The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 1, 1901, Page 1

The Eall, XC—NO. 31. SAN- FRANCISCO, MONDAY, JULY 1, 1901. it PRICE FIVE CENTS, VIAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM R. SHAFTER it -~ FrEFEImErmEaEmETmr R nrmEn { GENERAL YOUNG'S FIRST ORDER. 1 {1 ‘ Grneral Orders, HEADQUARTERS ‘BEE:ART"EKT OF CALI- No. 13. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, June 30, 1901. ‘ Pursuant to \nstructions from the President, published in piragraph 43. Spacial Orders No. 132, current series, Headquar- | ters of the Arm>, Wdjutant General’s Office, the undersigned as- *wmes command of yhe Department of California. S. B. M. YOUNG, Major General, U. S, Army. 3 e 2 i D5 Py 99 e S R S S S M ST Rm 3% R BT ¥ o a0 a0 s o000 & B FORMER SOLDIERS DISCARD THEIR ARMY CLOTHES . —— distubuted soldiis at y and tirned from the battiefelds ines into 4900 fit paymasters an dpsane asylom. s of Infantry, two w0 white. forgot for the and tribuletions of :he 4 endeavored to emulate nives to each man was %. The possession glittering twen- inteer seemed to ce 1o throw away his s |khaki uniform, and indéfs of Jong “hikes” her heart-breaking “Hglippines, the ndighborhood of the ¥} covered with the rged §soldiers. Helmets) s 1 ° were it of Atsch. which had sheltered dusky soldiers from the rays of a hot troplcal sun, blouses which had served some son of Mars as a pillow on many a long march, and shoes which had brought tears to the eyes of some poor rookie suffering from the *“doby itch” were scattered in every direction. The soldiers would rush from the pay table with a discharge in one hand, a few Filipino relics in the other and pockets fairly bursting under the weight of the %014 he had served so long for. He would make for the nearest store and purchase enough civillan clothing to last him a lifetime. A dash to the rear of the store, a hasty “shift” followed and then came the throwing away of the old duds. The storekeepers in the neighborhood of the Presidio reaped a harve$t yesterday. For many days they had been preparing for the mustering out of the troops. The gtores downtown were not & bit backward i GLTERALS YOU/YG - AND [ JAF TR AT DEPRIMENT FEADUARTFLS. RETIRING GENERAL AND HIS SUCCESSOR AND SCENES AT PRESIDIO. e i Bronzed Veterans Assemble at Army Headquarters and Witness the Retirement to Civil Life of Famous Old Leader of American Land Forces at Siege of Santiago AJOR GENERAL WILLIAM RUFUS SHAFTER, one of Unple Sam’'s most famous fighiting men, was placed upon the \retired list of the army yesterday at noon. He severed his active connection with the United States army consclous that he was looked upon with pride by the people of the coun- try whose flag he had carried to victory. fixd knowing that the love of s blue who had fought under him For forty years General Shafter had worn the uniform of a United States sol- dier and during that ume he had been given by a grateful country every honor and every decoration from the shoulder strap of a lleutenant to the stars of a major general. He is still a hale znd vigorous man and capable yet of performing valorous deeds on the fleld of battle, but the laws of the country which he has served so 'faitn- fully decreed that he should retire on the last day of June, 1901, and yestesday at noon he relinquisied the command of the Department of Californfa and becamq Major General Willlam R. Shafter, U. 8, Army, retired. 3 He was relleved of his dutles by Major| General 8. B. M. Young, a hero of three wars and Innumerable campalgns, a gen- eral officer who first as a private in tho ranks and later as a commissioned officer became famous as the typical American|, soldier and officer, It was a pleasing scene, this transfer of| Continued on Second Page. GEN LINARES 1898 4 TR ATTING TOR DASCH AND PAY . RETIRES AFTER FORTY YEARS' SERVICE i ‘ 1 | | { | T | | | | i ErmamrrErrmrararmrarnraTrey n e y 4 GENERAL SHAFTER'S LAST ORDER. 4 General Orders, ) HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF CALI- FORNIA, No. 12. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 30, 1901. The day fixed by law for the muster out of all United States Volunteers having arrived, the President has directed the hom- orable discharge of the undersigned as Major General of Volun- teers, and accordingly he hereby relinquishes the command of the Departments of California and the Columbin. WILLIAM R. SHAFTER, Major General, U. §. Volunteers. P 3 I O e T B T 5 R 2 S e Y M P a0 Rm O B W &5 G 8.6 GC Vo .acocacacac SPECIAL TRAINS AWAY THE TAKE EX-VOLUNTEERS BOUT 2000 of the ‘soldiers who were mustered out yesterday at the Presidio left last night by special trains for their homes in various parts of the country. Commencing at 6 p. m., the discharged soldiers gathered at the ferry depot and before an hour had passed the iront of the building presented a unique spectacle. The majority of the departing men were of the colored regiments and there was but a si ~'nkling of whites. At 8 p. m. the Southern Pacific started a special traln, and it was estimated that 600 men were on the ferry-boat that con- nected with this train at the Oakland mole, The bulk of the men left, however, by the, special trains of the Santa Fe road. The doors of the Santa Fe ferry waiting- room were not opened until 10 p. m,.and | the 'crowd of soldiers increased heurly, until it was estimated that 1200 men wers crowded together there. The colored men had made good use of their money. They had purchased new clothing, valises, trunks, hampers and other articles. Every man had supplied himself with a aamper filled with edibles and baskets of cholce frults were piled up in number, Shortly before 10 p. m. the crush was so great that the police endeavored to as- sist those who were in front of the crowd, but thair efforts were unavailing. When the doors were opened all the seldiers tried to crowd through the narrow pass- ageway at the same moment and for a time it looked as if there might be a panic. An order was given to throw open the big doors and allow the men to proceed to the ferry-boat without pre- Senting their tickets, and it was net long / oS ey el e e e Continued on Third Page: ¢