The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 13, 1899, Page 1

+ GIVEN AwWAY... | With each cash WANT ADVERTISEMENT or- } dered in NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL CENT PORTRAIT printed ten colors, ready for framing in size 1 OF ADMIRAL DEWEY, . a MAGNIFI- 4x21 inches, The to be taken from the Library. ++++ CENT printed GIVEN AWAY : With each cash WANT ADVERTISEMENT or- dered in NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL a MAGNIFI- ready for framing. PORTRAIT OF ADMIRAL DEWEY, in ten colors, size 14x21 inches, * © ¥ OO XXX @ | © sk ek Ak ke ok ok ok TR R TRt R RA R RS AR FHXNAUOOO NN NN NX @ ?”17 Second Oregon Volunt ] S | Regiment, Colonel Owen Su \L mers, commanding, minus J{ those who fell in battle or died in the hospitals at Manil rived in port y £ sterday on th transports Newport and Ohio. ventful voyage y6 on summer seas on board. The recept could not have bean v been the best beloved so nia. The transports were o'clock in the afternoo and reported to the city by telephone. In less than half an hour afterward, | the water front from Meiggs Wharf to | the Folsom-street pier was alive with | humanity, awaiting the chance to yell | itself hoa to cheer and to wave its myriad handkerchiefs in greeting to the home-coming boys in brown. were shot out on the city’s poles and bunting was spread on every craft on the bay; whistles tooted and tooted the hope that some echo of their inh ght reach the home- 1 craft and large craft, tehalls, , tugs, launches and boats, crowded with peopte, be- oving to and fro in the vicinity ferry depot, impatient the Crowds upon crowds lined the | the water front, thronged the 1d swarmed all over the gaily d ships moored alongside. The s of the bay were ob- of people eager to tes- y at the return of the Ore- » add to the welcome the e northern State and his | r had they s of Califor- sighted at 2| off Point Reyes hy B 5} @ in | ward bound to give their soldier | r and his staff. in full | were at the Presidio with | M General Shafter and staff, | nel Freeman, the f the post, when they s. They hastened at f the State tug, Gov- to the transport dock | They were compell- | way through a big ck they were met by | seamans, N. G. C rs Har- f the tooting and > Governor stream, whistles, turning ction of the adjutant on at Folsom- e party -on the Irwin ant General Davige M , Major A. B. Gillis, Mrs. nel Ml M. B 1 Katie Flav accompanied S. C. Spencer and Wood, Captain Jacksom, Misses by Plummer of the Major R. H Kittrick, mans were tenant Colc ell, J. 8. Y¢ ant Ac Major Colonel Lieutenant | er of Di- | v and Captain | | Lieutenant eutenant of the Sec- nited States v, now spector general of vernor Gee Surgeon General Gre Dr. Rethers and Dr. O'Br also on board. s the bow of the Irwin shot into v of the watchers the first shot of a teen-gun salute was fired in honor rnor Geer, shot after shot fol- £ until the tug had pazsed the fon boat and was turning gain to meet the incoming tooting of the whistles vas notice to the other . harbor that the chorus and for the space of two could not hear oneself | s the din. The walls the front became waved hats, hands in the effort to con- nto human sema- a godspeed to the in- pier there darted out to ake of the Oregonian | rated craft laden with mg before the Irwin | ast of Meiggs wharf | begutiful naval parade. | as i or such a purpose. wing in stifly from | ng out the flags, the | s spraying in the | ading boats were women and offi- | ¢ n ful mentals. | eze was blo wharf, marking the end of the city’s water front, presented a beauti- sight. Several thousand people, Ing flags and headwear and white cheered as the welcoming 1d the many flags on caught just then an breeze that dipped | ite. was strained ahead for a se of the transports. Gov- r and the members of his party took the stern of the boat for it, with General Shafter and his staft, where the spray could not reach them. party sed offi of t if in eye p: e barge blast | ing was b tfi*tt**tt!iit*t**ii***iit**i‘kii***fii**i****k*i********i******fit****“k‘kfi*tkfi*‘k****fii*&k****i*****t********kfi‘(> From time to time hands shaded eyes that peered out into the sunlit waste of waters, but so strong was the glare through the Gate that it was not until the Governor Irwin was off the Fair water lots that the smoke of the first transport was seen to rise through the haze. ‘It's the Newport,” was the cry, fol- lowed immediately by shrill blasts of every “whistleable” thing in sight. it was the Newport, steam up and smoking like a furnace, just entering the Gate. The Ohio could not be made out, however, until some five minutes afterward, when her com- ralded by another cloud of ke a short distance behind. More Sure enough, [ s | blowing of whistles greeted her com- ing, and the jaunty quarantine launch | shot out from Meiggs wharf and the crowds on the small craft began | wondering whether or not the vellow flag she was flying meant that the re- turning volunteers would be tied up in a heart-breaking quarantine. Merrily the tugs and launches and other small fry headed out, and nearer - « Gr Ak kkdk A AT T M mm T W Ahkhkkkkk k@ and nearer they came to the Newport, until it w to distinguish the fig- | ures of men moving about the decks. | Then Captain He of the Signal Corps of the California National Guard | gct out his little wigwag flag and made which signified to the men on sport that the Governor of Ore- could be heard coming across the waters, and Governor Geer moved for- ward, climbed on the top of the pilot house and stood to welcome the regi- ment. The ladi of the Oregon party also moved. forward and several of them climbed the ladder to stand along- side the Governor to get a first glimpse | of the boys. On the other tug the usual manifesta- tions of joy were being made. The eter- nal whistle was kept a-tooting, the pas- sengers shoutéd and shrieked and shrilled their joy, and, on the Sea Queen, the band started up “Home, Sweet Home,” following it up with the suggestive lilt, “When Johnnie Comes Marching Home.” By thie time the Newport was well inside and very close to the oncomirg tugs, 8o that the cheers of the soldiers on the one and their weliwishers on the other mingled in unison. 'The big trans- Mgs. Co. DUNNE (i MR CoL um«sfi A GROUP OF OREGON LADIES aboard the tug. A faint cheer | The Governor of Their State and His Military Welcome Them on the Bay. port began to slow whistle. The men on board could be | distinguished very plainly and it wasi | up and to sound fits | | but a few seconds before their voices | could be heard in one cry: 7 | “Frisco! Frisco! Muster us out in Frisco!” Cheers greeted this yell from every welcoming boat and from none louder than the Governor Irwin, where the gu- | bernatorial party was of the mind that | the wishes of the boys were the views | | | | | of their friends. ¢ And played, NN X RO XN the band on the Sea Queen the soldier boys cheered and | | their friends cheered back the faint | echces of cheers cculd be heard from | the wharves, whistles were blowing on | the bay and on shore, but regularly | above it all could be heard the strong | soldier chorus: “Frisco! Frisco! Frisco! By this time the transport and the State tug had come close together and boys from Manila were given a sight of the Governor who had succeeded Governor Lerd, by whom they were| Muster us out at| @ x ok Kk ok Sk ok k T I T 0 00 M B M R R O 0 O B ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok X ¥ MRs. [1EvT KNAPY FANKN NN K sent away. The tall figure of Governor Geer was sharply outlined against the | clear sky as he stood bareheaaed on | | the pilot house, waving his hat to the | cheers that were hurled at him. | “Hello, Governor, how's things at| home?” was the most frequent greet- irg that fell on his ears, being sand- | wiched in often between the steady | cries of “Frisco! Frisco! Muster us | out in Frisco!” o The Newport slowed to a stop at last, | the quarantine officers boarded her and | the Governor Irwin and other tugs went | alongside and there followed for the | | next fifteen minutes such a flinging back and forth of questions and answers as has never hefore been heard on the bay. Bundles of newspapers were | tossed to the men on board and| eagerly scrambled for. Scraps of in- | formation to the effect that Jeff was the champion, or that Fitz had been knocked out by the Californian were eagerly. devoured. Between the Gover- nor and members of his party and the officers and men on board the transport there was a continued cross-fire of questions. Away up on the bridge, the white-headed flgure of Brevet Briga- dier General Summers waved a greet- ing to the crowds in the boats below. “How are you, Governor?”’ he cried out. “ “I'm all right,” said Governor Geer. “How are all the boys?” “Fine as silk,” came the cheery an- swer and the appearance of the men on the Newport confirmed the statement and thé rumor that had floated around in one way or another that the health on board was good and that the voy- | Bk sk kk ok ok ok 5T 5 T T B B M 55 55 T ko ok ok ok ko] * / \ | ———— Do You /:" [®) = after time shouted the officers on the | Irwin, but the boys on the Ohio were | set in their notions and kept on cheer- | ing and shouting toward the Sea Queen the refrain started by their brothers on the Newport, “Frisco! Frisco! Muster us out in Frisco!” - - At last they, too, slowed up, and a similar scene to the one enacted a rew | minutes before on and around the New- port was repeated. The Governor, lo- MAT. GEY. SHATTER. = I/ AND PARTY GREETING \ THE TRANS PORT]| * NEWPORT 7 RECOGNIZE US 2 # B YR MRS. LEUT HAYNES AND HER DO NUEL ROBLES MA CAPTURED FILIPINOG FORN NN NN XN NN NN K YN M YO YO Y YOO XK M XN X XX O 3 O KOO X Y XK KK X XK KNI XK R X X 6 MO0 X X X KX 3 p XK @ X X X XX XN XX khhh ok ok k k& I I 5 75 Fa M s M E‘E’fl'F”’*****i***¥¥¥¥¥¥4¥¥¥¥¥¥i SCENES ATTENDING THE RETURN OF THE OREGON VOLUNTEERS. age up had been on a millpond. The information was soon gleaned that the few wounded aboard were on the rapid road to recovery, that the volunteers had a perfect menagerie aboard. con- taining everything from a Chinese “choo™ dog to the wildest kind of a monkey and the most agile Filipino goat. Two ex-Spanish soldiers, it was also explained, had been brought up, perfectly satisfied with their new du- ties as company cooks. The head of a young Filipino sticking out of one of the portholes was the signal for con- siderable inquiry, which was met with the response that he had been captured in a raid on one of Aguinaldo’s bands and was quite contented with his posi- tion as “kicker” for Captain Heath of Companv H. His name is Manuel Robles and he has succeeded in acquir- ing sufficient of the English tongue on his voyage to carry him for the rest of his life. Greetings having been exchanged all along the line of the Newport, the Gov- ernor’s party was headed far the Ohio, which was rapidly nearing, its whistles blowing and its men cheering. Through an oversight, the band having been placed on the Sea Queen, the two bat- talions on the Ohio gained the impres- sion that the Oregonian party which they expected was on that tug. The consequence was that all craned their necks in the direction of the Queen, and despite the most faithful wigwag- ging of Captain Hewes they persisted in believing that their Governor was’ anywhere else than on the Irwin. “This is the Governor of Olegon! This is the Governor of Oregon!” time cated at last, was cheered lustily, and responded by waving his hands and bowing. In time the Irwin ranalongside the second transport; and the same questions were asked and the same answers were given as had been ex- changed a few minutes before. The same whistlings and’ greetings and cheerings were given again, and again the information was obtained that all was well on board, the wounded im- proving splendidly and only one case of sickness, that of Hotchkiss of H Company, who was on the road to re- covery after having passed the acuit stage of pneumonia. Back again to the Newport the Irwin steamed and there were more greet- ings, a plank was stretched across and the Governor and the members of his staff and the ladies of the party went aboard. The wife of Colonel Sum- mers, who had awaited as patiently as possible the meeting with her husband, flew to the arms of the handsome colo- nel and for a full minute they hugged &ach other, both being visibly affected to tears. That portion of the bay about the t-ats was as animated as one could wish, gay with color, alive with motion and vibrant with joyous sounds of greeting. Tugs and launches were thick as bees ahout the transport and the bands on the transport Newport and on the Sea Queen kept up a friend- ly rivalry that was beautiful to see. The Sea Queen had left Vallejo-street wharf at 4:15 o'clock sharp with one hundred and fifty people. Supervisor Byington, one of the members of the Native Sons’ committee, through the efforts of which the‘tug had been se- cured, came up just as it was five feet from the wharf, but he refused to take a chance. The tug was decorated with an Amer- fcan flag on the stern and the bear flag, emblem of the order, at the bow. An- other string of bear flags ran from the bow to the top of the smoke stack. Allen’s Iroquois band, which had been engaged by Mayor Phelan for the occasion, accompanied the party, and the music was a feature which excited the soldiers on the incoming transports to a high pitch of enthusiasm. On the Sea Queen were Colonel Wil- liam P. Sullivan, who represented Mayor Phelan; Harbor Commissioners Herold, Harney and Kilburn; Secretary William D. English, Chief Engineer Howard Holmes, Chief Wharfinger Percy Henderson, Assistant Chief George H. S. Dryden, and the Nativg Sons’ committee, consisting of Sheriff Henry S. Martin, Williant D. Shea, Su- perior Judge Frank H. Dunne, F. H. Mills, Grand Secretary Henry Lun- stedt and James P. Dockery. The Sea Queen, after greeting the men on the Newport, followed in the wake of the Ohio, and when the band struck up “The Star-spangled Banner” every man on the transport took off his hat and listened. . They stood bare- headed in a wind that played fantastic tricks with their flowing locks, and when the band finished there were more cheers. Some o the Oregon boys in their enthusiasm dazuced about the decks when “Yankee Doodle” was played, and the irrepressible man with : i 3 i 3 Fok ek ok ke kxkkoki YRR XY YOO RO @ XX XXX RANERRXXXXXX @ the camera was in evidence on the transport. At this time the tug Fearless went alongside of the Ohio, and on board were Captain A. Barnason, marine su- perintendent, and Captain N. P. Batcheldor, assistant quartermaster. The tug John H. Redmond came up with Supervisor Byington, who had missed the Sea Queen by ten seconds. With him were Advisory Expert to the Supervisors A. G. Platt, Mark Devine and cthers, who braved the choppy sea and the attendant moisturs in their zeal to heip in giving the incoming sol- diers a royal welcome. After a good view had been obtained by the interested sp.ctators of the Ohio and its precious human freight the tug turned back to the lvewport again. The steamers Ukiah and Scusalito came up also with crowds of passengers, and when the band commenced to play “Annie Laurie” hearty cheers again resounded across the blue waters. The United States steamer Golden Gate came alongside with the quarantine officers and some of them boarded the transport. The Oregon party on the Irwin lin- gered latest at the side of the Newport and the Governor, by a personal visit among the boys on board, satisfied him- self that the cry of “Frisco! Frisco! Muster Us Out at Frisco!” was the unanimous sentiment of the men. The men had heard from the first boat they met coming in through the Golden Gate, which happened to be the tug Reliance, Captain Gilbert Bro- kaw, that they were to go on to As- toria. The information fell like a wet blanket upon them, which they imme- diately raised by the spontaneous cry that they wanted to be mustered out in San Francisco. The Reliance tooted her whistle in reply and unrolled The Call flag and flew the signal “Wel- come.” They wanted their first welcome in ‘San Franecisco, and they 160k no pains to conceal their desire. The Governor was officially informed of it by Colonel Summers, who said: “The boys are unanimous that they should be mus- tered out here. It means $38,000 travel pay und ration allowance to them and they need the money. I am in favor of mustering them out here. The Gov- ernor was of the same opinion, and most of the members of his party. only one or two thinking it would be better for the men to be taken in the trans- ports to Oregon. isco! ’'Frisco! Muster us out at the cry continued to go up as if the very voicing of the desire would compel the granting of the wish. An official call on the captains of the transports for information concerning their coal and provisions elicited the replies that they had enough to take them north, with the exception of water for their bopilers. This informa- tion was hailed with delight by the men who heard it. They knew it meant some delay, and delay meant the chance of a change in the orders. Governor Geer and the members of his party held a hasty consultation and decided to send a telegram to Washing- tén asking that the wish o’ the men be gratified. They also agreed to send telegrams to Portland to raise a sub- seription to charter a train and take the regiment up intact in case it should be mustered out at this city. A whisper of this got to the boys and they cheered again and again, changing their song to “Frisco! Frisco! They'll muster us out at Frisco!” Greetings were over at last, the cap- tains of the transports got their or- ders to haul in anchor and sail to a mooring off Folsom-street wharf, the Irwin steamed up and was off, the men giving the Governor and his party a rousing cheer at leaving. In a few minutes the transports were under way and the whistles of the city started up as thev moved, drawing more thous- ands down +to the army transport wharf, where they gave the soldier boys of the north a genuine welcome. A few of the officers of the regiment, Colonel Sunmers among others, came ashore during the evening and register- ed at the Occidental, where they stated as their opinion that the Government would listen to the voice of the men and muster them out here. A dispatch was sent to the adjutant general at Washington and his reply is expected to-day. Until he decides the men must remain on the transports. If they ever do come ashore to be mus- téred out it is certain that even their own Portland will not give them half the welcome San Francisco is ready to add to the greeting of yesterday. - TELEGRAMS FLEW FOR OREGONIANS Colonel Summers Speaks of the Bravery of His Men. Early last evening Governor Geer and Colonel Summers consulted as to what was best to be done, what plans had best be agreed upon for the muster- ing out of the Oregon Regiment. First it was decided to communicate with the department at Washington, and this telegram was forwarded to the adjutanc general: San Francisco Harbor, Steamship New- port, July 12, 1899, Adjutant General, U. S. A., Washing- ton, D. C.: Oregon troops just arrived; unaniriously object to being must:red out at Portland and lose the right of travel allowance, and request to be mustered out