Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-30
so Heroes Bodies
ArriUe Here

who keep the crowd of mourners in
check.
\ detail Of seventy five men under
Acting Lieutenant Brinton was on duty
10 keep the pathway clear from the
platform to the hearscs. The task
was not an easy one.
The majority Of peop'c the police had
TO handle were relatives and friend,
of the dead men. Some of the people
| were half -crazed as their old heart
wounds were reopcned. and they pressed
| have against the gray uniforms in
| an effort to follow their loved ones
all the way to the baggage room and
on to the waiting hearses.
Space would never permit this and
the sympathy with which the stalwart
officers lmost Of them veterans them
selves) repulsed them, was deeply af.
| fecting. And. never mind how hard
the press against them, or apparently
unreasonable the person they repulsed,
the big men never forgot reverently tc
remove their caps and hold them over
their hearts as the cnsk kct laden baggage
trucks were dragged by.
In today's group of dead there were
more marines than in any previous
/
| Roberts Rcath Post No. 1856. were nun :
bcred among today's arrivals. Most of
these men were members Of the Fifth
and Sixth Regiments who fell at
Bellcau Woods. Representatives of the
post stood at attention as the caskets
passed by and on each was placed q
special wreath donated by the Women !
Auxiliary of the post.
| ct..I-..
The onlr member Of the Mystic Shrine
| here to fan, Private George b. kolp,
was met with special honors. W. Free
land Kendrick. formerly head Of the
Shrine, escorted Mrs. Kolp. the boy S
mother. and a wreath from the Shrine,
MS we'll as those donated TO all the
boys. was placed on his caskct: Mrs.
Kolp broke down completely when the
casket was unloaded from the train.
An effort was made to prevent her
seeing the necessary business like
briskness Of the men handling the large
number of caskets, but she came
through the line of police and saw the
overalled workmen unloading the body
of her son.
She was accompanied by Mrs. Blanche
Bcllak and her son. daughter and son
| in law as well as Mr. kcndrick. She
| turned first to Mrs. Bellak as il for
comfort and then, as II sensing the
fraternalism that he represented, turned
to Mr.. KendriCk and wept on his shoul
der. Mr.. Kendrick bent over and ten
dcrly kissed her on the cheek. Her
friends comforted her, and then. kiss
ing the colors her son had given his life
for. Mrs. Kolp followed the casket to
the waiting ambulance.
Small az the group gathered to greet
the returning heroes was, most of those
in the trainshed were bound together
with a grief beyond the understanding
of those who had not suffered as they
had. Strange friendships were formed
as the long train pulled in with its
freight. Standing near the gate, both
diffident rs II not wanting TO intrude
their sorrow stood a strange pair. The
one, q man, was heavily built. we'll
dressed ft with the form that means,
money and years of careful nurturing.
He stood nervously lingering heavy
in front of him. Beside him there
stood a little woman in faded black
Weak. thin looking. reddish hair
framed her face. Pathetically worn
fingers told Of the factory or the sew
ing machine, the peering eyes of hard
hours in poor light.
Takes Woman by Arm
II was very evident that the man
and the woman did not know one an .
! other. Just as evident that they were
| 10th waiting for something they did
not want TO see. As the train came TO
a stop and the first flag showed out Of
the door. the woman slipped closer to
the man as If needing his superior
strength. Without looking at her. and
without the slightest embarrassment the
! big man slipped his arm around her
shoulder and pulled her close TO his
side. Thus they stood until one caskct
| passed bearing the name she waited
for. She left him and started after it
sobbing. The man glanced in an unccr-
| tain manner toward the place he cx-
! peCted to see his own dead. Then as IL
doing what he felt that the man in the
casket would want him to do he leaned
after the little faded lady and took her
arm and followed the casket to the
door.
Besides the War Mothers and the
| City Committee headed BY Cantoin
I'Forge Geiger the following American
Legion posts gathered with their colors
TO form a lane for the bodies of the re.
| turning heroes:
Thomas Roberts Reath Post. No,
/ lSG; John p. Garland, 1876; William
=. Shetlins. 96; Harry l.. Greenwood
332; George II. Imhof, 1913; Garrity,
Stern, Price, All. and Corporal James
q. Cochrane Post, 2J1, Veterans OF
Foreign Wars.
The Greenwood post had special
committee in waiting to Put n special
/ wreath, donated by their ladies' aux .
| iliary, on the CNskct of Private Harry
| ], Greenwood. after whom their no I
was named, who died in the Argonnc,
November ;, 1918.
Bodies That Arrived
The bodies which arrived today were
| those of:
Barnard Ashteel, $500 Green street pri.
yate, Company K 3I5th Infantry; rnomas
! W Astbury. 1913 AIlengroye street. private.
Company H. Sibth Infantry; Walter Al,
wood, 1910 Cedar street, private Company
Y, 3lSth Infantry Brinton s. Buck, s2l5
Ridge avenue. private. Company l.. 10th
| Infantry; Judson EuEene Budman, lOi South
| Market street, Muncy, Pa, private, Eighty
| third Company. Sixth Marines.
James J. Cassidy. .6Sl3 Aleman street.
private; Company, u 3i6th Infantry; James
Company n; ,lilth Infantry: Joseph y.