The Portland daily press., 1899-07-10


! ed in the matter 10 shower flowers on tns
! sailors At several places along tns line q
march. AIRS. brown requests citizens "a
= gather togsther as many small bouquets
} OF Wild and cultivated flowers as possible
, for Thursday morning. The bouquets
are to be tied firmly At the lower end and
delivered Thursday morning at the X.
! H. q. A building.
, It is expected that Gov. Powers and
} staff. who are to be he guests Of the city
on this occasion, will pay their formal
visit to the feet on Friday afternoon
The governors headquarters while in the
city will be ct the Falmouth hotel.
he decorations for this occasion will
be quite elaborate and it Is hoped that the
citizens generally will do all in their
power 20 make this feature OF the three
days visit Of the fleet great occasion.
City ball win be handsomely decorated
and Congress street will be brilliantly IL
Illuminated at night by many incandescent
lights Of various colors which will bs
stretched across the street from Pearl to
Monument square.
4 There are many other plans which the
committee has In view for the proper OBJ
seryance Of the visit Of the feet which
sunk Ceryera's squadron. The officer RS
will be suitably entertained. either with
q trip to Poland Springs or to some
other place which 1t would interest them
to visit. There Is to be no attempt at a
formal banquet or reception. II has neen
the aim Of the committee In the entirs
matter to make the visit OF this fleet to
Portland one " hich Will be long remem.
bered by both officers and men and mas
much as they have been Toasted and en-
tertained q good deal In the past few
months 1t is the opinion OF the commit
tee that the programme which has already
been decided upon, IL carried OUT will
prove very agreeable to the officers and
) men of the fleet and also to the public at
large
TIE Y. NJ. G. A. AND, THE TARs.
The Y. NJ. @. A of this city have So
cured from the public buildings commit
tee the right to use the armory during
the visit Of the North Atlantic squadron
9 to this port It is the intention of this
association to place In the armory cots
for the use Of those men from the meet
. who desire to stay on shore all night or
later than they can get of on board their
ships. Bot coffee and lemonade will be
supplied free to all the sailors OF the feet
and writing tables and reading tables
will also be provided at the armory for
the blue jackets free of cost.
This plan was first tried by the z. NJ.
? q. AS of Boston and New York while
, ths fleet was in those ports 1t was found
that the idea of providing free cots for
4 such of the men as desired TO stay on
! shore until late hour aud were Obliged
a to get of on board their ships by six
O'Clock the next morning worked to q
charm and a great many OF the sailors
I took advantage of the offer Of the Y. M.
: @. A. with the result that the officers OF
A The ships found that there were fewer
i men returned on board who showed the
. effects OF all night dissipation and in fact
r there were very few men who reported
i from liberty who had drunk at all. The
, Idea is to give the men a place to sleeI
, when they get tired of walking about the
/. city and thus keeping them out of this
: haunts Of vice which are always wide
, open to catch the blue jackets on shore
, for all night liberty.
: 1t was found in Boston and New York
that the free coffee and lemonade with
the reading tables and writing tables suC
materials free brought many men into
"a the quarters provided for them and in fac
i the effort Of the Y. NJ. q. A. has been
much appreciated by the officers OF the
n North Atlantic squadron wherever this
a plan has been put into operation.
: Secretary Garland and the trustees Of
y the Y. NJ. q. A. have been at work upor
S this idea here in Portland and will keep
= open hours at the armory while the fleet
q is in the city. They have the strong en-,
= dorsement Of the city governments com
mittee on entertainment in this work ant
h also all the citizens who will aid then
D In carrying out this plan.
!. A special committee has been appointed
i for this work and they are meeting will
y success in their endeavor to complete ar
IS engagements, every man they have called
h upon, being ready to do Ills part. Thi
a Is not surprising, for certainly the move
:. raent reflects much credit on the city an,
n win add very materially TO the warmth
h of the welcome to the men who have beer
S so prominent for the past year. Tn
}. makeup of the committee is as follows
n George s. Hobbs. Ozman Adams, A. h
a johnson, w. j. Rnowlton, E. s Ever
+ EFT, President h. X. Payson and Secrsta
g ry Garland.
CO A CALLED OUR
! Portland, July .. 1897.
i All members Of the Portland Light In
fantry, Co. A. First Regiment. ara re
3 quested to appear at the armory on Tues
4 day evening, July IL, for the purpose o