The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-21
This is Composed of AbouA
Fifty Men, Some Being
Mounted.
GUN DETACHMENT
ALSO ON DUTY HERE
The Provisional Company Is
Held in Reserve at Ar
mory Hall, and is Not Pa
trolling Streets or Guard
ing Amy Property.

Feeling That there was no further
necessity OF the Florida state troops
| remaining in Pensacola, General j. @
r. Foster yesterday morning ordered
the remaining companies here haca
| to their homes, and at O'Clock tina
last OF the companies took their de-
parture, after a week spent in Pensa-
cola patfolling various streets and
guarding the car barns and power
house. At O'Clock yesterday morn,
ing the blast OF trumpets rendndea
| those awake at that hour that tia
! troops were preparing 10 take theis
departure. By daylight the rows G{
tents In the parkway ON Palafox streea
had been removed, and packed, ana
| before O'Clock all equipment and
the men were at the depot ready fog
the start back home. II is needless
to state that the officers and meA
were glad of the opportunity to retura
10 their homes, for some OF them mad
been greatly inconvenienced by the
trip to Pensacola Col. Vim. I,eFaz.
troops, returned to Jacksonville on thu
same train.
Provisional Company.
There remains in the city, however,
one provisional company. This is com6
posed of about fifty officers and Taen
who were detailed by Colonel LeFiIs
before his departure, to remain nitro
as long as it was felt their presence
I
| volunteers. as has been stated, bat
Were detailed by the Commando II
the First regiment for this city WI,h
them is a detachment of the machine
gun battery, who, with the machine
gun, will remain here for an indef1-
mite period. The officers Of the COM
mand are as follows:
Captain-G. r. Seayy.
First Lieutenant-Gray T. Gereid.
Second Leutenant-Oscar J. Keefe.
First Sergeant M Smith
Sergeants-C. J. DietneT, P. l..
Thomas, F. E. Wethe, and P. A. Par
IRISH, the latter in command of tho
machine gun.
Corporals- Markham, G. T.
Chamberlin, F. l.. Booker, r. r. Rice
| and T. T. Moore.
At Arrnory Hall.
The company is stationed at Arm
DRY hail. The men are not p4broihna
| the streets or guarding any of the
property of the Pensacola Electric
company. Their duties are to respond
to calls, should their services be de-
sired at any time of day OF night.
One squad, which is mounted, is IN
command Of Lieut.. Gray L. Gereld.
! The horses of this detachment ara
! kept at Armory haA at all times, and
the men composing the squad go out
whenever called upon.
Cars Were Operated.
| Cars were operated Sunday ana
yesterday without incident, excepting
yesterday afternoon, when there was
| fight between a mOtorman and syz-
| pathiZer.
| Sunday the cars We're guarded -
the state troops. but yesterday thePx
! were no guards on duty, and onlJ
police protection, as given always. On
| both nights, however, the cars were
taken to the Car barns at z O'Clock.
and no attempt made to operate them
after that hour The number of pas
] sengers to ride each day continues To
| be small.
Fight on Car.
Yesterday afternoon about 2:S&
O'Clock William Martin at one tinaa
! a HSleI1ldH, DuL more recently OF inc
| navy, engaged in a fight with one Of
1.-THE Imported mOtOTmen on a Car
| bound north. Martin boarded the car
near the corner OF PalafOX and Ear
| ragossa streets and Immediately cd
| gagged the motoFman in a fight. The
two elenched, and the car continued
! to move. The conductor finally
| stopped the car near the corner of
/ Government and PalafOX streets His
cries for the police were heard ~
| Police Officer Benjamin, who ran 10
the car, arresting Martin and the mo-
tOrman, who gave his name as Ben
! Curtis.
Gen. Foster Here.
| Gen J. Clifford R Foster has re-
| NAMED in the city. not departing with
i the troops yesterday morning, and IS
in active command of the provisional
company which is On duty.
/ General Foster stated last night
that the men composing the company
had not volunteered for service, as
stated during yesterday, but had been
selected froIa the various commands
for this service, and are under mill
tary discipline and orders from him
self by direction OF the governor.