The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-04-17
4E ARMoRY DEDICATED
Governor Goldsborough Delivers
the Grafton.


intersection Of Bentz and West Second
Streets this city, was dedicated with
| elaborate ceremonies.
The Governor. who arrived in the city
accompanied by Adutant General
Macklin and many leading military men
Of the State, participated in the ceremon-
les and delivered the orations.
The building which was designed by
| Architect Hamme, of York. Pa, has
! frontage of IS feet and a depth of I85
| feet. The building contains a two-story
| head house and drill shed I2o by 10
| feet. From the front the armory has
castle effect, and the two turrets in the
| front give the building most distinctive
| appearance. The entrance to the build
| ing is by Io-foot tramp or walk, max
| ing gradual incline, so that no steps
| need be used to enter.
Once inside OF the building broad
| hall way is encountered. On one side is
heavy bronze tablet, containing the
names Of the Armory Commission and
| other information, and on the other side
is small tablet cast from bronze recov-
| cred from the battleshp Maine, which
was sunk in Havana harbor The tablet
was given to the armory by the United
| States Department upon the request of
| Congressman David !. Lewis. To the
| left of the hall way is the company par
! lor. On the other side is the first ser
geant's Office, the captains office, offices
for the lieutenants, officers retiring
room ticket Office. telephone booth,
cloak room and canteen, etc. There is
also on this floor a ladies' room, which
was furnished by the class in household
economy of Hood College. The room
is finished in white and furnished with
mahogony.
The second floor of the head house
contains the locker rooms, the gun room,
! the gun cleaning room, quartermaster's
| store room and Office, non commissioned
officers room, non commissioned off
GERS locker room, library, trophy room
and hospital.
In the basement is a dressing room and
a gymnasium, a shower room, a steam
and Turkish baths, two regulation bowl
| ing alleys and a modern indoor rifle
range. The swimming pool in the base
ment is 22 by 90 feet. There is also in
the basement dining room and we'll
equipped kitchen.
The drill she'd has a concave root
which is supported by number of steel
trusses. The floor is Of maple, highly
polished, and IN the rear there is a gal.
lery supported on cantilevers. There is
also stage to this room. the Stage being
! 80 feet wide, equipped with foot lights,
DINNERS, border lights, four dressing
rooms, two property rooms and exits.
| The drill shed will seat about I, 500 to
| 1000 people.
Crowds of people lined Market street
| from shortly before two O'Clock until the
parade passed at half past two. Many
| people devoted the whole day to the
ceremonies, inspecting the armory in the
morning and attended the dedication
exercises in the afternoon.
AT night the big drill hall was brilliant
with beautiful gowns, gold bedecked
uniforms and rich evening dresses.
The day marked an epoch in the his
tory of the city.
The Governors special Pullman car
arrived in Frederick over the Thur
mont Division of the Hagerstown and
Frederick Railroad at 2.I5 D. M,
and with the head formed at the corner
of Market and Fifth streets, the parade
beginning at 80 D. m.
The distinguished party who rode in
the automobiles in the parade were
Governor Phillips Lee Goldsborough,
Commander-in-C Chief, MARYLAND Ma
tional Guard; Senator Tohn P. T. Ma
thias, of this county; Mayor Lewis H.
| Fraley Col. Bladen Lowndes, of Balti-
more; Mr.. R. p Graham, Secretary of
State; Andrew Ramsay, of the Good
Roads Commission, Allegany county;
| Brigadier General Charles G.. Gather,
First Brigade; Major E. A. Robbins.
Jr.. Adjutant General Of First Brigade,
Maryland National Guard the Rev. w.
P. Dame, Chaplain of the Fifth Infantry;
Lieutenant w. B. Cockey, aide to Com
missioner-General Colonel Harry c.
Jones, Fourth Regiment; Major H. r.
Riley; First Regiment; Major M. A.
Rockford, First Regiment; Captain Paul
NJ Burdette, Adiutant Fourth Regi-
ment; Captain D. John Markey, Com
| pany A, First Regiment, MARYLAND Ma
tional Guard; Aldermen John w. Grove,
| George w. Shoemaker, Henry H. Abb
bott and Lloyd c. Cutler.
| The line of parade was as follows
Policemen; First Regiment Band, Of
| Westminster, consisting of thirty pieces;
Company A, Maryland National Guard.
under the command of Lieutenant Harry
/ j. IAOiduNCt, dutOtAlODllCS CARRYING tlllt-
tary officials and other guests; Fred
erick High School Cadet Band; High
School Cadets Corps, under the com
mand of Captains Sponsellor, Myers and
Brown; Boy Scout Troop two Drum
Corps; Boy Scouts; Independent steamer;
Junior chemical and engine apparatus;
Junior hook and engine apparatus; Junior
hook and ladder truck, and the old
| United steamer.
The line of march was as follows:
Down North Market street to Patrick
street, up Patrick street to Court street,
to Counsel street, to Record, to Second,
and then to the Armorv building.
AT O'Clock, p. m, the Governor and
his>party, the guests the members of the
Legislature from Frederick county, and
the Mayor aud the members of the
Board of Aldermen of Frederick, were
I entertained at dinner at the New CITY
I Hotel. From until $50 p. M, there