The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-26

Twenty brawny. blue clothed soldiers
of Uncle Sam who had seen service
with the First Volunteer Engineer
corps in Porto Rico, returned home this
morning on the one o'clock train from
New York city, after an absence of
nearly six months.
The regiment was given a sixty
day furlough yesterday afternoon at
the Eighth regiment armory in New
York city. 1t had arrived in that city
Thursday afternoon, six days out from
Ponce, Porto Rico, on the transport
| Minnewaska.
The detail comprised Sergeant Pat
rick Syron. Privates William Loueh-
| ney. Hoffecker brothers Butterfield,
Gregory, r. $. slocum, Dasenbrouck,
| Davis. Powell, j. A. Rief jenkins,
Whitney, J. 3. Machette, Bean, Schoon-
over, all of Company |; r. w. Moran
| and c. Metius, of Company II; G. w.
| Foster, of Company d; DR.. Meyer, vet
| erinary surgeon. of Company /; and
Philip Schooner, of Company f.
| j. \. Ref of Honesdale; c. w. Fos-
ter. Of Herrick Centre, and r. S. Slo-
cum. of Starrucca, stayed at the Scran-
| ton House. DR.. Meyer went up to his
| their several homes i'm the central and
suburban parts of the city.
Sergeant Patrick Syron. formerly coll
Onel of the Sheridan Rifles, and en-
ployed by Calvin Seybolt, was seen by
| a Tribune representative, to whom he
told an interesting story. The regi
| mant left Porto RiCo's warm climate
Friday morning Nov Is. at 11.4j o'clock
| at dpN
at 3 y. m. About five days out they
struck the snow storm. Ovcrcoats.
heavy underclothing. etc, were issued
| Immediately. Thursday night they
suffered very much from the cold.
sleeping in hammocks.
Yesterday morning they were march.
| Cd to the Eighth regiment armOry and
given a iXty-day furlough with trans
portation to their homes. They left
| John Richards and Joseph Wagner,
of Company /, and a. +. Vorhs,
of Company d. at the general
hospital, in Ponce. Porto Rico. In
| New York city Charles FELTON, and
| Charles French, of Company /, were
left at the Bellevue hospital and John
| Burns and owen Grogan of Company
|, were taken to the Red Cross hospi-
| tai. Their complaints, however. arc
not serious. Corporal Rafter. who was
in charge of the Ponce harbor squad,
was left tC check off goods aboard the
transport on the way up Privates
Bean, Schoonover and Dasenbroucli
were left off at Stroudsburg.
Food was good and fairly plentiful,
| Sergeant Syron said. "at least during
| the latter days. The Scranton boys
| were up to date in all things. The
service was not hard, but YOU had to
work. No lazy man was wanted. All
| seemed satisfied with the campaign
The country is beautiful but in a sad
state of affairs for want Of develop
ment and capital"
| Sergeant Syron was mustered in as
a corporal. For general merit on Sep.
sergeantCy. He lost only two and one
half pounds. He may and may not &c
back into the service by joining the
regulars if the regiment is disbanded
at the end of the sixty days. The
regiment was well differed and the
Scranton boys We're well thought of
A majority of non-com and appointive
officers were held by them in the sew.
eral companies to which they were
attached. The rest of the Scranton
bows will be home in Il few DAYS.
They left eleven dead and sixty sicI
out of the regiment in Ponce, Porte
Rico.