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thattheinwar-theyETftt-■unt,niesikes3suebuyi'all-be-■ney.rabnthS'- arter;;the: Ni'hthf With the':; sgbadron of the.'^ourtefhth' alry Which had been .here ■ for two years;previously, formed the :bulwark against; attemptedinvasion/ and durT •'.•as : their stay:herethe city was; says i never. menaced in actuality. '. urseJ : The. officers and men Of the Ninthin of j soon, made friends in. Laredo and: the iture i friendships .then formed. writlast the! throughout life. A more courteous e by | set of officers, a better class of eunuch listed men, arid more agreeable relations- between the soldiers and ' the civtlans have never been., known in Laredo! '• 'The ; veteran.;: commander-.of ••■the Ninth, Col. Crane, completed his years of service-here, and With his .... retirement the people' of Laredo; felt i aft!**1®* tbey had los.t an intimate friend. 3m.',; : Diiring the stay-.;ofthe v Ninth the] ambaig: ' us their . justly - celebrated plani band, under the competent'direction vent|of Chief Musician Lambert Plowman, is.jgav-e the-people of Laredo many hours of enjoyment Not only in the public concerts, but in assisting in local concerts .and. church, services as well, the members of the Ninth infantry band proved themselves friendly toward our citizens, as well as competent musicians and good soldiers.'The Ninth has an enviable record ;tra- ot seiVjc«s performed and duty well done. It has lost commanders on the field of battle, it has won many a hardly-contested victory, and upon its banner are inscribed the names of many battles in which it took an active and creditable part.Not the least of its services was that of the trying times in Laredo. For weeks at a time the men were a high state of tension. though the Ena-j opportunity to again distinguish themselves never came.When the order came to form thenew Thirty-seventh Infantry, the nucleus of the new regiment was will i ^orme(J °f officers and men taken the!fr,ora f*le 0,d Ninth Infantry. And with the arrival of the new regiment we again have among us many whom we greeted when I hoy first arrived here in the former regiment and whom we know as friends.Wherever the Ninth may go they bear with them the best wishm; of the citizens of i^oredo and wo hope that whenever troops are sent h«re for service, should they ha needed, the Ninth may i?« among them.if we should not meet again, the Ninth know very w«*|] tliat they are ; missed, find that anything iha» re*' Sates to their future career win be of tnfere«trto thy citizens of Laredo. And we f«W miro that whenever the erfieers and faen of the Ninth meet^jthe foe they vftrvrendey a« account. P«L?/^a»af;dvea Otai£s*ltj n^ke Laredo ufevofn re^Jom V,u«WSt . themrJ) felons its friends.un I *H! *h,J Ninth never forget theI pleasant hours spent among the cftl-(X.j Xf-,1F’ of the border city, and whenever they hear the strain” of A bid Lang Syne may they give 3 passing thought to the friends they left behind them.ion, the and . to be to arcwill•tuglt;*f-1X3tooonon«t.OWhoICSvansealipidmS3illre
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Laredo Times
Laredo, Texas, US
Sun, Apr 15, 1917
Page 4
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Aureo V.
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