The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-11
MILITIA BOYS AT NORTH ADAMS
Company X, Takes Part In Parade on
Governors DaX

ooNcTnoTS lay
One of the leading features of Gov.
ernors day during the North Adams
old nome week celebration was the
part taken by the militia. OF this
the North Adams Transcript of Thurs
day says:
Three days after the abdication of
the city by the relocated firemen, the
city was this morning taken posses
sion of by blue-coated militiamen of
three states and their assembly on
Main street at 10:45 this morning at
tracted a large crowd, part of which
followed the three companies which
arrived by trolley to the depot where
the men drew up to receive Company
Nj of Hoosick Falls as 1t came In on
the 1880 train.
Company F of pittsfield on a spec
ial trolley. was joined at Adams by an
other special trolley carrying Com
pany NJ of Adams, and there two
loads came down Main street at 1914
bugles blowing and songs rising
above the roar of the trolley. The
4 two companies fell in on the north
side of Main street opposite Bank,
and waited for Company X OF Ben
nington, which was delayed a few
minutes by late trolley Shortly
before IL o'clock tae three companies
drew up in double rank, and after the
report of Acting Adjutant Lieut.. VIII
| liam O'Brien of Adams to Major Sgd
ne Nj. Gin in command, the line
marched in squad formation to the
depot square.
THE l1.30 train brought in Com
pany M, End regiment N. Y. n. G. ac-
companied by the 32d Separate Com
pany band, and with the band at the
head of the line, the four companies
marched in squad formation to the G.
A r. hall where dinner was served
by the members of the Woman's Re
lief Corps. The men were all attired
in full dress uniforms and their &C
coutrements consisted of gun. belt
and cartridge box, with white gloves.
The uniform of the Vermont company
was practically the same as that of
the two Massachusetts companies. but
the New York state company showed
slight variation in its coat trim,
mings of white instead of the light
blue used on the other coats.
1T is the largest gathering of mill
ildiHtH III tnlS CITY III a uuilDCI vi
years, and the people along the limit
ed line of march this morning showed
their interest and appreciation bg
coming to doors and windows and
cheering for the marching men.
For two of the companiesr Com
pany F of Pittsfeld and Company N
of Adams, this Is the first meeting
since the army manouvers of Boston,
with the exception of the smoke talk
at Adams, and the men had an oppor
tunity to swap stories and tell their
comrades of the other companies
tales of their adventures south OF
Boston and how they saved the
Hub"
Major Cliff and Lieut.. O'Brien
were mounted and the companies
were in command of the following Of
6cers: Company NJ of Hoosick Falls
with SO men commanded by Capt. L.
e. Potter, 1st Lieut.. A. T. Mclean, I'd
Lieut.. W. II. Curtis; Company X of
Bennington with 30 men commanded
by Capt J. b. Harmon and Lieut. F.
b. Newton: Company f of Pittsheld
with 20 men commanded by Lieut.. Am
brose Clogher and End Lieut.. w. Il.
Warren Company NJ of Adaps with
43 men commanded by Capt. J. 7. Pot
ter and LIST Lieut.. George Grant, Jr
The total number of men in line was
about 200.L