The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-25
DAY Spent At hartford
Veterans Visit the Soldiers Orphan
School at That Place.
WERE ENTERTAINED ROYALTY
Programme Of the Exercises That We're
Conducted During the Day-What an
Old Veteran Says of the School
and Its Management.

AT o'clock yesterday morning about
forty Grand Army men, mostly from
Griffin post, No. 139, boarded the Della
| ware. Lackawanna and Western train
at Scranton for the Soldiers Orphans
school, near Hartford, for the purpose
of attending the annual examination
| exercises.
After a delightful trip of an hour and
a half the party arrived at Kingsley $
| Station, from which point they were
| to be conveyed by wagons to the school.
When they counted moses they found
that, including the wives and daugh-
ters Of the party. the number had
grown to over sixty. So the ladies and
| veterans who were unable to walk were
put in the wagons and the rest of the
| veterans started out in army style to
go 1t afoot.
After delightful, walk of about forty
| minutes they reached the school, their
coming being heralded in true mill
tary style with cannon booming and
band playing. The boys and girls of
the school, In uniform. were drawn up
in double ranks on either side Of the
street and as the veterans marched
through the children gave a military
salute, after which the visitors were
escorted by the children to the chapel.
where, after prayer by Rev. Mr.. Light
they were entertained most delightfully."-
with songs and recitations for short
time, and then invited to partake Of
a most appetizing dinner.
Entertainment Of the Visitors.
Manager J. NJ. Clark and his good
70 L., 4,
and the only regret of the visitors
was that all Scrantonians could not
be there to see what the keystone
state is doing for the soldiers orphans
Last evening they We're treated to a
more elaborate entertainment by the
children. Colonel McGee and Colonel
E. H. Ripple. of the Soldiers Orphans
schools commissioners, with their
wives, were of the party, and to
this commission the whole state Is un-
der obligation for the very efficient
status of these schools, for every MEM
ber OF the board seems to take a deep
personal interest in these wards of
the state"
In communication to The Tribune
last night one of the visitors said
''This is my first visit to one of these
schools, but l promise it shall not be
my last If I have my health. 1t would
do your heart good to see the children
of whom this school has 202-116 boys
and Sc girls-their ages ranging from
6 to 16 years. 1 cannot close without
calling attention to the incalculable
good that is being done to the little
ones who have been bereft of their
fathers or mothers, or both parents.
OF all these 200 children I cannot see
an unhappy or ill-fed-looking cne, and
all are comfortably dressed. hope the
day Is not far distant when we may
have similar schools for all orphaned
children"
Programme OF the Day.
The following Isl the programme that
was rendered during the day:
IL O'Clock a. m.-Reception of commits
sion Of Soldiers Orphans schools;
military drill.
11.30 o'clock a. m.-Chapel exercises;
music by school.
1.30 o'clock p. m.-Song, ITO the Fields
A-Maying" school; solo, kiss and
Let's Make Up" Maude WOOSTER
recitation, Edna Shepard; recita-
ton. Joe Sherwood; song, "Schnei-
der'S Band, Glee club; solo, THE
Little Gypsy Girl" Annie Davies;
song, II Heard the Birds Singing"
girls chorus; recitation, Minnie
Sherwood; recitation, Frank Kelly;
solo, "The Sweetest Story" Nellie
Haight; song, Hunting Chorus"
school.
o. clock p. m.-Class examination. con-
Quoted by Soldiers Orphan school
commission, inspectors, and others.
o'clock p. m.-Military drill-dress
parade; setting-up exercises.
6 O'Clock p. m.-Flag drill; free calls
themes.
EVENING.
745 o'clock p. m.-Military salute; hoop
drill; chorus, Bob Up Serenely;"
chorus, when Our Whiskers
Crow" farce, THAT Rascal Pat"
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