The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 20, 1898, Page 1

Tall VOLUME LXX3 XITI.—NO. 141. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FLOWERS AND FLAGS BEI ‘AN ENTHUSIASTIC FAREWELL AS THE TRAIN MOVES OFF. WY \ T ) T 0 THE ARTILLERYMEN PRESS THER WAY T0 WAR THROUGH CHEERING CROWDS OF FRIENDS ECKED THEIR WAY SOLDIERS START FOR WAR WHILE THOUSANDS CHEER have in store for the soldier lads who went from San Francisco yesterday it must be they will remember that this city sent them forth with words of cheer. with a hope for their safety, a benison for their loyal courage. They can hardly forget, even, though on an alien shore, that here by the Pacific thousands are thinking of them and hoping that the god of battles shall protect them as they fight for the honor of the flag The march from the Presi- dio to the cars was more than a good-by, it was an ovation. The way was strewn with | Star and Stripes in miniature, ':women wept from very sym- {pathy, men shouted until {hoarse. Yet the soldiers, trained to duty, hardly looked [to the right or to the left. {wells. |wives and their sweethearts. | There was nothing for them |which called them [South and, perhaps, beyond, | where a foe is in waiting and the terror of malady stalks throughout the season just opening. They had not com- plained. On .the contrary, they had manifested | eagerness to go. an |ple turning out in honor of HATEVER fate may |flowers. Chiidren waved the| | They had made their fare- | They had kissed their | [to do but obey the orders | to the| 1o McKINLEY’S ULTIMATUM GIVING THE SPANISH UNTIL- SATURDAY NEXT NEW YORK, April 19.—On Wednesday at 10 a. m. President McKinley will sign the resolution of © Congress and his ultimatum to Spain. The ultimatum will be at once transmitted to Minister Woodford. (4] On Wednesday at 5 p. m., Madrid time, the ultimatum will be presented to Senor Gullon, Spanish © Minister of Foreign Affairs. On saturday at 6 a. m., Madrid time, Spain’s time for replying to the ultimatum and acceding to the demands of Congress will have expired. On Saturday at 1:18 a. m. orders will be sent to Captain Sampson at Key West to move his fleet © upon Havana, unless Spain has backed down. (10:18 p. m. on Friday at §nn Francisco.) The difference in time between Washington and Madrid is four hours and forty-two minutes. The President’s ultizaatum demands that Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in | & the island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters. | CO000000000000000000000C00000000C0C000000000000000000000C000 Perhaps the grim dictum |the soldiers has been over-|Itis the portent of war. To of the commander of thearmy |ruled by the people. They|many the war which so that war is no picnic is cor- |feel that they have a part in | nearly divided this country is rect enough, but any objec- |the great events now happen-|a matter of history. It is tion he may have to the peo- |ing, for to them the departure |true that the veteran who of the troops is a great event. [ survived it may not yet be 00 o [+] 000 0000000000000 1 | their | Not old, but the world grows fast, and people in of life know of the great civil | struggle only what they have read or been told. So this is the first time they have had patriotism - aroused. until now have they understood what emotions are aroused when the flag is assailed. The troops march- ing away constitute an object lesson. The sound of martial music carries the old soldier back to the field of Gettys- burg and to Chancellorsville. On one field the blue was victorious, on the other the gray. But what matters it now? To-day there is one country, and side by side the North and the South'are the prime |ready to sustain the common= weal. The veteran -of the Federal army seeks counsel of the veteran of the Confed- eracy. The same blood runs in the veins of both. Yesterday a martial spirit seemed to pervade the air. Long before the hour set for the light artillery to leave its | quarters the streets leading thence to the depot were lined with representatives of every class. Society was there, school children by the thou- |sand, every little American contributing to the occasion an | enthusiastic treble, every little hand clasping a flag which was wildly waved. But per-