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Bristol Train of Artillery Marks 115th Anniversary
The Bristol Train of Artillery celebrated its 115th charter anniversary with a 6 to 8:30 reception at the armory, a parade led by officers and the Herreshott Marine Band, and a banquet at the Hotel Belvedere. Attendees included Col. Merton A. Cheesman and many dignitaries from Rhode Island military units, with toasts to the President, Rhode Island, and the Grand Army of the Republic.
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Armory
Belvedere
Bristol Train of Artillery
Artillery Armory
State Street
Artillery
Herreshott Marine Band
William Howe Church
Capt. Church
Church
M. A. Cheesman
Bristol
Providence
Constitution Eatreet
S. O. Bourn
Wm. ¥. Eddy
F. M. Straight
John Robertson
Wm. Kirkwood
O. HA. Usher
Leroy Dunbar
Bertram Bullock
F. E. Suzman
John McMahon
R. Anderson
Robert Brigham
Fred R. Mott
J. F. Huestis
H. L. Springer
James Bullock
George Rounds
Leroy Bell
E. Sutcliffe
John Kemple
A. Bender
F. Morris
E. Dodge
Jasper Bullock
H. McCaw
John Pickles
Arthur McCaw
Thomas Clarke
Alton Barratt
the Artillery
T. F. Usher
C.8. Straight
J. H. Bailey
A. W. Barratt
J. E. Fletcher
First Light Infantry
W. M. P. Bowen
Frank Hunter
Bain
Deak
Kington Newport Artillery
Geo. B. Arnold
Warren Artillery
Thomas Allen
Kentish Guards
East Greenwich
Col. Greene
United
Robert J. Connery
John M. Coggeshall
Geo. H. Peck
O. L. Bosworth
William T. O’donnell
C. J. Hasbrouck
W.M. Gorham
J. Tee Morrissey, Jr
J. F. Far- Ali
Col
Samuel Wardwell
W. T. O. Wardwell
Col. Cheesman
the Phoenix
United States
Bowen
Rhode Island
Charles B. Rockwell
Méon
Army of the United States
King
Newport’Artillery
Grand Army of the Republic
John H. Bailey