The evening times., 1898-09-14
DISTRICT TROOPS COMING.
Company H May Reach New York
To-day.


Company II, First Regiment, District
| Of Columbia Volunteers, will probably
arrive at New York from Porto Rico
this evening. The hour of arrival will be
| communicated to the general reception
committee here, in order that arrange
ments may be perfected for the proper
| reception of the company when 1T reaches
Washington.
1t is believed that Company II, in COM
mon with the o.her troops from Porto
Rice, will be detained several days in
quarantine at New York. owing TO the
! fact that yellow fever has been declared
TO exist among the soldiers of the Porto
Rico army.
Capt. A W. Kelley of the general COM
mittee, assured a Times reporter today
that the men OF Company H would be
given rousing reception upon their re-
turn home. OF course, he added, the re-
ception will not reach the magnitude of
that given the First Regiment. but he be-
lieved Col. Harries would order out sev-
eral companies of his regiment to greet
their comrades; also that the commit
tees would be on hand and the citizens
would assemble in force at the depot and
give the returning volunteers an ovation
Major Sylvester could not be seen to 1ay
as he was away from his office taking a
much-needed rest. Other members of the
cOnmittee stated, However, that the Dis
trict engineers, Company H, would not lie
slighted.
A letter from Capt. Henry B. Locker
commanding the company, states that his
men covered themselves with glory du-
ring the Porto Rican campaign They
Were on the skirmiSh line and under Sc
we're fire several times and took part in
the capture of the first landing place.
They saw severe service in construct
ing bridges and wharves, telling trees,
constructing earthworlls and building
roads for the army of occupation.
Company H, was detached from the
regiment at Tampa and ordered to Porto
Rico a company of engineers The
roster of the company follows:
Henry B. LOCKER. captain; Charles s.
Lanham. frs lieutenant; Alfred A. Smith
second lieutenant; Bert 8. Nelligan, first
sergeant; Reginald B. LOCKER. quarter
master sergeant: Hilary T. Winn, SER
geant; Orton W. Hyde, sergeant: Wal
ter p. Keene, sergeant; Albert H Ste
vens, sergeant; William D. Campbell. cor
poral; William J. Mouth corporaT: John
A. Bresnahan. corporal; Charles Butter
field. corporal; Frank B. Gordon, corpo-
raj; Samuel G. Skinner. corporal; Charles
l.. Burner musician; Carl B. Stibson,
musician: George A. Short, artificer, and
Alfred II. Hooper, wagner
Privates-Oscar S. Armes, James o.
Beall, Frank b. Bessler. Charles F. Bry-
ant, John G. Carr, John Collins, Edward
A. Cook. William CornwelI, William HI
Correll, David B. Curry, Horace Daniels,
Martin Davern, George Donohue Charles
+. Du Bois, F. A. Enselman. William Friz-
zell, Samuel c. Further, Taylor GavIe.
Joseph Chant, William T. Girton. Waite
Harrison, Gardner Hart, Louis Hohbein.
John F. Horner, Edward J. Hyland.
Joseph j. Knibbs, Charles H. Louden. JOS
eph M. Loveday. William Z. Mccormick.
William H McGregor, Oliver D. Merson.
Percy N. Moulden, William Murray
William L. Oliver. Hugh n PendIeton,
Harry l.. Rogers, George NJ Ross. Rich
ard Russell George j. Ryder, George M
Ryan, Charles Shipley, Jerome Shipnan
Arthur Simmons, James J. Slatterv. TT
L. Smethurst, William f. Stearns, Ben
Jamin +. Stewart, Fred Stuehmann.
Thomas A. Taylor. Charles F. Travers.
c. T. VermiIlion, John E. Walker. Wal
ter A. Nannell, Lewis Waple, William III
Wilcox, Ennis N. Williams, Henry Woly
and William II. Wright.