The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-07
F. |. |. REGIMENT.
Much Enthusiasm at The Celebration
Last Evening.
Parade and Chowter, Followed by Several
Tugs Of War-Tha Result.


The First Light Infantry Regiment
had a celebration last evening, and
there was a great deal OF enthusiasm
and a big turnout" of the members
of the organization. The first feature
was a street parade UP Westminster
street around the Doyle monument and
down Weybosset street to the armory.
About $50 men and officers were in line,
the regiment making an excellent
showing, and everybody being in full
dress uniform. The line was as follows:
Platoon of police.
Drum Major Ellsworth Baker.
Falrman's First Regiment Band.
First Light Infantry Regiment Col f.
w. .Matteson commanding: Capt. r..
S. Hamilton. Jr, Adjutant; Maj n.
ID. Harvey Surgeon; First Lieut.. NJ.
s. Tanning. Quartermaster; First
Lieut.. ID. +. George, Paymaster;
Capt. stephen Waterman Ordinance
officer; First Lieut. IL. ID. Armour,
Assistant Commssary; Capt. A. Il.
Brown. Lieut.. Col. II. Il. Rose, First
Lieut.. +. IL. Townsend, honorary
staff.
First Light Infantry Veteran Associa-
tlOn, COl. u. MASpn NT0SSs
ing; Mai. Leander Belcher Quarter
master Il. II. Rathbun. Commlssary
r. S. Delano, Adjutant w. III. Slllo-
way Lieut.. c. S. Emerson.
Il. l.. l. non-commissioned staff; Sergt
Maj. w. NJ. Baker Quartermaster
srTgTHur a f. .Uttrr,- -torrffrftsstt+.t-
Sergeant j w. Armstrong Acting
Hospital Steward j. II. Johnson, Com
missary Sergeant j B. Provan, First
af,t -
Dexter.
Maj. H. S. Tanner.
Company T., Capt. T.. f. Olney. First
Lieut.. W. Won Gottschalk; as musk
cts.
Company b, Capt. NJ. II. Cook. Second
Lieut.. NC. Sutherland; 26 muskets.
Company A, Capt. A. +. Williams; &c
muskets.
Company c, Capt A. H. Johnson; "a
muskets.
ON the return TO the arn1oTy n
chowder was served TO about 200 per-
sons. and then the drill hall was clear
ed. and the much-expected tug-of-war
took place. The conditions were one
minute pulls with five minute rests, and |
the teams were; A Company-No. /, |
Corp. cutter: No. 2, Serge. Cole; No. 3, |
Corp. Fits; No. a. Private Parker; No. |
3 and anchor, Private Bishoff; captain,
Sergt. Johnson.
Company Private Mann. Private
Wilson, Musician Bowen, Sergt. Stage:
anchor, Private Doty; captain, Capt.
Cook.
Company-Private Hudson. Sergt
Chapman, Private Furlong. Private
Piers, anchor. Private Salisbury: cap
tain. Capt. Johnson.
Il Company Ashlan, Private
Kelsey. Private Heap Private Wear:
anchor. Sergt. Howland captain, Pri-
vate Conroy.
The first pull was between r and A.
In which Il was the nner. In the sec
ond A won, and In the third T. won bv
less than an inch after 4 had recovered !
the advantage lost at the word BE- |
tween II and G, B won the first pull by |
a good margin. but lost the other two !
after having first gained the advan- |
tage, G proving the stronger. In the
pull-off between T. and G. y got nearly
a foot at the word i'm the Jtst trial ana
kept IT, while in the second, after the
knot had kept just above the Inc for
nearly the minute, + won by less than
an inch.
Then Fairman's Band played camp
tunes, the "Potter's Cove Band" led
the victorious company in q cakewalk |
around the hall. and Col. Matteson pre- |
sented the winners with n bronze stat
uette OF Victory. The entire affair. /
which was a great success. was plan /
nod by a committee OF *. including
Mai Tanner Commssary Cove. Quar-
termaster Tanning. the commanding
officers OF the four companies. and five
members OF each company.