Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-10
BOYS LEAVE THE CITY
Concluding Features Of United
Brigades Convention.
LOCAL COMMAND WINS
BoPE DRILL CUP CAPTURED BY
DISTRICT.
Addresses at Meeting Yesterday Give
an Outline of the Purposes of
the Organization.

copal Church South, explaining that the
real nature of the organization is to teach
the boy right living and mold in him
manly, Christian character. This meeting
was the closing feature of the national con-
venton which began III this city Friday
morning last.
Two other interesting events of the con-
vention took place Saturday, namely. the
street parade at 3 pm. and a meeting of
the members of the brigade in the Mount
Vernon Place M. E. Church South in the
evening, when it was announced that Com
pany F, LIST District of Columbia Regiment,
had won the "Bope cup which is the
highest prize in brigade circles. and which
had been held for three years by the Gen
erals Own company of P1ttSburg.
Washingtonians enjoyed the interesting
parade which moved along Pennsylvania
avenue northwest Saturday afternoon.
About six hundred boys were in line, and
they ranged in size from the smallest that
could walk and carry q gun to those very
near maturity. The uniforms were also at
tractive, especially on account of their va
ricty, for each company was clad in the
dress that had seemed best to it. There is
a movement on foot to adopt a regular uni
form for the brigade, but at this time the
individual tastes of the various command
erS reign supreme
OF the GOO boys, some wore cadet uni
forms, some regular army uniforms, some
sailors suits and the colors of blue, gray,
olive, drab, khaki and white were all in evil
dence. The band of the Minute Men of the
District accompanied the brigade.
Composition of the Parade.
The parade was headed by a squad of
mounted police, under the command of
Sergt. W. T. Anderson, In charge of the
Anacostia police. Next came Haleys band,
which was in the employ of Gen. Bope for
the use of his company while here Then
came Company G of the Sd PENNSYLVANIA,
known as the Generals own" occupying
the place of honor
The rest of the line of march was as
follows Lieut.. Gen. H. P. Bope and staff,
all of Pittsburg composed of the following
officers: Adjt. Gen. John A. Clark. Lieut..
Col. H. j. Lindsay. Lieut. Col. A. r. Hunt,
Maj F. j. Kress, Maj. S. S. Wales, Maj.
L. c. Palmer, Capt. Thomas Dana Capt.
w. S. Linderman and Capt j. W. Young
Gen. Bope was followed by Maj Gen. Henry
F. Spicer and staff, who headed the Penn
sylvania division. numbering several COM
panies and including a hospital field corps
and a fife and drum corps.
Following this division came the Minute
Mems band, and then the Maryland divi-
sion, commanded by Maj Gen. j. E, Pear
son, accompanied by his staff. Behind these
came detached company from Beverly
n j., under the command of Capts G.
H: E: Robinson and w. C. Richardson
Maj Gen. w. H. Dexter, commanding the
uINisiol vi tne DlStrlct or Columbia and
Virginia, followed accompanied by his
staff, composed of Col. James H ,iPickens
adjutant; Col. a. d. Smith and Lieut.. John
Adams The I'd District Of Columbia Regi-
ment was the first in line under the com
mand of Maj w. A. Dexter. then the 1st
District of Columbia, commanded by Mai
Percy H. Nicholson.
There We're several companies represented
IN each regiment. The line was brought
up by the little fellows In sailor uniform
who have acted as escorts to the visitors
to their quarters
1t was the idea of the marshal of the
pafade to represent, by the placing of the
squads and companies in line, the extent
and distribution of the brigade movement in
America, rather than the numericaI
strength In order to do this souads of fivo
or SIX coming from separate localities. were
given an individual position and not merged
with other squads. This gave the procession
somewhat scattered appearance.
Meeting Saturday Evening.
Addresses were made at the meeting Sat-
urday evening by Maj. Gen. Henry F. Spi-
Ger, commanding the Pennsylvania dfvt
sion; Major Kress of Pittsburg, Dr. S. P.
Gerhard of Philadelphia and Rev. C. w.
Grafiin of Baltimore. The portion of the
program of most interest to all was the
announcing Of the award to the COMMAND
which had been victorious in the comment
tive drill of the night before at Convention
HAL me full strength of the brigades
the general staff of the brigade. Ma Tor
General Dexter, commanding the District
sided. Pie
During the evening drill in the meth.
DDS of Bible catechism in use by the bril-
gades was held. 1t conformed to manual
compiled by one of the officers. The prize,
a silver cup offered by the Dulin & Martin
Company, was won by four boys from
Lancaster, Pa.-Sergeant Kelsey George
Huber, Paul Hardy and Clyde Diffenbaugh.
The committee announced that the last
named boy was absolutely perfect in his
drilling.
Lieutenant General Bope made a short
address, in the course of which he read a
telegram from E. A. Smith of Glasgow,
Scotland, secretary of the British branch
of the organization. In it the British Boys
Brigade sent greetings to the brigades in
America
Adjt. Gen. Clarke announced the nrizes
awarded by the judges in the contest FRI
day evening. The District boys were pres
ent In large numbers. and cheered heartily
when 1t was stated that Company had
won the cup offered by Gen. Bope. This
company is i'll command of Capt Percival
H. Nicholson. last year lieutenant in Com
pany F of the High School Cadet Regi-
ment, located at the Eastern. 1t is com
posed entirely of Capitol Hill boys, most
of whom attend or have attended the East
ern High School. 1t drilled with five fours
strength.
Signal Corps Contest.
The signal corps contest was won by the
Signal Corps of the Sd Pennsylvania Regi-
ment of Pittsburg. The Hospital Corps of
the 7th Pennsylvania Regiment of Lancas-
| ter won the hospital drill.
| The victory of the District boys In the
infantry drill contest was regarded as es-
pecially gratifying to the local brigade
officers, from the fact that Gen. Bope's
company of Pittsburg is an organization
of eleven years standing. and Is consid-
cred crack command.
Those who spoke at the meeting held
yesterday afternoon, besides Gen. Bope.
were Col. Joseph H. Cudlipp of Lancaster.
Pa. who commanded the victorious Hos
pital Corps, and Maj. Gen. Dexter of the
District.
l. General Bope said the uniforms the BAN
| ners and the annual contests were only
wise concessions to the boy nature: but
that the real object of the organization was
to upilft the characters of the boys and
train them for work in the churches and in
the civil government Of the nation. He said,
in part:
1T is true there is criticism Of the move
ment. There are some who cannot see
what place a military organization can have
with a church; others who care more for
the externals than for the soul of the boy.
My reading tells me, however, that all good
causes have met with adverse criticisms;
have had to fight for their existence In the
case of the military. history Is but repeat
ing itself from the time of the dark ages,
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