The San Francisco call., 1898-06-18

of brotherly love.
 It was more than a mere greeting to an incoming regiment. It was tribute of affection from liberty loving peo- pie for their brave brothers of a distant State. Commuters forgot their business affairs and fingered at the depot to join in the demonstration; women and children found their fluttering hand kerchiefs such a feeble means of ex- pressing their feelings that they joined in the hurrahing with all the vim of their lungs.
 The magnificent band of the Fifty first Iowa-the finest at Camp Merritt l offered its services to the ladies of the Red Cross Society for the occasion, a compliment the officers and men from 1 Tennessee keenly appreciated and ex- pressed their appreciation by heartily cheering ev ry selection played.
 The regiment crossed the bay by bat | talions, the first arriving at 6:45 a. m. and the other two following at inter- vals of half an hour. The regular pas sengers were permitted to pass off the | boat flrSt and as the guns of the troops appeared the Iowa band struck up Dixie" The cheer that went up from civilians and soldiers has seldom been | equaled. The boys in blue had heard | clety and were anticipating some sort or reception upon their arrival in San francisco, but the greeting they re- eelVed was beyond anything they had dreamed of. Proudly they marched out | 10 the pier where arms were stacked and accoutrements unslung and before they had time to cease wondering what 1t was all about the band struck up Marching Through Georgia" and the men entered the dining-room, the | guests of San Francisco's band of | heroic women. While they ate the band played several selections for their en- tertainment and the ladies-after the men had fairly mutinied against being forced to eat any more-decorated the brave fellows with garlands of flowers. While they were yet in the dining hall Dixie" rang out again followed by another treat cheer and the second battalion marched into the depot Then there was more cheering, in which the Tennesseeans were the principal per formers. Tie first battalion cheered the ladies Of the Red Cross and then rushed out to cheer their comrades and tell them what was in store for them The second battalion answered with cheers loud and piercing. They were escorted into the dining hall and were at once taken in hand by their hoStesSeS
 Colonel Smith and his field and staff offlcerS, who came over with the sec ond battalion, were made captiveS by a score of pretty girls who hardly gave them chance to satisfy their appe- tltes so eager were they to transform the warriors into animated flower gar dens. Finally a detachment of Grand Army men charged and effected the rescue Of the gallant old colonel and stood guard around him until he was called forth by his subordinates to ex- press the thanks of his command to it's entertainers. This he did in an ad- dress brimming with patriotism and the crowd in the dining hall and the greater throng outside cheered him to the echo.
 For the third time Dixie" started the crowd toward the ferry slip and soon the third battalion marched up and stacked arms. Their reception was a repetition of that accorded the others, 1 and when the last man had been fed and adorned J. B. Stetson mounted a table and called on the men from Ten nessee to give three cheers for Presi- dent Mckinley. Twelve hundred throats sent up shout, the like Of which has never before been heard in the Golden State. AS 1t rose clear and ear-splitting men who wore the blue a third of cen tury ago started involuntarily, for again they heard the cry that often they had heard on the battle fields of
 
 them of the coming of the foe with re- sistless force and fury.
 Calls for vocal Volleys for Dewey, for Sampson, for Hobson and the other heroes brought forth that same thrilling whoop and then Colonel Smith took MT. Stetson's place and called upon his men to give three cheers for the ladies of the Red Cross Society. The call was responded to with shout. better 1 Ikpnp6 ling, more piercing than all that had preceded it. That yell-the famous old i rebel yell--has made many a Saxon | foeman quail in the past; if it ever rlngs out over the forests and glades of the distant Philippines it will rout the spanish hosts without firing shot.
 San F'rancisco's door swings wide to the sons of Tennessee.
 There was one member of the regi- ment who made a greater hit with the people than even Colonel Smith That was 'Zeke," the mascot "Zeke' is 2 diminutive warrior of 13 years. who has been formally adopted by the com mand. His home is in Nashville where his parents reside. "Zeke, ' whose other name is Carsey, has been camp follower of the First Tennes- 1 see for three years, and is a general favorite with officers and men, mainly because of his ready wit and his su- perior musical abilities. As a piccolo player "Zeke's" superior, even among professionals, would be hard to find He Is an expert drummer and picks the banjo and thrums, drums or blows a half dozen other instruments "Zeke' travelled across the continent in the coloners car and was a constant source of entertainment to the officers. His mother gave her consent to his accom- panying the regiment and 'Zeke" will go through to Manila with it, for he is only happy when with the boys"
 When the Third Battalion landed al the ferry one of the companies brought over a prisoner in the person of the col ored porter of one of the Pullman cars | in the section. The regiment drew two months pay the day it left Nash vile and the men were hurried or board the cars without being given ar opportunity to spend a cent of the s35.. 900 they had burning holes in thei, pockets. Some of the boys developed 8 thirst as arid as the desert they crossed in Nevada, but as they were under strict military discipline they had no chance to get past the guards
 when the train stopped and soak UT their threats In their distress the oc
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