Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-23

ly after noon. Each man was clad i'll a
fresh khaki uniform. which had been
stored in boxes on the transports. Each
man wore his red hatband. and the only
part of the equipment that showed plain
ly the results of the campaign We're the
shoes.
All Fine Except Shoes
The infantrymen had linked so many
miles. and had been troubled So much
with blfstered feet. that many of the
shoes had been cut in the heels or toes,
and as the men had only one pair they
were forced to march past the governor in
a small ship guard were in the ranks, and
their Drowned faces and steady step
caused many to remark that they re-
sembled veterans of q real war. instead
of a weeks war-game, in which the only
real enemy was the dust, heat, rain and
hail.
There were about IGOo men in the col
umn.' Preceded by a' platoon of Boston's
mounted police, the brigade. under COM
mand of Gen. Harries, crossed the North
ern Avenue bridge, to Atlantic avenue to
Broad and State streets. to Court. to
Scolley Square. through fremont, Beacon
and Charles streets. then to School street,
to Washington, State and Broad streets,
to Atlantic avenue, across the Northern
Avenue bridge back to the transports at
the New Haven docks. As the men cir
cled about the city many were heard to
remark that it was lucky the officers had
the platoon of mounted police as guides.
as otherwise the column would proba bly,
have run into itself several times.
Following Gen. Harris and the brigade
staff, came the 1st Infantry, under COM
mand of Col. Ourand: then Col. Simms
and the I'd Infantry: the 1st Separate
Battalion. under Mai. Brooks: the 1st
Battery Field Artillery, in column Of pla-
toons. headed by Capt. Fox, and Lieuts.
Neyils and Clarke: the Signal Corps.
under Lieut.. Johnson. and the Hospital
and Ambulance Corps, commanded by
Capt. Fales
All the men We're dismounted as the
horses OF the staff officers and the 1st
Battery had been shipped to Washing
ton on the train. 1t was the first time
that the batterymen had ever paraded
without their guns and horses, and al
though the men did not feel quite natur-
al i'm hiking. along the streets, they
managed to keep a good line and not to
make the absence of their mounts too ap-
parent to the spectators.
Hailed in the Streets
The streets were crowded as the column
marched past. and from the numerous
greetings called to the men in the ranks
II was made quite evident that the Dis
trict troops had many old friends or new
acquaintance in Boston. Many of the
wearing red hat bands which had been
taken from the soldiers as souvenirs, but
Mai. Robbins quartermaster of the bri-
gade had received ample notice tha;
many of the men had lost their insignia
and made up the deficiency by large
order for red cloth from one Of In" large
department stores.
As the men marched raSl Coy. Draper
thc ranks were steady and every private
seemed anxious to create the best poSSl-
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governor and many Massachusetts of
flcersc-...rc unstiuted iii their praise of
the troops from Washington. and Gen.
Iiarrics was given many complimentary
messages to convey to his men.
The column was followed to the trans
ports hy "A large crowd, and MANY per-
sons visited the ships determined To re-
main until the last signal for all ashore
was gwen. .Ns the brigade reached the
| transports the general and his staff, the
| 1St Battery, iSt Separate Battalion and
the Signal and Ambulance Corps marched
aboard the Mcclellan and the LIST and ID
| Infantry regiments aboard the Sumner.
| Many of the officers and men on the
/ two boats bid each other goodbye. As
| they will be separated for three nights
| and two days on the trip home. The
ships will remain in sight Of each other
during the trip, and viii be in constant
! communication both by wireless and
visual signals from members Of the Sig
nal Corps Company who are stationed
| on each ship.
| The wireless apparatus was established
| yesterday and has range OF nifty miles,
so that communication will be had with
| the shore many points along the
coast.
! How About the Money!
| when will we be paid?' has been a
/ frequent question asked among the men
| this afternoon. Maj. Boyd Taylor. pay
! master of the brigade, brought $4,000
cash on board the Mcclellan. which will
be distributed among the men on both
ships some time before they land in
4 Washington. Pay rolls have been made
out and signed and the men viii receive
| compe usa ton ut the same rates rs their
corresponding grades in the regular army
/ The money was brought from one OF the
Boston banks to the transport by Maj
Boyd Taylor, with Sergt. Thomas b. Clark
as a guard and was deposited in 4 vault
on board under the guard of the 1st Sep
arate Battalion.