The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-05
Had as Good a Time as
Napoleon Retreatine
from Moscow.
COLD AND HUNGER
FEATURES OF TRIP
But Where, Oh, Where, Are the
Hobarts and the Essex
Troop?
NEITHER HAS BEEN
HEARD OF AS YET
Head of FreIinghuysen Body Al
most Too Soul-Sick to Dis
cuss the Jaunt.

world In general, rnilroads especially,
and Washington in particular, the Ere.
tinghuysen Lancers limped into New
ark at 11i45 o'clock today, sir hours
late, with schedules. plans and programs
dashed into fine bits.
| There was no parading, no dancing,
mo nothin'." to the trip, except delay
and wait, delay and wait. No public
acclaim of assembled thousands. no
genial smile from big BILL" no hearty
handshakes. no soft smiles of charming
femininity at the inaugural ball greeted
| the Jerseymen
| There was only the cold, bleak world
with views of Washington by starlight
llamplight and daylight But that part
of Washington upon which the eyes Of
the world were centered was not for the
| Frelinghuysen Lancers to enter-at
least not until the whole inaugural had
fleeted into the past and the policemen
on Pennsylvanla avenue We're preparing
to say their Now lay mes
where Are the Hobnrts.
Observers ON New@ris's sky scrnpers
with telescopes have not yet been nbIe
to locate srxtbiRg On the herlz9n that
i looks lilxe6the Essex Troop or the Gar
IrctSA. Iscbart Associa tgSs. II IL be-
heved that they will inst happen in,
with a similar tuie, sometime this
week. Nfs
! The Frelipghuysen I.ancers missed
the first Inauguration yesterday, but 1t
was not their fault. They left Newark
in the prime of manhood Wednesday
night, ready for fight or frolic, but
looking for the frolic. Instead, they
had the fight, but instead of human
enemies, their foes were the elements
They reached Washington last night
at 6 o'clock instead of that hour in the
morning. They had counted on eating
breakfast in the railroad yards and
then-they did. They ate breakfast,
dinner and supper Che remains of din
ner warmed over for the last meaD and
then, when the railroad company got
good and ready they got off their spe-
cial train at the Union depot
At o'clock they went up Pennsylva-
MIA avenue, which was frozen as tight
as Newark on Sunday They didn't pa
rade; they just walked. When they got
tired, they turned around and walked
back They made the round trip in
something more than four hours. reach
ing the depot In time for the 1890 train.
| The schedule had been misplaced by
a porter, or somebody had blundered
for the train was frozen to the rails un-
til g. a. m. When it started back il
carried the Frelinghuysen Lancers.
thoroughly unhappy and with a great
cloud of gloom obscuring them. They
We're to reach Newark in time for busi-
ness today. They got in at LAS o'clock
and went to bed.
Pointer-If you want to make a Ian
Ger fight, say Washington"
! Blanchard Sarcastic.
When interviewed about the trip after
he stepped from the train at the Broad
street station of the Central Railroad.
! Major William l.. Blanchard said:
| THANK God we are back in New
ark
| He added something which sounded
like: Give those railroad officials in
! Washington - of a roasting, as
they deserve it, They do not know
anything about running trains"
| When asked If he and the Lancers
had good time. he replied
I 'Oh, yes, we had splendid time! We
left Newark Wednesday night at IL
O'Clock. and reached Washington at
$50 o'clock last night. That was real
lovely. Then we had march all by
| ourselves. to our headquarters, and
after refreshing ourselves, we started
back to the depot for our train and
got there at IL O'clock and asked the
trainmaster-excuse me for calling him
such-if our train was ready, and he
| said; Yes, there it is. pointing to the
coaches on the track.
Hard Luck story.
''Then wanted to know how soon
we would be able to get on it. In a
little WHILE replied the trainmaster,
and that little while was $3.50 o'clock
this morning.
But we have y reason to kick,
suppose as the Millionaires' Club of
Pittsburg did not fare as well as we
did about leaving. Neither did the Es-
sex Troop, nor the Hobart Association.
They are still in Washington.
"Our progress to Washington was
impeded, owing to the telegraph poles
that were laid across the tracks There
was no less than thirty five miles of
poles laid low by the storm However,
we had royal time while on the train,
and we hope for better weather next