New-York tribune., 1901-09-04
.SLXTYNLNTH BOYS RETURN.
DENY REPORTS OF ROWDYISM AT NEW
HAVEN-GOT FOOTSORE IN
BOSTON.

r,,,,a hundred members Of the 69th Regiment.
who went to Boston on Saturday night as guests
of the Qth Massachusetts,. arrived home yesterday
morning. They were in command OF Colonel Ed
r5 r1,ef,, The men got little sleep the trip.
and were so thoroughly exhausted when theV
reached here that most of them immeolateIy
sought their rooms for rest. Half dozen OF theh
were AT the armory last night. They were unani-
nous in their denunciation Of the reports OF ro"Uy
ism among the soldiers at New-Haven.
dfspatch from New-Haven, printed in the after
noon declared that the regiment made a concerted
assault on the railroad restaurant there carrying
off pitchers spoons. glasses and napkins as souVe-
Mrs The men said last night that nearly TWO nun
dred of the militia boys went 10 the restaurant
where there were only two walters TO serve them
They arrived at 1925 a special train and re-
maIned only fifteen minutes There was rush foF
the restaurant at once. and the two waters anu
one barkeeper were swamped. The men swarmed
up to the counter eight deep and took what they
could find. paying IN half dollars and dollar bills
without waiting change. Some OF the men, after
being served. brushed aside and had no oppor-
tunity to pay. but they say the restaurateur lost
nothing by this The crowd was orderly II clarnor-
Gus. Several men who went up Meadow-st- to the
nearest saloon late in getting back and two
lost the train
Both regiments attended mass in the Cathedral IN
Boston on Sunday morning. and filled the church 10
the doors. On Monday morning the 9Th took the
6sth excursion around Boston Harbor. When
the boat returned to the dock the boys were
anxious to get ashore and crowded the ran OF the
boat until il collapsed one of the 9Th was pushed
overheard. He was unable 10 swim. and would have
drowned had not Of the 69th jumped overheard
and rescued him The rescuer was the hero OF the
regiment for the rest of the trip AT II clock both
regiments were grouped on the Custom House steps
and had their photograph taken. In the evening
five hundred men sat down to dinner In the base
ment of the 9Th Regiment Armory.
AT o'clock the two regiments paraded through
Boston streets. and at 4:30 o'clock camped on the
Common, where they were reviewed by Arch
bishop Williams. The say that the Boston
streets nearly all paved with cobbestones, and
the marching extremely fatiguing. The 9th
Regiment led the parade. and apparently picked
out the toughest streets. Whether or not this was
a practical Joke. the 6sth men are not prepared TO
say but certain il is that feet and legs will be
an unpleasant reminder Of the march for some
time come. The Boston men wore aluminium
badges. attached to green ribbons, emblematc Of
the Irish composition Of the New-York organiZa-
tion; bearing the words. Welcome. 6sth. septem-
ber 2 and 3, 1901
While in Boston the men slept in the drillroom
of the 9th Regiment Armory on improvised beds
of ticking. They arrived in Boston 4 o'clock
Sunday morning and Immediately retired. II was
a difficult task TO arouse them in the morning.
One man seemed 10 be in trance, and all man
Of noises failed to awaken him. Even when
the fife and drum corps struck march, Great
ing terrible din, which echoed and re-echoed
through the room, he slept peacefully Finally
he was carried outdoors, and the fresh air reused
him. He said he lived near the elevated railroad
and was accustomed 10 noise at night.