100 years ago in The Record

Monday, Aug. 27, 1917

and their equipment loaded on freight cars ready for the journey.”

The big crowd at the camp is matched by a big crowd at the rail station. “Everyone, whether a stranger or not, seemed anxious to get a last glimpse of the boys before they departed and shouts of farewell could be heard from a hundred different voices at once.” “Trains and trolleys bound for the ‘electric city’ early this morning were crowded with loyal citizens of Troy, relatives and friends of the boys from the ‘collar city’ bound to give the soldiers a good sendoff,” The Record reports. This morning may be the last time locals see the troops of the 111th U.S. Infantry regiment, formerly the Second New York, for the duration of the world war. The Troybased regiment leaves its base in South Schenectady for Barto, the first stop on their way to the regular army training facility in Spartansburg SC. Thousands of Trojans got to see their boys when the regiment paraded here last Saturday, but a scheduled 24hour furlough was cut short by orders to get ready for today’s departure. “The camp long before the departure of the troops was alive with people – relatives and friends of the soldiers,” our reporter writes, “Many a tear was shed and a handshake given as the trains were pulling out on the West Shore track where the entrainment was made. “Shortly after 7 o’clock the buglers of the regiment were ordered to line up in front of the adjutant’s tent. Five minutes after they had given the signal, every tent in camp was down and being made ready for the journey. Two hours and fifteen minutes later, the first battalion, consisting of companies A, C and D of this city and B of Cohoes, were entrained

BRUNSWICK PRIMARY

Representatives of the town of Brunswick on the Republican county committee will face primary challenges next month in a protest against their stand, or lack of one, in the race for sheriff. The town’s three county committeemen reportedly made themselves scarce earlier this month when the committee endorsed Buddington Sharpe for sheriff. Public opinion in Brunswick favored Schaghticoke supervisor Alexander Diver for the nomination, and local Republicans resent the committeemen’s failure to express their opinion. Diver vowed to challenge Sharpe in a September primary, but declined to file petitions to get on the ballot. He still refuses to endorse the GOP county ticket. “We intend to assure ourselves of representation at the county committee meetings when the most important matters of the year are being considered,” a disgruntled Brunswick Republican tells The Record.