Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-16
new COMPANY Of
GUARDS ARRIVES
First Contingent Departs To-
day. Banquet rendered Them
at Canteen Last Night

A few minutes before loon an
/ nouncement was made from the U. s.
Coast Guard barracks by Shipswrtter
| Roland Messner that the new COM
pany which will tax up quarters
hero had arrived and were then at
, the city dock unloading their goods.
! The men of the new company num-
Der 15s and are under the conrmapd
of First Lieutenant ]. E Stika-
All was hustle and hustle at the
barracks of the Coast Guards In The
| Board of Trade building here this
morning. Everything belonging TO
the old company was. packed and
TRANSPORTED to the city dock long be-
fore the scheduled hour of leaving.
Although some OF the boys were
cheerful, ready to try anything once,
many of the lads carried expressions
on their faces that denoted they
hated the thought Of leaving the city.
1t is understood that the new com
pany is composed of well seasoned,
| well drilled men, who ave seen act
uai experience on ship board and
other duty hat falls to the coast
guards. This is q great change from
the company just leaving. as all OF
them were raw recruit when they
landed IN his city last March. many
of them not knowing how to Keep
step. -,
Perth Amboy saw these men drill
through the streets Of the city and
rounded into shape. under the skill
full leadership of their officers and IL
was only a short time after they ar
! rived here, that they became known
as he pride of Perth Amboy, and
Perth Amboy's own.
The new men are welcome to the
city, and will be invited to share the
same good times and taken into the
family circle as enjoyed by the COM
pany leaving today. The hand OF
good fellowship is extended to them
and they are welcome to M use OF
the advantages offered by the organf-
| zations of the city and urged to con-
slider the city their home, and treat
It as such, while stationed here.
A big send-off wes given b boys
last night by the Perth Amboy can
teen. The rooms were crowded from
s o'clock until 1880 o'clock when
weary hostesses finally drove the boys
out.
All OF the food was donated. When
early yesterday morning they started
| coming In, one of the Coats Guards
who was at the canteen helping said,
! "It'Il be many a day till the boys will
get such a royal send-on again"
There was pound after pound of ba-
| con just fixed to a crisp and askets
of tomatoes and pickles and loaves oil
i DreaO ana DutuST duu BaAhOhS
! cream and every goody that could De
thought of was willingly turned into
! the canteen by the women of the city.
All through the morning and early
afternoon deft fingers busily made up
the goodies for the evening. When
the shadows began to lengthen weary
workers shed their working aprons
and were ready to serve the boys.
| When the lads arrived they expected
as usual to get their pies and cakes
but each sailor had placed in front
of him club sandwiches, cakes, pies.
| coffee, lemonade and ice cream.
They hung around in the canteen
long after having Toasted to capacity
"just taking a last look at the nearest
| thing to home" as one of the boys ex-
pressed II.
The hostesses who have worked
SO hard to make this canteen a sue
cess are Mrs. George Hadden, MRS.
| John Haywood. Mrs. Marcy Michnels,
Mrs. Lorentus Thompson. Mrs. Rich
ard White, Mrs. Emil Roose. Mrs. F.
r. Grant, Mrs. Anna Lund, Mrs.
Thomas A Christopher and Mrs. John
| w. Kelly.
Their assistants were the Misses
Leisa Henry, Sally Michaels. la Verne
| de Hamm, Alberta Williams. Gladys
sheyer. Ruth Block, Francis Jackson,
Ruth Peters, Kathryn Mcnamara.
Katherine Mccormack, Anna Kenns
and Viola S~teffener.
This banquet also closes h canteen
and Mrs. Thompson, the chairman
wishes to thank all of h ladies who
all during the yea have worked SO
untiringly.
A new canteen will be opened In
diana Hall. in September.