New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 10, 1928, Page 11

" o ———— HISTGRIC BODY ¥ v Long Do Kl Wit Milfary Ll Richmond, Va., Aug. 10 UP— Napoleon's Guards still live in the fameus Richmond Light Infantry Blues. Always recruited from the “flower | of Virginia's youth,” in 140 years of | sopvice to the state and nation, only | two members of the gallant battal- l ion that followed Lee and Jackson | are on the Blues' veteran list. An-| drew Krouse, 82, drummer boy for the Blues in the war between the States, and E. B. Wilils, 84, a vet- eran of four years of that devas ing eonflict, wear the Confederat: | Gray ia their frequent meetings with the battalion. When the Blues toured Europe | several years after the World War, | Captain Willis was a member and | was ally congratulated by King Albert of Belgium. The Blues, now a national guard orgaaisation, were formed in 1783 a3 the Richmnod Light Infantry and | the uniform was arlet trimmed | with white. It was abandoned some years later because of ita resem- blanee to the British “Redcoats” | then obnoxious to Americans, and a | committes selected the uniform of | Napoleon's Guards. In May, 1929, the battalion will eelebrate the completion of ita 140th years of service and plans are being made to bring to Richmond a num- ber of the famous military organiza- tions of the countr: who like the Blues, have preserved their identity and their dress uniform after be- coming national guard units The Richmond militia is said to| have been the only southern organ- ization to parade at the unveiling of Grant’s tomb. The battalion is | elways present at presidential inau- rurations regardless of the political and educator, succeeds the Re the University of Notre South Bend, Ind CLOCK GOES ON FOREVER tion here The unique time piece, which w clusively by the mospheric varjations. MANY AIDED Hartford, Aug. 10 (P—The state free employment cured positions for 3,015 labor department shows bureaus rece 4,521 applicatio for emplovment and 3.257 applic RICHMOND BLUE§ | Notre Dame Head The Rev. Charles L. O'Donnell, poet Matthew J. Walsh as president of o Dame, | War with Spain in 1898, the Corsair Oerebro, Sweden, Aug. 10 (UP)— | A clock that has run uninterrupted | prominent place in the naval his- for 12 years and, aceording to ite | OFY Of the war, participating val- Swedish maker, will keep on tick- ing forever, is at present on exhibi- first et in motion by its inventor, Teodor Dieden, in 1916 ia driven ex- utilization of at- six ment while bureaus se- | Havana with a load of rifles under | during | her hatches. | July, the monthly report of the state | The | moved ahout FRUIT LINER HAS ROMANTIC HISTORY {Once Was in Service in Ameri- can Nayy NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDA.Y, AUGUST 10, 1928. came interested in the ship and in-| duced local shipping people to pur- l chase her, He is now in charge of | her engine room by the Catholic Women’s Union St. Peter’s church, at | parlors Monday evening, Anugust 13 | —av. | pass not Special Notice { Bridge, 70 HONOR BRENNAN (Continued from First Page) whist and pinnocle given of church the Bl Greeted On Route onE. i En Route to Chicage With Gev- bt but, Tampa, Fla, Aug. 10 (P—A he!»] dier of fortune, once high in the service of the United States Navy, then a preminent figure in Central American politis today does duty as a prosaic day laborer. Thus runs the romantic history |of the steam cruiser Florida, ori- | ginally the pride of a multi-million- alre owner, Which.each week steams | through the Gulf of Mexico to Bara- | coa, Cuza, and returns to Tampa| with a cargo of bananas. Built in 1891 for J. Pierpont Mor- | gan, she was christened the Corsair | !and for nine years was seen among | the luxurious vachts areynd New- v. When the United States declared | was purchased by the navy depart- ment and renamed the Gloucester. Equipped with & crew of bluejackets and set of rapid fire guns, she had iantly in several engagements Later the ship returned to Cen. | tral American waters with the title | a5 of AngeMta—‘Littls Angel” or “Angel Deliverer of the Oppressed” | —apparently considered more ap propriate for her next adventure— that of carrying guns to Central | American republics. She was seiz ed recently by the Cuban govern- | Iying in the port of For some time thereafter | in the tropics as a ns | freight bost. About this time T. a-|J. Wineman of Tampa. who had | she | tions from employers seeking help. been off the gea for twe yvears, be 18ith of the new president, The name Light Infantry Blues was & misnomer during the World | Waer for the organization was the | Yirst Virginte Cavalry. It was| mounted for Pershing’s expedition inte Mexico shortly before the United States entered the Furepeanm eonfliet and the government retain- ed it as a co as part of the Twenty.ninth div _ Personals The Misses Mery Elizabeth Wa- | siek of the W. L. Hateh Co, and Mildred Donshue of the Stanley ‘Werks are leaving today to spend twe woeks at Hampton Beach, N, H Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Froemer of Glez strest and son are visiting in New Tork city. Joseph Hanron of West Main Strost has started on his annual va- cation, A. Hallin of 85 Linden street and Miss Maybelle Simms of Kensington avenus are spending the week-end at FEast Lengmeadow, “Buy Your Furs, From a Furrier” Misses Xatherine Howard and Claire Walsh wil] be the week-end ests of Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Tay. | or of Short Beach. | Miss Mary Ryen of Glen street is | @8 ber annual vacation. r. snd Mrs. Bteven Blasek and ehildren of Hart street are vacation- ing at Litchfield. Charles Leavitt and family of 201 spie strest gre touring in Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Edger Norton and family of Plainville are spending | +. tholr vecatiop in Maine. Walter Yurzeronis of Church | otrest has returned from Atlantic | City, New Jersey and New York, mhere B spent his vacation. | e Jslen York of Church street is ppending her vacation in Penn, 7. s34 Mrs. E. W. Anderson of Tast street have returned from an extesive motor trip. | Willam Lumpp of Jubiles street ‘has returned home after visiting out | Pt town during his vacation | Miss Mildred Tracy of South Main | street is spending her vacation of Clinton beach. Burton McCuen of Glen street is | spending his vacstion at the White Mountaing snd Canada. HUNT FOB APP Medford, Mass., Aug. 10 () —Po- licepten were searching here today for Willism B. App who escaped | Leadership! 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