The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-02
ROOSEVELT CLUB Is
ON TO WASHINGTON
Members March to Special
Train to Music of =.
Band

A special train of seven coaches on
the Rock Island left last evening bear
ing the Roosevelt clubs of St Paul and
Minneapolis on their way to Washing
ton to attend the Inauguration of
President Roosevelt Saturday, March 4.
The start of the ST. Paul club was
most suspicious. Attired in the club
regalia, rough rider suits and cam
paign hats, and led by the Third regi-
ment band of Duluth, the members
marched from the armory to the depot
where the special train was in wait
ing to convey them as far as Chicago.
Eighty members of the club were in
the party which boarded the train, and
these with the band, twenty-five in
struments, to say nothing Of Maj. Nc
Guffin, drum major, brought the total
strength of the st. Paul club as it will
be seen in Washington, up to 100.
Friends See Them Off
A delegation of about 200 friends
and relatives of the club members were
at the armory to witness the start and
went from there to the depot to bid
them farewell. The streets along which
the line of march to the depot was
laid were lined, too, with spectators
generous in their cheers as the men,
marching in columns of tours, swung
by, headed by the band.
The band, which is the pride of Du-
luth, is very good band, and the
bandsmen have been fitted out with the
regulation uniforms of the club so that
they look the part of the club band.
Maj. McGuffin, who became the idol of
every small boy the moment he took his
position at the head of the column and
swung his drum majors stick to an up
right Forward" had acquired the fine
art of keeping his band working all
the time they are marching without re-
membering to stop and breathe, and
from the time that the march began
until the union depot was reached
they ground out one continuous stream
of national airs.
AS far as Chicago the special train
carrying the st. Paul and Minneapolis
clubs will remain intact, but there the
five cars constituting the st. Paul
clubs train will be detached and sent
into Washington behind a regular train
Of the Chesapeake & Ohio, while the
Minneapolis cars will be attached to
another train on the same road.
The club will live well while en- route.
The train consists of two sleeping cars,
gage car. In Washington, which city
they win reach Thursday afternoon,
they will be quartered and will take
their meals in large house on Thomas
circle, which they have leased for the
week, hiring a chef and servants to
take care of their wants.
Has Good Position
In the inaugural parade Saturday the
club has been honored with the third
position in the Pacific division, the di-
vision which leads the parade. When
in Washington four years ago to at
tend the Inauguration of President Nc
Kinley, the club was consigned well to
the rear, but the presence of the band
with them this year secures for them
the position of honor which they have
secured. The Minneapolis club secured
fifth position. .ist..
During the parade Capt. George
Sheppard will be in command of the
club company, as he was during the
parade four years ago.
The club will remain in Washington
for four days after the Inauguration,
participating in the inaugural week, cell
ebrations and the return to st. Paul
will not be begun until next Wadnes-
day evening.