The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 20, 1898, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1898. GALLANT ARMY HEROES Colonel Miles and Lieutenant Colonel Bishee, Leaders of the First Infaniry. ° - o° ®®ecccccee000°” VETERAN OFFICER WHO HAS FOUGHT MANY BATTLES. on the frontie: campaigns entfal friends in high place brigadier-general at this time Twelfth In fantry September 1y promoted lieutenant-colonel and col He was commended for bravery the Second Div Railroad and C mendations of PO POOP® apple House he army officer— n Evan Miles, Tw two remarkable Indian mpaigns. successful, and his name found its ard spoke of the long service and excel © mention is made of the memorable ca ® of Captain Miles, t'wenty-first Unite being burned by the Indians and sever; The manner of commendation. T B In July, 1878, our country was in & vast prop: destroyed. But for & tribes of In s, already allied to the & conduct of this officer the town of Pen; ® of thousan dollars.” The succe tle of Umati $ a lesson that th The milita © administrative ability in the command relieved of respc v did not soon forget. position t quir ment of the station. lant a regiment of Americans as e Lieutenant-Colonel Willlam H. B! ywned regiment, has a bright mili vancement from the ranks to his pres conduct at the battle of Murfreesboro, tanooga. He participated in the battl Church, K @ ® was the array of working men | who had left their toil to bid | the boys godspeed. It was no superficial interest they | exhibited. They were earnest | and sincere. Their faces were | indices to an intent, if need | arise, to follow the regulars. There was nowhere a jar- ring note. There was not one | who looked on but felt a per- | sonal interest in the soldiers carried by on their rumbling | artillery. “God bless ‘you,” | was the message the soldiers received as they went along. At times the pressure of the throng almost stopped them. At the depot there was a multitude, gay with color, alert with enthusiasm, ready to cheer every soldier who came in sight. The crowd did not melt until the train! rolled out, and on the other side were other crowds with | as fervent a hail and farewell. | For yesterday California took her soldier boys to her great heart.” To-day when the First | Infantry goes there will be an even more marked demonstra- tion, as there will be no con- fusion as to the hour of start- ing. ! PRESIDI'Q_, ADIEU. The Bugle Sounds the Com- mand to March. | The two light batteries of the Third United States Artillery have gone to the front, and their going has aroused | all the patriotisn. that has so long lain | dormant in the city's breast, The | cheers that rent the air had more than the Fourth of July ring to them; the flags that waved seemed animated by & sentiment more potent than the west- fon of the Fifth Army Corps ble duty there went to the front again. nsin, Idaho, Dakota, Montana, Washington, Oregon, California, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado w Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta and Jonesboro. Colonel Evan Mlles, First United States Infantry, who leaves to-day for the front at the head of his superb regi- ment, is a veteran officer who has rendered his count v distinguished service of Since the war he has had his full share of border service and acquitted himself ainst the hostile Indians. The advancement of Colone:. Miles has If a political “pull” had been exerted in his behalf he would be holding the rank of Colonel Miles was born in Pennsylvania March 28, 1838, and was appointed from the State first lieutenant of the He wi He was promoted major of the Twenty-fourth Infantry April 24, 1888. as promoted c ain January 26, 1865, and onel of the First Infantry. and eificiency while serving on the staff o In the battles of Chancellors i very and skill in ac commanders attest to the value of his services on the field. in official reports of General O. O. Howard, commanding the department of the Columbia, for gallantry and efficiency displayed durine the battle of Clearwater, Idaho, against the hostile Nez Perces, on the 11th and 12th of Juiv, 1877, and the battle of Umatilla Agency, Oregon, against the In a letter to President Hayes General O. O. Howard wrote: :nty-first United States Infantry. His record is as good way with brightest praise in the journals of the day »annock-Piute Indians, o “I wish to sa He has had it can be. In one lent milltary record of Captain Miles. In a letter signed by many of the Western Senators and Representatives, and addressed to the Secretary of War, mpaign against the ..ostil d States al hundred p It was writ cretary of War in which ti his extract is taken from the letter: the hands of the hostile Indians. Many the excellent conduct of Capt: Bannock-Piutes, would hav dleton was s: ved from destruction and o tored lasting peace to the settlers of that region of country. record of Colonel Miles embraces mention of active and gallant service in the fleld and excellent of garrisons. He served in New York C Since the war he ha: was promoted from lieutenant-colonel to colonel of the First Infantry. When the Fifth Artillery was 'w York voionel Miles succeeded General Graham as commander of the post at the rresidio. requires military judgme: nt and executive ability of high degree. He has many friends in the army and in civil life. ver went forth to up! ist old the honor of the First United States Infantry, who tary record. He was born in Rhode Isla ent command. s breveted first lie Tennessee, as breveted captain fo es of Stone River, Perryville, Lookout M He w ern wind; the crowds that thronged the streets from curb to curb had more to shout for and more to think about than any that has gathered in years. The going away commenced early in the morning, for it takes time and work to move eight guns and their equip- ment of ‘men, horses and accessories. The work commenced at reveille, and by retreat the men were speeding away | t;\\'ard what the future has in store for them. Bags and boxes, trunks, satchels, bas- kets and valises; bales of hay and sacks of grain for the horses; barrels of bread, of meat, of vegetables for the men; blankets, tents, tent poles and cookiuz utensils, everything that was movable and belonged to the battery—were load- ed into the big army wagons and start- ed for the Southern Pacific freight sheds. The ambulance and its equ ment went with the big wagons, ca; ing the men of the hospital corps. The freight was all out of the post by 10 o'clock, and then there was only the last dinner, the good-bys at the parade ground, and the men would be gone, too. The time was all too short, for under Infantry, was the means of saving the town of Pendleton, Or., from *ople from being massacred.” citizens of Pendleton wrote a letter to the S n Miles and his small command the neighboring destroyed everything before them. n many battlefields of the South and nobly in the not been secured by the aid of influ- Peoo6S the Twentv-first In- He was subsequent- transferred to f Major-General Ayers, commanding ville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Weldon tion. Officlal reports and the recom- Colonel Miles was highly praised n the 13th of July, 1878. y a few words concernihg a worthy an important command under me in action he had control of the field, was In this letter General How- ten: “The forced march and victory hey spoke of Captain Miles in the of our citizens were massacred and By the gallant ur Government was saved hundreds The hostile Indians received ity during the riots of 1863, and when s been stationed in New York Ne- It is a Colonel Miles has fulfilled every re- He goes to.the front to-day leading as country. leaves San Francisco to-day with his nd January 28, 1840, and gained his ad- utenant for llant and meritorious T gallant service at the battle of Chat- ountain, M onary Ridge, New Hope as wounded in the Atlanta campaign. 3 @ @ & @ kS > @ ® ® 3 @ @ 3 ® & @ k3 ® S S & @ @ 3 @ © @ & @ @ ® @ @ @ @ & @ @ @ @ s @ -5@@@@’y@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@0@@@@@@6@@@@@@@@@@@@@@9@@@@ haps the most striking feature | the circumstances there is something serious in saying good-by, and the men spent their few short hours in the can- | teen or sitting around the guns talking | to their friends—and most of these were women, There were not many relatives—the .men of the batteries are all from the but if they make as good an im- n on the Spanish heads as they | have upon the hearts here by the Gol- ‘dcn Gate, their going will not have | been in vain. It was a sorry gunner | who had not at least one woman to ish him godspeed, and there were some who had good wishes to spare. A | few of the soldiers are married, and | the looks of the wives as’ the troops | marched away robbed the scene of its holiday air. One big corporal strode up and down among the guns, carry- | ing his little daughter, who crowed | over the preparations and laughed in her mother's tear-stained face. A | young fellow sat near the corner of | the stable with a woman who clung to | him and seemed to begrudge even the looks he cast away from her. She | was his mother. | Two more drew away from the crowds and strode up and down tbe road, each with a youus woman on his arm. Even- the gunners said it was too bad. Two had Jjust been married and the other two were going to be. One man's only re- gret was his bicycle and the Presidio roads, another said he might have felt bad if “she” had “shown up,” but, as she was nowhere to be seen, he guessed it was all the same. The officers said good-by in their quarters, and finally, when they rode down to where the batteries stood at ease, there was a general leave-taking, which lasted until ‘“attention” came clear and sharp from the battery buglers. Each man sprang to his place and stood ready. They were a good-looking lot of fellows, all young, all quick and eager, and all buoyed up by the thought of a chance at last to ply their tiade of death and destruction. The sleek, smooth, wicked looking guns shone in what sunlight a mournful sky let past; the carriages and calssons had all been newly painted, and the men, equipped in heavy marching order, looked like old campaigners. Each man wore a haversack and canteen and a revolver or a saber. Their campaign hats were weatherbeaten, their uni- forms were not the newest, and Cap- tain Potts of Battery F wore the only white shirt and collar in the command. The men were at work, and they left behind the full dress of parade and holiday. ‘“Prepare to mount,” and ‘“mount” echoed cheerily over the parade ground | by the stables, and each man swung | into his saddle. “By the right flank.” “Column right,” chirped the bugles again, and as the batteries swung into line and started up the road past the new barracks the First Infantry band, which had been walting, struck up “Marching Through Georgia” and led the column on Its way. “God bless you, boys.” “We'll see you down there,” *“Good luck to you,” “Hooray, hooray,” came from the crowd, and men ran along by the guns and shook hands with the cannoneers just once more. Turning in past the flag and the headquarters, the band led the way around the inside parade plane, down by the officers’ quarters, then halted where the road turns off toward the eastern gate. The air trembled with the cheers and the *“Hail Columbia” and the good-bys and the waving hand- kerchiefs and hands, as the batteries wound down the road and out of sight, and then the men who had given such a hearty farewell went back to quar- ters to prepare to go away themselves— for the First will leave to-day, and only the foot batteries of the Third and four troops of the Fourth Cavalry will re- main. ALONG THE STREETS. A Thousand FEés Greeted the Advancing Column. As senior captain, Captain Potts commanded the battalion, as well as his own battery. He led the column down Lombard street and turned into Van Ness avenue, and as the leaders swung around the corner a thousand flags seemed to leap from the pave- ment and whirl dizzily over ten times as many heads. The school children were out and that was their greeting and farewell. Two schools had gone to the Pre- sidio, but they were just in time to see the troops from the hill, but the chil- dren on the avenue were in readiness and catching the note of the bugle sounding “column right” they were on hand with their cheers and their whis- tles, their flags and shouts of enthu- siasm as soon as the column came into view. There were children everywhere. They lined the curbs and stood out in the streets; they blocked the sidewalk and thronged the stairways; a vacant lot was a point of vantage to be taken by assault, so they swarmed over it and up the fences and along the walks, velling and cheering and waving flags until the street was alive and the col- ors of their flags blended in a whirling screen of pink. As the batteries came on pandemoni- um broke loose and the old folks joined with the young in the wave of enthusi- asm. Windows were flung open and flags were thrust forth and waved with a vigor that defied subjection. Women leaned out of parlor windows and for- getting feminine dignity shook “tidies” and table covers and sofa cushions un- til the last man of the line was far out of sight. As jhe column. proceeded the crowds | 'lkcker and the younger element | the old became more boister- | hey yelled and-they hoorayed | v ces broke and tlroats were ® ® ® J 9 M ® 5 protected outwork, dominated by a moun afiernoon, when the enemy horses were killed or wounded, and c: been massed behind a ridge in front. its colors on the parapet. from Maine to Florida. and vigor of the youthful soldier. PPPPORPOOOOO® beat a long roll, and the people accom- panied it with their shouts, but deeper, more full of meaning than any shout from the crowd, would come the sullen rumble of the guns when they left the smooth pavement and jolted over the tracks that crossed their path. It is like the warning from the rattlesnake; there is nothing on earth just like it, and every time the guns and calssons‘ fretted over rougher pavement or cross- ing car tracks it chilled the cheer—for the men were not on parade, and the rumbling of the guns boded no good. At Golden Gate avenue the coiumn turned and forced its way through as solid.a mass of people as ever blocked a thoroughfare. 'Every one had a flag, \ | too, and every one wanted spaca to | wave it. | childish patriotism had given place to | the ringing cheer that has in it as much | batteries went, going in single file and | & draught of sparkling wine; a cheer | only once again. The shrill, piping treble of @ @ staff next Thursday. & & ® Fort Riley, Kansas. & @ & On May 4, 181, In conformity with the proclamation of the Pr & to the artillery arm of the service and became known as the Fifth. & ant in the newly organized regiment, his commission dating from May 14, 1851 © 5, 1862, captain July 25, 1866. On April ES Colonel Randolph earned the bre & Winchester, Va. He was brevetted major March 16, 1865, for‘good conduct opened upon it witt a plunging f suns and limbers blown up. utes that it became impossible tu remove the guns. Suddenly the enemy charged with five call until the ears of every one sung like a seashell. On down toward Market street the of the heart as of the head; that is like | leaving the remainder of the street for that nerves a man to dare all things, to hear it swirling round his head the people. stant stream of people hurried, keeping if | up with the head of the column. The men themselves | ran ahead took it up and waved their hats, and | fingers. Along by the houses a con- Boys their way whistling through Men elbowed their grabbing flags from offering hands they | singly, in twos and threes, and some- waved them over the crowd, shouting | times dragging a woman, or may be and cheering as if for this only they | one on each arm. had been living. the sidewalks and out into the A block down Golden Gate avenue an | the people Along the edges of street packed stood tight enthusiastic brewery with st2am up let | sheep in a strange corral, and along loose its whistle, and catching the note | with the guns ran the small boy, hun- the crowd joined in in a long sustained | dreds of him, shouting and yelling as A= D men — THE HORSES OF THE LIGHT ARTILLERY START FOR NE -me SERGEANT'S BABY, W FIELDS. like | Lieutenant-Colonel Wallace F. Randolph, Third United States Artillery, will leave here with General Shafter and Orders have been received from the Secretary of War directing Colonel Randolph to proceed to Chickamauga Park and take command of the light artillery there assembled. Colonel Randolph was probably selected for this command for the reason that he has for the ‘past six years been in command of the light artillery school at Colonel Randolph was born in Pennsylvania June 11, 1841, and entered the volunteer service as a private in Company F, Seventeenth Pennsylvania Infantry, April 18, 1861. He was discharged from the regiment June 28, 1861 ient a new regiment of twelve Colonel Randolph was appo He was promoted first lieutenant March 1888, he was promoted major, and in March, 1888, was made lieutenant-colonel. ot of captain June 14, 1863, for gallant and mcritc His battery participated in the defense of Winchester, and occupied without adeouate su v to the west within ra e [rom six‘een guns N The battery v and gallant services during the war. ® port an isolated, un- @ Here the battery remained until jate m the & Nothing inside the works could stop this onslaught, but the men stood by their guns until the enemy had planted Not till then did Randolph order his men to fall back. Lieutenant Randolph was carried wounded into the town and fell into the hands of the Confederates. Colonel Randolph has served continuously with his regiment since the war at posts along the A few days ago he came to the Presidioy succeeding Colonel Colonel Randolph’s personal popularity in the army is great. command in the approaching conflict with Spain. He possesses the elements of a leader and retains to-day the dash The prediction is made that he will attain a high A LEADER OF ARTILLERY. To Command the Light Batteries on the Field . of Chickamauga. Lieutenant Colonel Wallace F. Randolph, Third United States Artillerg, Who Has Been Assigned to Imporant Dutu. ies was added ted second lieuten- P9V e90000@ in defence >f ious service ny of the men and most of the so disabled inside of te min- regiments, which had Atlantic coast . B. Williston. PPPVOORPOPOICPTS Lo O R R O RO OSRORRORRCR OIR IR IR R OSSR O OROR R R RO R R R R R R R R he ran. Some had even climbed up by the guns, and as it was really not a parade the gunners let them ride. With the basalt pavement as a basis the guns waked the echoes of Market street, and the frantic efforts of the people could not drown the rum of their passing. But Market street is wide, and the size of the str the only thing that limited the so from Golden Gate avenue to where the column turned into Fourth the march was more like @ home than the start o will end no € those on the s f rtten that, and so there was nothing to hinder the cheer, and those on the guns didn't care, and so there was nothing to pre- vent an answering cheer, and so the shout went back and forth until the bugles called a halt among the freight cars. They loaded the cars from the freight rlaifaam on King street. Dismount; strip the horses, harness and saddles in the sacks and the whole into those last two box c hoj into the stock cars, guns and caissons on the flat ears; men in line and away for the boat. Every man had his own work, and every horse had an owner. 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