The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-17
LILLEY'S STAFF IN FIRST BATTLE
Raw Recruits Behave Gallantly Under Baptism of Fire and
 Other Things,
ROOSEVELT NOT THERE
Fierce Engagement In Which Enemy Is Downcd and Commandcr-ht-
 Chief Nithstands Charge.

The Waterbury American of last evc- hing has the following account of the first battle of George l.. Lillcy's staff, thIs fight taking place In Allyn house, ! Hartford:
 II was but a scNmmage-a dramatic loretaste Of the more desperate battles to come, yet let 1t be written on their colors that, raw recruits though they were, the military staff of Gov,-elect George l., Llllcy last night fought their first engagement with all the desperate unyielding yalor of tho An- Iciont and Honorable Artillery com- Ipany itself l As a greater man than even Coy I crnors has said: They had d perfectly uncorkng time
 The action was brought on by or- | der of the mmandcr-in-chtef, who selected the Allyn House In Hartford { as the most favorable field, The n- \ yltations said the dinner-pardon bat i te was informal but the sorrlcd ranks of the enemy as marshaled by Manager Dahlll gave promise of a struggle of tightuns pardon, the stupidity of the printer, the word ls i Titans. Moreover the early sklrmish- 1 ing with the pIckcts of tho enemy lr i the southeast corner of the Allyn showed that the recruits we're eager !. for g hot encounter.
 l When the roll was called the cont mander in chief found himself sup ! ported by a light brigade, beside which PontIowskls 1ancors, body guard of the late N Bonaparte, wcre aa~noth- lug Firm and steady in tho front rank stood those dcbonair gallopcr4, Quartcmastor General Eaton, Com. missary General shepard, Paymaster ! General TTavens Major Archibald r. Rico, Major Louis M. tIllman and that gallant old sea dog, Lieutenant Com mauder Bartlett Well equipped with first aid to tho injured came Surgeon ! General Graves. Missing from the ranks were t1uiutant General Colo and Judge Advocate General ] Moss Ives detached az 0yius squadron for waltz duty with Governor Woodruff at military han n Ncridon Also miss ing was Major Theodore Roosevelt, who wievaseed through the Western Union Signal Corps that ha conld not come From Thompsonyille oamo tho icers of the oncmt's advance that Maior Roosevelt WIs hut carrot knight Let them beware! There are other nights 10 come
 With the command well formed in tho trenches the head waiter sounded that stirring trumpet aaI Boots and saddles In an instant each dashns rough rider had mounted his dining chair and drawn his trusty blade for attack upon the flet mignon
 But hold
 II was tho voice of tho commander ! in chief Well skilled tn the science of modern warfare, ho First, down with tho raitorous chcrriee Then out lanccs and upon tho otstersl
 The destruction was fearful
 Nl tho evening long the conflict wagad Battalion ottcr battalion oi /, the attacking force was hurled against the ranks or the heroic stan, only t0 be swallowed up utterly Clarion voices sounded above thc din oi strife as comradc called encourage ment to comrade,
 "1m going to have aiguillcttts shouted one beau sabreur, defiant tr the last though surrounded by a chars
 ing party of sweetbreads sous cloche