Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-25 | Page 12 | Soldiers [Illegible] Topic of [Illegible]

TOPIC GF Mm 'u..p.r Red Cross Officials Meet i Today for Discussing j Celebration Flans. j A meeting fur discussing and formulat-ing formulat-ing preliminary plans for the celebration , in welcoming home from France mem- : bers of the H5th artillery regiment will : be held by Red Cross officers and mem- . bers of the committee entrusted with this ; duty at Salt Lake county chapter head- : quarters, Amelia palace, this morning. ; Among thotJu who wilt attend tho meet- : ing are Mayor Ferry, chapter president; . K. O. Howard, chairman, and Robert J. : Shields, manager. Though at this early date tho scope , of activities to be outlined will be gen- : oral in nature, tho fundamental char- ; acter of tho welcome can be determined ; and its universal participation by organ- l.atlons and individuals begin to be ; planned in, somewhat definite manner. . Tho Ited Cross" has been designated by ; the war department as the official body : in charge of bomb coming festivities over tho tiHlion. In Utah it is planned that the Salt Lake county' chapter will formulate formu-late plans for the reception to the artillerymen ar-tillerymen and arrangements will b J broad enough to cover Ihe state aud al- . k'W every organization and individual to take part. I That Claims from all parts of the state are eager to learn the approximate date of the return of the regiment is attested by tho largo number of telephone inquiries in-quiries received by The Tribune. Tho 145th artillery is included in tlie Sixty-fifth Sixty-fifth field artillery brigade and as yet nothing more definito than that this will be returned to America soon has been given out. All forecasts as to tho date of j tho Utah artillerymen's return aro but : speculations and, according to these, the j men may bo home by Christmas or they may not. The policy of the war department is to return tho men as rapidly -.as possible and the speed with which tho Utah artillerymen ar-tillerymen will bo sent home probably will be resolved into the problem of transportation. Among the first efforls of the committee will bo to insure a representative rep-resentative and all-inclusive welcome and ono that will reveal to tho soldiers the sincerity of Utah in having them safe at home again. There is no doubt that the reception will be one of tho greatest and the vehicle for the most popular patriotic patri-otic outburst ever witnessed in Utah.