Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-24

San Francisco, May 23-California
| said good bye to her first regiment of
volunteers to-day as they marched
on their long journey to Manila. The
men left camp at a. m. and marched
| to the Pacific Mail dock, where the big
steamer City of Picking lay ready for
them.
The farewell demonstration by the
| people of San Francisco will long be
remembered by the soldiers Of the First
| regiment. Every street leading from
| the Preside to the Pacific Mail dock,
| distance of about five miles, was lined
| with people who, after the soldiers
passed, followed in their wake and
marched with them to the docks. 1t had
| been announced that camp would be
! struck at a. M, and long before that
hour there were thousands of citizens at
the Preside to see the sight. Promptly
at o'clock the bugle sounded and all
the tents went down together. Then for
an hour the soldiers were busily en-
gagged in rolling them up and loading
them on trucks. At s o'clock the regi-
ment was formed into line and, headed
by its band, marched through the stone
gates of the Preside and the journey of
| conquest had commenced.
| At Vanness avenue
| THE ENTIRE POLICE FORCE
of San Francisco was in waiting and fell
| in ahead of the soldiers. The latter
were in heavy marching order, carrying
blanket rolls and loaded knapsacks on
their backs. The men marched along
at swinging gait, and as they turned
into the broad thoroughfares of Vanness
avenue they presented a splendid ap-
pearance.
AT Pacific avenue the naval reserve,
| signal corps, and National Guard staff
officers were in line and presented arms
as the soldiers went by. Then they too
marched to the dock. AS the regiment
on its way down town the crowd grew
| thicker and thicker. There was one
continuous roar Of cheers, flags were
waved frantically and people along the
line, as they recognized some friend
among the soldiers, rushed out and
grabbed him by the hand to say good
| bye When Market street, the main
| business thoroughfare, was reached the
crowd was enormous People on their
way to work fingered to see the SOL
diers pass The cheering of the crowd
grew in volume and nothing like the
sight on Market street was ever seen
here before. Many weeping women fol-
lowed after the soldiers as though loath
to let them out of their sight, and even
men were not ashamed to show their
emotion
AS the marching men
NEARED THE WATER FRONT
bombs were fired, steam whistles blown
and every device imaginable for max
ing a noise was put into full operation.
The jam at the dock was something
terrific In vain the police and the
mounted signal corps attempted to
keep the crowd back. They would not
be denied and rushed on to the dock in
| the wake of the soldiers. Arrived at
| the dock. the volunteers were marched
on board the transport without delay.
1t took considerable time for each man
to be consigned to his quarters, but
this task was accomplished with but
little confusion. After the soldiers
were once on board the ship the police
with difficulty cleared the dock and the
gates were all shut. All day, however,
big crowd hung about the dock in the
hope of getting one more glimpse of the
! men VINO are going TO sail 5000 miles
| to
| FIGHT FOR THEIR COUNTRY.
The First Regiment of California
Volunteers is commanded by Colonel
James F. Smith, and consists Of 1,0S6
officers and men. Tomorrow the Sec
ond Regiment of Oregon Volunteers,
l
| try, United States regulars, and a de-
tachment of California heavy artillery,
will board the steamer City of Sydney,
and it is probable that the Picking and
| Sydney will depart in company when
supplies are taken on board.
I WILL STRETCH MANILA