New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-03
MACHINE GUNNERS
: Due HERE tonight
About 400 Soldiers Coming Home
: for Two Days Of Fun
MINSTREL SHOW At ARMORY

Entertainment This Evening 10 Be
Given by Visiting Troupc-Paradc
Tomorrow at :: O'Clock. Followed
- by Drill :,nG !sascbalI Game.
Tonight a. SIS o'c}oc]: III the State
Armory on Arch street, tho long
awaited minstrel overture and dance
under the auspices CT Company D,
5000 Machine Gun Battalion. of Camp
DevenS, will be given by the selected
chcros OF artists iii the company. It
is tho forecast that the local public
-as in store for Il treat. While biding
their time between drills and other
military maneuvers, tho boys Of the
2 Company . outfit have orga nizeG a
minstrel show that would make Lew
Dockstader or George Primrose green
with envy should they have the pleas
are of listening TO the warbling. Lieut..
Eaymond DAILY will be the inter}ocutor
b and among the end-men are Walter
Campbell and George Zwick. both
Well-knoWn local young men. Follow
Ing the entertainment dancing will be
held
Everything will be in readiness for
the affair, the early advance Of SOL
diers from the camp having prepared
every detail. The stage has been
Werected, and the seating capacity Will
be adequate for the mammoth crowd
expected to attend. Mrs. William F.
Mangan is in charge of the committee
of young women who have played sucT
an important role in the past sue
cesses given for the welfare of the
soldiers, and they will again assist this
]. evening, selling flowers and dispensing
refreshments. ~# Y,
The boys are expected to arrive in
s~this city about 400 strong. This num-
Fer will include about 120 Of the Com
pany d men and the others viii be
New Britain boys in other outfits at
the cantonment. II is understood that
every boy from this city who is in
training at Camp Devens at present
can come homo tonight if he desires
.There will be no demonstration upon
their arrival, the boys being dismissed
at once, and they will go to their
homes for q few minutes before the
entertainment
On Parade Tomorrow.
The affair tomorrow promises to
eclipse the memorable return of the
boys last fall on the occasion of the
q
have been completed by the soldiers
and sailors committee of the War
Bureau, with Mayor G. A. Quigley
Colonel w. w. Bullen and Chief w. J.
Rawlings assisting. The street parade
will be a big feature. Orders issued
by Colonel Bullen, marshal of the day,
request all participants in the parade
to report at the Arch street armory
FOR final instructions at 1870 o'clock.
The parade is scheduled to start
promptly at 2 o'clock.
The line of march is: Arch street
E1i Main street, passing Central Park
on the east side. AS the boys from
Camp Devens pass, the Liberty Loan
flag, given for oversubscribing in the
campaign, will be thrown to the
breezes. Mayor Quigley and the in
vited guests from Camp Devens and
xpembers of Stanley Post, G. A. r.,
will occupy places of prominence. The
marchers will pass through East Main |
street to Hartford avenue to Stanley
street, thence to St. Mary's plav-
grounds.
The parade formation is as follows:
Platoon of Police
(Chief w. ]. Rawlings in Command)
Consolidated Bands
Connecticut Home Guards
al Companies H and NJ )
Captain Samuel Magson and Lieut.. |
Splitter in Command)
New Britain City Guards
(Capt Fred E. Rackliffe in Commandl |
Co D, 303d Machine Gun Battalion
Captain j. Holmes DAILY in Command)
Other Soldiers from Camp. Devens
Spanish War Veterans
Y. NJ. T. A & B. Drum Corps
St. Kasimir's Society, Kosciusko So
ciety and the knights of
Boleslaw Society
(All Polish Organizations)
st. Pauls T. a. B. Drum Corps
Tierney Cadets
Boy Scouts
o Drill at St. Mary's Field.
On arrival at st. Mary's field, the
, decks will be cleared for a machine