks.
FORT MADISON ENTREPoT
parade and Dinner In Park, with Big
crowd Present, Marks the Re-
turn Home OF the Iowa
Unit.

The 1O9th ammunition train stopped
n Keokuk for twenty minutes this
n,orning. but remained in the coaches.
The train arrived at $40 o'clock.
Tho relatives Of the few Keokuk
mon in the organization were at the
Union station to see their boys from
avarseas but otherwise there was no
demonstration, as practically nobody
snow that the train was coming
,hrouph here. Fort Madison had given
on+ that It would reach that city over
.ha santa Fe railroad, but 1t came
from st. Louis
The Keokuk men on the train we're
W F. Montgomery, son OF the deputy
sheriff 81 anderson. Robert smith, a
nephew of James F. Ffnigan. and Louis
Klein. formerly of the Royal Cloak
company here and later of Burlington.
Thev had time for a pleasant visit
with their friends and relatives who
wore at the station before the train
pulled out.
| II reached Fort Madison before II
o'clock and there had its first real
.oste If home coming celebrations.
MANY Of its men are from Fort Madi-
CON and the most Of them are from
burlington. They have been gone two
years.
Bio Time at Fort Madison.
rabies were set in Old Settlers park
at Fort Madison. and the men march
cd there when they detrained for
three hour stop. Whistles had blown
and bells rung when the train started
from Keokuk, and large crowd gath
cred to welcome back the soldiers.
MANY of the people came from the
surrounding country, because they haa
relatives and friends among the SOL
diers of the ammunition train.
It has sos men in it now. after many
transfers in America and France, ana
those coming home as the unit are
.only a minority part Of the original
Organization. There were originally
sixteen men from Keokuk. Clayton
Jones is still in France.
At the park, Fort Madison gave the
men a dinner Of cakes, cookies, sand
witches, ice cream cones and lemon.
ade. topped off with cigarettes ana
cigars. !,
BurInuton Gave Them Pies.
A band led the march from the rail-
cad station to the park. and members
d the Kings Daughters waited on the
tables there.
At Burlington this afternoon, the
hen weer given another demonstra-
bon, largely the reunion Of families
Sith members in the ammunition
train
An important feature there was the
doption of the Keokuk plan, inaugu-
ated here when the 16Sth infantry ar
lived home Of giving the men home
babe pies in packages.
Mayor James NJ Bell headed a re-
9eption committee which came down
10 Fort Madison to meet the ammu-
Aition train men this forenoon. The
Huntington streets are decorated to-
ay in honor of the returning soldiers
md parade occurred late this after
oon
q The soldiers were marched from
pc railroad station to North Hill
ark. where they were fed good
pings to eat, including the pies.
hen they marched back to the sta
on. where large square was roped
u and only the relatives admitted
pto the enclosure.
Major T. P. Hollowell, of Fort
ADDISON, who commanded the unit
lrlng almost all of it's service. re-