Evening star., 1933-09-24

consisted Of about 500 acres and had an alti-
tude of about $50 feet. At the time it was
said there were 600 acres in the tract which
had been under cultivation. considerable part
Of which was being used as pasture land. and
that there was a stream of water flowing
through the center of the property, fed by 80
springs, giving an ample supply of water for
drinking and sanitary purposes, and besides
this there was much timber land The property
was owned by Mrs Emma F. Campbell
Here the regulars and rockies were put
through their PAGES daily. and by Saturday.
May 21 they were on their way to Washington
to be reviewed before being sent South and
from there by transport to Cuba This day
meant whole lot to the people of the District
OF Columbia, where wives. mothers, sweethearts
and friends waited to bid their loved ones and
acquaintance good-by and godspeed. From
the camp. the command moved at 9 O'Clock in
the morning to Dunn Loring taking the train
there for Washington. which it reached in the
early part of the afternoon. and rested on the
Mall at the south side Of the Monument
grounds.
Naturally, one would suppose that there
would be no objection TO soldiers off to war,
walking or resting on the beautiful grass
the Monument lot but such was not the
upon this occasion, for it Is recorded that the
watchman endeavored to force them to move
up to the north side of the park because.
was said. they were damaging the grass
From bere they moved at 415 in the after
noOn their line Of march being up Seventeenth
street to Pennsylvania Avenue and along Penn
sylvania avenue to the White House grounds
Here according to The Star the line then
passed in columns of fours through the
grounds and under the portico of the White
House, where the men were received by the
Commander in Chief of the Armies of the
United States, President William Mckinley,
who, three years later, was struck down by the
hand of an assassin
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Secretary of War A!ger and many other dis
tinguished people Passing from here through
the east gate Of the White House. the regiment
moved in columns of platoons along Pennsyl-
vania avenue to Third street where the column
changed to fours and marched out Third
street to the lexington Station, where the men
entrained together with horses, luggage and
other equipment.
Upon this occasion when the flower OF
Washingtons manhood marched along the
Avenue, as the writer recalls It, it was pleas
ant, sunshiny Spring day when the broad
Avenue and the city never looked more beauti-
full All along the line the men we're greeted
with enthusiastic hand-clapping and applause,
and many an eye was moStened at the thought
of an indefinite separation from loved ones,
who were going into a foreign country for
humanitys sake, just as they did in 1918, when
we took sides with the allies in what we con-
sidered was our sacred duty.
THE writer would like to give the names of
all those who participated in this grand
parade, but this cannot be done In a story Of
limited length The officers no doubt, were
those already mentioned in connection with
the various companies, while the nom commits
stoned officers and privates of few of the
companies follow:
Company A-First sergeant. John A. Gall
lagher; sergeants. William J. Walsh Thomas F.
McAnaly, William F.. Gallagher and Howard M.
Vermilion; corporals, William A. Kelly Joseph
B. Murray, Peter j. Duffy, jr., Charles w.
Gynne, John A. O'Neill, jeremiah J. OConnof
and Joseph A. Quill; trumpeters, willard Hays