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3KESDAY MORMNG, MAT 14, mWELCOME INK IT KWrtUT NEWSFDS NTS SACK FBNf SfttSEftS» «T lrfipt by Th—i ; at tk ¥1ipu Part—EacfeI!KepRsnetf fcy a Sepoul Manpr IIwk)♦*(CTacresgmnfisira TUte Trifiima)' Ha: snam city err InnliimjaEs oil trieNewport: New^i. Fit,. Stay X31t—^ruinfe. anfy a. stqueeif tfiraw-*ntis,.35LhamfretL thousand. vecmasu troops are *#( dto ter* arrive hr this; mstxrda town. front overseas iir tire next few months. Mast or them; win: came hr regimental units.. They are the picdfe of the fighting: men. tram:, every state in the- un-?rn-rrtfrom tire ininr wfrer*t the overseas rrmrr debark mam.tSe transports;.Racpansd: IWafragerr There..Iir these Buildings- lie* will ffmf rsg:--itazL managers ami willing: staffs off! men ini women., who are eager toion. They will' Ire quartered: in tie i help Mm tide ccver until Be goes j adjacent camps front nvs to ten days j Borne.. He will Bud daily newspapers j before being: ordered to tieir Borne j from Bis awn Borne town.. letters from. •fda-:dtetencamps. This means, that wifffe they are in fact, back an American sail, they are still far from borne..War camp community service Bas realized the situacian and in co-operation with tBe war department and the commanding officers at tBe port. Bas taken steps to remedy it. Beginning today. May 10. every soldier, no matter from wBat section of the country be comes, will find a personal welcome from Bis own state awaiting him at Newport News. Srery state will have representatives in the States' Welcome Home headquarters:Bis relatives and friends, and every! facility which wilL enable him to get j in touch immediately with the busi-! ness machinery necessary to his re-1 turn to civil life.The morale officers . on duty at Camps Morrison, Eustis. Stuart and the debarkation hospitals have found that the week or ten days the returning men spend in the sanitation: campsis the most trying of the entire journey from France. TBe soldiers and officers have only one thought—home and the folks waiting for themThrough thp co-operation of the war department and Brigadier Gen- jV oral Ferguson, commanding officer at j ------ the port, the officials of the States*Welcome Home will receive cable ad-More miles per gallonMore miles per tireem device that■ice possessesprocure is size tire, 50 pounds that a $20 noteis good a car asrear car and an-finding the real,000—all of onelom from “tem-certain, and al-A smaller carLogansport, Ind.vipes of the sailing of transports from France, with the designations of the troops on'board. Days before the transports nose into the .Tames river, the folks back home, through their local newspapers, will have been advised that their boys have returned. TBis method of announcement will permit the soldier's relatives and friends to write in care of the region-! al manager of his own state at the buildings of the States' Welcome Home. These letters will he handed to the men the instant he puts foot ashore.Send Photos and Newspapers.All mothers, sisters, wives and sweethearts who have soldiers returning home through Newport News, will be asked through their local newspapers to send their latest photographs to the States' building to be given to their boys as soon as they arrive from France. The States' officials at Newport News also request all the photographs that can be bad of the . folks and the scenes back home.The returning soldiers will be fullyinformed of *he States' WelcomeHome project before and after they debark. Pamphlets, exi^aintng fully the measures thrt the states throughout the union have effected for their benefit through war camp community service, will be placed on the transports when they sail from France. Similar pamphlets also containing a j description of the activities of the other welfare organizations, will be distributed in the adjacent camp and hospitals: These pamphlets tell thereturning men:“Your Own State Greets YouYour own state greets yon. Friends from your part of the country are there to meet you. They*!! do for you what your mother would. Whether you come from Maine or California, in the buildings of theStates' Welcome Home, you’ll find some one and something there to bring your own home town to vou.“Daily newspapers are on file up-to-date, from your home towri. Men and women are there from your section of the country to give you any information you need. You’ll want to know something about that job. Theyll tell you. You'll want to get in touch with your home folks. They’ll help you.“The war camp community service men are on the job for you. They come irom your part of the country and represent each state. They are yonr own big brothers. They want you to feel that yonr own state is prond of you and stands ready instantly, to pay some of the debt it owes you.“Although landing in a strange port, perhaps 3,000 miles away from home, yon are not alone or neglected. Yonr own friends are waiting for you. the same kind of folks you left back home—the people you understand and who understands you.“Remember, your own home state takes you in its hospitable arms and wants you to know that you are home again. But best of all, what you want the most, there will be someone from your section of the country to chat with you, tell you the news from home, and let you hear how glad your people are that you have returned safely.”Housed In 9 Buildings.Nine buildings house the States’ Welcome project. These buildings were originally intended for hospitals in France. In fact, they were on board transports in New Orleans the day the armistice was signed. They are spacious and sanitary. The forty-eight states will be divided into thirteen divisions. Each division will be in direct charge of a regional manager hailing from that yarticular partiVfwilt.41*illiiiliiitr.i.ITi*SW!•* w! HI?i*S• t#ianifiw:• #!- «Vf•fit *S:I. 14YouSirloin Steak?orA recent Government bulletin quo ted33 to 66at pricesWethe wayhundred-weight, live weight. Sirloins fromthese cattle vary greatly in quality.sellcent sirloinsThese steaks come from cheaper cattle.■»Customers of other retailers demandchoice sirloins at 66 cents. These retailersbuy meat from higher-priced cattle.Also, the retailer who carries completestocks, delivers to your door, and lets yourun a charge account, has to get higher prices than the retailer who runs a “cs.shand carry” store.We sell beef of a given qualitypractically thepriceover thecountry—except for slight differences clueto freight rates.And our profit hardly affects the priceat all—only a fraction of a cent per pound.SwiftCompany,S. Awmsnmmoa96%83%o oof the nation he represents. He will have assistants, both men and women. Many tourists traveling from other sections of the country have registered at the war camp community service headquarters in Newport News, and when troops from their section of the country arrive they will be on hand at their own state headquarters to welcome the boys.The buildings will be decorated with flags, pennants, and photographs from the particular states whose headquarters they shelter. Each building 100 feet in length and 20 in width is painted white with green trimmmgs, and surrounded by gardens and flower bed$. The States' Welcome Home occupies the central part of the Casino grounds, which is the most beautiful section of the quaint Virginia town.Ideally Located.Newport News is ideally located for a port of debarkation. The returning transports enter through the James river. The landing piers are at the edge of the Casino lawns. War camp community service has decorated all the avenues of march, which all the returning overseas men use to go to their camps just outside the town, from three to five miles distant. Numerous banners and state flags have been put up all along the way, with standards bearing the insignia of every overseas division. The returning men enter the town at the west end of the Casino' grounds through the victory arch erected by the residents of Newport News in their honor.The executive offices of the States’Welcome Home and the general information bureau is located in the administration building, at the west end of the Casino, facing West avenue and a block from the Warwick hotel. All returning men will be requested to leave their names, units to which they are attached and home addresses at the administration offices, so that a record can be kept. It is here that they will receive mail or telegrams.Wounded Not Forgotten.# There will be many wounded men taken to the debarkation hospitals who will he unable to visit the head-|!|ft ■!*•I.• Iaiii.I:Ij:snvNews. War camp community service will do the rest.Mrs. J. B. Messenger is seriously ill at the home of her son, J. B. Messenger, 305 West Market street.Mr. and Mrs. John Mitchell of South Bend are the guests of the former's mother, Mrs. Anna Mitchell of West Miami avenue.RECONSTRUCTIONquarters of § their various states. /Ajof Lost Health-Tone and Exhausted list of the wounded will be obtained I Reserve Strengthfrom the military authorities when i _ , WQT. tTlfi (\rtUAthe transports dock. Letters will be | ^upon the war the dreadwritten to these men, and if they de-l^1 epidemics, trin» .sire, some one will visit them from j changing iseas . , . *v,#^hloori buildi Xpvpr before were the biooa-DUilatheir home state.War camn communitv service asks nerve-toning. appetite-makingthe co-operation of the nation in this Properties of Hood's Sarsaparilla soft - - - «- A f *project. Newport News is one of the principal ports through which the overseas men are returning home. It is highly important that they receive immediate attention as soon as they land. Their one thought isuch needed as; now This medicine. 1st, creates an appetite, 2d, aids digestion, 3d, perfects assimilation of all the food you eat so that your blood and body receive the benefit of 100 per cent of thi ?home and the folks from home. Ftar nourishment. 'This rapidly adds to military reasons and expediency they y°ur strength and gradually restore*can not go home immediately.' The Iy°ur reserve strength, naturally week or ten days they remain in New-1 bringing about normal conditions andport' News tells heavily upon them. I permanent good health. Hood's SarWar camp community Service, in ere- saparilla is Americas greatest blood* ating its. States’ Welcome Home, is purifying medicine, with a record oimerely acting as a temporary agent I greatest sales a.nd greatest curesof mother and the rest of the folks I Hood’s Pills are a fine family ca«hack home. Be sure to write your I thartic, gentle and effective, well boy a letter and send him a photo-1 adapted to help Hood’s Sarsaparilla*graph if he is to land at Newport I —Adv.
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Logansport Daily Tribune
Logansport, Indiana, US
Wed, May 14, 1919
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