The Washington herald., 1913-03-04
TROOPS ARRIVE
FOR BIGPARADE
Over Twenty Thousand Resu-
lars and Militiamen Dehain
in Railroad Freight Yards.
WEST POINTERS ARE HERE
Military Academy Cadets Drill with
MarshalPs Escort-Midshipmen
Come This Morning.

The tramp of marching feet. the roll
OF drums, the clarion notes of bugles
| sounded continuously yesterday in the
railroad freight yards where the troops
from all sections of the country poured
| in on trains in three and four sections
and detrained marching uptown to their
respective quarters.
Last night the Baltimore and Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and terminal yards were
solid mass OF trains, Pullman coaches
stood where usually nothing but box cars
and freight trains are stationed.
During the day over 20,000 troops. cadets,
and militia poured into the freight yards
Practically all were headed by bands.
and many marched through the streets
with full camping outfits over their
shoulders, knapsacks on their backs,
and guns to their shoulders. Practically
all the militia is now in the city. -Four
solid trains Of Maryland guardsmen from
Baltimore arrived last night. Many Of
the troops and civic organizations are
quartered in their trains on sdetracks in
the freight yards
Cadets Drill.
The West Point cadets marched through
the streets Of the city yesterday after
noon as if they owned IT. and held a
competitive drill with the Culver Military
Academy cadets. who have come to the
city as personal escort to Vice Presi-
dent-elect Marshall. The Naval Academy
brigade will be in the first thing this
morning. Sailors from United States bat
tleships also are due early to-day. The
Virginia Military Institute cadets. $50
strong, arrived yesterday afternoon
They will parade as the personal escort
OF Gov. Mann of Virginia.
Other arrivals were the Temperance
Pioneer Club. South Bethlehem, Pa;
Queen City Democratic Club: First
Cavalry. New York: Thirteenth Coast
Artillery. New York: Cumberland, Nd,
militia: Hagerstown, Md. militia;
Headquarters Brigade. NJ. " G., Balti-
more. Md: Frederick, Md, militia;
Maryland Naval Brigade. Baltimore:
First Maryland Regiment, Baltimore:
Fifth Maryland Regiment. Baltimore:
Fourth Maryland Regiment. Baltimore;
Company c. Alabama National Guard.
Selma Ala; Tennessee Military Instf-
tute Cadets. Sweetwater, Tenn: Com
pany F. Fifth Georgia Regiment, At
lanta, Ga; Danville militia Danville.
Va: Augusta Chronicle party. Augusta,
Ga; Maccabees. Winston-Salem, n. e:
South Carolina Military Academy,
Charleston. s. c.; Citadel Cadets,
Charleston. S. c.: Georgia militia:
Richmond Light Infantry, Richmond.
Va; First Virginia Regiment and
band. Richmond: Buford College Ca
diets: First Georgia Regiment Savan-
nah and Augusta. Ga; Staunton Mill
tary Academy Cadets. Staunton. Va:
seventeenth United States Infantry.
Atlanta, Ga: Virginia National Guard,
three regiments, totaling cOs officers
and 2.375 men: Minneapolis members
OF the Minnesota National Guard a
detail Of $50: National Guardsmen from
Michigan: a regiment of the Delaware
National Guard, numbering 425 men:
three regiments OF the PENNSYLVANIA
National Guard, totalinE 2461: two
regiments from Georgia. numbering
ssl men: 500 men OF the Massachu-
setts National Guard. and several thou
sand from MARYLAND