LOCAL NEWS OF SUPPORT
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A Rousing Demonstration
Greenville did herself proud, Wednesday and gave her soldier boys godspeed.
All
day Tuesday citizens were busy decorating their stores or homes and the
town presented a fine appearance. Shortly after one o’clock the line of
march was formed and one of the finest parades ever seen in Greenville
began to move, passing in the following order:
15th Regiment band.
John C. Dickey Post, G. A. R.
escorting the guardsmen.
Company K, Greenville,
Impromptu fife and drum corps.
Company G, Sharon.
Nearly 1,000 pupils, public schools.
The
procession came down Main Street to the Bessemer railroad and counter
marched. The school pupils halted and stood in open order, and as the
military - organizations marched through they were given a salute by
nearly a thousand little flags. The public school division was a fine
feature of the parade and the little drummer boys, especially, were
right in their element.
As the line passed along the boys
cheered heartily. The applause was given to the Sharon boys as readily
as to Greenville’s boys in blue, and the old soldiers were cheered to
the echo. The impromptu martial band of Fifers Laird and Bowers and
Drummer Bean, made a great hit.
Engine 30, which pulled
the special bearing the boys from town, was very nicely decorated,
Engineer Fred Gilson and Fireman Oliver Christy doing the work. A very
large photograph of the president filled the front of the head light.
As the train pulled out the boys were cheered loudly by the crowd which
wished them godspeed and a quick return.
(Source: Excerpt from the Advance Argus, Greenville, Mercer County, PA., May 5, 1898)
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CAN RETAIN OLD POSITIONS
Patriotic Order issued By The Pittsburg,
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Company.
The following self-explanatory and patriotic notice was issued today:
THE PITTSBURG, BESSEMER & LAKE ERIE R. R. COMPANY.
Office of General Superintendent
NOTICE.
PITTSBURG, PA., April 28, 1898
To All Concerned:
The
President of the Pittsburg, Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad company
desires it understood that such employees of that company as are now
members of the National Guard of the State of Pennsylvania, or Ohio, in
the event of their being called into the service by the United States
Government, shall upon their return from such service be entitled to
the same position and rank in the service of said railroad company, as
they occupied when entering the Government’s service, provided they are
physically able to perform the same duties.
F E. HOUSE,
General Superintendent.
(Source: Excerpt from the Advance Argus, Greenville, Mercer County, PA., May 5, 1898) |