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The blizzard of March 1909
Here again the Ninth Company was lucky for all the money was in the poker games and temporarily on deposit in the respective shakos of the gambling element.
About two o'clock we finally limped into Baltimore and just before our arrival our First Lieutenant, Jack Le Boutillier, reminded your correspondent that a couple of girls we knew were visiting in that village, suggesting at the same time that we call them up from the station and give them a first-hand story of our sufferings. It seems also that the storm had reached Baltimore and telephone wires were down there too, which resulted in much delay in getting our number, and by the time the girls had the story and we were out on the platform our section had departed. Looking quickly to see if friends were about, we saw a pair of gray-trousered legs hustling to the other end of the platform and chased them, arriving in time to hop the last car of what happened to be the Headquarters Section, where the lowly Corporal was welcomed with his First Lieutenant by no less than our beloved C. O., Colonel Dan himself, and actually fed instead of being shot as a deserter.
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Still the ride to Washington lacked something of the joy which was to be expected, not due so much to a guilty conscience as to the fact that Captain Buck Houston still had to be faced and an explanation made. Anyone who served as a non-com under the efficient but meticulous Buck can understand that the only thing which saved your correspondent from an immediate attack of heart failure and thus preserved him for a somewhat checkered military career, was the ignoble resolution to stand bravely behind the shoulder straps of his First Lieutenant and best friend. And it worked, although we confidently expected to be stripped of both chevrons and wrist watch when the fatal moment arrived.
We beg our readers' indulgence if this tale smacks of a biography, but were told to write our story and this certainly was a very vivid recollection. From this point, however, your correspondent returns to his rôle as Corporal and observer and will not offend again.
Our actual arrival in Washington was about 5:30 p.m., in time to see other paraders who had finished their march (and were very wet and unenthusiastic) returning to their railway cars for the journey home. Strange 'as it may seem your correspondent has no recollection of that fancy breakfast which had been awaiting us all day except some coffee that was most welcome. Colonel Appleton immediately got in touch with the Grand Marshal but was informed that it was too late for the 7th Regiment to get in line after which bad news all ranks were dismissed. The storm having ceased, a general "look-see" was indulged in and here again the Ninth Company lived up to its motto "Toujours Pret."
Our own Major Landon, accompanied by Major Lydecker, dropped in at the Army and Navy Club and found Governor Hughes enjoying dinner with his staff. After expression of regret at the failure of the 7th to participate in the inaugural ceremonies, the majors suggested to the Governor that he offer the new President a "private review" the following morning. The suggestion was received with enthusiasm and followed by an immediate telephone call to the White House which resulted in a review by the President and Governor of New York the following morning when the Regiment had the whole and undivided attention of both official and unofficial Washington. Overhead the day was perfect and Pennsylvania Avenue had been cleared of snow so the occasion was one long to be remembered.
The balance of the day was allowed for sightseeing as the train was not to leave for New York until midnight. Somebody in Company I had a friend who knew a relative of a brand new. Senator from the South. The Senator had just taken a large swanky apartment on Connecticut Avenue and was giving a house warming following the Inauguration. So the friend of the relative of the Senator conceived the idea of introducing a military touch to the house party by bringing along about twelve or fifteen members of Company I whose white cross belts and epaulets, complete with Creedmoor medals, resulted in all of us being addressed at least as "Major" with here and there a "Colonel." Southern youth and beauty, as well as hospitality, were decidedly noticeable at that party, so much so that further sightseeing by our little delegation was
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postponed until the next, or some other, Inaugural, and it was not too easy to catch the train out.
Here is where the way of the historian, no less than the transgressor, becomes exceeding hard. Reference to the daily press reports of our home-coming de- velops, among other things, the following facts:
1. The Regiment arrived over the Penn. R.R. at 23rd St. Ferry.
2. The Regiment arrived over the Penn. R.R. at Cortlandt St.
3. The Regiment arrived over the B. & O. at Liberty St.
4. The Regiment arrived without the band which was lost.
5. The Regiment arrived with the band which could not play because the in- struments were frozen.
6. The Regiment arrived with the band which could not play because it was against union rules to play before 8 a.m.
7. The Regiment marched from 23rd St. Ferry to the Armory.
8. The Regiment marched from Liberty St. Ferry to City Hall El.
Your correspondent was so sleepy on arrival that he thought it wise to check up through the press with the above result. We still believe in the freedom of the press, but this is a history and here is what happened: We landed at Liberty Street Ferry, marched to City Hall, took the Third Avenue Elevated to 67th Street and the band played us into the Armory.
And so the Conquering Heroes returned.
A MASSACHUSETTS INVASION, 1909
"Massachusetts will be attacked and defended in the army manœuvres in August by a force of 15,000 men, including regular troops and the militia of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and the District of Colum- bia, according to an announcement made on June 22 by Massachusetts' Adjutant General's Department.
"The manœuvres involve an attack upon the State and a defense against invasion. Artillery and cavalry will be equally distributed on both sides. The State will contribute three light batteries, three troops of cavalry, and all its infantry. New York will send eight regiments of infantry, four troops of cavalry, and two light batteries; New Jersey will contribute one troop of cavalry, Con- necticut one battery of field artillery, and the District of Columbia two infantry regiments. Six troops of regular cavalry will be in the manœuvres.
"The Massachusetts forces in the field will be approximately 6,500, while those from other States and the regular army will number nearly 6,800.
"The forces will mobilize on August 14, and the actual manœuvres will begin the next day. Major General Wood will be the chief umpire. The plans will bring more soldiers into Massachusetts than in any time since the Revolution."
Such was the call to arms in the summer of 1909 which put the 7th in the field again-this time under real war conditions. There was the usual weather for campaigning-rain, the usual collapse of the commissary, the heart-breaking
Jolly marching weather, Massachusetts, 1909 Stratton Landon
Ten minutes rest! Massachusetts Maneuvers, 1909
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marches, the sore feet, the aching backs, the dysentery, the rushing into action after complete exhaustion-everything that could be met in actual warfare, save getting killed and wounded.
And old "Toujours Pret" met these new conditions with its well-known sang- froid. But it was a tough week for all hands.
A COMP'NY ROOM BALLAD By BUGHOUSE STRIPLING
It's rotten hard upon a chap Wot loves 'is mornin' tub, To board a bloomin' transport-ship An' leave 'is jolly Club.
Down the rottin' 'arbor, Past the bleedin' 'ook,
With a gang o' rookies, And a cookie wot can't cook !
CHORUS
Oh, it's cheer, oh, cheer up, Damn the bally luck :
To tyke the field in dog-days Needs no end o' pluck !
Standin' off o' Boston, Sizzlin' in the sun,
Waitin' to be potted, By a disappearin' gun ;
Routed out at midnight, Landin' in the dark,
Wadin' in the bally surf,- Bli' me, wot a lark !
Not a pair o' breeches dry In the bloomin' squad;
Snoozin' for an hour or so On the bloody sod.
Oh, it's cheer, oh, cheer up, Rot the bally luck :
Seasick off o' Boston light, But jolly full o' pluck !
Reveille at cock-crow, Khaki's all a-soak, Not a nip of wuskey To 'earten up a bloke.
Boston twenty miles away, 'Avin' toast and tea, While we reconnoiters To see what we can see.
Wot's it all about then ? Sojerin' for fun ! Not a bloody bit o' lead In a bloody gun !
Oh, it's cheer, oh, cheer up Ninety in the shyde, Not a drop o' beer to drink- Thought I would 'a' died !
Doctors an' stewards, And not a picket shot;
Orderlies and outposts, An' all that sort o' rot.
Deploy an' skirmish An' give the countersign, An' 'old yer rookies steady- An'-everything but DINE !
I 'opes as 'ow I'm captured, I give it to yer strite : For I'm sick o' playin' sojer Without a chanst to fight.
COMPANY I IN ACTION, 1909
A week of hunger and thirst, of exhausting heat and enervating cold; of camps in soul-chilling tempests; of movements over swamps and inundated country, and of forced marches under conditions familiar only to coolies and pack mules, the Blue-Red War of 1909 will be remembered by Ninth Company men when their grandchildren are marchin' round in a perfected National Guard, as one of the most strenuous but, at the same time, one of the largest and most inspiring experiences of their lives.
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At the battle of Eddyville the Company literally led the skirmish line, and in the brief period allowed by the umpire for the action and its conclusion, charged through a series of bogs, with wet baggage bearing down on their shoulders, and feet and spirits heavy from a half day's march in a killing nor'easter, and captured a body of troops and a wagon of the enemy's force. From that moment the Company was prominent in everything up to the suc- cessful termination of the campaign at Hanover Four Corners, where it rushed into battle with the vanguard, after five hours' marching, with the fire and en- ergy of fresh troops.
Successive days of hardship and labor brought out with increasing impres- siveness the wonderful courage and endurance of the men, and it was a pleasant thing to see that in that little aggregation of men from every honorable pro- fession and every part of the land, there was no weakling, no whiner, no yellow dog. Three men were sent home by order of wise authority, but they went under pathetic protest, and one of them, Quartermaster Sergeant Al Delafield-no less-turned about on reaching his home station, and came right back again, arriving unexpectedly on the firing line at Hanover Four Corners, cheerfully ready to accept any punishment for his palpable disobedience of orders.
The watchful care and solicitude of our officers have never been surpassed, we believe, in any organization; and it is not a lightly conceived statement, that the men of the Company have never been drawn together so closely and affectionately.
Real doughboys. Massachusetts, 1909
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The Massachusetts Campaign, 1909
The rations were bad part of the time-there's no denying that-but we had many a good bite by the way; and although the nights were bitter cold and rain poured down in torrents, the men joked while they bandaged maimed feet, and gathered about the roaring camp fires to sing aloud with gladness. Grey Jackets can swear and kick and grumble to the envy of connoisseurs of protest, but they do those things as every good soldier-man has done since the Trojan War, and they do them about their own camp fires and behind their own doors. Grey Jackets have never been given to public howling.
With perfect assurance that the writer speaks for the Company: We had the best time in all our military experience. No matter what the Company and Regiment meant to us before, they mean yet a little more after this and not a man would exchange his experience for much fine gold.
Blisters and pack sores, hunger, sickness and fatigue pale into dim insig- nificance when we look back upon Eddyville with the splendid batteries going into action like whirlwinds; upon the camps of the entire division dotted about the hills and vales of Rock Station, with camp fires glowing in every direction and the night filled with singing and laughter; upon the picture of our long, crawling column, winding over the Plymouth hills, halting, deploying against attacks, and winding endlessly on again through the beautiful pine woods and among the multitudinous lakes. And if Mr. J. M. Barrie could have heard the cheering and seen the spirit of the battles he would have rested content with the assurance that in the midst of materialism we still believe in fairies- every man of us !
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There was another picture that came in for appreciation: it was a bit of exquisite still life after a week of Turner landscapes and scenes from Meis- sonier and Detaille. As we marched into the old Company Room we beheld a groaning table laid with crisp linen, sparkling silver, glass; an immense coffee urn steamed merrily in the center, flanked by bowls of delicious café frappé and claret punch, with enough fine sandwiches and cakes for a regiment. Tom Corning was the artist. He was kept from going to the wars by pressing busi- ness, but he followed us every step in spirit, and he knew what to do to put a final touch upon the most sentimental homecoming we ever knew.
-JOSEPH IVERS LAWRENCE
COMPANY I ATHLETICS, 1910-1913 By J. Stuart Eakin
ARMORY RECORD
Rescue race, 50 yards and return-J. S. Eakin, A. F. C. Milligan, 19 3/5 seconds, March 23, 1907. 51st Games.
In connection with the above rescue race, quoting from an article in the April 1907 issue of the 7th Regiment Gazette:
Another record-breaking feat was accomplished by J. S. Eakin and A. F. C. Milligan, the scratch team of Company I in the handicap rescue race, 50 yards and return. Eakin slung his comrade over his shoulder at the rescue point and scurried back as if the burden was only a knapsack. Their time was 19 3/5 seconds, lowering the record held by R. C. Sheldon and H. S. Lyons of Company C since April 4, 1903.
From 1900 to 1910 the Regimental Tennis Tournaments were dominated by the three Cragin brothers, namely, Calhoun, Wm. B., and Arthur S., all of Company I.
In the 37th Games held March 31, 1900, the wall-scaling contest was first held, which the team of Company I won, but in the other events the team was not so successful, being only placed third in one other event. Exclusive of the above set of games, the wall-scaling teams gave good accounts of themselves, being placed as follows :
39th Games-April 13, 1901, finished first
40th -December 7, 1901, finished second 66
42nd 66 -December 6, 1902, tied with Company H for second
44th 66 -December 5, 1903, finished second
47th 66 -March 25, 1905, finished third
52nd
66
-December 7, 1907, finished third
53rd
-March 28, 1908, finished first
54th -December 12, 1908, finished second
55th 66 -March 27, 1909, finished third
61st
66 -March 20, 1912, finished second
62nd -December 7, 1912, finished second
In 1900 Sheppard Homans was captain of the Regimental baseball team which defeated Annapolis on June 2, score 13 to 5. A week later the same
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team was defeated by West Point, score 5 to 4, but Sheppard Homans covered himself with glory making three hits out of three times at bat and scoring one of the four runs. In 1903, Neil Snow and Ed Slosson played on the Regimental baseball team. A triple play was made in the game at West Point.
A 36-hole Regimental golf tournament was held on October 5 and 6, 1903, over the Fox Hills Golf Club course, which was won by Ed Slosson, one of the scratch men; his score was 165, and he only used four rusty clubs and had no caddy. A. F. C. Milligan, who also played from scratch, finished eighth. C. J. McKenna was the only other entrant from Company I.
38th Games-December 8, 1900: Company I finished third in points for the Nesbitt Trophy, scoring 22.
46th Games-December 3, 1904: Company I won the Major Charles E. Lydecker Trophy with a score of 8 points.
48th Games-December 9, 1905: Company I won the Major Charles E. Lydecker Trophy with a score of 13 points.
49th Games-March 24, 1905 : Again won the same trophy as in the 48th Games with a score of 11 points. The team also finished second for the Nesbitt Trophy scoring 25 points.
At the 46th Games, held December 3, 1904, in the 100-yard dash, novice D. W. Forrest made a new record of 10 4/5 seconds, but it was lowered shortly after.
Some of the men on the wall-scaling teams were as follows:
O'Connor H. H. Foster M. G. Peabody E. G. Peabody
Babbitt
D. McAlpin
R. A. Bonner A. N. Milne
Dusenbury
E. Slosson F. L. Gould E. T. See
A. F. C. Milligan H. S. Osborne
December 8, 1900-38th Games
Half-mile run, Officers Cup, L. G. Cole, Company I, and C. R. Neidlinger, Company A, ran a dead heat, and after a half hour rest the race was run off and Cole finished second.
90-yard run, handicap, H. L. Stratton, first, and B. W. Wenman, second; time 9 3/5 seconds
220-yard hurdle, scratch, H. L. Stratton, second
220-yard run, handicap, B. W. Wenman, first; time 25 3/5 seconds
440-yard run, handicap, H. L. Stratton, second
April 13, 1901-39th Games
93-yard run, scratch, R. C. Thayer, third
16-pound shot put, handicap, W. H. Edwards, third Wall-scaling, Company I, first
December 7, 1901-40th Games
93-yard run, handicap, B. W. Wenman, third
High jump, handicap, B. W. Wenman, second 220-yard run, handicap, H. L. Stratton, first Wall-scaling, Company I, second
April 5, 1902-41st Games Half-mile run, Officers Cup, J. W. Goff, Jr., third
December 6, 1902-42nd Games
Half-mile run, Officers Cup, H. E. Cragin, second
Wall-scaling, Company H and Company I, dead heat for second
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April 4, 1903-43rd Games
93-yard run, handicap, W. H. Starbuck, third 100-yard run, handicap, H. E. Cragin, third 440-yard run, handicap, A. F. C. Milligan, third 220-yard hurdle, handicap, H. E. Cragin, third
Intercompany relay, Company I, third. Team of W. H. Starbuck, H. E. Cragin, A. F. C. Milligan, and George P. Nichols.
December 5, 1903-44th Games
One-mile run, handicap, H. E. Cragin, third
440-yard, novice, N. W. Snow, first Half-mile run, Officers Cup, N. W. Snow, third Wall-scaling, Company I, second
Intercompany relay, Company I, third. Same team as preceding games.
16-pound shot put, handicap, N. W. Snow, second
April 9, 1904-45th Games
One-mile run, handicap, H. E. Cragin, third
December 3, 1904-46th Games
100-yard, novice, D. W. Forrest, first, time 10 4/5 seconds, new record
100-yard, handicap, H. L. Stratton, second
1000-yard, handicap, H. E. Cragin, second 220-yard, handicap, H. E. Cragin, first
Rescue race, handicap, J. S. Eakin and H. H. G. Noble, second
Military relay, six laps, Company I, first. Team of C. C. Kelly, W. E. Barton, and D. W. Forrest.
March 25, 1905-47th Games
100-yard, novice, J. W. Miller, first
100-yard, handicap, A. F. C. Milligan, third
Half-mile, Officers Cup, A. S. Cragin, first, and H. H. Foster, third
Rescue race, handicap, J. S. Eakin and A. F. C. Milligan, second
Intercompany relay, six laps, Company I, third. Team of H. L. Stratton, A. F. C. Mil- ligan, H. E. Cragin, and D. W. Forrest
Wall-scaling, Company I, third
December 9, 1905-48th Games
440-yard, novice, R. A. Bonner, third
Half-mile, handicap, J. L. Vanderbilt, third
Rescue race, handicap, H. R. Burt and W. H. Hayes, first
Military relay, novice, Company I, second. Team of O. Maxcy, H. W. Graham, and J. S. Slosson
Equipment race, J. McE. Moir, first
March 24, 1906-49th Games
Half-mile, handicap, H. C. Harle, third
Three-legged race, handicap, J. McE. Moir and R. W. Myers tied for first, but were beaten in the run-off
440-yard, novice, C. Luce, Jr., first 100-yard, novice, J. S. Slosson, third 220-yard hurdle, handicap, M. G. Peabody, second
880-yard Officers Cup, C. Luce, second
Rescue race, handicap, J. S. Eakin and A. F. C. Milligan, first
Military relay, Company I, second. Team of J. S. Slosson, H. W. Graham, and O. Maxcy.
Fiftieth Anniversary of the March to Washington, April 19, 1911 Company I, Captain Houston, passing the University Club
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December 15, 1906-50th Games
440-yard, novice, A. N. Milne, third
Half-mile Officers Cup, G. O. Carleton, third
220-yard, handicap, C. Luce, second
Rescue race, handicap, J. S. Eakin and A. F. C. Milligan, first
Intercompany relay, Company I, third. Team of A. F. C. Milligan, C. Luce, and R. W. Myers
March 23, 1907-51st Games
Running high jump, handicap, L. H. Fitch, second
Rescue race, handicap, J. S. Eakin and A. F. C. Milligan, first; time 19 3/5 seconds. New record.
December 7, 1907-52nd Games
75-yard, novice, O. P. Geer, second
75-yard, handicap, C. Luce, second
Wall-scaling, Company I, third
Rescue race, handicap, J. S. Eakin and A. F. C. Milligan, first, and G. O. Carleton and H. S. Osborne, third
16-pound shot put, handicap, M. G. Peabody, first
High jump, handicap, M. G. Peabody, third
March 28, 1908-53rd Games
Rescue race, handicap, G. O. Carleton and H. S. Osborne, first
Wall-scaling, Company I, first
December 12, 1908-54th Games
440-yard, handicap, A. N. Milne, first 220-yard, handicap, A. N. Milne, first
High jump, handicap, L. H. Fitch, third
Rescue race, handicap, M. G. Peabody and A. F. C. Milligan, first, and J. S. Eakin and W. H. Hayes, third
Wall-scaling, Company I, second
March 27, 1909-55th Games
440-yard, handicap, A. N. Milne, third 352-yard, handicap, G. O. Carleton, third
High jump, handicap, G. W. Fairchild, Jr., second
December 18, 1909-56th Games
93-yard, novice, E. G. Peabody, first
Rescue race, handicap, M. G. Peabody and A. F. C. Milligan, third
Intercompany relay, six laps, Company I, first. Team of C. C. Rossire, Jr., E. T. See, and E. G. Peabody
Half-mile roller skate, novice, H. M. Waring, third
Tent raising, Company I, third Wall-scaling, Company I, third High jump, handicap, G. W. Fairchild, Jr., second
880-yard, intercompany relay, Company I, third. Team of E. G. Peabody, A. N. Milne, O. P. Geer, and M. G. Peabody
April 2, 1910-57th Games
Half-mile roller skate, novice, H. Grose, second 220-yard, handicap, A. N. Milne, first Rescue race, handicap, G. O. Carleton and A. Gerry, third
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December 10, 1910-58th Games
440-yard, handicap, A. N. Milne, first 220-yard, handicap, E. G. Peabody, first 352-yard, handicap, G. O. Carleton, first 880-yard intercompany relay, Company I, second
April 1911-59th Games
93-yard run, handicap, E. G. Peabody, third
December 9, 1911-60th Games
880-yard, handicap, W. D. Walker, second
880-yard roller skate, novice, A. F. C. Milligan, second
440-yard, handicap, W. D. Walker, second
Intercompany relay, six laps, Company I, second. Team of J. K. Boles, K. C. McArthur, and J. Towart
880-yard intercompany relay, Company I, first
March 30, 1912-61st Games
93-yard, novice, K. U. Preston, third
Half-mile roller skate, novice, C. L. Jellinghaus, first
Wall-scaling, Company I, second
Steeplechase, handicap, C. B. Cattus, second
December 7, 1912-62nd Games
Obstacle race, handicap, C. B. Cattus, second
Steeplechase, handicap, E. G. Peabody, first, and C. B. Cattus, second Wall-scaling, Company I, second
Intercompany roller skate relay, Company I, second
April 5, 1913-63rd Games
Shot put, handicap, R. Sherman, third
December 6, 1913-64th Games
No points scored
March 28, 1914-65th Games
No points scored
December 12, 1914-66th Games
No points scored
In 1901 the Company had a hockey team composed of the following :
Wenman W. Clark
Stratton A. E. Ranney
Carroll
A. Cragin
Waring
Griffin
E. Slosson
In January 1902, C. Cragin won the Regimental tennis tournament, and in December 1904, C. C. Kelly defeated C. Cragin.
In 1895 and 1896, the Ninth Company played the Tenth Company in football, losing 6-0, and winning, 16-0, as previously described.
In the games for 1896, the scorers were : 75-yard, handicap, Robbins, second 93-yard, novice, Le Boutillier, second Potato race, Cowperthwait, second High jump, Cowperthwait, third
220-yard hurdle, Le Boutillier, first 93-yard, handicap, Le Boutillier, second
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From 1904 to 1910, the rescue race teams also gave good accounts of themselves, being placed as follows :
46th Games-December 3, 1904, finished second
47th
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-March 25, 1905, finished second
48th -December 9, 1905, finished first
49th 6 -March 24, 1906, finished first
50th 66
-December 15, 1906, finished first
51st
66 -March 23, 1907, finished first
52nd 66 -December 7, 1907, finished second and third
53rd 66 -March 28, 1908, finished second
54th 66 -December 12, 1908, finished second and third
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