The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-21
HESS BACK FROM MANILA
Butte Soldier Il Home on Q Fur
Tough.
MONTANA BOYS ALL WELL
Tho Regiment Has Had Only Four Death
In Its Ranks-Al OF h Montana
Soldiers Would Like to
Come Hcms.

Sergeant Major Gustave H.. Hess. the
first Of the soldiers Of the Montana
regiment which went to Manila to get
back to American soil. arrived home
last evening on a furlough- He APP
pears in excellent health. and aside
from being very much bronxed. shows
none of the effects of his soldier life in
the Philippines. Sergeant Hess left
Butte as a ergeant in Company F.
While at Helena he was promoted to
sergeant major of the Sd battalion and
has since served in that capacity. The
occasion of Sergeant Hess home-com-
ing was the death of his mother. which
occurred soon after he sailed for Ma
Mia. He did not receive the Jews. how
ever. till about the ist Of September.
His family. being in greater need Of
him h the government, he sought
permission to come home and was
granted a furlough with permission to
ask the adjutant general for his dis
charge. He left Manila on the 9th of
September on the Pennsylvania, the
same ship on which he sailed to the
Philippines. and arrived in San Fran
cisco last Saturday night. As his de-
sire for discharge is highly indorsed by
his superior officers, ne fully expects to
be mustered out and does not expect to
return to his regiment.
Sergeant Hess arrived home on the
Northern Pacific train from the West
last night and was seen at his home,
No. Is West Copper alley. a few min
utes later. On speaking Of the expe-
riences of the Montana soldiers after
leaving a Francisco. he SAT- they
had a very unpleasant oyage owing
to the ship being so terribly over
crowded. He said it was not a short
age Of food. but the want of a place to
cook IL that occasioned all the discom-
forts the soldiers experienced. there be-
ing but a small galley. about the size
Of a kitchen of a small cottage. in
which to cool for 1.500 men. At Homo
lulu the boys all a a great time. but
from there on the voyage was again
exceedingly unpleasant. Since the ar
rival in the Philippines. Sergeant Hess
stated. the health of the Montana regi-
ment. up to the tim he left. was the
best of any regiment in the service
there. Up to the time he left. there had
been but four deaths in the regiment
and the sick list was small. The names
of those who died he was unable to
give. The excessive heat, ne states, and
bad water, are the causes of all the SOL
diers' troubles now but an ice plant
and a condenser were about completed
when he left, which were expected to be
a great benefit to the soldiers.
Sergeant Hess stated that everybody
was looking for a brush with the in
surgents. but nothing had occurred. He
said the Montana soldiers were all anx-
Gus to be sent back and mustered out.
since there Is no longer n chance for
a fight, unless il should be with the
insurgents. which could not amount to
much. Mentioning Colonel Kessler.
Major Cook, Lieutenant Calkins. Cap
tains Wynn and Hill and all the other
nfiaAFS and man nantrIar n nail
known here, Sergeant Hess said they
were all well and doing nicely. but
most of them were willing to come
home.
Sergeant Hess accounts Of the ma
tives. Soaniards and what he saw Of
Manila and Cavite contains very little
that has not been published from let
tiers from the boys. He brought back
a grip full of letters from members Of
the Butte companies to their friends
here. Sergeant Hess displays, with
much pride, the recommendations he
received from Colonel Kessler and Cap
tain Hill I'm making his application for
furlough and discharge. in which they
pronounce him one OF the best soldiers
in the regiment.
At Honolulu. on the way home, Ser
geant Hess saw the members of the en-
gineer corps who wen from Butte,
who sem the following joint letter to
the Standard with the request that 1t
be published:
wish to be remembered to all the
lends at home.
Charles w. Seyde. sergeant: Harry
Preston. sergeant; l.. J. Browning. SER
geant; Corporals ID. C. Mattison and
w. j. Kid; Privates Roy l.. Allen. n.
Anderson, II. c. Baird, c. /. CRUDE.
Oscar Bell. f. ]. Dunn, Frank Finnie.
IN--- 49, ~ -
Hubert. John T. Jackson, Charles
Knutson. ]. f. Langston. Clement
Lloyd. @. w. McColgan. A. T. Munroe.
Albert Naldret. Willard Rayford, NJ. t.
Ricard. +. NJ. Thompson. Co. X. End
regiment. 3rd battalion, Y. s.. ". en-
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