The evening times., 1898-09-06
MARYLAND,s WELCOME.
The POpu1ace VIII Cheer the Fifth
RcEiment.

The PopuIace VIII Cheer the Fifth
Regiment.
baltimore, Sept. 6.--The Fifth Maryland
Volunteers, with thinned ranks and men
worn with their experience in a Southern
climate. will, unless something unfore-
seen happens! be home tomorrow. prob
ably by noon.
The exact hour of the coming of the
regiment.6and the length of time separ-
ating the foiir sections are not yet
known. but whenever they come it is GER
tain they will receive welcome home
that will be heartfelt.
The cars bearing the regiment will en-
ter Union Station and will there dis
charge their load of what IS left of the
loo and more men who left at the call
of the Government. There will be no big
military display to celebrate the home
coming, no speeches. no planned recep-
ton.
The only organization to meet the train
will be the Fifth Regiment Veteran
Corps. one hundred men strong, and
with their full band Colonel George r.
Gather will head his veteran command,
and said of his plans: THE Veteran
Corrs intended to welcome the regiment
home from the first, whether or not there
was any reception by the city CT citizens.
We were working independently, and now
that the reception has been postponed
find that we are the only body that Will
be on hand i do not know exactly when
the regiment will be here, but as soon as
the hour is announced or we have any
definite time to act OH, / will issue orders
and my men will all be on hand.
Our plan is to greet the regiment as
they leave the train with our band. When
they have formed we will lead them up
to Charles Street and down Charles
Street, probably to the Washington Mon
ument, around which we will march, so
as to give the people chance to see the
boys. Then we will go out Mount Vernon
Place to Cathedral Street TO Madison, TO
Howard Street to the Fifth Regiment
Armory. over the Richmond market.
The regiment will enter the armory
and no one else win be allowed 10 follow
them. Once inside, they will be immedi-
ately fourloughed viii stack their guns
and accoutrements, and be allowed 10 60
at once to their homes. if they please
The men are still United States SOL
diers even after they are furloughed,
and ii will be necessary To appoint
guard detail from the regiment to look
after their property. The State troops
would not be permitted to guard il.
auxiliary OF the Fifth Regiment intends
to provide tubs Of iced tea for the SOL
ders of the regiment The tubs will be
placed in the armory and will serve /
refresh those who are tired by the long
trip up and the march across town.
The route we have selected and Will
follow, unless our plans are changed by
circumstances, do not think will be too
much for the regiment From Union Sta
ha iS NOT long
distance and is only few blocks out OF
the way The idea in taking them down
I past tEe monument is simply TO give the
| crowd a chance to see them, but II the
| regiment is not In condition to stand the
| march, we will take the more direct
! route, straight across Madison Street
! from Charles Street If any sort OF rea-
! sonable notice is given there VIII be the
! largest crowd on the streets that has
! gathered in the history of the town"
! Many OF the men who are coming home
| with the regiment could have come home
on the hospital trains but wanted TO
stick it out to the last and come home
with their comrades in arms. The sick
| men at the different hospitals here now
| say that there are lots of men in the regi-
ment who were as badly off or worse
! than they. but who either were not able
| to get q berth on the train or stuck it
! out. so as to come home with their mus
| kets on their shoulders.
| Major Vose commandment at Fort Nc
| Henry who is to muster out the regf-
ment. expects the Fifth TO reach Balti-
more by noon tomorrow. calculating that
| the trip will take forty-eight hours. He
| said that at the end of the thirty DAYS
! furloueh, which will be issued 10 each
man, the regiment will again assemble
! 3t The armory. where they will be exam
| ined by the physicians. paid off and mus
| tered out of the United States service.
/ The thirty days furlOugh will give the
Z officers and men composing the guard de-
tail an opportunity TO get the Government
! property into shape so that ii can be sent
at once to any point designated by the
! War Department.
The question of what will be done to-
ward reorganiZing the regiment after 1t
/ is mustered out of the service is being
sriousiy considered by the authorities, but
no definite plans have been yet given out
That there will be some changes in the
regiment is freely predicted by many OF
the retired officers of the regiment in the
city.