Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-25
THIRD REGIMENT is READY.
on Dress Parade-A Remark
able Demonstration


If war had been declared against Spain
yesterday and the Third regiment was I'M
der orders to move to the scene of action
there could not have been more enthusi-
asm and patriotism exhibited in Kansas
City than was evident at the armory, cor
ner of Twelfth street and Troost avenhc.
last night. The announcement that tie
Third would give a dress parade and the
rumors of war afioat over the land attrlcc-
ed such crowd as was never before seen
in the armory. The balconies were filled
with men and women half hour before
the time announced for the parade. When
the bugles sounded reveille the entrance
to the armory was jammed and many we're
turned away. Men stood in the windows
and crowded for standing room on the
stairs leading to the balconies. The cannons
and Gatling guns of Battery in one end
OF the armory served as seats for scores OF
men and women.
The company and battalion maneuvers
began promptly at o'clock. Company F.
Of Independence. was the only company not
present. Colonel Gross did not order the
company out owing to the lack Of floor
space at the armory for the full ceremonies
of the parade. Scarcely a man was missing
from any company. After the battaiions
were formed and in position, Brigadier
General Moore reviewed the parade. De-
spite the small space in the armory Tor
maneuyering regiment, the companies
were handled admirably and with no per
ceptible confusion. The parade was headed
by the. Third Regiment band. When the
general and his staff saluted the iias the
ceremony elected tremendous applause from
the audience. Every man in the regiment
appeared at his best. The tramp of hun
dreds of feet in perfect time TO the stirring
music of the band, the bright brass but
tons, blue uniforms and cleaning swords
and bayonets, coupled with the knowledge
that Uncle Sam is preparing for war and
was depending on an army composed of
just SUCH regiments. called forth the Wild
est enthusiasm on the part of the specta-
tors.
After the regiment had finished the cere-
monies OF the parade. the band played THE
Star Spangled Banner. All the officers
took off their caps. the Elel stamped their
rifle butts on the floor and the spectators
h ,he and Yankee
cheers could be heard for blocks.
from drill, Colonel Gross announced that
all the company headquarters would he
open for recruits. The effect of the an
nOuncement was that an average of eight
men to each of the seven companies applied
for enlistment papers.
After the regiment was dismissed the OF.
fcers held meeting ,,I in Colonel CIR cross,
attention, Colonel Gross announced:
1.-The news from the seat Of war is very
Of
at any time. All the accounts now point in
the same direction. We may be called ut
any time. We may be given six hours or
even twenty-four hours to start in, but you
must all be prepared. Every one of you
have your companies built up to the init
as soon as possible
81 notice that in some states the officers
of my rank are calling their officers to-
gether," said General Moore. Il haven
felt that this was necessary here. l wrote
to Colonel Caffee yesterday stating that
thought that all We would have to do here
| in this part of Missouri is to press the but
ton and the companies would be ready to
go. Personally, I have no knowledge OF
what the government is intending to do
| All of you know as much about the present
| condition of affairs as / do. Simply be fully
| prepared to do your duty when called
upon
Major Jabez y. Jackson, surgeon, re-
ceived telephone message yesterday aft
ernoon from a young woman VINO stated
| she wished to join the Red Cross Society
| She said she was a graduate of the Cook
! County Hospital and Nurses Training
| school and wished to identity herself with
| the Third regiment hospital corps.
w ]. Stoner. of Cameron, Mo, who was
| drum major of the famous Cameron band
| for ten years. handled the Third Regiment
| band at the dress parade OF the regiment
| at the armory last evening. During the
| ten years he swung the baton for the
| Cameron band he led the band in pdrades
| from Boston to Denver.