The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 21, 1898, Page 3

B RN THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1898. 3 S IRK e I UPIERS bz) A ~ /2 REVELE - O00oO00000000000000000000000000000000 O++++ 44444+ 444444444444+ 44+ +4+++44++4+0] 5tates Infantry were to leave on orders | L‘!’gflOOOC'000000000000000000000000000000:t., fight for the! 000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000O000000000O00O0O 0000000000000000 STATE TROOPS FIRST. Governor Budd Will Order the Quota From the National Guard. If the President calls on the Governor for troops, as he un- doubtedly will, Governor Budd will direct the major-general to order out from the National Guard as an organization the number required. This gives all the promptness required in respect to the President’s call and the ovganized, disciplined and equippd condition of the guardsmen. Guardsmen when called out as such by the Gov- ernor are entitled to $2 per day from the State. The amount received from the United States Government would of course be deducted from this, so that the State would be paying but about $44 per month per man. The $2 per day would make provision for the families of the National Guardsmen, with- out putting much of a tax upon their employers. Other- wise there must be great hard- ship. Those who go as volun- teers will not receive the same recompense, as they must be paid exclusively by the United States. The amount paid by the State is provided by an act of the Legislature, which was passed for the encouragement of the National Guardsmen as such, and to induce them to serve for years before a call, devoting their time and their money in this behalf—each guardsman drilling fifty nights a year—the act giving assur- ance of the payment of the amount specified to the fami- lies of the guardsmen in case of war. 00000000 DOO0O 0O0O0ODOO0ODOD0O0ODODODO00O0000DO0O00O0ODO0O0OD0OO00000000000000000O 00000000000000000 THE COLUMN OF INFANTRY The White Horse Cavalry Escorts the Command From the Presidio. There was a stir of preparation at the Presidio at an early hour yesterday, S . Along the line of | tween the Presidio and Van Ne | | nue the soldiers were greeted by the for the boys in blue of the First United « antry. Before noon there were several hundred civilians on the grounds—little children in white gathering wild fl' wers, soldiérs wan- | dering forth for the last time with those they lo small boys waving flags | whose meaning they little understood, while song birds poured forth their wealth of melody from the throats of rusty cannons used as ornaments on the grounds, A former English cavalry officer who was present when the soldiers a m- | bled on the upper parade ground said: | “They are as fine a drilled body of men as 1 ever saw, for every movement is a poem.” That sentiment was in the hearts of all who witnessed the departure of the pride of California for the scenes of future conflict. The scene was inspir- | ing from start to finish, the music and the marching appealing to the patriot- | ism of all as “Good luck!” was cried | out all along the .ine from the Presidio to the ferries. The start was made at 2:20. Every soldier marched as if his heart | was in the cause, and ¢ was a beauti- ful sight to behold Captain Lockett's troop 1 of the Fourth Cavalry escort the infantry to their point of embarka- tion. At the turn of every road there were volumes of cheer nd the sight along the winding pat of the fine as was ever witn ringing of bells and the blowing of whistles, as well as by volu.nes of cheers. By the time the procession had reached Van Ness avenue the streets were alive with spectators and the cheering was begun with renewed vigor. Last January California celebrated the semi-cencennial anniversary of her statehood with a parad ot soidiers and civiuans streets traveled yesterday by the First Infantry on its way to the front. On that occasion, too, Colonel Miles’ com- mand turned out, and exceedingly handsome and soldierly the n.en looked in their dress coats and stiff helmets, proving one of the most attractive feat- ures of the display. An immense crowd—estimated to be the largest ever assembled on the great houlevard—lined the sidewalks of Van Ness avenue and heartily appl the regiment that from long ass has become dear to San K scans. That event had been advertised for weeks; almost every county in the State contributed to its picturesque- ness and hardly a city, town or village but sent its quota to swell the crowd. But yesterday, . with barely forty- eight hours’ notice and with no pre- paration whatever beyond an invita- tion to the school children to assemble a far greater crowd choked the broad avenue until it was only with the great- est difficulty that the police and cavalry escort could clear a passage for the regiment. At Lombard street, where the col- umn swung into Van Ness avenue, a battalion of police, under command of Chief Lees, with Lieutenant Birdsall acting as his adjutant, was drawn up in column of platoons, ready to escort the gallant First to the ferry. There were three companies—A, B and C— under command of Captains Wittman, Spillane and Gillen, respectively, the platocns being in charge of Sergeants George B. Baldwin, Martin, Conboy, Brophy, Perrin, Campbell and Mona- | han. At 2:45 o'clock the soldiers, head- ed by the cavalry troop, wheeled into the avenue, the police took the lead, | and to the strains of “Tenting on the | 0Old Campground,” the grand march in review of the tens of thousands began. The change in the appearance of the regiment from the parade of last Janu- ary was striking. The dress coats had | given way to service-stained fatigue blouses; drab slouch hats replaced the 0+9 i ] i : § 40 o ESTERDAY will long linger in memory g:ef 0 +0 as the goiden day when the First United c.g‘ g:'; States Infantry marched forth from quiet, $$o| c+0 woody places in the picturesque Presidio to c*g‘ g:g fight for the principles of government announced g:g o+0 Dby an American President and backed by an c+g 213 American Congress. oS 040 From the moment the soldiers strapped on oié g:g their haversacks and canteens and marched to g:g g:g :!’30 pamde‘grounds to the wild, inspiring music ©+e o+o Of war until they reached the ferries they were g:g g:g greeted with cheers from thousands of patriotic ©+o o+0 men, women and children. 31“ g:g Twi‘ce ten thousand adieus were waved ©+o o+c from twice ten thousand spots where sightseers gig g:g had gathered to wave flags and cheer—flags in ©+o o+o the hands of babes in arms, and flags in the hands g:g g:g of old women at the gates, who cheered and cried g:c‘ o+o asthey were reminded of the stormy times when o‘g g:g they bade farewell to their own sons and kissed ©+o| o+© their pictures when they had gone, never to re- 813 O3 2 g:g In many of its phases yesterday’s scene was g:o‘ 040 Lh_e past enacted again—sorrowful farewells, g:g‘ g:g \\'Ishgs of good luck and fears of loved ones who ¢+© Sto remain at home. O g:g Shor;l_v after 2 o’clock the First Infantry as- o+© o+o sembled inresponse to bugle sounds, presenting g:g g:g a_picturesque sight as they marched to the east ©+© o+ side of the upper parade grounds and formed in g’-g g:g regimental order. The good_—byes had been said o©+o os.o to sweethearts, mothers, sisters, wives, com- g:g g:g rades of the garrison and lingering friends. Sud- c¢+o c+o denly the eight companies marched in quick- g:g g:g step, heedless of everything save the commands eto of officers. 3.3 At Van Ness avenue and Lombard the sol- °:° diers halted, formed in platoons, consulted with 303 o+o the Chief of Police through hisaids, then wheel- ©%o o+o edinto Van Ness avenue, headed by 200 po- 3.8 832 licemen. From this point to the ferries the pro- @%@ ©+o cession was a continuous ovation. The soldiers 3.3 532 marched through a rose wilderness of flowers, o0 g:i while thousands of bouquets and wrgaths waved g+o ¢4 above them, the soft April sky brooding over all, ©3}0 9¢o opalescent and as beautiful as a dream. 948 o+o The music of the First Infantry band was 913 912 stirringly sweet and thrillingly suggestive of pa- 040 oso triotic impulses, now sending forth the melodies 949 g:g of old war tunes, then bursting forth in Sousa’s oto o+o marches, and again returning to Dixie and the g.g g:g camp tunes of long ago. It was a scene never g:g o+o to be forgotten either by the soldiers who went g40 ’ g:g forth to offer up their lives for the flag or by g:g g:g those who cheered them as they passed. 040 ooco'«oooaooeoeooooooooooooooooooooog:g O+t + 4444444444204+ 4404044444444+ +44+440 ©CCCCoOoE0000C00C00000C0000000000000000 heavy helmets; the neat-fitting trous- ers were partly concealed by brown canvas leggings, while the roll of blan- kets, canteen, haversack and other ac- couterments did not add to the sym- metry of the lines. The dress parad soldier had disappeared and in hi place mar >d the country’s defender, fully pancplied for war. He was admired before; yesterday he was loved—yes, worshiped. Where it | was well-bred applause then, it wx cheering continuous and deafening | from one end of the street to the other | now. And the cheers were not confined to the children. Men swung their hats, | canes, handke iefs, and yelled like demons; women, from the bewitching bud to the whitened grandmother, t all restraint to the winds, and, may- *ap, for the first time in their lives, gave full vent to their emotions. Looking down the avenue to G..den Gate from the crest of the hill at Jack- son street, the sight wcs thrilling be- vond description. Myriads of tiny flags fluttered in the breeze, while from the buildings either side far out into the street was a solid mass of people, a narrow passage way down the cen‘er alone bei kept clear for the men. | With the appearance of the police a | cheer arose that swelled into a roar when the cavalry escort forced its way through the multitude and grew still louder in volume as the glistening lines | of muskets swept over the hill like successive billows on the sea. | Banners waved from every window and in almost every hand; flowers fell‘ COL. MILES uw[m 3 THE INFANTAY. upon the brave boys in blue thicker ‘~ could be poured ii. by any sed down the cheeks of s and proud dames until it seemed as though there m be a sud- den collapse of the enth sm. But it only grew with the advance of the recipients. Proudly the men sped along, scarce looking to right or left, and never a break except when a hand was stretched forth to receive from a by- stander—sometimes a little school girl, again a richly gowned woman—a bunch of flowers. Then the muzzle of the sol- dier’'s musket was called upon to do duty as a vase, and by the time Market street was reached almost every piece in the command was thus adorned. Wilder grew the enth m and more furiously rained the blossoms as the column neared Golden Gate avenue, where the crowds were It would be a marvel if the who e than an hour before ssed wife and babes good-by at the Presidio should not for the mo- ment forget the tear-stained faces he had left behind and exult at the pa- triotic demonstration _over him. ‘While riding down Van Ness avenue at the head of his regiment Colonel Miles was captured by a band of maidens, who decked his charger with a magnificent wreath of roses. For a moment the old hero’s lip quivered and his gantleted hand made a sudden dash across his eyes. He could only bow his acknowledgments as he re- sumed his march. A short distance further the colonel was halted again, this time by a handsome little fellow of 3 or 4 years, v 10, perched upon his father’'s shoulder, held a beautiful silken flag which he pressed into the warrior's hand. A caressing pat on the cheek in return and again the colonel pressed on, carefully tucking the em- blem in his breast. These were only a few of the incidents; it would require a page to tell all. Golden Gate avenue contained al- most as great a crowd as the wider thoroughfare, and so congested was the street that police, cavalrymen and in- fantrymen were obliged to break into column of fours. The cheers swept down the street ahead of the troops like a mighty wave, telling those on Market street that the men they had thered to pay homage to were com- i cou staid citizen: had ki ng. g‘rom Golden Gate avenue to the ferries Market street was packed al- most from curb to curb with a mass of patriotic humanity that waited patient- ly for the moment to arrive to give demonstrative greeting to the little band of soldiers who are to bear their share of the first shock of coming war. Not less than 100,000 people were con- gregated between the points named, carried small flags. The bunting and the gay costumes of the ladies made as brave a show as ever fired the hearts of the nation’s de- fenders. Although the troops did not reach Market street until 3:30 o’clock the waiting thousands held their places with steady patience and sought to gain such amusement as was to be had from the circumstances called into being by the occasion. The appear- ance of a band of make-believe sol- diers, ranging in age from seven to 10 years, was greeted with cheers that be- tokened a full appreciation of the mar- tial spirit that actuated the youngsters. With laths for swords, vagrant bits of variegated bunting for uniforms and a tin can for a drum the young patriots marched down the street with the dig- nity and assurance of veterans, appar- | ently unconscious of the attention they were attracting. | Another star attraction for the wait- ing multitude was a beautiful St. Ber- nard dog whose back was covered with a canvas blanket on which was in- scribed the words, “T’ll with Spain.” This sentiment seemed to strike a re- sponsive chord in the hearts of those who waited, for the dog and his juve- nile master were greeted with an ova- “THREE CHEERS FOR THE (OLORS3* tion as they passed down the line. It v 1 suggestive incident, showing the ing that has qu kened the public pulse and made possible such a demon- ation as that witnessed yesterday. A spicuous figure that attracted much attention was that of a butcher's ap- prentice, who stood on the edge of the overhanging cornice of a building and awaited the approach of the troops. He still wore his soiled apron, but he had wrapped a piece of red, white and blue bunting about his body until, as he stood there outlined against the sky, he looked like a very sturdy and very picturesque statue of Liberty. The temper of the crowd was made evident when, long before the appear- ance of the troops, three trucks, each drawn by four horses and piled high with camp equipage and Stores for the troops, passed down Market street on their way to the ferry. Fach truck was accompanied by two or three sol- diers in uniform and these were greet- ed h cheers that must have been gratifying to the ears of the boys in blue. ‘When the body of police that pre- ceded the troops turned from Golden Gate avenue into Market street the fac. was heralded by a cheer that acted or the multitude of people between that point and the ferries like a spark on a train of powder. The cheer was taken up by the waiting thousands and from one end of the street to the other there swept a wave of sound that fired the heart and sent the blood racing through one’s veins. It was but the prelude of the vociferous bravos that greeted the warriors as they passed on their way through. the narrow lane between the two solid walls of humanity. Men shouted themselves hearse and maids and matrons vied with each other in making oral and physical demonstra- tions of their love and pride for the brave boys who will risk their lives in defense of the natlon’s honor. .It was a sight that was good to see, and one that will live long in the memories of those who were so fortunate as to wit- ness it. The most impressive scene along the line of march occurred when the troops reached the foot of Market street. The vanguard of police formed in single column line along the south side of the street, as did the troop of cavalry that preceded the body of infantry. Then, as the troops marched past in review, they were saluted by the city blue- coats and the troopers. Cheer after cheer was given and returned with a will that spoke volumes for the broth- erly love between those who were go- ing to repel a foreign foe and those who remained to protect the home and nd not less than one-third of them | fluttering | marched into the building on their way that were to take them across the bay, and the cheers that followed them were like a\benediction. The regular 4 o’clock boat carried the regiment over and with it as many peo- ple as could crowd the decks. The band wheeled aside as it reached the apron and then played its liveliest while the regiment hurried past. As the head of the column stepped on board the people on#he boat raised a cheer that was taken up on the wharf where others could hear but not see, nor would they let the cheer die down until the regiment had embarked. They cheered each company, they cheered each man almost; they more than cheered the flag as it came on board and they went into fits of enthusiasm over everything martial they saw. ‘When the boat pulled out those on the piles of the slip commenced to shout and as she ran out into the stream the cry ran along the wharves like a prairie fire until the whole water front re- sounded with the mighty farewell Lying at Mission pier was the three- masted schooner Alga, and she seemed the center of the cheer, for her decks were black with people and her rigging was dotted with men hanging on with hands and feet and eyebrows. The factories along the front added their steam whistles to the din; a bustling little tug tooted its loudest; an ocean steam schooner joined and then the revenue cutters Grant and Y Corwin turned loose the men and a blast of But the ordinary steam whistles faded into an echo when the sfonterey opened up her wailing siren. The men formed af quarters aft of her after turret and then after a few preliminary coughs to clear her throat she joined the chorus of the city's farewell and sang the loudest and longest of them all. Her siren call is like the cry of a caged hurricane, deep, piercing, d, and th soon find us: than her siren added empha: boisterous song she sang. As the boat neared the Oakland slip the enthusiasm of the thousands on the boat started up again. The flag was cheered; the “boys in- blue,” *Colonel Miles and the gallant First” and ‘a tiger for good luck to all its men. There were two trains waiting at the mole, and the men were at once as- signed to their places in the cars. The train was to go in two sections, and but one Pullman had been vided for the officers, but when the sec- tion got as far as Sixteentn reet a second Pullman was added to it. There was a third section composed of freight cars, which, being too big to handle, overflowed on to the troop trains, add- ing five cars of horses and mules to each. : Every one expected an early start, but it did not come. The crowds hung around the trains, and friends who had said good-by on every previous occa- sion took advantage of the wait and sought once more the boys that were to be taken away. Most of the men who had no more farewells to say made themselves as comfortable as possible in the cars. They were very quiet, and they showed how much they disliked leaving the city that had been their home so long. They are afraid they will not come back again—even what is left of them should they go to war—for they say twelve years in one place is a tour of duty that seldom falls to a regiment. The thought that in any event they have seen San Francisco with all its virtues and faults for the last time is what grieves them most. The last of the freight was late to arrive at the yards, and so hour after hour the two trains waited. Then the overland drew out, and ten minutes later the first section, carrying the first battalion under Lieutenant-Colo- nel Bisbee drew out. There were not many people left then, but those who were there all had friends on the trains, and so the farewell that filled the big barn-like depot lost nothing I i to the boats |, from the lack of numbers. Then there was another wait to give the first section a chance to get clear, and then the second section, composed of twenty cars, drew away. Fifteen minutes later, with many a toot and wheeze and cough, the freight section started, and the blinking of its red end light as it swung around the curve was the last good-by of the First. g THE NOBLE FIRST. Roster of tfirew()fiicers and Enlisted Men. Following is the latest revised roster of the commissioned officers, non-com- missioned officers and enlisted men of the First Infantry, including band and hospital corps, that left yesterday for New Orleans: Colonel Evan Miles, First Infantry, commanding. Lieutenant-colonel, William H. Bisbee, First Lieutenant E. E. Benjamin, adjus tant. First Lieutenant Leon §S. Roudiez, quartermaster and commissary. Captain Gandy, assistant surgeon. Sergeant-major, Robert McCleare. COMPANY A. Captain Louis P. Brant, commander. First Jieutenant, H. McL. Poyell. Second lieutenant, Charles In. Bent. First sergeant, Joseph Senecal. Sergeants—John Pettit, Joseph Smith, Frank Gunnard. Corpor >, Arland, Timoth; Helohan . Miller, Walter 8. Conway, George P. Bloss: Musicians—James L. Higgins, Carl Coss. Artificers—Michael Conners and — Jor- gensen. Wagoner, August Landgren. Privates—August Beaton, Harry Bech- tel, Charles E. Bennett, John Butt, Ro- ger E. Carlisle, Patrick Conley, Edward Case, John Dolan, Richard Doer, Eu- gene Farara, Joseph Galla, George Gil- bo, Edv K. Hamblin, Joseph Hav- licek, P E. Hil, John Hines, Jo- seph’ Horacek, Frank Hotchkiss, Wil llam Howard, Christian Johnsen, Joel Johnson, Wilhelm Kaufman, Michael Otto Kraatz, trancis Larkin Leonard, John F. Leonard, Edward McNally, Bennett McGreevy, Waiter H. Palmer, Henry Peters, Luthér M. Scales, rles H. Smith, George Smith, Charles tman, George Strouse, aire H. Stetson, Charles Stevenson, Willlam H. Veltman, Francis Ward, Hudson W. Wate son, Henry Whitelaw. COMPANY B. First lieutenant—Charles B. Vogdes. Second lieutenant — Lincoln F. Kil- bourne. First sergeant—Thomas Holman. Sergeants—John A. D Willlam M. Norton, Francis Ch. Corporals—Herman idy, Charles Krattle . William RobertG. Rob- John H. Musicians—Edward Dooner, Engelken. Privates—Daniel Hanley, Carl L. An- derson, John C. F. Arnold, Lawrence Bolger, John Bradley, Wilham Brand- horst, John Bremen, Fred Bjorke, Joseph C. Buehler, John J. Byrnes, Erwin Carle, Carl L. Casdorph, Joseph A. Chabot, Os- car R. C dall, James Dean, William Dettinger, Henry her, Wert H. Fless- ner, J. J. Freil, S; 1 Haines, Andrew Z. Howard, Percy Howard, William Sebastian Kramer, v H. Emil K. Johnson Kessel, Carl Kloepfel, Philip Charles Larson, John J. Lyons, Lawrence arthy, pPatrick J. McCone, rred W. McMeen, Joseph Murphy, Charles R. Hamer Reynolds, William H. Rou- " Schuitz, James S. Tolley, m Vogt, William Walsh, David L. n, Steve Zetka, John Zimney, Rich= Roxtrom. COMPANY C. t Lieutenant F. O. Ferris, com- t sergeant, Joseph Mercyre. ick O’Marie, Michael Ants T ord, William Ull, Michael Freehap. rporals—John Sullivan, Ira Crece- Tho Kir rthur N. Wales. jans—Edwin 1. Sawin, Samuel J. Artificers—Winn W. Grawn, Nicholas M. Hauser. Priv Anderson, __ Thomas Andrew. Bondhus, Harry D. Breen, James J. Brown, Fred O. Burgess, Thomas Crean, James Coffin, Edward Dohmpropst, Peter Downey, Jacob Hahn, William C. Hendrix, John Huddleston, Theodore Huseman, Thomas Kent, George v, Michael Louth, Dennis F. Ma- arence . Moorehead, James Michael McGoldrick, John honey, McDonnell, Parker, James Petersen, Patrick Plunkett, Lewis P. Rabam, Edmond Quinlan, Will- iam Range, Seth Seth, Charles Stone, Henry Smith, Thomas W on, Delos E. W Timothy T. Sullivan, John Mc- amish, Ernest H. Carter, Peter Kied- COMPANY D. Commander, Captain James S. Pettit. Second lieutenant, James N. Pickering. t sergeant, John Wilson. ants—Albert Lang, Jacob T. Pugh, s Dooley, Charles Young. jorals—George Balyess, Edward h, Daniel Sullivan, Henry H. Glover. Musicians—Timothy =~ Connell, Dennis “:ml Beck, Charles Swope. Barre, Willlam W. arter, Al- ary, Thomas Philip J. Deckard, Daniel ohn J. Dougherty, John Ellison, Ginty, George D. Hall, mes Hager, John R. Kerly, muel L. Kreiser, Willis G. sey, James J. 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