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Unclear Showered With Flowers. unclear with flowers by 5,000 radiant Chicago girls, encored by hundreds of thousands of men and women packed in every vantage point from street curb to skyscraper roof, the Prairie division he- roes stepped out "high and handsome," as they never stepped before, even when they were reviewed by Gen. Pershing himself and commended by him fo their battle record. Maj.-Gen. George Bell, Jr., commander of the 33rd visiosion throughout its fighting career, gave the command which sent them "over the top" from Grant park to Park row and Michigan avenue shortly after 11 a.m. That was the official starting point of the procession of the steel helmeted Tro- jans of Illinois. But long before they wheeled into the broad boulevard. crammed with howling admirers, the Prairie boys had been given adequate testimony that Chicago loved them and yearned to hug them one and all.

Mrs. Philip P. Bregstone on Welcome Home com.

March on Path of Flowers. Clinnin's smile was nearly as wide as his broad shoulders. He had just been the center of one of those wondrous family reunions in Grant park - with his wife and his little son, Ralph. Col. Davis was the target of a similar ovation, and his regiment, once Chicago's beloved 2d .Illinois, was given the high sign of welcome by thousands of rooters, while locomotives shrieked, factory whis- tles blew, and confetti sparled in an atmosphere shocked by noise waves. Tramp, tramp, tramp - and under the feet of the men who trod over the blood- iest fields of France, to-day lay the petals of the prettiest flowers that could be gathered, tributes from the fair to the brave. from the girls of the beauty brigade to the men who out-hammered Hindenburg.