Show UT UTAH GREETS W A OES f t Col CoI Bourne Br Brings Command FIRS AR FIRST OF THE ARRIVE I California Troops Are Given Evidence of States State's f ft TEN SEVEN hundred hun Ired rind and eighty eighty- three three- members of the One OneHundred OneHundred I Hundred r d third Forty Forty third California artillery regiment reached Ogden about 11 o'clock this morning on their way from France to the Presidio at San Francisco where they will be mustered out of service Lieutenant Colonel E. E Leroy Lero Bourne of Salt Lake City was In In command of the detachment detachment detachment detach detach- ment which included four other Utah men OGDEN GREETS THEM An enthusiastic welcome was wa given the Californians by several hundred Ogden residents on behalf of the state of Utah Lunch was provided under the direction of the thc R n Red e d Cross and the soldiers then paraded through tho the principal streets where they were joyously cheered Following the parade the men were given complete liberty for two two hours the first time since their departure from France the they have been accorded such a privilege All An wore trench cap caps and on the sleeve of each was a blue chevron indicating overseas service of six months or less The soldiers mingled freel freely with the crowds and many interesting chance acquaintances particularly with girls were m made de BOURNE IS HAPPY Glad Im I'm lighted dee-lighted to be beback beback back Lieutenant Colonel Bourne de de- I 1 will not be completely happy happ of ot course until I am able to return to Salt Lake but any part of America certainly looks good to me and Utah and the tho West lead the na na- na- na tion Lieutenant Colonel Bourne is properly properly properly prop prop- erly an officer of ot the One Hundred Forty fifth Utah artillery He was transferred front from the Utah organization tion at Bordeaux l France rance and detailed detailed detailed de de- de- de tailed to bring the California detachment detachment detachment detach detach- ment to Its home state stale All the men In the Utah unit were in excellent health when he left them he said and eager now that there Is no more fighting to do to get back home IN TWO TRAINS The California men arrived in hi two trains In the first train were batteries batteries batteries bat bat- teries C and D D. the supply company compan and casuals In the second train were batteries I K and F F. At 3 o'clock this afternoon tho the men were assembled at the depot returned places on the trains and started on the final lap of their homeward Journey with the cheers and good wishes of their Ogden admirers still ringing TALK ABOUT THRILLERS Only one man of oC the entire detachment detachment detach detach- ment has seen actual service officers state His Ills experiences however are held to be sufficiently thrilling to tomake tomake tomake make up for many others This soldier soldier soldier sol sol- sol sol- dier Leon Hawley of Waco Vaco Tex got Into the fighting two weeks prior to the signing of oC the armistice lIe He was in the signal corps ana was workIng working work work- orkIn In Ing in company compan with twenty compan- compan compan- compan fo fons s. s The They became the tho object of ot concentrated concentrated con on German fire lire when It was discovered that their labors were labors were glIng giving giving gl ing the Americans valuably Information tion and Hawley w was the only one ope of ot the group t to live ul through b the ex experience experience e- e J- J JV V l' l i t U ft Plans Are Ar Canceled for tt for Utah's M Jl V j wn Regiment mn t jv Special Dispatch O OGDEN Jan 15 Ogden Ogden quietly welcomed the first California members of or of the O One e Hun Hundred re Forty Forty fifth fifth Utah artillery before before belore be be- fore lore daylight this morning when men under the command of ot Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- I tenant Roy flay V V. Woods of Salt Lake arrived here on their way to the I Presidio 0 of San Francisco to be mustered mustered mus mus- out ot of service mUS-I mUS I Included in the men were sevI several several sev sev- eral eral casualties from the Ninety-first Ninety I division which was trained d at Camp Lewis I Several of these thise these casualties had been transferred to to the One Hundred Forty fifth to speed Up tip their dischar discharge dis die char charge e from the trie service READY TO EAT Although several of ot the men in the group had been severely gassed when the Ninety-first Ninety was in action in the tho I Argonne Argonne none seemed to be ill this morning All partook heartily of ot the good things provided by the canteen workers workers workers work work- ers of the Ogden chapter of the RedCross RedCross Red Cross and some hurried to the business business business busi busi- ness section and kept the clerks of the just opened stores store's busy wrapping up delicacies Nearly every man in the detachment detachment detachment detach detach- ment mentIs is a resident of California The detachment occupied the first section of three trains The other two trains contain units of the One Hundred third Forty-third regiment the California He lie Men also known as Mary Pickford's Pickford's Pick- Pick fords ford's regiment MORE COMING The detachment detachment contains all the California men of ot the regiment When the remainder of or the Utah regiment arrives Thursday or or- Friday morning It will consist consist- exclusively of ot Utah men to be mustered out of ot service at Logan Included in the early morning detachment detachment detachment de de- de- de were three members of the of-the the Utah artillery band directed by Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- tenant Clarence J. J Hawkins Ogden awoke this morning thorning disappointed disappointed disappointed pointed by the announcement that the elaborate preparations made to o re receive receive re- re the thc One Hundred Forty fifth Utah artillery Friday had been called off ott STAY FOUR HOURS Despite the announcement of the intention of the reception committee of ot Ogden citizens to drop all celebration celebration celebration tion on the arrival of or the One Hundred Forty fifth field artillery the Utah boys will be given a stopover at Ogden for several hours according to a a. message mes mt'S sage received by Warren L. L Wattle VatUs president of the Weber club this aft art The message states that the original plans for tor a reception at Ogden Ogdena a when he n t the boys arrived ed there had the approval of ot the war department and that permission had been granted for fora a stopover not to exceed four hours Owing to the decision of ot tho committees committees com com- in charge of ot the proposed re reception reception reception re- re to call it off on account of the danger from Influenza there thera will be no celebration Thousands of friends and relatives of the boys boy however are arriving arriving arriving ar ar- ar- ar riving in Ogden to meet the regiment The men will arrive early Friday morning morning morn morn- ing inS In Ogden will and leaveat 1 pm Friday |