Fourth of July Committee and Town Council Return US Service Men
Adjutant Lieut Bertram W Walt and a long list of officers and volunteers join Boy Scouts mounted staff and local dignitaries to honor returned service members. The ceremony features Rear Admiral Edwards General Tillinghast Hon A J Pothier Capt Jackson Lt Leahy and many others in uniform.
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Edwards
Tillinghast
A. J. Pothier
Jackson
Léahy
Franklin H. Springer
C Louis Bagnall
Thomas A. Dwyer
Maus Wheelwright
J. P. Murphy
Earl Miller
Mark A. D’wolf
I. H. Noyes
John Collard
Maurice Congdon
C. B. Rockwell
C. B Rockwell, Jr
Henry Allen
McMahon Earl K. Dunbar
M. J. O’brien
Charles A. Arnold
Bristol Fourth of July Parade Draws Small Veteran Attendance
The Phoenix notes a hot Independence Day in Bristol with a record heat night and many veterans absent from the parade. Cadets from Camp Sims led nearly 200 junior Naval Reservists in white uniforms, while the Town Hall program featured Bertha Farrington and Rev. F Penfold addressing liberty and Americanization.
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Phoenix
Old Town
Weathrer
Naval
Bristol
Camp Sims
U. S
Wailis J Physioc
Bertha Farrington
F . Penfold
St. Stephen's Church
Providence
Bristol Training Station Team Fails In Exhibition Ball Game
A three inning mismatch on the common saw the Newport Yeoman nine lose 20 to 4 as Bristol Training Station players failed to field a capable pitcher staff. The crowd voiced disappointment while seaplanes and Fourth of July events drew attention later in the day.
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Dempsey
Willard
Toledo
Jack Birtwistle
Lieut Davis
Naval Training Station
Newport
Yeoman
Liberty Bonds
Berlin
Service
Bristol
Birtwistle
Iistol
National salute and parade mark holiday observance
At 6 a.m. a national salute fired on the Common by the Bristol Train of Artillery accompanied by bells from Trinity Church and other churches. At 10:30 a.m. a grand parade for military, Boy Scouts, firemen and civic groups followed, led by Chief Marshal A W Anthony with a police platoon under Capt. James W Goff and Col. Andrew Weeks Anthony.
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Col
Andrew Weeks Anthony
Bertram W. Wall
Charles Francis
Kaffis
Royal Band of Providence
Bristol
Trinity Church
Bristol Veterans Parade Orders and Honor Guard Details
First Division lists commands and leaders including Col M A Cheesman and Captain S W Bourn. The R I State Guard 13th Company and Bristol Train of Artillery are named with commanders C C M Jackson and A W Hathaway. A Colonial Coach with Honor Guard features US Senator Colt and Col P Colt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. I State Guard
S. W. Bourn
Senator Colt
Col . P. Colt
Fire and Marine Band Officers Named in City List
Willis J. Physioc leads the Marshal Junior Naval Reserves Band with the R I unit in the second division. Joseph E. Sennens serves as marshal to Herreshoff's Marine Band in the third division. The Board of Fire Engineers includes Walter H. Coggeshall as chief of Hydraulion Engine and Hose Co. King Philip Steam Fire Engine Co. Dreadnaught Hog heads the Ladder and Hose unit.
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Willis J. Physioc
Marshal Staff
Joseph E. Sennens
Herreshoff’s Marine Band Board of Fire Engineers
Walter H. Coggeshall
Hydraulion
King Philip Steam Fire Engine Co
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Paris Green
Wardwell
Bristol, R
Royal Tailor
Ford
Waldron Company
Bradford ST
David
Col. L. H. Callan
Bertram W. Walt Canand
Boy Scouts
A. W. Anthony
James W. Goff
Col M A Cheesman
Royal Band
Bristol Naval Veteran Association
A .Jackson
C C.M
Merriman
A. W. Hathaway
United Train of Artillery
George R. Fish
Boy Scouts’ Band
Troop of
Boy
North Providence
Pawtucket
East Providence
Barrington and
Warren
Alice McHugh
King Philip Fife and Drum Corps
Court Alice
Foresters
Manuel R. Bastos
Marshal Staff Band
Hope Street
Edward D. Kunz
Paramount
Mack Sennett Comedy
Metro
Beauty
May Allison
Marie Walgamp
RED Glove
Fox
Ruth
Roland
Trael
Matt & Jeff
Pace
Ias Ee
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