The age-herald., 1898-04-21
The Band Played Dixie

fee, which was brought around in a large bucket by a sergeant and dished out to the men.
 The Band Played Dixie
 When the meal was finished Colonel Cochran ordered the regimental band, con- sisting of thirty-six pieces, to play, and when the stirring chords of "Dixie" were struck up the enthusiasm of the people knew no bounds. "YankeU Doodle,' "Bon- ny Blue Flag and other patriotic airs
 were played in succession and the crowd went wild.
 Woman's weakness for "brass buttons"
 was evidenced by heavy demand by the la lies for button as a souvenir or the occasion and soon the soldiers uniforms began to look bare. Some of them had an- ticipated the raid of the fair sex and had previously attached buttons to cards bear ing his name. These quickly ran out, how ever, and like their less thoughtful com-
 rades, were forced to give up the buttons on their uniforms.
 About 7:S0 o'clock the assembly call was sounded and in a short time the trains pu l. ed out, the crowd again cheering. The so'- diers will go direct to Tampa, where they will arrive this evening"
 The Seventeenth Regiment It was given out at the depot that other trains would arrive shortly, and the crowd who had been cleared from the shed fingered around patiently. Those who had gone home to supper returned, accompa- nied by their numerous friends, and when the first section bearing the Seventeenth regiment from the Columbus, O.. barracks, pulled into the depot the crowd was even larger than that which had greeted the gallant Sixth. Quickly following the first section came the second section with the remainder of the regiment and the scenes | that were enacted during the stay of the | Sixth regiment in the city were re-enacted with even greater enthusiasm and cheer | ing.
 The Personnel 1 The regimental personnel Is as follows: l Colonel John s. Poland, commanding; Ma l ior B. F. Pope, surgeon U. s. army; First l Lieutenant w c. Wrenn, adjutant Seven | teenth infantry; First Lieutenant w. M. Dickinson quartermaster Seventeenth in- 1 fantrv. First Lieutenant Arthur Johnson, Seventeenth infantry commissary; J. E. Wilson. sergeant major, Seventeenth in- fantry; G. M. Kaltschmidt, quartermaster l sergeant Seventeenth infantry. Band, Seventeenth infantry. | First battalion, Seventeenth infantry, l Leutenant-ColonelJ J. T. Haskell, command
 ing; Second Lieutenant I. L. Reeves, adJu- | tant: Company D, Captain L. M. O Brien, | commanding; First Lieutenant J. H, Frer, Second Lieutenant H. R. Perry and oi en- | listed men. | Company E. First Lieutenant Edward | Chynoweth, commanding; second Lleuteh- l ant ID P Cordray, and 56 enlisted men, l Company F, Captain C. St. J. Chubb' commanding; Second Lieutenant T. l.. l Smith, and 55 enlisted men. | Company A. Captain J. D. Nckerson, l commanding; First Lieutenant l.. l.. Dur l fee. Second Lieutenant B. F. Hardaway' l and 56 enlisted men,
 1 Second battalion, Seventeenth infantry: l Captain C. S. Roberts, commanding; Sec l ond Lieutenant A. T. Ovenshine, adJutant. l Company C. First Lieutenant c. D. Clay, commanding; Second Lieutenant c. D. Rop- l erts, and 56 enlisted men.
 l Company G, Captain w. P. Rogers, com I handing; First Lieutenant J. T. Kerr, Sec | ond Lieutenant w. D. Davis, and 59 enlisted l men,.
 Company B, Captain G. H. Roach. com l handing; First Lieutenant R. w. Dowdy, Second Lieutenant V. K. Hart, and o6 en- l listed men.
 Company H, Captain w. A. Mann, com- | manding; First Lieutenant k. w. hose, anu | 55 enlisted men. l Made Up of Fighters l The Seventeenth regiment is made up of | fighters Seven of the officers who go | with the regiment have seen hard service l during the rebellion. Colonel Poland, the l commander, was a cadet at West Point, l July 1, 1856, coming from Indiana. He was | made second lieutenant of the Second h- | fantry May 6, 1884, and hrst heutenan' | June G. He was made captain June 27, 1862 | and A major of the Eighteenth infantry | December 15 1880. He became lieuten-
 ant colonel of the Twenty-frst infantry
 March l. 1886. He became colonel of the Seventeenth August 1, 1891.
 This was all in the regular service On December 13 1S62 he was brevetted major | for gallant and meritorious service in the | battles of Antietam and ,Shepardstown | Ford Md, and Fredericksburg Va. and | on May 3, 1863, he was brevetted lieuten- ant colonel for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Chancellorsville
 Lieutenant Colonel Haskell, who com-