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A ENTERPRISE, ACCOMAC, VA., JUF Vast Multitude Pays Tribute To1 p-| Virginia Troops in Richmond IMore than 100*000 people paid a I glowing tribute to Virginia’s war I heroes of the 111th field artillery, the I od 318th regiment of infantry of the 80th I irs division and the 104th ammunition Ind train at Richmond, Va., Friday, May I ad 30th, when the returned soldiers I to, marched through eight miles of a I ire I wild, cheering mass of humanity. J ts Major General Adelbert Cronkhite, I ce organizer and commander of the 80th I w (led the parade, iri which the field I ig. artillery of the 29th division, com- I ! I posed of Virginia National Guards- I en men, were the first in line. * ,1;re i Richmond and the hundreds that I rer , gathered there from all sections of; I nd the state gave the returning men a I lat great welcome, and it was on a pari I ny with the home coming demonstration I n’t of Saturday, May 24, that greeted the I en 116th infantry of the 29th. Never I an before in the history of the city had I ut there been such great enthusiasm I lat! shown, the soldier boys in both in- I ^er stances being given a royal reception. I tys Warrp weather made parading dis- I so. agreeable, and while men and women I ive in the crowds th^t lined the streets, I tey were succumbing to the heat waves, I the the seasoned veterans from France !| ire kept line without a tremor as per- I md spiration streamed from their hands I toy and faces. In the reviewing stand in I iad the center of the court of honor was I I Major General Omar Bundy, hero of I for Ghateau Thierry and now commander 11 he of Camp Lee; Governor Davis, Mayor I aid Ainslie, of Richmond, and other state I rer and city dignitaries. I, I The line of march was along his- I trd toric Monument avenue, around Lee 1 ne monument, where Confederate vet- I so erans cheered the boys, and along I 'es Franklin street and through the Arch I ier of Victory into the capital squai’e;1! ist thence along Broad street. The I ck parade disbanded shortly after 3 I six o’clock, and the troop movement to I I Camp Lee, where the men will be I ly, I mustered out of the service began. I ch The last man did nht leave Richmond I in. for several hours. Lho The troops arrived in Richmond or Friday morning on two steamers and — is- six special trains, cannon placed high I on the hills overlooking the James ig river, booming out a salute as theyer hove into sight. Without delay the ss men were transported to the fair je grounds, where they were fed and ta greeted by relatives until noon, se The colors carried by the 318th in-at fantry, national ai-my, of the 80th I division from Richmond and casteim re Virginia, were presented to the $tatehe of Virginia, being received by Gov-he emor Davis. In accepting them the Governor told of the pride that Vir-C(j ginia felt in her boys, and how “like at true Virginia boys they brought their ou colors back unsullied. The hardened cs soldiers I see before me,” he said,“are es. boys of the type Lee and Jackson ry loved to lead, and the Governor ofill Virginia and the people of VirginiaI are proud of you.” nd Just prior to this exercise First-a Sergeant Charles G. Jones, of Cornice pany F, 318th infantry, of Hopewell, was called from the list and present-of ed with the. distinguished service cross I for extraordinary gallantry in action, in going far ahead of the line and bringing in two severely wounded men across an open field in the face of a ue, heavy fire.
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Accomac Peninsula Enterprise
Accomac, Virginia, US
Sat, Jun 07, 1919
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