Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-03
INSTALLATION
CEREMONIES
ST. Pauls Cadets Now Co.
G 18th Regiment

The ceremonies attending the in
s~tallation of the officers and mem
bers of St. Paul's Cadets in the
United Boys Brigade of America In
the lecture room of st. Paul's NJ. e.
church, last night, was done with as
much pomp as IL it WAS a part of
the national guard of the state Of
New York. The program carried
out during the evening was one Of
the most elaborate in connection
with an affair of this kind seen here
in some time. The lecture room
was well filled long before the time
set for the ceremonies to begin.
Major General Henry Hartman, OF
Manhattan with Colonel Stewart H.
Walker and forty members Of Com
pany D, Twelfth Regiment, connect
ed with the First Presbyterian
church of Stapleton, arrived on the
sos O'Clock train. They were met
by Captain M. Matheson and Lieu
tenant Walter Bergman, of the st.
Paul's Cadets, now Company G,
Twelfth Regiment, with a drum
corps, and escorted to the place
where the installation took place.
After both companies had entered
the room and taken their positions,
Rev. H. E. Curtis, pastor of st.
Paul's church, announced the pro-
gram. The first was a plano duett
by Miss Elizabeth Benjamin and
Marvel Matthes. Following this
Rev. Mr.. Curtis made the prayer and
Mrs. A. F. Decker sang a solo. She
was accompanied by Miss Benjamin
on the piano. Miss Eleanor Ballet
gave a recitation.
After Rev. Mr.. Curtis had made a
few brief remarks he Introduced
Major Hartman as master of cere-
monies, who gave a clear and con
else talk to both Company D and G..
He read a section of the national
gave some good advise to them. At
this time Major Hartman presented
Rev. Mr.. Curtis with the charter Of
Company G, Twelfth Regiment, OF
the Boys Brigade of America, with
the names of the officers and the
charter members on it..
After this. Colonel Stewart II.
Walker, Of Company d, presented
Captain Matheson, First Lieutenant
Walter Bergman, First Sergeant
Alexander Miller, Second Sergeant
Merritt Demarest, Third Sergeant
Walter Robedee, Corporals Harold
Scales, Franklin Pepper, willard
Boyd and Albert Hallowell with
their commissions of office. Follow
Ing this medals were pinned on the
breast of Sergeants Demorest and
Robedee and Corporals Ballet, Pep
per and Boyd, and Privates dig,
Laing and Omer for efficiency in at
tending church and drills. This
was followed by an address by Com
mander H. R. Yetman, of Lenhart
Post No. 1853, G. A. r., on "The Duty
of a Soldier" Mr.. Yetman spoke of
his career as a soldier from 1882 to
1865 and gave many words of con-
graduation to the young soldiers
and closed with some good sound
advice with regard to the organiza-
ton to which they belonged.
At this time Major Hartman took
occasion to pin one of the brigade's
medals on Rev. Mr.. Curtis for the
part he had taken in the installation.
The members of the Tottenville
Male Quartet, composed of w. E.
Sharrot, George P. Allen, Edward
Scales and Earl Anderson, sang a
selection, which was followed by
the benediction by Rev. w. P. Chase,
of the South Baptist church, Totem
Vile. At the close an exhibition
drill was given by Colonel Walker,
of Company D. and Captain Mathe-
son, Of Company G., which won
rounds Of applause.
Besides Company D, of Stapleton,
there were visitors present from
Company E, Of Brighton Heights,
New Brighton; Lenhart Post. G.. A.
R., Of Tottenville, and the Westmin-
ster Cadets, of Perth Amboy. On
the platform with Major Hartman
and Rev. Mr.. Curtis were Command
er H. r. Yetman, P. E. Davis, An
drew Abrams. Joseph York, George
N. Halnes, of Lenhart Post: Rev. w.
P. Chase, Of the South Baptist
church, and three cadets connected
with Company E, Twelfth Regiment,
of the Brighton Heights church.
At the close Of the ceremonies
the T%ottenyille Male Quartet, COM
posed of Scales, Allen, Sharrot and
Anderson, rendered a selection and
Rev. Mr.. Chase pronounced the
benediction. Refreshments of Ice
cream and cake were served the
visiting cadets.