The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-11
SCRANTON WAS
In EVIDENCE
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their fellows of Company l. Company
NJ of Tunkhannock, which arrived at
$50 in the morning. had breakfast
dinner and supper with the Eastoni-
ans. The others had dinner and sup
per. The meals were served in the
city armory. The soldiers marched
through in single file and received each
a quart oyster box filled with edibles
and further on had their canteens filled
with excellent coffee. Most of the boys
lined up on the curbstone outside the
armory to partake of their repast. The
dinner consisted of ham sandwich,
beef sandwich. two boiled eggs, pickles
and coffee. The supper was equally
as relishab BILE.
The field and staff officers were en-
tertained by the citizens committee
at the United States hotel and the line
officers at the Franklin House.
MAKEUP OF REGIMENT.
The representation of the different,
companies of the Thirteenth was as
| follows
Colonel Louis A. Watrcs. Lieutenant Colonel
r. W. Stllwell, Major B. Rush Field, Easton;
Major and Surgeon ". G. Fulton, Adiutant d. B.
Atherton, Quartcrmaster Frank N. Nandling
| Chaplain William II. Swift, Honesdae; com.
| mssary George IT, Whitney, Honcsdac Assist.
ant Surgeon W. T. Keller, Inspector Of Rifle
| Practice George c. Merriman Battalion Adiutants
| David j. Davis, Walter r. Gunster and Reese
| Ncwbury.
| Company A-Chaplain 7. T. Gilman, First
| Lieutenant George L. DAILY, Second Lieutenant
| George Russ forty-onc men.
| Company B--Captain \. W. kambeCk, First
| Lieutenant Elmer y. Berry, Second Lieutenant
| Guy r. Rclph; forty men,
Company C--Captain Edward Burkhousc, First
| Lieutenant Joseph r. llelrioglc, Second Lieuten.
| ant Bernard b. HaGgerty; thirty.four men.
Company D-Captain Arthur r. Foote, Second
| Lieutenant Ezra Ripple lr. forty-thrce
| Company T. OIonesdae)-Captain Grant W.
Lane, First Lieutenant Nelson T. Bigelow, See.
| ond Lieutenant Irwin Many; forty.seven men.
| Company F-Captan Fremont Stokes, First
1 Lieutenant G. +. Pross. Second Lieutenant
| Franklin lIenshaw; forty.two men
Company G CMontrose)-Captain j. G. fllr.
| rington, Second Lieutenant Lear L. Barron;
! forty.one mrn.
Company Il-Capton John L. HUFF, First Lieu.
| tenant Thomas Z. Miles, Second Lieutenant Wal
| ter Finn; fifty men.
| Company | Easton)--Captain Fred r. Drake,
| First Lieutenant r. T. Horn; Second Lieutenant
| Maurice Clemens. ffty.threc men.
| Company K-Captlin b. W. Reyan, First Lieu
| tenant G. T.. Scott, Second Lieutenant Milton
Otonnell; forty-siN men,
Company L-Cartain W. ~ Raub, First Lieu
| tenant David Davis Second Lieutenant Robert
| W. Cooper; forty-four men
Company NJ Crunkhannock) )-Captan y. W.
| Reynolds, First Lieutenant A. r. MClhuish, Sec.
| ond Lieutenant Harry Lackey; forty.thrce men.
| Thirteenth Regiment band-Sergeant Robert
| Bauer; twenty-four men.
| In the absence OF Major Robling,
| who is attending the chiefs of police
| convention in Cincinnati. the Third
battalion was commanded by Captain
| Stokes, and his company, +, was in
| charge of Lieutenant Pross.
The other officers absent We're As
| sistant Surgeon George A. Blanchard,
! First Lieutenant Lorenzo Bisbee, of
| Company ID, First Lieutenant Richard
! A. Watrous, of Company G.
OF the 720 men which the regiment
| musters 554 were in line. The two
| Allentown companies of the Fourth
| regiment. which We're temporarily as
| signed to the Thirteenth. expanded
| Colonel Watres' command to 654 men.
REDUCED THE RANKS.
There would have been 655 men had
not an unfortunate Company Fl cor
poral selected an inopportune moment
for nerving up his spirit. Colonel Wat
res happened through the car as the
! corporal was removing the nervine
from his lips. and the result was an
order to Captain Huff: Send Cor
poral - home and reduce him to
the ranks" Fortunately for the other
! wise unfortunate corporal he felt the
need of the nervine early in the trip.
| irp wi
The Northampton monument is IS
feet high, made of Barre granite.
weighs 400 tons and is very artistic.
1t has a heavy base appropriately
sculptu?ed and five life size figures
representing the different arms of the
service on sea and land. including a
| bugler on top of the shaft blowing
taps as he looks in the direction of the
setting sun, 1t stands in a circle in
the center of the town, which was
decided to the county by the Penns in
1868, The monument cost only $4,000
The Lackawanna county monument.
which is to cost 50,000 will not be
worth $4,000 more than it by any
manner of figuring. T. j. Duffy.
| At . O'Clock this morning the First
battalion and Company G.. of the Third.
arrived home from Easton via the Le-
high Valley and Delaware and Hud-
son. The Jersey Central special with
the Third battalion and Company L
aboard arrived half an hour later. The
start from Easton was made at 10
O'Clock, instead of IL o'clock as was
first intended and a number of the
boys were left.