The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-07
MILITARY CIRCLES.
Boston Tournament
Accusing Wide
Interest.
THE CITY GUARDS.
Second Regiment to be Rep
resented by Worcester's
Crack Company.

The event in the military circles of
the state is the military tournament 10
be held in the Mechanics building be-
ginning Monday evening, to continue
till Saturday, and is arousing wide
spread interest in Boston and the sur
rounding towns, and the celebration
will be a sort of public welcoming home
of the heroes of the late war. Worces-
ter will be represented by the City
Guards, A company of the Second reg
iment. and they can be relied upon to
uphold Worcester's reputation in the
military world.
The Guards leave this city on the 6l4
o'clock train on Monday evening, and
have been ordered to report at The ar
mory at o'clock in the evening, Their
uniform will be fatigue dress. white
gloves, collars not to show and Shoes
BACKED They will be entrusted Wit.t
the battle flags Of the Second regiment
which regiment they have betn selected
TO represent.
The weeks program will open with
grand welcome to the Massachusetts
troops, who took part in the war with
setts regiment Capt E. G. Barrett
commanding, representing that regi-
ment; Battery D, First regiment heavy
artillery, Capt. rockingham, CunpauN
A. Sixth regiment, Company NJ, Eighth
regiment, Company A. Nint1 regimen,
Capt. Keefe, Company A, FfftI regi'
ment, and Wards light battery have
all been invited to participate in review
before Gov. Roger Wolcott, under com
mand of Col. F. P. Clark.
The remainder of Monday evening
will be given up to foot maneuVers a
guard mount, a realistic reproduction
of a nights biVOuac, an exhibition Of
calisthenic drill and rough riding by
Capt DOdd's troop of rough riders of
the Third United States cavalry from
Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont. This pro-
gram will be varied on each evening of
the week.
Tuesday evening the RoXbury horse
guards will appear and drill The Mas
sachusetts ambulance corps Wis show
how the wounded would have been ia
ken from the field in Cuba had they
been present. The naval brigade will
do a light artillery drill
The tournament will attract many
Worcester people to Boston besides
those who go with the City Guards and
a great number of the veterans are ex-
pected to attend along with the active
company.
The dead heroes of the local compa-
MES will not be forgotten on Memorial
day and all the local companies will de-
corate the graves Of its dead soldiers.
The militia companies all voted to ac-
cept the invitation of Post 10 to act as
escort, but that will not hinder the de-
cOratiOn of their own graves. The
City Guards wild ecorate the graves
of their dead in much the same manner
that the G. A. r. have decorated the
graves of those who served and died
in the. civil war. The other companies
have not as yet selected the manner of
decorating the graves.
The suggestion Of Secretary Halsey
Hammond of the Y. NJ. c. A TO hold a
memorial service in Memorial hall. he
Sunday preceding Decoration day, is
meeting with decided approval all along
the line. The plan proposed by Secre-
Hammond is that some speaker
be selected to address the local com
panies and their friends in Memorial
hall. the topic to suggest itself. Invita-
tions have been sent to all the com
panies at the armory. and the yelling
ton Rifles have already voted to accert