The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-21
THE LONG JOURNEY ENDED
THIRTEENTH MINNESOTA
REACHES THE COAST

VIII Go Into Camp at Bay District
Driving Park--PrOgress Through
California an Enthusiastic Tri-
umphal PrOcessiOn-Magn ent
Reception for the Boys at Sacra-
mentO.
Staff Special to The st. Paul Globe.
SACRAMENTO. Cal, May 2O.-The
last day Of the Thirteenth regiment
journey for San Francisco, was the
pleasantest Of the entire trip. The last
night in the Rockies was intensely cold
and the men had difficulty in keeping
warm, but sunrise found them in the
irrigated and fertile valley of Nevada,
where the air was balmy.
The first stop was at Wadsworth. a
small town, where the men were allow
ed to get out and exercise. Flowers were
In bloom and in a short while every
man had his hat and coat decorated
with lilacs. AT the station were a
number of Piute Indians who gave the
men cordial welcome Coffee was
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number of good purchases.
At this place the fourth section
caught up with the third, the train then
proceeded to Reno, where the men had
breakfast. The Reno hc.e,s and restau-
rants were unusually liberal and gave
the men all they could eat and charged
them only nominal prices. Several sa-
loonkeepers wanted to present the sew
eral companies with kegs of beer, but
the officers forbade it. At Reno the men
had the first warm food they have tast-
ed in two days.
RENO PATRIOTIC.
The bearing of the Reno people was
a marked and agreeable contrast to
that of people in other towns through
which the regiment passed, for at all
other places the desire Of hotel keepers
seemed to be to charge as high for
everything as they dared. The train
at Reno was surrounded by crowd Of
people vino cheered the soldiers and
presented flowers to them.
The journey was then resumed and
another stop was made at Verdi. Here
a band Of school children met the train,
bearing q long streamer and singing
patriotic songs. An old veteran, who
said he was a member Of Berdan's r. gil
nlent of sharpshooters In the Civil war,
sang some of his own compositions on
DeWey's victory, which was heartily
applauded by the soldiers. The resi-
dents of the town turned out en- masse
to welcome the volunteers and gave
them flowers.
M vony nrofn fIoo
Nevadas through irrigated valleys fill
ed with trout streams and surrounded
by snow capped mountains. The Cali :
fornia line was reached at 1850 a. m.
A short distance beyond F'loriston the
remains Of a passenger train that was
wrecked yesterday morning, was pass
ed. The train stopped at Truckee to
take water and the men had another
opportunity to exercise. There was an
enthusiastic demonstration by the
towns people when the soldiers ap-
peared, and they were heartily cheer ed
when they departed.
FROM FLOWERS TO SNOW.
The train was now ascending the
Sierras on grade Of 118 feet to the
mile, through pine forests, snow she1s
and tunnels past Donner lake to Sum-
NIT. Much of the scenery in this Sec
tion was lost to the men on account of
the immense snow sheds which extend
for miles. The train stopped at Sum-
nit, which is the highest point on the
line, the altitude being 7,017 feet. It
is within the snow line and the steep
mountain sides were matched with
white.
THROUGH SNOW SHEDS.
From Summit the road descends,
and the train moved swiftly. But it
was through snow sheds, tunnels and
more snow sheds. For a distance of
forty miles the line is protected by
wooden sheds, so that the men in the
cars were in partial darkness and un-
able to view the splendid scenery
which they were passing, and when the
train finally emerged from the last shed
the men cheered. The way down the
mountains was through a region OF
fascinating beauty. The train entered
the mining district, and the men were
greatly interested in watching placer
mining in operation.
At Gold Run the soldiers were ac-
SOAuSo oiiOIhCl ONdlioIls dIlO d uuIuDSI
Of young women sang the 'tStar Span
gled Banner" At Colfax the men were
drilled, and a crowd gathered at the
depot and decorated them with pop
pies, roses and ferns. The tradesmen
and hotel keepers refused to accept
money from the soldiers for articles
purchased, declaring that no soldier
could spend cent in that town. Au-
burn also gave royal reception to the
soldiers. A party of young women
boarded the train and distributed flow
ers and fruit to the men, Nearly every
man received box of Strawberries.
The soldiers were greeted at Dock
ling with salutes and enthusiastic
cheers by large crowd. The women
carried baskets of flowers for the men
and expressed disappointment when
orders were given that the men should
remain in the cars. At every other
way station there was manifested the
| greatest enthusiasm for the troops.
Evan M. Jones.
TRAINS REACH OAKLAND.
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