The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 28, 1898, Page 2

SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1888. g for the sick, and when went into camp at Des > joined the re T C Weeks ounced her determination to ac-| Manila, d r Depart- ould not on. | ter f d the strains of | band and the men on the ships| cl d.on th s and into the rig-| plaud. During the | ter Fair Iowa s her State | ght the thousands, and now | d—not quite so large, | to cheer her sol- | st of the boys | 1t water until | carried away | i played until it | would not leave v selec- | the sol- More ENTHUSIASM _THAM. DISCRETION, P > - “NOw DoM'T FORGET TO WRITE TO ~. o YoH, 1 couronT LY Californfa. During the d Yy the gen- LIEUT. OVERTOM'S CLOSE CALL. eral plan of the camp was mapped out by Lieuttnant Colonel Carrington and Quartermaster Heller. Wide streets will sepsrate the companies, the grounds will be thoroughly drained and sewered ard there will be an adequate water supply and convenient transpor- tation facilities. The headquarters of Colonel Henshaw and staff will be lo- cated midwsy between the Haywards electric line and the Southern Pacific tracks, facing the depot at Sather, while the city of tents will stretch'from that point northward. The eighty-acre tract is admirably adapted for a camp and parade ground while the foothills on the Talcott ranch can be used for skirmish drill. The first battalion, composed of com- panies from San Rafael, Santa Rosa, Colusa and San Jose, will arrive in Oakland this mornir.g and march di- rect from the mole to Camp Barrett. It is expected that to-morrow the en- tire regiment will be in camp _and on Thursday morning Colonel Henshaw and staff will take possession of their quarters. Captain Napthaly of the Second Brigade National Guard staff has been detailed at headquarters in the othe . of the aroused the | Palace Hotel, relieving Colonel Bush. the national | Lieutenant D. A. Smith, adjutant of hes in which the Fifth National Guard Regiment, The Towa | has Deen detai DoTariy aatnad jutant of the Eighth California Regi« ment at Camp Barrett. WYOMING VOLUNTEERS. Governor Richards Sails Out to Sea Fourteen Miles to Bid Them Farewell. When the Wyoming Volunteers took their departure from Cheyenne for San = Francisco, Governor Richards said to 3 2 them, in the course of a brief address: “THE LAST HONORS 8 “Boys, I'll not bid you a last farewell SALUTE OF THE LIFESAVERS — LN h A 4 " € now, but I promise you that when you . \ sail out of the Golden Gate for Mantla I will be the last Wyoming man that you'll see as you pass out into the broad ocean.” Yesterday Governor Richards, who has been in the city two weeks, went on board the Ohio In company with his brother-in- D P I ING SOLDIE S law, George C. Hunt, of Oakland, and e | went out to sea as far as the lightship, a distance of fourteen miles, bidding all the A ‘ Wyoming volunteers a sincere farewell mated by the same spirit of State pride. | and a hearty godspeed’, He returned on THE INFANTRY ey wont to-the tront resolved to up. | the first pllot-boat, and as the boat pulled FOR THE FINISH |hold the flag of the country and add |2Way from the Ohlo, Governor Richards e g i i 1 shi: . | was given round after round of cheers un- . | luster to the star in the field that shines | tj; he was out of hearing. He had kept for their own State, word to the letter. @ { his Regulars and Volunteers of| General Merritt is a renowned leader. | Thirty minutes before the departurs of Kershaw, F. Clyde Burrows, jah Armstrong, ap, Li Hawarth, § dron, a . FAREWELL SCENES @AMONG THE all were The quiet brooded ove band of the Twen- tioned on the wered the melo- no h day : ith like sweet e a funere = ON BOARD TRANSPOR , 1898.—The Call: General MacArthur’s eople mourned, | & yyitn the tignal to get unde n the flagship on be- Brigade. made fast a mishap O e e tauititude | % half of the officers and men of th ho Volunteers, I crave - huA on the hills yesterday was of this last opp ty to return our thanks, through the medium of BY HUGH M. BURKE. | } aptain ] : to such that the s The people of San F and of the entire State of War may begin with engagements | @ :ZIC t./i rarthly shrieki of wh Califo: + the unbounded hospitality that has been showered upon in which cruisers, battle-ships and land | ery, who relief to strained and us from th ent we crossed the boundary of the State until we batteries exchange compliments in / &dfiw 42 / = luntary h marched on board our troopship. Even here on ship board our lot is steel projectiles. Examples of in- . e / 4& ’ made mor table by those noble women who wear the Red Cross # | dividual heroism and the magnificent &W a_% W Dlecivee dotn) "I'L‘Tl‘-‘ une ic skies of the Philippines we shall still have cause % | achievements of squadrons may chal- g - by K D to ble % | lenge the admiration of the world, but ch M Yfikm Lo ll v W In retu 1l this we can on ge ourselves to uphold our % |a war once begun is seldom finished un- g flag as true Americans and to render such succor to your sons who & |til the man who walks and fights goes | t‘}w /‘Ki‘w v% y P the watcher are our cc = s in our power. God bless you all & | to the front. The soldier with a mus- | / 7 J eeithat ithe crowd e s | ket in his hand must go over the line ; madly. the sile ; ; Loy s stration, ound was ir of rifle pits, drive in the skirmishers | possible i and ultima sc main works | of white 1 here , h. to win sub victory and gain for | aided in the visible farewe the countr: The he- bered back c As the first mar ship a sym- I it the ip aft troopship, black roic figure in modern war, after all, is | > the man with a musket. In the thicket | { or in the open, without breastworks of | earth or armor of steel to shield him, he advances. The shells of his own protecting guns shriek over his head stood aigainst the burning in the scar on the 11, : g ; and the bullets of the enemy hiss in | cne 1 on the watcher on can freemen, by right of birth | his face. Many fall, but so strong is W o ; 04 equally ready ble of ob, the fiber of courage in the American 7 ing or commanding, as the exiger : Men who are soldiers because | SCidier that few falter. a4 M/ 3 they " reason. and _ who, when war's | Men of this type compose the Amer-| wrinkled' front is smoothed, lay down | 150 8t01y destined for.service in ithej fi% 4«2 Hetais Sume. the weaseta | Philippines, and many of them turned | na wa aside only long enough to salute patriotic San Francisco as the | //% SEe e SO e hips Indiana; Ohio, Morgan City A Uatey on to a bully and remove o o Morgen ot £ 3 v salled through the oy, | podetre Coue Srow , Ave regard to in which powder” wcle from the path of prog: obey | They are mental as well as physicz od for g who blin nor. ( Golden Gate ye nd the cut- full quota rds_were Down mbard € with the Nor Dakota troops salute of later the | Mason and it in honor of was fi of Alcatr: cott thund Ohio and Ci nelsco. e occurred incidents of the The six-oared boat of the life- ng station manned by stalwart life- s pulled nd as each ship which brought r the signal to get under n given the last of the s well out beyond the heads, hurrying on to join their comrades in tant isle THE WATCHER ON THE HILL The Departure of the Troop- ships as Seen From Afar. BY C. E. EDWORDS. Low lying strata of smoke and fog hung over Berkeley hills and obscured the upper bay as the :watcher on the hill took his seat on the rock where he had spent s0 many hours in idle spec- ulation over the mysteries of the ocean. The green waters of the bay took on an hundred evanescent hues from pink through the reds and greens and browns to deep purple as the lights and ehadows were caught on the waves tossed up by the capful of wind which came through the Gate. There came an unusual qulet on the water as if even ocean itself were waiting for the unusual to happen. ‘What emall craft there were seemed to scuttle to places of hiding, and when a heavy schooner came toiling past Alca- traz a busy tug hurried out and quickly shoved her to a mooring. Soon the streets lying below in the broad sunlight took on an air of bustle. Midgets, that close inspection proved to be human beings, were moving toward the adjacent hills or down to the docks and wharves at the water’s edge. Grad- ually the points of vantage changed ntiment that was im- | S OO GVRLCHUCU VAV A VAV OO U OO LUV AU ARG liana's wake | 'y Wl \«k\w S SeRERS ==l | lowed him in the war which ended for | | soldiers at Appomattox. | General Arthur MacArthur is a sol- | | dier with a record of soldierly achieve- | ments and it is his judgment that no | better troops have gone to the front | than those which comprise the various | organizations of his brigade. It is‘ doubtful if the regulars are the su- periors in discipline of the volunteers | in his command. | The troops of the third expedition to Manila are armed and equipped in ef- fective style. It is true that the volun- | teers are not supplied with the modern magazine rifle, but the improved | breech-loading Springfield which they carry is not a gun for the enemy to despise. The regulars of the brigade carry the American Krag-Jorgensen rifle. The batteries of the Third Ar- tillery have the “three decimal” breech- loading rifled pieces and rapid-fire Hotchkiss guns. These Western soldiers that sailed for the Orient yesterday are pretty handy fighters. Many of them have been trained to the use of the rifle and back of their readiness to fight is a good stock of intelligence on the prime question of taking care of themselves. The next column may offer to Iowa, | Kansas and Montana Volunteers an op- portunity to serve at the front. g e EIGHTH CALIFORNIA. Camp Barrett in Oakland Now Ready for the Reception of the New Regiment. The State military authorities yester- day morning took possession of Camp Barrett at Fruitvale, Oakland, where | the new California regiment, the | Eighth, in command of Colonel Hen- shaw, is to rendezvous. Lieutenant | Covalt of Company F of Oakland pro- Ceeded to the grounds with a detail of twenty men and after hoisting the flag | laid out the picket lines, thus estab- lishing the first military camp in Ala- meda County since the occupation of b= : TO EMBARK TO-DAY. BATTERIES H AND K, THIRD BATTERY LEAVE CA At 11 o’clock this morning Batteries H and K, Third United States Artillery, commanded by Captain James O'Hara and Captain Charle ‘W. Hobbs respectively, will leave Camip Miller at the Presidio and port to sail for Manila to-morrow. The Astor Independent Bat'lery, commanded by Captain March, will take its departure from Camp Merritt also at 11 o’clock to embark on the Newport. 10303060610 06 10 0K 060 00 K X 0K RN I SO O OO R 0 O would they distin- | the in- | and in their hands lie safe the cause of | Major General Merritt has ample rea- | When and how | fe ri- | the nation and the cause of God, F“nhf';r !:i% faith in lheTioldierT of the | W:‘/K/ st w &~ mn? When and how Eighth Army Corps. The volunteers | would they die? For war is dying—war | % 3 trom Minnesota, Wyoming, Idaho and | 4, . Caw Cotre ce is suffering—and it was to | "o o North Dakota, as well as the regulars | o lalind L | RO DDA AL | ¢ the Third United States Artillery, | o “ = for s the | & i # | Bighteenth and Twenty-third Infantry faccaees el Senal watenword, “re- | 5 KIND WORDS FROM COL. VAN VALZAH. & |and the Signal Corps will respond to| .? o . ns that " flying at the | & & |every demand of the campaign within| 0PLY (ol wds e that watchword | & SR % & | the limit of human endurance. %«, It was the ins o San Francis 3ay o7 In the under current of the great tide | . M-C\ - t & San Francisco Bay, June 27. pe3 e ity 2 el 1 s and in no sen = S = @ | of enthusiasm yesterday one could ob- | ; > of the individual. o The C I beg to take this opportunity to extend my thanks to ¥ |gserve the strength of regimental and | /M EPouDEAYon deck 0 et the 1 o good pe for the courtesies lavished upon myself and the mem- State pride. The men of Battery L and | //“,gé. (Ve 7z of their native shores before meeting | & of my command. We of the regu rvice, I think, have double ¥ |the men of Battery G were equally | y 73 L P Uy their country’s f personal | & cause to appreciate the hospitulity of your citizens, which has been of |proud of their respective organizations. | f It was a ive body © such magnificence as to add tenfold to the enviable reputation of your & |The Minnesota Volunteers welcomed | senting the country, and r & State. In the months that must pass before we can hope to set foot on i | cheering recognition of their Thirteenth | =0 S R p cudgels for huma r native soil again, our chief pleasure w ye the o) g Gh egiment. e young men who have \ber the,Maine” mean nanght | Cpounnative)seha taln, Ch i B LleEnLeon ‘”1: l”‘\. "\‘.“{5‘"“‘,""" ofour O | 83 I the National Guard of Min. | As gallant men as ever lived or died | the Ohio, Harry Wells of Compan O ACa SR Erat > than “Remember Spain’s treach- | 4{' brief sojourn In San Francisco. K e ALZAH, ‘2 | nesota feel that they have, in a certain | fought under his leadership in the war | the Wyoming Voluntee: W 5 \"‘} Reudroa to friends, brutality to foes and | & Colonel Commanding Eighteentl United States Infantry. | sense, the honor of Minnesota in their | from 1861-65. He will lead a command F\'x‘ml)osed‘ t(n' be i}pk' the boomed out a salute of sition to civilization.” | © | keeping. It was noted that the volun- |in the Philippines as full of dash, en- | B/ 20 (emB Merritt, was dis i s was the s % | teers of Wyoming and Idaho were ani- | ergy and endurance as any that fol- | et s of every one, by the regimental surge So determined to go to Manila ‘was that he had quietly got up out of bed a found his way on board ship. The sur- geon believed that his symptoms those of diphtheria. The Grace was immediately utes later Wells together with another sick man, and con- veyed to the Harbor Hospital. Three other Wyoming volunteers were left behind. Ome is W. H. Holden of Company H, who is in the French Hospi- tal, dying of tuberculosis, and the others are Arthur Parker of Company G, and Henry D. George, both of whom are in the brigade hospital. At a late hour last night a Wyomi battery of light artillery, composed of men and commanded by Captain Grai ville M. Paimer of Cheyenne, arrived at Oakland and will come over to San Fran- cisco at an early hour this morning. This battery, the only organization that has been exclusively recruited in Cheyenné, was accepted on the 15th, was mustered in on the 16th and started for San Fran- cisco on the 25th. It will go into camp on the same ground that was by the Wyoming volunteers for Manila yesterday. This spot had been reserved for it. Governor Richards makes the state- ment that 10 per cent of the population s now in the ‘Wyoming has furnished three the number of men required under her quota This is the best showing made by any State. SIXTH ,ARTILLERY MEN." Two Batteries Arrive From the East and Go Into Camp at the Presidio. Light Batteries D and G Sixth United | States Artillery, arrived yesterday, from the East and went into camp near the remaining two batteries of the Third Ars tillery, at the Presidio. The battalion is in_command of Major an, and the adjutant is F. A. Pearce. Battery D, consisting of 136 men, 18 officered by Cap- tain A. Dyer, First Lieutenant " Haw- thorne and Second Lieutenant Scott. Tt has been stationed at Washington Bar- racks. Battery G, from Fort Meyer, Vir- ginla, has 143 men, and its officers are Continued on Seventh Page. ARTILLERY, AND THE ASTOR MP AT 11 O'CLOCK. o o o o =3 o o ¥ march to the Pacific Mail dock, where they will go on board the New- X o o o b= B SMiiiiiits THE CRACK IOWA REGIMENT BAND POSES FOR A SNAP SHOT. = 23 pad o & Tt b= o & o fad o £ o b= fad =3 3