The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-02


was the First Separate colored compa-
ny and Troop A, under the command of
Captain Ludington, but it was not
thought necessary to take them and
/ they were held in readiness at the arm
DRY to await further orders. The Glays
| Company F. had the most men at the
armory and in the quickest time of the
companies which left this city, sending
fifty-five out of a possible sixty-eight.
The City Guard Company b came
next, with forty-five men. and the 9TH
er companies each sent about forty
men.
| The members of the First Separate
company (colored) were very prompt
in arriving at the armory and had
large attendance. The Machine Gun
battery sent ten men and the Hospital
corps of six men also went. The COM
panies on their arrival at the depot
were stationed in the train in the fol-
lowing order: The first car carried the
Machine gun and ammunition, and the
next car was occupied by the colonel
and staff. The next five cars were &C.
! cupied by the companies in the follow
! ing order: Companies c, D, F, f and
B, and the two last cars were not occu-
pied and were left in this city. About
$50 men were taken from this city in
all, and they all seemed willing to go.
The Veteran Grays' association sent
] lunch and several boxes of cigars to
their old company, which were consum-
ed while en- route to Waterbury.
Rev. DR.. George Phillips, chaplain of
! the Second regiment, on account of
having to conduct the Sunday evening
services in his church in Fair Haven,
did not arrive in time to go with the
regiment, but will leave early this
morning, as well all the members of
companies who were delayed last even
! ing.
! Captain Donovan, of the Sarsfeld
Guard, drove to Mort ford yesterday
afternoon to notify some of his men,
who were spending the day there, to
be ready to respond to a call, and while
driving alone in that town he was run
into and thrown from his team. He
was not badly hurt and left with his
company last evening.
| When the assembly fire call was
i sounded a squad of policemen were
! dispatched to the armory to take care
i of the crowd of several thousand people
which soon surrounded it. They were
under the direction of Chief Wrinn in
person, while Fire Marshal Gladwin di-
rected a squad of firemen who were
there to see that the promenade decor
atoms did not catch on fire.
THE TROOPS DEPARTURE.
! At $50 the train pulled out. Every
! 70 i+c Full
Many of the men who had not had time
to complete the change finished dress
ing in the cars. Sentnels were station
ed at the doors of each car, and they
+ forbade all passage except to those au-
! thorized. The men were in the highest
spirits, joking and laughing in high
good humor. Smoking and eating sand
wiches were the chief attractions-in
fact, every car was a smoker. The ut
ter absence of women seemed strange
to the eye accustomed to associate
them with crowded train. The Off
GERS and pressmen occupied the for
ward car. Ahead in the baggage coach
little group of men lounged and sat
/ around various unwieldy and grotesque
| looking objects One of them, a long
brass pepper-boX affair, bespoke the
various parts of the deadly Calling.
Over in the corner, where several men
were sitting comfortably, were hum
dreds of rounds of the ammunition
which spatters bullets as a shower
spray does water.
| They made pretty good time last night
only sixty minutes--with a stop of five
minutes at Misunderstanding at Waterbury
at exactly $50. AS the train pulled in the
station, contrary to all expectation, was
quite deserted. Visions of buckshot and
bowling mobs, riot and lawlessness faded
away rather fatty as the platform disclosed
only few policemen and half interested
onlookers.
The men were formed the gatling un-
loaded and wheeled to the center of the
column and then with fixed bayonets and
I rattling bang of drums the battalion moved
! up the street. There were faw people
. languidly watching from their windows, a
policeman or two and a dog.
The battalion was escorted to the armory
by q deDntation Of police. The eternal
i lounger, backed up by the irresponsible
gamin. managed to unite enough energy to
in a desultOry fashion hiss and ieer the
men, but the interest was but slight.
Some ten minutes before the New Haven
battalion arrived the First regiment CON
! tingent from Hartford had arrived over the
| Central New England railroad and had also
marched to the armorv, so that blase Wa
| terbury did not enthuse to any extent when
the Elm City boys marched up.
The cars had been stopped by order of
the company at o'clock in the afternoon.
| This taken into consideration with the
fact that It was Sunday evening might
have had something to do with the more
than Sabbath calm which peryaded the at.
mOsohere.
The only thing that appeared to be open
for business was a vehicle Labelled Union
Bus > Cents and even this seemed well
nigh discouraged.
The men on reaching the armory were
| assigned various precincts throughout the
city.
There may he some trouble if the com.
pany attempts to run its cars to-day, but
the display of force has done much to in
timdate the unruly clement. Wednesday
night is pay night and they may on the
strength of much erratc encouragement
attempt some interference. But on the
whole it is very doubtful.
Several members of the various local
companies who missed the special train
last evening by being late drove to Wa
terbury in teams and others were con-
d a