Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1919 — THOUSANDS AT STATE CAPITAL [ARTICLE]

THOUSANDS AT STATE CAPITAL

HOOSIERS INVADE INDIANAPOLIS TODAY TO WELCOME WAR HEROES HOME. Indianapolis, May 6.—lndications tonight were that Indianapolis will entertain the largest crowd of visitors in its history tomorrow, Welcome Home Day for Indiana’s soldiers of the world war. Thousands of visitors had arrived tonight and it is estimated that the total will reach 100,000 by noon tomorrow. Reports early this evening told of the arrival on Indiana soil of three troop trains bearing the 150th field artillery regiment of the Rainbow division and base hospital unit No. 32. Later the first section’s arrival at Tipton was reported. All the train will remain in Tipton until tomorrow morning, when they will leave early enough to reach Indianapolis two hours or more before the parade will start. Decorations were complete tonight and the line of march of the parade, five miles in length, was a mass of color. Victory arch, the Court of Honor, and the Court of the Allies are complete. ’Weather indications are favorable for a fair day. The troop trains will be met at Tipton by a committee of citizens of . Lafayette, Fort Wayne, Bloomington, Waldron, Rushville and Indianapolis. In addition six airplanes will meet the returning soldiers and welcome them from the air. After the arrival of the trains in Indianapolis, parents or other relatives of the men may visit them at Military park between 10 and 1:30 o’clock. The parade will start promtply at 12:30 o’clock, as the soldiers of the 150th are scheduled to leave at 3 p. m. The soldiers will be given lunch before the parade and each will receive a box lunch afterward to take with them on their trains. The program for the day includes other features of entertainment for discharged soldiers who come to Indianapolis from the state and the celebration will close with an open air dance in Monument circle tomorrow night. There are” hundreds of Lafayette people here tonight perparing to greet the Lafayette heroes when they steam into the capital city. After its arrival in Indianapolis, Battery C will go to Military Park, West and Market streets, where the members can receive their relatives until time for the parade. . The Purdue Military band gave a concert at the Severin hotel tonight and was cheered and lauded.