South Bend news-times., 1919-04-27
Down Town District ThrOnged
With Friends and Relatives
OF Men.
BIG CROWDS GATHER EARLY
South Bend Turns Out to Hon.
or Her Soldiers, Sailors
and Marines.

All the vanished joy OF years was
reclaimed by thousands of happy
fathers. mothers and dear ones in
south Bend when the veterans Of
the world war marched in review i'm
the Welcome Home parade satur-
day afternoon.
Long before the parade started
the streets were thronged with the
wives. mothers. grand mothers, sis
ters, sweethearts and admirers Of
the several hundred men in khaki
and blue that represented South
Bend in the army that forced Ger
many 10 bow 10 the allies.
The general mobilization took
place IN Leeper park at o'clock
and the parade. with Col. George W.
Freyermuth at the head. marched
through the down town section Of
the city. past the reviewing stand in
front OF the court house on Main
St. following the parade the veterans
We're entertained with a special per-
fOrmance at the Orpheum theater.
The Reviewing staff.
In the reviewing stand was Cen
eral Chairman Fred L. Dennis. May
or Franklin r. Carson. May. Calvert.
A. r. Erskine. F. s. Fish, George
Studebaker, Miles O'Brien, +. p.
Chaplin. Edward Roche, Arthur
Baker. Arthur Duggen, Van o.
Roberts. Frank Hudahy, Tony Weber
Mayor Ralph GaylOr Of Mishawaka,
Chairman w. L. Chandler. James c..
Klink, and Ira NJ. Ullery OF the
Liberty loan headquarters.
While the units received the
praise OF the crowds OF reviewers.
still the eyes Of South Bends well
come committee sought with par
ticular interest the boys OF the 18TH
field artillery. These are the men
who left South Bend as a unit of
700 at the outbreak of the war.
trained at Camp Shelby. went to
France and were ready for the front
when the armistice was signed.
These boys have the reputation OF
being the best trained artillerymen
IN France. according to Col. Hillman
ia command OF the artillery school
ia France
Artillcrymen i'm line.
Commanding the artillerymen was
Capt. Clark Carson and his aides
were Leuts Britton. Slick and
Booth
The artillerymen were divided
into eight separate companies and
in a company of 10 men were the
members of the End division. These
-.
ice for is months They went over
the top. were gassed. spent their
time in the hospitals and are now
back home These men were in act
i've service with the marines in de-
tached service from their regular
artillery units.
Nearly all OF the men who left
south PEND IN the draft quotas after
June were assigned TO artillery
regiments. and this accounts for the
large mum Der of artillerymen in the
parade. OF the July quota OF draf-
tees all We're present except Sgt
Berkhiser. OF Mishawaka. who 3:
partially paralyzed as the result oi
an accident 10 a flying plane in Eng
land sgt Berkhiser was 5.400 fee
AM AAAE aNA f|aANta AAAN Ntet' lt- $40
pened and was seriously injured
when the machine landed He j:
receiving treatment az the CamI
Taylor reconstruction hospital he
was IN south Bend Saturday 20 re
view the parade.
Make Good Showing.
Following the artillerymen N
numbers in the line OF mar ch wer,
zoo infantrymen. Commanding eacf
platoon was a lieutenant. The com
mands or the J. ID r. march were
executed best by these men.
Unattached officers including sew
eral from the Canadian army
marched as a separate unit. Lieuts
Donald Eldredge. and Guy B. Wiser
both OF whom have seen exciting
service overseas were roundly ap
plauded as they moved through th'
sire Is
Air Men Chcercd.
Comparatively, the air serNic'
men made the best showing OF all
For the number Of men who enlisted
In this branch OF the service. there
were more parading than any other
This. OF course. includes the sigma
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