New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-11
CHINATOWN'S MILITARY CLUB
PATRIOTIC LITTLE LADS ARE PRE-
sENTED WITH AN AMERICAN FLAG
A FOURTH OF JULY VETERAN WHO PLAYED
sPANIARD' MAKES THE AWKWARD

A FOURTH OF JULY VETERAN WHO PLAYED
sPANIARD" MAKES THE AWKWARD
SQUAD LOOK soLD1ERLY.
~. =, the latest branches OF the New-York Res
cue Bands work is the Boys Military Club when
=. .,or,ed y few, months ago at No II Doyers-st
An Interesting meeting was held there last nlght
At which there was flag presentation. cho!u
Of voices could be heard outside the door TOT Kun
hour before the opening at O'CLOCK OUT s'ia"se W
saw when the doors were opened only rev "a ~
novs entered The OF this was exp-aheo ny
.,s chanla,n F. NJ Waring who said: II IS one
~ their latest tricks to escape the prayer az
singing which precedes the military orii' 'hey Will
make their appearance soon'
Az $40 o'clock crowds o. boys Of almost every
AGA s,ze and description came filing into the room
In a marked military style that bore no 'e'e,.
A,.nce N the lads Of two months before VINO
rushed perne TO one corner OF the rooi' 'u''''''e
nver chairs and under chairs, ana over one an
other. each uttering epithets peculiar u '"e 'ee"
borhood ,-.,o
.,,houph twice that number are sometimes IN at
tendance It is amusing TO see one AFTER "io'n''
s,lkily taking his departure, having ieaIieu III
-.w lessons how TO walk out, II he mas no.
learned how to obey properly. one orish. "0
=, .h,,taen wears who looked and acted as II
81 uer. the perfection OF goodness, proudly stated
after some were compelled TO leave: sure we
were all bad like that at first. out - anu '.'
exultant light in his race eHpresseu ms
wants and those OF many others VINO ola not
speak, but looked the P''ue '"'' " "
gan!zation. ,, ho 1. evo
years old and the Oldest, Phil Cohen ABOUT s'M
teen wears did not take part In the exercises r'
because he came late and said ne oioh "'',' "
"nuss. I'D the company. and was correc'eo ~
o,h.r nov Who thought "rnuss" was not the
n-o,er WORD. and Able who felt he couldn't shake
his legs Ike the big fellers ,.
The exercises had not yet begun when feter
Murphy lad of eight years. tried MS shln ~
standing on his head: comments were '""'''
however and Peter enjoyed himself
When the drnl commenced the boys were diV'oeo
into three sections The regulars. trained by C"p-
tain S. E Gibelson came into line; they hau al,
unusual military expression, which was accou"'.
for by the stripes on their arms. sergeant nanea
,,oroar Kennedy. and two corporals. David Bar
nett and Harry Bear. dubbed "Griz@S D'~'
seemed to be the leaders.
AWKWARD SQUAD.
The awkward squad. under the direction OF Al
bert Goodwin consisted Of a dozen pafeioo'e''
grirny looking little fellows OF about ten yed''
who seemed 10 feel quite important as inc wen
drilled soldiers on tho other side or the foo''
Though their aspirations were as high, their shoe.
less feet DID not sound important whdGn linz
regretted and tried to make up ior r py 70 the
music Of the piano the hrd dlysi9n uhde'
Harry Hortiz looked decidedly like veteran ana "a
ne entered the awkward squad with bsndaBeas
head which he received on the Fourth nc i ha
been shot by another boy. he explained TOT PirSS
ing that he d Spaniand. In fact. ne pI eo",i,
he going 10 be made a martyr 10 a pau c1u "a
DR.. s. T. Furry asked, in behaIi OF , tie o 10
GERS. TO present American flag 10 the cruz.
told thsm how the stars and stripes are no ~ ,bn
not only in this land but in every country ~ ,
world and urged the little soldiers VINO are tepte
senta;ives OF so many different natonalitiesn
italian. Jewish. Irish. Chnee. Russian be' ii,' s
and Eng!sh-to defend ii. Their patIlV'issin VT
shown In the cheers and applause when ionom mo
as their sergeant received the flag anna tiit ".o
Ing OF The Star Spangled Banner. which "''
more deafening than inspiring
After the salute the companies dsbanded. anu
order was thrown aside. = they scrambled ior ''''
books and papers which gwen out. $780,
Seeing them en- masse. said Mr. Waring, o'Io
naturally asks Can any good bing come Guy o,
great deal OF good coming out Oft. There, POM,
ing TO bright faced little fellow, SIS a Lao VINO
Is going 10 make some thing Of himself. ne 10
spending his vacation from schol In a ia"ye' 4.
once ard learning all he as his amoi'io" 10
10 be LAWYER himself when he COWS up. ,..
wnen told 10 tel his mother TO sent him next "ccn
again.
I'm come meself" nc haughtily answered. II
no KID an ne mudder knows It," ..o
The boys appreciate being alowd 70 70 ~ tnr
country through the benefit OF Therr: ane r, ""
Ar Fund. Two danced and waltzd WIN gree "a az
having been chosen to so anc anouer whose ns'
was questioned said:
All I'm telln' dc truh-de Boud o Health
Knows dc day borned." -
Those In charge Of the cub 4 T.. ClDerson'
captain and military director; Albert Goodwin sen
keant; August Hollins shOod. eccretar'; f. IL Wal
1g chaplain; George Repp physical culture