The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . dmight be purged of the fearful things that threatened civilization. You bring to us high honor. We accept the custody of yourbattle flags and give you assurance of our respect, our pride, our grati-tude, our affection. The section of the Parkway between 16th and 17th Streets was roped offduring the ceremony and now the police lowered the ropes that hemmed inthe crowd on the pavements and the soldiers simultaneously broke ranks. Thenwhat a happy bedlam! The soldier boys scattered pell-mell across the Park-way—for e
The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . dmight be purged of the fearful things that threatened civilization. You bring to us high honor. We accept the custody of yourbattle flags and give you assurance of our respect, our pride, our grati-tude, our affection. The section of the Parkway between 16th and 17th Streets was roped offduring the ceremony and now the police lowered the ropes that hemmed inthe crowd on the pavements and the soldiers simultaneously broke ranks. Thenwhat a happy bedlam! The soldier boys scattered pell-mell across the Park-way—for each had picked from the corner of his eye the place where his dearones were standing. And they, not content to wait, rushed forward. The flurryof snowflakes driven furiously downward fell upon the reunited groups, butthe unbounded joy of greeting proved the futility of the elements attempt todampen spirits. Some girls were not quite sure at first that they were kissing the rightsoldier and some of the boys admitted that they kissed the wrong girl. A 266 THE FIRST BATTALION. Returning the Standards and Guidons mother hugged somebody elses son—but, well, she shifted into her own sonsarms so quickly that she scarcely knew the difference. Tears streamed downfaces that were at the same time wrinkled with smiles. A soldiers fatherburst into tears when he saw his boy. Returning fathers clasped wife andbaby in one fond embrace—a baby perhaps that they had never seen daddys little girl didnt know her father, but she soon found out who hewas. Sergeant Coates daughter will always know him now, and shell bemighty proud of him, too. All too soon assembly sounded on the bugles and in a few moments the406th was marching toward Scottish Rite Hall on North Broad Street, fol-lowed by admiring relatives and friends. Before the hall they broke ranks FROM KHAKI TO CI VIES 267 and joined home folks once again and for almost an hour chatted and em-braced and tried to make up for the
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