The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-10
COMPANY { LEAVES TOWN
FOR TRAINING CAMP
Thousands of People at Station to
Bid Farewell To Boys Who Will
Later See Service Abroad-SOme
OF Them Served on Border Last
Year.


Company c, First Maryland Regi-
ment. which has been encamped on
the Seminary lot since July 25th, left
Cambridge this morning on a special
train at $50 o'clock. for federal
training camp. At the time that the
train left the depot the soldier boys
Gid not know their destination, whe-
ther-ff De Admission, 91ageTstUNn= u
some other fls.ees h,tp each apparent
ly placed implicit confidence in the
Government, believing that those in
authority in the War Department
would send them where they would
get the best training.
Company c is one of the best
drilled companies in the State of
Maryland. In the summer of
1916, during the Mexican trouble,
this body of men ranked second to
none on the border. For hiking,
drilling and discipline they were up
to the standard. and received much
praise from the officers for their
ability as soldiers. Since returning
from the border, Company { has got
ten a number of new recruits from
Cambridge, while others have come
from fredericksburg, Easton and 9TH
er towns.
This year Emerson c. Harrington,
Jr., son of Governor and Mrs. Har-
rington, became member of the
company, receiving the rank of sec
ond lieutenant Mr.. Spence
Phelps, who served at Eagle Pass,
Texas, as a private, was commissioned
no Tor of
the war with Germany. First Ser
geant Jesse NJ. Bradley, who has
been a member of the company for
about twelve years, was sent to the
Officers Training Camp, at Fort My
er, this spring, but returned to
serve his country with the boys from
his home town. The boys left Cam
bridge this morning in command OF
Capt. j. Howard Hirst, who has spent
twenty years of his life in the Ma
tional Guard. Capt. Hirst started in
as a private, and has steadily risen
to the first rank, occupying now a
position which is coveted by military
men, and one which it would be
hard for anyone else to fill in Com
pany c. His kind treatment of his
men. and his thoughtfulness of their
wants has won for him a warm place
in their hearts.
There were many touching scenes
at the station this morning. Thou
sands of people were there, and they
lined the platform from the passen-
ger office to the freight office. Moth
erS, wives and SWeetheartS were
there in great numbers, to say fond
farewell to the boys who were giving
| up their homes to serve their coun-
try. There were many tears shed,
| but the majority of the soldiers and
the relatives and friends controlled
their feelings, all realizing that it
would be easier for the Sammies to
leave with a smile than with a tear.
The Citizens Band help to cheer
them up, the band being unstinted
in its selections, which helped to
brighten matters little. While
much sympathy was expressed for
| the sweethearts, the girls who are
giving up the men who would in
| time become their companions thru
! life. yet the greater part of it went
! to the wives and mothers. Several
! of the boys had married recently
! most of them since the outbreak oil
| the war, and most of the brides bore
with remarkable fortitude the sep
! aration. The mothers, who were
giving up their own blood, presented
| pitiful sights, and many OF the faith
erS could not refrain from showing
| their grief at the sacrificing of theil
sons, even though the cause be q
| worthy one.
The following is the roster of Com
pany C:
| ]. Howard Hirst, j. Spence Phelps
| Emerson c. Harrington, Jr., Jesse NJ
Bradley, il. Fred Brannock, Ceci
Edgar, Ormond Hayward, Herman
Hughes, William G. Wiley. Alfred
| Bidding, Warren G. Paul, Morris h
Hurley. Thomas 0. Lantz, Howard
Price, Leon Adkins, Howard j. Ad
ans, John W. Ayers, Malcolm l.
Aikenhead, Curtis Buker, William
Brinsfeld, Henry f. Bateman, Cor.
man Boose, Harry Boyce, Walter
Burton, Henry III. Balch, Harry Nj
Conrad, Noble Cannon, Norman III
COrkran. John II. Conrad, James G
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