New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-23
Sturdy Troop Line to
Jangle Up Fifth Ave.
in Review
YMAS WELCOME
AWAITS CAVALRY
Men Eager for Sight of
Home When Trains
Near City
3, ROBERT u. ROHDE


s,uss-or A special. Dec. p via Balti-
-.-e.- some time before daylight to-
-o-ror morning possibly even IS
,.,lv a. midnight Squadron A will
-.,,b tho end Of the all but endless
railroad journey from the Mexican
border
theoretically the men will be sleep
80 for 70 will require several hours
~ hard work 20 unload the baggage
,s-s and Major William R. Wright
r'sns TO have them across the river
:, r,6-sftcrnoon and on the march
,ovsrd the armory. But all he can
Il, .s 70 order the troopers TO their
hs-,bs He can't by any strength Of
-Hi.srv authority force them TO shut
,bsir ewes 20 the welcoming twinkle OF
Nsrhattan's lights.
The second section is now only SIX
hour, behind the first. and is expected
20 rul. into Jersey City with ana
troops and the mounts before the
isgre-e cars have been emptied. Cap
.s.r Graham Youngs OF d Troop, com
handing the second section lin New
York he is manager for the banking
touse Of Blair & Co.., won't use up
-pcb time in getting the horses on.
p, holds the record Of transferring the
.ola5ror's horses from cars 20 plat
trm in seven minutes. and is ou' to
beat it.
All Eager to Quit Trains
Watcher they sleep or not, daybreak
,u discover a and troops and the
machine gun troop detraining. II they
ar rl wrestling with saddles and
rless and other equipment from 'he
baggage cars when the second section
arrive. they need look for no helping
hand T. is written ia the compact that
and u troops. who have had the care
of tbs horses all the way north. need
concern themselves with no other
duties
Major Wright at heart is something
ola humanitarian. lie can guess how
tired the troopers will be when the
tssvy work is finished. and isn't
counting on having the mounts
Lesked up 20 any great extent before
yen,urag on Fifth Avenue. II Fifth
Avenue doesn't like the looks Of ami
rsls fresh from hard service and
harder railroad haul he says Fifth Ave
rge may close its eyes.
Troopers May Walk To-day
Unless there are further delays, the
rsjor expects 70 start the squadron
across the Twcnty-third street Ferry
By . o'clock % the afternoon. II will
be "dismount and lead" If the pave
nenis Of the city prove slippery, but
Otherwise the troopers will ride
through Twenty-third Street 10 Fifth
Avenue, thence north 10 Ninety-fourth
Street. and east 70 the armory, az
Nne;y-fourth street and Madison
Avenue.
Major Wright. who has been IN tele-
graphic communication with Major
Latham + Reed commanding the de-
20; squadron. has been Informed that
Governor Whitman. Mayor Mitchell,
Major General Leonard Wood and
Major General John ;. Organ will
review the returning cavalrymen as
hey pass the University Club. The
squadron should be abreast the club,
which IS at Fifty-fourth Street and .
nth Avenue, by o'clock
li viii be hard for friends along /
ne way 20 recognize the old. dapper
squadron A Of parade days under the I.
bronze Of the border veterans. They
'iii be so loaded with accoUtrements. .
Nahed into buiging saddle bags and
hslhua,ed scientifically into blanket
''.ls' that they could drop OF in Cen
raj Park and camp over winter on
one Of the meadows
M 10 Stand ON Foe
Using the park walls for ramparts.
"ey could jus. as well hold of any
'''my that might choose 70 attack
"em. For every man Kill carry
ne an automatic pistol and sabre.
'i three Of which he has learned TO
zee.
some wives and mothers and sisters
gu '"eethearts, OF course, will come
yer 10 Jersey. But the big reception
WV be held IN the sth Coast Artillery's
Emory, adjoining the squsdron's. The
''Opers own srrory was bull, 10 ac-
,,,ulmodste only 40 horses and 100
~ ana al best it will be q tight ~ for
~. nNe recruited Up troops Major
ngh' rs bringing back, without any
civilian visitors.
,.. he parade Major Reed in his
gsrAm keeps on calling IL that. 81
,eyh the men Of the squadron are
,'sty persistent IN referring 10 IL as
ppan march Major Wright will ride
,, NE venerable. but still dashing.
80 mat carried him through the
'"'Nh-Amcrican War Mac il twenty
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