The sun., 1898-11-07
THIRD BATTALION ARRIVES
Hundreds Of Persons Wait for
Hours for the Train at the
Station.
ORDERS READ AT ARMORY
Men Will Quarter in the Star Build.
ing on ShipIey Street...Many of
Them State They Don't
Want to be Mustered
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An immense crowd gathered at the
French Street Station of the p, w. 4 B.
Railroad yesterday to give royal well
come home to the boys of the Third Bat
tai ion of the First Delaware Volunteers
to be mustered out.
The people commenced to arrive about
o'clock aud crowd soon collected
which gradually grew in size and length
before the train bearing the soldiers ar
rived, until its numbers ran up into the
thousands.
Sprinkled among the crowd were nu-
merous mem ers of the First and Second
BattaIions Of the First Delaware, some of
whom, from out of town, had already ar
rived to be in time for ts.day's medical
examination. .'..
Mothers, wives, sweethearts and lady
friends of the returning soldiers were
also quite numerous about the station
and every passenger train coming from
the direction OF Philadelphia during the
afternoon was thought by some to be the
right one.
The crowd had long wait, however.
as the special Pennsylvania train OF ten
cars bearing the battalion did not pull
into the station until 4.45.
There was great rush for the train
when it did arrive, and there were loud
cheers when the crowd saw it was the
right one, and these were followed by
other cheers as the boys alighted and
marched from the station to the street.
Ladies and gentlemen rushed forward
to grasp the hands OF the soldiers as they
hurried forward on their way to the
armory at Twelfth and Orange streets.
A large crowd followed the soldiers up
French, to Fourth, to King, to Ninth,
to Orange, and to the armory.
Crowds gathered on the corners and
people rushed to the doors of their
houses, and windows were opened as the
procession passed.
The boys looked we'll and healthy and
carried their blankets, ETC., in rolls
across their shoulders.
When they arrived at the armory a
guard prevented none but the soldiers OF
the various battalions of the regiment to
enter. Here they relieved themselves
OF their baggage, placing it in the large
drill room on the first floor.
La$er Colonel Gordon appeared on the
balcony overlooking the hall, and after
the meu had been brought to attention,
addressed them and read the following
general order:
, headq uar,e ers Firt Dol. VOL Infantry.
Wilmington, Del, Nov. 6, 1896.
General urder No. 81.
l. The Third Battalion, having re-
ported for duty with the regiment, the
companies will be assigned to sleeping
apartments in the upper story OF the
building occupied by the Star on Shipley
street, between Third and Fourth streets.
Company offices will he in the Armory,
and rooms will be assigned commanding
officers of companies upon application to
the regimental commander.
2. All the officers will report to the
regimental commander. at armory at .
O'Clock a. IN. on November 7, 1898.
3. The following hours of duty and
roll-calls will be observed in this COM
mand until further orders:
Reveille, a. m.; breakfast, $50 am;
rol-call, S.45 a. m. sick call, S.45 a. m.;
lunch, 12 M; supper, $50 p. M; taps,
II p. IN.
5. Men who are not here for the morn
ing roll-call will be reported absent
without leave, and will as such lose
all pay and all allowances for that
day.
The First Sergeants will enter the
names of all men sick in sick book, and
they will be reported to the surgeon at
AS a. IN.
By order of
COLONEL GORDON.
JOHN M. DUNN, .--
First Lieut.. First Del. Vol. Infantry,
Adjutant.
Colonel Gordon told the men that the
quarters in the Star building were not
yet ready and would not be taken pos
session of until to-day, and that soldiers
residing outside the city could sleep in
the armory for the night, and. for that
reason, taps would be sounded at IL
o'clock, after which there was to be no
noise.
He told the men to remember that
they were still in the United States ser
vice and conduct themselves according
ly, and that he vas disposed to allow
them all the liberty their conduct should
warrant.
The men were then dismissed for sup
per, which was served in the Pyle Cycle
Academy, Tenth and Orange streets,
shortly before 6 o'clock. 1t was fur
nished, at the expense of the War De-
partment, by Col. "A. L. Ainscow.
The boys did full justice to what was
served before them, but we're not very
hungry, as one OF them remarked, be.
cause they were furnished rations on the
train coming down, consisting of canned
beef, baked beans and hard tack.
The Third Battalion left Camp Meade
at about 1850 yesterday morning and
marched about two miles to Middletown
station, where they boarded the train at
IL. 45.
They numbered 234 men made up as
follows: Company A, 4S, Captain II. B.
Carter; Company B, 5S, Captain w. II.
Lank; Company G, 6S, Captain E. G.
Boyd; Company M, 20, Lieutenant
Springer.
The ordering of the battalion to Will
mington was surprise to the men, as
they expected to be sent South, and on
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