The Washington times., 1916-06-27
ALEXANDRIA GIVES
INFANTRY SEND-0FF
City Officials and Trade 0rganI.
cations Join Citizens In 0va..
! ton for Troops.

ALEXANDRIA,. June H. Alexandria
outdid itself To-day In a grand patriotic
outburst, when all Of ts residents arose
at an early hour to come out and give
the members of the Alexandria Light
Infantry a send on"
At s o'clock representatives Of trade
organizations and crowds Of business
men assembled at Washington and King
streets, together with bands. cadets,
firemen. city officials and police to form
an escort to take its soldier boys" to
the train. ...
At $50 the parade began to move and
marched from King and Washington
streets, down King to Fairfax, up Fair
fax to Prince. and down Prince to
Royal street. where the Light Infantry.
after final prayers had been said BY
the Rev. p. p. Phillips at the Armory.
fell in line In the space provided for
them, and the parade continued up
Royal street to King and out to the
train ths soldiers were to take for
Leading the parade came ali the po-
i!cemen Of the city. headed by chief c.
"A feature Of the parade was a Carriage
drawn by a pair Of black horses In
sole survivor Of the Mexican war. OF 1913.
and William Bradley. Who left this city
with the militiamen for Richmond, pre-
v'ous for departure TO Mexico. in lsis:
JS cSnsr ro%: c. G ssrs ana G M.yos
Thomas A. Fisher followed. heading
the entire delegation OF city officials
including aldermen. councilmen, clerks
and members OF the city school board.
H. AL -
we're prominent among the marchsrs,
and following the cadets came the
local troop Of Boy Scouts. LED by
scoutmaster Harry Rudd. Members
OF the Retail Merchants Association.
cations of business men brought up
In the rear.
The Alexandria Light Infantry, nine
y strong. fell In line at Royal and
Of the city school board. Aftsr short
ssPescheTs by Consressman Csriin.
son. the company entrained and soon
the line of cars started moving Cheers
from the men went up and there were
tears In the eyes OF some women.
Committees appointed by city coun-
Gil. the chamber Of commerce. and the
Retail Merchants Association met In
Joint session Yesterday at I o'clock In
the rooms Of the chamber Of commerce
to discuss plans for obtaining for this
city the proposed. Government armor
Henry X. Field. president Of the
pointed Mr.: Burke secretary.
~ was decided to postpone definite
action until II could be ascertained lust
what chance the bill for the plant.
which had already passed the House.
An initial dividend OF 5 per cent was
declared at a meeting OF the creditors
OF =. s. Leadbeater & Sons. Inc. bank
office Of Walter NJ. varney. referee In
bankruptcy.
Alexsndria's new hospital. which has
been under consideration for the past
five years. will be built at once. q de-
c.sion having been reached by the
board Of trustees which met last night
In the rooms Of the chamber Of COM
merce to award the contract for the
port OF the building committee recon-
mending that the contract be given to
Richardson & Burgess, contractors, OF
washington. was approved. and within
the next forty-eisht hours the formal
price will be In the neighborhood Of
$4,000. several deductions having been
made from the original figures. Twelve
contractors entered bids on the new
Ss,nn E. that a OF Richardson q Burgess
The finance committee was authorised
% borrow go 900 from the banks Of
tAiexsndr,a for the purpose OF complet-
ing the building This loan is to run
interest. and in the meanwhile the
finance committee is to collect in the
subscriptions which have been made for
the new building. and also dispose Of
ne two pieces OF property owned by
the trustees. the present buildings al
Pitt ana Wolfe streets. and q square OF
ground In the northwestern section Of
the city which was purchased for the
site OF the new building. but which
field had presented to the hospital his
residence at the corner OF Washington
The trustees also lecidud to accept
Mr.; ,pHnss sn offer to ri % The
the corner OF Duke and Columbus
streets ~ n the rear OF tho site present-
With this purchase tho hospital will
ton and Columbus straets. The rur.
g to be 5000. and viii be paid fro,i,
G. e. Taylor Burke was elected a
trustee to I'll the vacancy CAUSED by
the death Of his father. Julian T. Burke;
"a ward l" Daingerf!eii, was elected. n
trustee TO III a vacancy caused by the
resignation OF ]. r.. w. .Timbermen md
Robert L. Payne was elected to I'll the
vacancy caused by the resignation Of
William Jorg. Election was postponed
to II the vacancy caused by the res T.
nation or John Leadbeater.
Announcement was made yesterday OF
Of Miss Caroi,ne Victoria Emerson
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Lee
Emerson, OF Rosen,ont and Samuel Mil
holland INT NJ thia cifv