The Washington times., 1910-04-06
Paper Salesboys Enjoy Treat
At Fort Myer
Hall.
POPULARITY WAVE
HITS COL. GARRARD
Youngsters Express Approval of
Cavalry and Artillery
ManeuverS.

James J. Jehries. President Taft. An
drew Carnegie, Buffalo Bill Colonel
Roosevelt. Jimmy McLeer. none OF the
real big men of this country can get a
copy Of The Times without paying a
penny for II from any ~newsboy in
Washington.
But Col Joseph Garrard. who com
mands the aggregation Of rough riding
dare-devils Al Fort Nyer, can! He can
get two copies from any newsboy in the
city for nothing If he wants that many.
Here's the reason:
The neWsboys who sell The Times on
the streets every afternoon are a unit
in their opinion that Colonel Garrard is
a bigger man than Walter johnson or
Orville Wright or Ty Cobb They know.
because they were all his guests last
night-three b g suburban car loads OF
them-and he showed them things about
the army they never knew before
Four troops OF cavalry and battery
Of artillery maneuvered in the riding
hall AT the big Virginia post last night
for two solid hours and a half, purely
for the beneht Of the newsboys. Colonel
Garrard was the man who arranged
the thing-ColoneP Garrard and The
Times. His troopers and gunners were
Instructed 70 do their best. while the
colonel looked on and saw that they
did IT,
A Great Event.
II was the biggest night Fort Myer
has had since the civil war Residents
in the vicinity were kept awake long
after the usual O'Clock retiring hour
by the crash Of great guns and the pat
ter Of rife FIRE II there was anything a
soldier can do that Colonel Garrard 3
crowd Of experts did not do the point
was overlooked by the newsies. They
aed their I'LL. and when they left short
Iy after 10 o'clock they were united in
declaring the show the beat Of any
| circus ever seen in the country, and 70
! have the Wild West shows looking Ike
a funeral procession with lame horses.
There were more than 100 newsbOys
! all told. and they filled the two galleries
I in the Fort Myer riding nall 10 over
lowing When Colonel Garrard issued
his invitation 10 the newsles, The Times
Immediately rounded up its boys. found
who was going and who was not, and
engaged electric ears on the Washing
/ ton, Arlington. and Mt Vernon Railway
| 90 carry them 10 the fort, The cars
were IN charge OF c. r. Hayden, and the
Z NtlD 10 ana AAtEL AlAE ACAA y 1@ A4AaAAt
f; without a hitch. The Times boys were
/ IN charge Of John H Peters and. Mr.
I Powers, OF the circulation department
Artillery Pleases.
The drill was given by troops A. g c
and D. OF the Fifteenth Cavalry, and
! Battery p, Of the Third Artillery. The
/ troopers rode in every imaginable fash
/ ion and seemed 10 be able TO do any
/ thing on horseback. The artillery made
I its customary wild rushes and curve.
! about the hall and then did some rapid
! loading and firing. That pleased tht
! boys. They expressed their approval o.
( the shooting BY defeaninE cheers anC
/ when they left many Of them said the1
/ liked the artillery best.
J During a wild dash toward the end o.
1 the hall two of the lead horses 10
I gun carriage fell and the carriage rum
I bled heavily over their bodies. The
/ horses jumped up later apparently un
hurt
The end OF the exhibition came en-
. ti-ely too soon 10 suit the newsies, al
: though II was after 10 O'Clock when tn
{ horses end their riders tramped proud
/ " toward the stables More than on
. boy in the crowd mas made Up his uinC
3 10 become a trooper when he is oiC
( enough