The Washington herald., 1909-03-06
INAUGURAL CROWDS
LEAVE The CAPITAL
Passengers Delayed by Grip
pied Train Service.
BANDS BREAK THE MONOTONY
Soldiers, Marching Clubs, Governors,
Members of Congress, aad Others
Wait while Railroad Officials FInd
Trains for characterization Gives
way to Improvement In Service

Soldiers. members OF political marching
clubs. members Of Congress. State gov
ernors. and other nigh officials. and some
plain mortals. passed through Union Sta
tlon yesterday, most OF them boarding
special trains to be hurried 10 their homes
IN al parts OF the country.
Regiment after regiment fled through
the big .c0ncoUrse. with bands playing and
coIors flying, to board the trains assigned
10 them From early morning until late
al night the halls OF the great waiting
room resounded with martial music as the
bands Of the waiting troops whiled away
the time until the trains were made ready
10 receive them
Military organizations predominated.
but civilian marching clubs were also
much IN evidence. ard their hands wed
with those Of the soldiers IN playing airs.
10 the delight OF the crowds that thronged
the station.
in the early part ofsthe day there was
some confusion and much delay in start
ing the trains. as the gripping Of tele-
graph lines made It impossible 70 work
the signals. but steadily the work be
came more systematized. and by night
the announced schedules were more near
I " adhered to.
ohio Republicans Leave.
At . o'clock yesterday morning the
Union County Republican Club enuained
for Newark. y J. At O'Clock the
/ coast artillery regiments from New Eng
I land boarded the train. They were fol-
lowed turo hours later by the Fifth Mas
/ sachusetts Volunteers Between these
7 two military organizations came The
Buckeye Republican Club, returning e
I Columbus. Ohio TIE Essex Troop.
I crack military organization OF New
I sey, departed about noon. The ,
sIonaI brigade OF Western Pennsyl1
was the largest single o-ganizatio
reach the station
7 At Il O'Clock in the morning the det
ment Of United States marines entrs
/ FOR Philadelphia and Brooklyn. On
4 train for Princeton were the Cap
/ Gown Club. and the IVY Club. The
Ward Republican Club OF Camden
I took the train for New Jersey. The
Tenth. and Twenty-fourth Companit
/ New York went OF on one train d1
/ the morning. The trains for Penns,
MA carried the Young Mems Tariff
/ Of Plttsburg. the Northeastern Repub
I Club Of Reading. the TEenty-sev
/ Ward Republican Club and the (
( teenth Ward Marching Club. both
/ Philadelphia
The Georgia Ca5ets and the cadet
the Virginia Military Institute lef
The morning and were given a he
send-of BY the crowd The Uncle
Man ching Club. which enTained for
ifaI0. vas also rOuDGiy applauded-
delegation OF Yale students left IN
afternoon on 4 special car. carrying
tners. and small flags The Seventh
I Republican Club. Of Y0nkers, and
I New York County Republican Club :
/ ed every one in the station 70 a col
before bidding farewell 70 the Cal
The music OF the Eighth Regiment,
National Guard, brought forth
hearty applause.
Organized Militia waits
At 80 last night the First Regir
Organized Militia, Of Delaware,
marched into the station. but # was
liz 10 o'clock before their train was
to receive them
Troop A. OF Baltimore. embarked II
morning at the New York avenue
ton. Late last night the Seventh T
ment OF New York. under comman
I Col Dan Appleton and Col w
/ Fiske. boarded their long special
and started for home
Troop A. Of the Ohio National CT
which acted as escort to President IaIl
during the inaugural parade. viii so to-
dav TO Annapolis, where they wiz spend
the day inspecting the United States Ns-
val Academy and visiting the public
buildings of the State capital They vii
return to Washington late IN the after
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