The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-08
ECHOES OF THE WAR.

THE many friends of "Clay Osborne
will be pleased to know that he has
reached the United States and is now
on a fair way to recovery" says the
Wilkes-Barr Record He was once
so i'll that it was feared that he would
die. Mr.. Osborne unexpectedly arrived
at Washington on Monday morning
from Porto Rico, very much emaciated
and weak. He weighs only ninety-six
pounds, which is loss of exactly
ffty-two pounds since he left New
port News for Porto Rico on July q.
He received his discharge on Sept 16
and at once made his way by stage
from San Juan across the island to
Ponce, a distance of seventy-five miles.
There being no transport ready to
leave, he remained in the leading hotel
at Ponce, which was very poor, for
nine days. He left for the United
States on Sept. % on the steamer
Philadelphia, being so weak that he
was obliged to crawl aboard. The voy-
age home was very rough, the boat
encountering the recent hurricane.
This has still further weakened him, so
that it will be some time before he
has recovered his health and strength.
clan. He brought home a quantity of
souvenirs of the island. AS soon as he
has recuperated he intends to come to
WilkesBarre.
Pittston was represented in the Porto
Rico campaign of the Spanish war by
five young men who are members of
the signal corps. They We're Sergeant
Dr~ln IN
bleton, Francis ]. McCanna, William
Bowman and Charles Mahon, who were
attached to the Fourth Volunteer COM
pany. These young men left Pittston
in April with the Ninth regiment, were
afterward transferred to the volunteer
signal corps and on Aust 4th they left
Tampa, Fla, for Porto Rico. Here
they were engaged in the advance on
San Juan, when the news of peace
reached them. They then fell back to
camp at Gauyama. and here during the
early part of September their future
was decided upon. The members of the
Fourth company were given their
choice of remaining in the service in
Porto Rico, being mustered out at
one or being furloughed for sixty days
and then mustered out. All except
four asked to be mustered out at once.
Cormporal Embleton decided to remain
in Porto Rico and was assigned to the
First company of the regular signal
corps. Sergeant Foster decided to ac-
cept a sixty days furlough and
Privates McCanna, Bowman and Ma
hon asked to be mustered out at once.
Accordingly the last four named, with
their company, marched overland forty
miles from Guayama to Ponce, and
thence sailed on the transport Seneca
on Sept. 13 for home. A two days stop
was made in the harbor of Santiago,
Cuba, and on Sept. 23d the Seneca
touched at the Pennsylvania pier in
Jersey City. The journey was a pleas
ant one and the men say that all on
board had splendid treatment. Since
landing the men have been in camp at
Washington, preparing for mastering
out. Privates McCanna and Mahon ar
rived home this morning. The former
resides on George street and the lat
ter is a son of Charles II. Mahon, of
Broad street. Both are In excellent
health and say they have enjoyed their
experiences. Sergeant Foster is ex-
pected home tomorrow and Private
Bowman is now on his way home. Cor
poral Embleton was left in good health
His company was at Gauyama on Sept.
18th, but the Pttston boys who came
home are under the impression that
it has since been transferred to Ponce.
-Pittston Gazette.