Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-10
5TH DIVISION men
IN FIRST REUNION
5000 Buddies Throng Hotel,
Recounting Experiences in
Trenches Of France
BUSINESS MEETING TODAY

Six thousand "buddies" Of the Fifth
Division are focking into the city in
anticipation Of the divisional reunion,
which opens this afternoon and con-
tinues until Monday night. The three
day celebration, which commentaries
the battle of st. Mihiel, got well under
way last night. following the arrival
OF Major General Henson e. Ely, for
mer commander OF the division In
France. He was given a dinner at the
Ritz Carlton by Judge Philip ]. Nc
Cook, of the New York delegation, at
which twenty-one were present.
While registration was under way
this morning in divisional headquarters
three railway stations. Major General
Ely made flying trip to League Is
land to confer with Commander l.. NJ.
Mutton.
The formal business session opens this
afternoon in the ballroom of the Belle
vue Etratford. with Major General Ely
presiding. The chief business Of the
day is the election of a successor to
General Ely, who has announced his
retirement. He has been president of
the Society of the Fifth Division since
it was founded in the spring of 1910,
while the Fifth DYSON was part of the
army of occupation located Mt Luxem-
bourg. This is the first meeting in this
country.
Possible Presidents
rrbose oor+;oned Nc nossih,o oord;.
.loto" CO.. tbo nresidan"v aro fiortenont
Colonal Herbert Parsons, former assist :.
ont cbiof 90 d;,is;onoi bon,d,rortoro
StaF I;outenent Colone, Iacob Dos.
bnJr former diy;s;on ;nsnector and
inr Pbilin 7 McCoo,, W
It tho clnse ~ tbe hrs;noss soss;o,
tho brdd,es will remob;Ii,o in tbo for.
NOR comnonies and hatteriss onI moot
tbe mon tbev tough, beside in France
While this Is in nrooress a ron for
the visiting "buddyettes, the wives,
other women and relatives Of the sol :
ders who have accompanied them to the
city, will be given at the Emergency
Aid, 221 South Eighteenth street, by
Mrs. Barclay II. Warburton and Mrs.
J. Willis Martin. Those assisting are
Mrs. G. Carrow Chance, Mrs. Henry
Brinton Coke. Mrs. Fred Mayer, Mrs.
c. w. Snyder, Mrs. C. Ardley Shed
aker, Mrs. Walter Nash. Mrs. Charles
NJ. Lea. Miss Margaret Parks and Miss
Hannah Sparks.
Later in the evening the veterans will
assemble in Moose Hall, Broad street
and Girard avenue, for an old fash =
ioned roundup" There will be re-
produced selections from the skit,
busting Them Off," the famous Fifth
Division production which toured the
A. z. +. in France. Talent from the
Philadelphia theatres and from New
York will furnish amusement.
The veterans will spend tomorrow IN
Atlantic City, making the trip in q
special train which leaves Chestnut
street ferry of the Reading Railway a'
Z 80 A. NJ. daylight saving time. They
will be welcomed by Mayor Badcr, Il
citizens committee, post of the Amer
lean Legion and band
This city bos unfurled its fIngs il
boror of No bmdd;en and tho dowptow,
business section Is bricbt with color
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