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Show ' 3G2NDAHHIVALS More Than 75 Utah Heroes Received by Officials, Friends and Relatives. Bronzed Veterans Overcome Over-come With Emotion; j More Due Today. j Expectation written largo on their aceH, hundreds of relatives and friends of returning Utah soldiers gathered yesterday yes-terday morning at the union station to (rrtct the first detachment of discharged members of the 36l!nd infantry. A. reception committee of prominent rrion from the city, with Governor Bamberger Bam-berger and Major Fred Jorgensen, aiju-tant aiju-tant genera for Utah, nero at the ata- j rlon to greet the fighters on their return j ro civilian life. Delays brought the train Into the station ten minutes late, anxious momenta for the waiting mothers, sweethearts sweet-hearts and friends. I-liigii and pennants bearing the inscription inscrip-tion "Welcome Home" wero carried by many In the crowd, who lined the,sta- - tlon platform and pressed many rows , deep Hgiilnst tho iron grating which barred ihem from closer approach to the , tracks. Members of the Red Cross canteen can-teen nut were- on hand to distribute candv, doughnuts, dcarets and other re-rretihmentH re-rretihmentH to the hunters as they stepped from the train onto home ground- Father Meets 011. As the train came, puffing, to a stop. raWi member of the crowd behind the gratings picked out the soldier they thought belonged particularly to them, and, impatient of restraint, dashed through the gates and out upon the platform. plat-form. More than seventy-five Utah soldiers, sol-diers, members of C, D and headquarters companies, were on the train, a number considerably less than was expected. Corporal Clarence T. Moss of Woods Cross was the first soldier off the train and he stopped squarely into the outstretched out-stretched arms of his father. Father was soon shoved out ot" the way, however, to make room for the affectionate dem-onstraMuns dem-onstraMuns of the rest of the family. Olive drab uniforms were almost hidden on the station platforms as groups of udmlring relatives gathered about each individual lighter and tried to smother Mm in warm embraces. Laughing from sheer happiness, the bronzed young veterans vet-erans tried to give each and all a "square ; deal" and a "bear hug," although, perhaps, per-haps, it was just a trifle more for mother and "the girl." Sunbrowned 'aces flushed a rosy red under their coating coat-ing of tan at the stream of admiring comments on their growth and prowess and valor in winning the war. Some Disappointed. One of the warmest receptions was accorded ac-corded to the two sons of B. Morris Young, who were both enveloped by their mother's arms as they stepped from the car. The two boys, Galen S. and Lorenzo Young, returned the embrace with equal fervor, for it had been many months since they had last looked upon "mother's" face. Mrs. Young refused to relax her grasp upon her two strong, young Hun- . hunters, and only loaned a portion of : them to the embraces of other members , of the family. Disappointment greeted many who lined . the station eagerly seeking for their soldier sol-dier boys. The large contingent which was expected to arrive narrowed down to a comparatively small number, many of the men. leaving the. train at way points in order to reach their homes more quickly. More than sixty men from the 3t2nd Infantry wilt arrive this morning on the 11:40 train, according to advices received by K. J. Shields, manager of the Palt i Lake chapter of the Red Cross. The eame reception committee will be at the depot to meet the men, Mr. Shields stated, and the soldiers on the train have been notified of the reception which they will receive. No formal ceremony will mark the reception it will be more a handshaking and a genial "welcome home." To those soldiers who care to' partake, the Ked Cross canteen wih serve a lunch at the station. Members of the detachment who returned re-turned vesterdav were registered by women wom-en from the Red Cross. Only a partial list was secured, including the following men from Salt Lake county: Sergeant Y . J. Beddo, 594 North Center street; A. R-Cromsrover, R-Cromsrover, Salt Lake; K. M. Cutler. 14G6 Gilmer avenue; YV. L. Park, South Seventh East street; G. S. Young. 165 I Canvon road: Frank Leslie, HSL'S South I State street; V. Jensen. 502 East E.ghth South street; J. G. Jackson, Salt Lake; Harry Holland, 756 West Second South street; William Thompson, Sandy; F. M. Bird, Cullen hotel; W. W. Home, Garfield Gar-field ; Jack Brieamre. Salt Lake; W. J. Clifford, Garfield; Refold M. Bavern, Salt Lake; Boss Arnold, Salt Lake; F. J. Welch. 1 216 Lyman avenue; S. L. Young, IGj Canyon road. |