The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-14
Worcester Militiamen
Will Be in Boston
Today.
The BATTERY WILL START EARLY.
City Guards and Emmets
VIII Be Two of the
Color Companies.

All of Worcester's militia companies
will take part in the Dewey celebration
in Boston today, and will leave at diff
ferent hours this forenoon to report to
their respective regimental command
ers at Boston. Battery B will be the
first Of the local companies to pull out
of this city, leaving at 6 o'clock. The
men Of that command have been or
dered by Capt. H. w. Haynes to report
at the armory at 4 O'clock this morning.
Almost the entire company slept at the
armory last evening, and were up be-
times this morning, getting things in
readiness. Capt. H. w. Haynes, Lieut..
w. 7. Gould, Lieut.. A. H. Boswell and
Lieut.. w. e. Sayles all stayed at the
armory last night.
The armory presented a picturesque
scene last night, all the militia men of
the city being present, rolling over
coats, getting their equipments in
shape and making final preparations
for the days tour of duty. The bat
terry boys got their gun carriages and
caisSons on the floor, cleaned up the
harnesses and got everything in readi-
ness for a quick hitch to be made at 4
O'Clock this morning. All the other
militia men stayed around till late and
carried home their uniforms.
The wellington Rifles had their reg
ular weekly drill, which lasted an hour
under Capt. C. S. Holden. Following
the drill came a shorS business meet
ing which was quickly over after adj
hitting Frank w. King to member
ship.
Battery B will report at the armory
at o'clock, and the horses will be
hitched and the start for the Boston and
Albany freight house on Bloomingdale
road will be made. The train will be
made up of two passenger cars for the
men, four fiat cars for the guns and
I'VE stock cars for the horses The
train will leave the freight house at
$40, and is scheduled to arrive in Bos-
ton at $50 o'clock. Arriving in Bos-
ton, the men will unload at the Hunt
ington avenue station. Returning, the
train will leave Boston at 6 o'clock. The
battery will be accompanied by hos
pital steward Fred z. Ewell from head
quarters at Boston. He stopped at
the armory last evening.
The next Worcester company to leave
this city will be the Emmett Guards,
who will have special car attached to
the s o'clock train to Boston. Capt.
Moynihan will report with his COM
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10 O'clock The remaining Worcester
companies of the Second will join their
regiment at 9.20 at the Union station,
and all the Worcester companies will
be unloaded in Boston before 1890
o'clock, to do their part in honoring
Dewey
The formation of the parade will take
some time, but all will be in readiness
at the time of the start, II o'clock. The
mounted police will lead the parade,
and will be followed by the jackies from
the Olympia. Then will come de-
tachment from the marine corps, which
will be the admirars escort. Admiral
Dewey will follow in carriage and
will be accompanied by his flag lieu
tenant and Lieut.. Gov. Crane.
The state militia will be next in line
under command of Gov. Wolcott, who
will ride behind the admirafs carriage.
The First brigade under command of
Brig. Gen. Matthews will have the right
of line of the militia. This is the brig
ade which includes all the local COM
panies with the exception of the En-
met Guards.
The second brigade will be under COM
mand of Brig. Gen. Bancroft. Tie first
and second corps of Cadets, the First
regiment of heavy artillery and the am
bulance and signal corps will bring up
the rear
The parade will come to an end OF,
Boston common, where the ceremony of
turning over the battle flags of the reg
iments will take place. Two Worcester
companies will have the monor of being
the flag company during that ceremony,
the City Guards being the flag company
Of the Second regiment, and the Emmet
Guards the flag company of the Ninth
regiment. Sergt w. E. Barton of the
Light Infantry, who carried the cclors
of his regiment in Cuba will again have
that honor today in Boston. Frivate
Thomas j. Conneff of the Emmett
Guards has been detailed color guard
for the Ninth regimental colors.
Lieut.. Herbert H. Warren of the
Light Infantry, and Lieut.. Frederick H.
Lucke of the City Guards have been
appointed permanent battalion adju-
tants and will have their mounts in
Boston Lieut.. James e. McGourty, as
sistant surgeon of the Ninth regiment,
will take charge of the second brigade
hospital.
ANY man who does not attend this
tour of duty is liable to a prompt dis
charge. and strict orders have BEEN is
sued to all men not to remain in BOSTON
in uniform after parade. If any ore
desires to remain, he will provide him
self with civilians clothes.