The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-07-20
THE FIFTH REGIMENT.
South Miss0uri's Soldier, Boys
Spend a Day i'm Sedalia.
They Take in the Town, Give a
Concert aud Leave for
Home.

Yesterday mornings train brought
from Sweet Springs FIVE companies of
the Fifth Regiment M. V. NJ, on
their way home from the military en-.
campment. At Sedalia they were
transferred to special cars and laid
over until the regular 6 p. m. train,
which took them south. Having
nearly a whole day on their hands
they were permitted to 60 about the
city until 8 p. m, and take in the
sights, which they did to the fullest
extent, and the streets bore brillient
and unusual appearance as their
bright uniforms glittered and flashed
In the sun as they
MINGLED WITH THE CROWDS.
Many OF them had friends and &C
quaintances here whom they took the
opportunity to visit, while others
contented themselves with roaming
about the streets and examining the
displays in the show windows.
Major Dowler of the park, hear
ing the boys were in town sent them
an invitation to visit the park and
placed the use of the street cars at
their service free that they might do
so and many of them awaited them
selves of the favor. Col. Allen COM
handing, Capt. Hillyer quartermss-
ter and a number of other officers be-
ing among the number who went out.
Mayor Stevens also accompanied them
to show them about and the general
opinion expressed was that Sedalia's
driving parks were the finest in the
west and if there was another encamp-
ment they wanted to come there.
Capt. Dowler informed them that the
grounds were freely at their disposal
at any time for such a purpose. 1t
had been announced that
A DRESS PARADE
and drill would take place at the court
house square at 3 p. M, but the boys
were so much scattered that it was
impossible to get them together at
that hour and it was nearly 5 p. m,
before the line was formed. In the
meantime, however, the Fifth
regiment band gave free concert to
the vast crowd that had gathered
to witness the drilling and were
heartily applauded for the excel
lence of their performance. The band
is one of the finest in the state and
Sedalians who are familiar with the
performance of their own unexcelled
home band were free to express the
opinion that the Carthage boys
would put Sedalia's band on Its metal
to excel them.
At 5 p. m. the regiment assembled
in the court house square where their
arms had been stacked and after q
few evolutions marched down to the
BAzoo Office where the halted in line
while the BAzoo was hOnored with a
serenade, unfortunately, however, the
Big Indian" was rot In town and
therefore the boys got no speech.
From here the command marched
back to the depot and at 6 P. m. left
for home.
THE FIFTH REGIMENT,
taken as a whole, is as fnea body of
young men as ever carried muske Is,
and their good conduct, soldierly
bearing and fine appearance have
won for them the praise and good
opinion of the people ofSedalia and the
BAzoo assures their fathers, mothers,
wives and sweet-hearts and the good |
people of Southern Missouri, among
whom they live that they may well
be proud of these handsome compan.
les and rest assured if they should |
have occasion to discharge the duties |
of active soldiership, no one will ever
have cause to blush for the action of |
the Fifth Missouri. Long life and |
success to them, and a year hence
may we meet them and welcome them |
to an encampment in Sedalia.