The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 28, 1898, Page 1

*'!;his Paper not { to be taken from the Library.***"* VOLUME LX et T e e | PRICE FIVE CENTS. P BY HENRY JAMES. TRAIGHT into the face of a stif- fening breeze that whipped the banners of war until they beat a | rtial cademce of which carried afar clouds of smoke and flouted the pi from the saluting guns; which bore back toward the mist-enshrouded city and the hazy hills the sound of patri- otic strains, four mighty ships plowed their own; the sable their way out through the Golden Gate | terday afternoon, and the third Ma- | nila expedition was on the oce Three times has San crowded the wharves and the wve the cannon boomed a the common farewe thre heart has be the magnifice tim stirr t 1 to its depth by fleet acle of a laden with citizen soldi ly to take the chance of latest to go, as the first, v by the of the good-by. Bands play them, fair women threw them voices choked with tears or enzy of excitement bade them There was ts, but un- raised t eat treble a button an caught, smiiing Then she said, but come back ood leaning against the He was rt lad Reliance. A stalwe »od-by, father, stopped waving the Jthe does get into vas not smoks were the Indiana, ty of ¥ - distributed knew and some different all shared the hor equal favor. And truly glad. They the rigging. nasts to the very peak, hats, shouting, gesticu- There were Towa band, s ¥ away. ed to feel that they and if they did the ut.” In the eagerness to get close to The Call rs see: pay a debt t them climbed into a from the davits of the ething was,rotten. The . tackle was fastened an instant's warning gling in the water. °d was remarka- > ducking good na- volu Per even irm that while 2low he rmaid by the tail but from his grasp. spot a little after at was overturned, but s no more serfous. same a Whitehall b with consequence Who are, who are who are we? We are, we are Bat 3 tery G lot on the Ohio, but rotruding from a port- > answer So roared a lu a curly head hole below mac Battery G can go to hell Don’t you know we're Battery L? THE SOLDIER-LADEN e L There were many boats on the bay, There were ard and the On t Towa and finer music ever been heard army guests da w the Reliance. flz at eve y hal was bright with col of the members the splendid organization, than they gave has on the bay. The oth were Loper, commanding the | Iowa Regiment, Adjutant Davidson, | Hospital Steward Carpenter and M Weeks of the hospit woman, fragile of s gentle but determined her lot with th ate. “I'm goi to Manila when the Fifty-first goes,” she to one who had noticed the the Red Cross she wore. She will go. She has made up her r s to what is her duty, and more th ruling of the War Department will be necessary to make her change it. In addition to these guests members The Call staff and their invited friends. Few peopie who were water yesterday failed to g that the Irish rowing crew of the End Rowing Club to the numb had laid down the oar for t implements of conflict. Th them on the Ohio. freely, vociferously, throng expressed d the Irfsh rowing crew. mber that °n, S and a pair of Lynches hed sport for the bus fighting, and 'm to face the of a tropic skirmish as gayly would into a race. The Reliance circled around the three transports in the stream several times. At each visit there would be an exchange of whistles smiting the ears like a blo There would be a shower of letter: while beauty and gallantry bartere Colonel face, she | soldiers from d were of out on the p the sterner e are six of ted this stinct appre Th me g0 compliments and’ made pretense to trade kisses. An officer tossed down a package of mail, and m g the tug it went into the water. The officer looked pained. Perhaps it was a final m ige to loved ones. Hapnpi the packet floated, but not until it had been rescued with a boat hook did the oflicer smile again. It was shortly after 10 o’clock when the Reliance pulled away from the dock, and two hours later the Para, with Minnesota's regiment, glided out to join the three already at anchor. As it moved slowly along the Reliance came close, the Jowans playing “Amer- ica.” The Minneso s stood with bared heads while the strains lasted and then there burst from them a round of cheers as only sincere patriots could have given when wrought to fervor by the melody, the sentiment and the majesty of the occasion. From this | time to the going enthusiasm became more and more marked. Along the | wharves the crowds grew denser. The lB(‘nnington, painted the sullen leaden' but none other tricked as for a gala | rigging | ard were | band, a | hue betokening war, sent from her §iren blasts fit to rouse the city. The crash s afening. Every throat tried to add to the volume. The Towa band pl. in concert with one on the Morgan ( High in the rigging two buglers sent across the waves the calls which to civilians mean nothing but harmony, and yvet which on the field may summon brave men to death. There is something of mystery to a landsman about all that pertains to ships. Here were four giants of the deep pulling taut their anchor chains. There had been no passing of signals so far as the untrained eye had ob- erved, except that at each prow the “blue peter” caught the breeze. Then there was the rattle of iron against | iron, out of the water came the huge, | rusty anchors. The Indiana mov- | ing. Slowly, arcely more than the | ripple as of a skiff was at her prow, while at the stern the gentle eddy hard- 1y betrayed the motion of propellers, the flagship set off on the sea-wide journey. Then faster and faster, vith spray in front and foam behind, it sped to the west. One by one the others | followed, stretching in imposing parade, while chasing, racing, screaming with lungs of steel and breath of steam, the ! little craft of every sort tried to keep | abreast. From the Mohican came a | salute. Then Alcatraz and the outer | forts took up the thunderous jubilation. | As on other days flags dipped in grace- ful acknowledgment. From all over the city came the blast of whistles blent into subdued hum as the ships passed farther and farther. The day w beautiful. The bay | danced under the touch of a moderate | wind. Over all was “a vell, partly smoke, partly , through which the sun could not plerce iwith a full glare. | It was heavy enough to drape and soften the barren banks. At the Gate the wind blew stead nd strong, but | not with an unpieasant chill. Beyond the Gate the mist was heavier and lower. In the order in whi¢h they had started the transports soon be- yond it. So long as they were in sight the soldiers were in the rigging quklng‘ were TRANSPORTS STARTIN — ON s EIR LONG e VOYAG WIDE TR : B2/l iy m{l OCEAN. back to their friends. So long as they were within hearing they sent cheers. And - thus, grateful and happy, they went from view. ESCORTED THE SHIPS TO SEA: A Fleet of Sm;ll—Craft Accom= pany the Transports Out of the Bay. BY J. J. COREY. Afar out on the boundless Pacifi® four huge transports are plowing their way to the hemisphere of the rising sun. Yesterday they swung idly at anchor in the balmy waters of San Francisco Bay, their decks, rails and rigging alive with happy, careless, shouting bluecoats, forgetful of thei morrow and intent only on the inspire ing panorama that was spread before them. The thoughts that occupy their at« tention now can only be conjectured, but it is not difficult to imagine that the shouts have died away, the songs are hushed, and, instead of swarming over the ships with daring bordering on the reckless, the men have turned their attention to the sterner duties that fall to their lot. Many an eye dimmed with unbidden tears is turned toward the land long since hidden be- low the horizon, thoughts turn back to the forests and plains of Minnesota, to the mountains and vales of Idaho, to the vinelands and orchards of Califor- nia, to every portion of the sisterhood of States, for they are all represented on those ships. Hearts that were light yesterday are heavy to-day. To some a strange unrest has come, and these - unfortunates feel that no rest an coma to their troubled souls—unless they can succeed in unloading the souls with | the rest of their commis stores. These men monopolize the rails to= day, where all had an equal chance yesterda The passing of the third expedition of the of the Philippines was marked by a demonstration on the bay and along the entire harbor front, from the Potrero to Fort Point, more mag- nificent, if pc ble, than when the van- guard sailed away. It has been my fortune to watch the th s vanish into the broad expanse ond the Golden Gate, and r on is that yesterday the pe Francisco outdid themselve: Perhaps the day had much to do with the exuberance, for no brighter sunormore balmy breeze ever kissed the waters of the bay, while before a haze deepening into a raw fog settled down enveloping the transports almost bef they had passed through the heads. Then, too, when the first fleet sailed, our people had just awakened to the full realiza- tion of the horrc of war and in ad- dition were called upon to bid fare- well to legions of our youth and early manhcod. Now, the great dread has been calmed in a measure by the suc- cessive and almost bloodless victories of our arms, and though more of the n Hrancisco went forth to terday, mothers yielded up sweethearts their lovers and their brothers with less reluct- ance than before. The bay was alive with small craft, and the wharvi and hills swarmed with people. When The Call tug Re- liance, gay with bunting, and bearing Colonel Loper of the Fifty-firs Towa Volunteers, Adjutant J. P. Davidson, and the magnificent regimental band among the other gue made the first round of the three transports lying in the stream at 11 o'clock, comparatively 2w boats were out, but within an hour youth of Sa battle yi One of those iance was Miss Weeks, the guardi angel of the boys from Iow%. Miss Weeks’' life is