The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-27
OUR SOLDIER BOYS
60 TO NEW YORK
VIII Participate In the Big Parade at
That Place Today.
REGIMENT MADE A GOOD SHOWING
There Was Large Representation of
the Members of Each Company.
Regiment Was in Charge of Lieu
tenant-CoIonel G. e. Mattes-.The
Boys Are Quartcrcd at the Grand
Central Palace o.! Lexington Avenue

The Thirteenth regiment, with
Wilkes Barre's Ninth regiment follow
ing, left the Electric City yesterday
morning n few minutes before 10 o'clock
and are now quartered under military
rules in the Grand Central Palace, Lex
ington avenue and Forty-Fifth street,
New York city.
The meaning of the vlsit-to partici-
pate in the Grant masoleum parade to-
day-is we'll known. The members OF
the Thirteenth turned out in numbers
that far exceeded the highest calcu-
lation of the officers. Nearly every
company had its full quota of men, and
the best regiment in the leading brig
ade in the strongest body of citizen sol
dicry in the world, will creditably dis
port itself in the great demonstration
today.
Owing to the death of Colonel Cour-
sens daughter, the regiment is in
charge of Lieutenant Colonel c. c.
Mates. The following regimental Of
ficers are also with the regiment:
George II. Whitney, major First bat
talon; +. w. Stillwell, major Second
battalion; w. G. fulton, NJ. D., major
surgeon L. r. Mates, reEmental ad-
jutant; T.. w. Mason, adjutant First
battalion; r.. NJ. Stratton, adjutant
Second battalion; w. j. Tracey quar-
termaster; Fl. r. Cox, inspector rifle
practice; C. r. Parkc, NJ. D., and w. +.
Keller, NJ. D., assistant surgeons.
THE NON CONS.
Non-commissioned staff-Albert Da-
Wis, sergeant major First battalion;
Reese Watkins. quartermaster SER
geant; II. b. Andrews, commissary SER
geant; j. T. Baumeister hospital stew
ard; E. ID. Edwards, principal musician.
Every captain Of the eight companies
is attending the encampment. Captain
Fellows, of Company +, left last night
for New York city, and assumed COM
mand Of his men. Lieutenant Decker
was in charge en- route. Yesterday
morning was made for parading. The
pedestrianism on the streets was toned
with dabs of blue from the moving
time after breakfast until all the hurry
ing heroes were collected in rows at the
several points of rendezvous
The Second battalion under command
of Major F. w. Stillwell assembled in
the armory. There were four compa-
nies, A, Il, c and ID, with a good at
tendance in each. Headed by Law
renee band and the regiment drum corr
! the battalion moved at o'clock from
the front of the armory, where line
was drawn up, to the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western station. Lieuten-
| ant Colonel Mates marched at the
| head OF the battalion. The route was
! from Adams to Linden, to Washington
! to Lackawanna and to the station
! Here Company f of the West Side, and
| Company II of the North End, were
! in waiting.
HONESDALE COMPANY.
Cmpany +, of Honesdale, command
| ed by Captain w. A. Wood, came in or
the 9.34 Delaware and Hudson train
With them was Major George II. Whit
ney, who commands the First battalion
At 9.45 Company G., of Montrose, ar
rived on Il special train which was tC
convey the 5iment to New York. TIL,
regiment got aboard and the nine car:
moved out of the station amid the deaf
ening cheers Of the soldiers and theit
friends on the station platform. TIL,
| Ninth regiment passed through the city
shortly after the departure of the Thir
| teenth.
Today the parade will move. TIL,
regiment will lead the Third brigade
composed of the National Guard of tn,
| several states