Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-09
A BAZAAR AND FAIR
Opened by a Stirring Address by
Mayor Gourley, Last Evening,
FOR THE BENEFIT OF BATTERY B.
An Entertainment That Promises to be q
Success in Every Way.
OTHER PLEASURES OF THE NEW WEEK

b, at its armorv, corner Fifth avenue and
Miltenberger street. 1t was the opening
night of the fair and bazaar that is to con-
tinue for the remainder of the month.
A grand concert, with an opening address
by Mayor Gourley, was the programme OF
the evening, and a large audience was
assembled In the handsomely decorated
hall, radiant in red, white and blue, and
further decorated with the flags fall nations,
when the Battery buglers sounded the
"Reveille" The Second Brigade Band
then rendered the From Dawn to Twi-
light" overture, after which Captain A. E.
Hunt introduced His Honor, Mayor Gour-
lev, who made one of his customary and
happy speeches, full Of good, sensible ut
terances. He said:
MAYOR GoURLEY's ADDRESS.
1.-The State Militia, or the National Guard
of each State in the Union, are essentially
State institutions, organized under and
regulated by State laws, but by provision of
the Constitution, the United States and by
the laws of Congress putting those
provisions into execution, they are to GER
tain extent, under the regulation OF Con-
gress, ana under certain circumstances are
required to render service to the National
Government. This double relation of the
militia, to the State first and then to the
Union Of States, in the early stages of our
nations history gave rise to much discus
sion, and sometimes caused serious disputes
and embarrassment. When the Continental
Congress, in 1776 proclaimed to the world
the independence of the colonies, in that i'm
mortal Declaration. known to the world
as the Charter of American Liberties, they
had no military force upon which they could
depend for maintenance and defense of that
declaration, except the militia. All the
regular soldiers of the country, as well as
all the men who had received
scientific military educations, had es-
poused the cause of the British Crown.
No regular troops fought in the Revolution
that is, no soldiers trained in the evolu-
tions of civilized armies, in the field or in
parade, but the experience of our forefathers
in the many campaigns against the French
and Indians had injured them to the real
hardships that soldiers must learn, had
taught them to endure the trials and discom-
forts of such campaigns as were only fought
on American soil, and in fact, our Conti-
mental soldiers were raised to and educated
in fighting and being fighting men, they,
from the very start made the best of SOL
diers.''
SOME WORK OF THE MILITIA.
The speaker then gave very clear and
careful history of the militia force of the
Federal Government, through the nations
wars and instructions, and concluded by
reviewing the work of that class of soldiers
the citizen solIiers-during the greatest
militia war the world ever knew-the Re-
bellion. Of that war he said:
"The battle OF Bull Run-that is the first
engagement of that name-was the most no.
ticeable example of militia fight in his
tory. Both armies were composed of State
militia and national volunteers, differing
only in name, and alike in lack of correct
preparations; but that battle illustrates that
unframed men, commanded by unframed
officers, could fight as fercely and deter
miuedly as regular troops. But let me say
that the militia which fought that battle of
Bull Run, after receiving the drill and e1-
perience necessary to teach them discipline
and soldierly conduct on the field, braved
the wilderness, foraged the valley OF the
Shenandoah, attempted Frederick
Heights, fought the battle of Gettys-
burg, besieged Vicksburg, drove an
equally well equipped enemy from
Shiloh and at Appomattox received a
surrender from the Confederate army-an-
other evolutionized army of regulars who
had started in the war on the same footing
as militia. This proves what intelligence
and patriotism has done and can again do
with the citizen as a soldier"
Speaking of the National Guard of Penn
syIvania, he said it occupied first rank
among the militia of the United States, and
that Battery B was one of the best and most
creditable organizations in this fine body
OF Pennsylvania State troops.
OTHER EXERCISES OF THE EVENING.
The "Star Spangled Banner" then rang
out with a chorus of about 20 voices, in
cluding among them A young ladies,
dressed in costumes OF red, white and blue
and representing the States ofthe Union. Miss
Hattie Rambler, petite maiden with black
hair and eyes, followed in an effective rec
itation, ''They Have Put No Flowers on
Papa's Grave. A solo, 1.-The Red, White
and Blue" BY Miss Louise Loomis, was
succeeded by Magnetic Waltz" solo by
Miss Mamie B. Hammer, which closed the
first part OF the programme.
Part second opened with "Soldiers' Life,
Retreat Tattoo" by the Second Brigade
Band, and Marching Through Georgia"
was sung by Mr.. C. B. Thomson, after
which Hail Columbia" was rendered
by the chorus. A saber drill
was then conducted on the platform.
Miss Mamie Hammer, in a vocal solo,
'Who hnows?" followed, and America"
DN lue chorus, was TOuSl0BlN glNeus Lie
"Njnata Waltzes" and Battery B March"
specially arranged for the occasion by Prof
Rohr, were the concluding numbers, after
which the audience was requested to retire
to the wings, and gun drill was given in
the main body of the hail.
THE YOUNG LADIES SUCCESS.
The chorus that assisted SO materially in
the success of the evening was from the Sec
ond Methodist Protestant Church of this
city, and the young ladies who represented
the States were the same who gave the
'Uncle Sans Tea Party" in that church
not long ago with such pleasing results.
After the concert the booths did a thriv-
ing business. There were four of them, all
of different sizes and form, but all draped
in the national colors, and representing the
four sections of the Battery. They were
presided over by Sergeants Marks, Stewart
Ewing and Rambler. The wares consisted
OF everything salable from a china cup to a
rocking chair, donations from various firms
anxious that ''the boys" succeed in getting
their new full-dress uniforms, for which the
fair and bazaar is given. This evening and
every succeeding evening until the close of
the month dancing will be the programme
at the armory. The officers of Battery B
are Captain A. E Hunt, First Lieutenants
Sheppard and Brown, Second Lieutenant
Kimmel, Quartermaster, Second Lieuten-
ant Lloyd.