119th Will
Parade Today and South Carolina’s Capital Will Give a Big Welcome to Veterans.
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Metts Leads Soldiers
Columbia, S.C., April 5—The 119th Infantry
regiment of the 30th division commanded by Col. V.B. Metts, paraded
here this afternoon and received the big welcome which was planned by the city
for the men of the division which are being demobilized at Camp Jackson.
A number of visitors from eastern North Carolina cities from
which the division was recruited are here to witness the parade. The men are in
fighting uniforms with helmets and fixed bayonets and carrying their war time
equipment.
Columbia, S.C., April 5—South Carolina’s third official
welcome for soldiers of the Thirtieth Division will be given here today with North
Carolina troops again playing the leading part.
The first celebration was entirely for North Carolina, the
second which was on a somewhat larger scale was participated in jointly by
South Carolina and Tennessee while the entertainment today, will be for these
soldiers of the “Old Hickory” Division who have reached Camp Jackson since the
big celebration last Monday.
The official welcome today when the soldiers will be given
the “freedom of the city” and refreshments in untold quantities without cost
will be opened by a parade of the 119th Infantry in full field equipment,
commanded by colonel J. Van B. Metts of Wilmington, N.C.
After the parade the men will be dismissed to receive the
hospitality of the city and State. From scores of booths refreshments will be
distributed while in the afternoon and early evening a dozen dances will be given
in various parts of the city.
Invitations have been sent a number of North Carolina cities
to participate in the celebration and it is expected that many visitors will be
present from the Old North State.
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