The San Francisco call., 1898-05-30
GET w ARM FOOD,
A Red Cross Meal Causes Vet erans From New Orleans
 to Give Cbears

Two regiments or United States infan- try, the Eighteenth and Twenty-third, ar rived from New Orleans yesterday and went into quarters close to General Otis headquarters at Camp Richmond
 Company A of the Battalion of Engi- neers, numbering sixty men, in charge of First Lieutenant c. P. Echols and Second Lieutenant W. P. Connor, also arrived coming direct from Willits Point, New York
 With the arrival of these troops all the available space in the old Bay District track. with the exception of two squares immediately east and south of General Otis headquarters. are occupied by troops. The reservation of these two blocks, while the First Montana has been
 igned to a location north of Point Lo- Dos avenue. three blocks distant from the nan camp, and the two regiments from lne Dakotas Will also go there, indicates that more regulars are expected here in The near future, though, so far as known, none have been ordered to this point, with the exception of the headquarters and four troops of the Fourth Cavalry. As these will in all probability be quar- tered at the Presidio, the chances are that at least two more regiments of in- Lantry will be ordered here in the imme- GIaJe future.
 The Twenty-third Infantry. eight com p5LleS, was the first to arrive, landing at the Market street ferry at Il a. m. It would not be just to compare them wit h volunteers. but somehow even the women, when they saw the men marching off the boat, exclaimed: Those must be regu- larSi'
 Perhaps the completeness of their out fits aided somewhat in their recognition but that soldierly bearing that can only Dc acquired by long experience, was their most dlStlnctiYe feature. Even the re cruits-and there were many of them bore themselves differently from their volunteer comrades who a month ago were occupied on the farm, at the bench or in the office.
 
 which the regiment has been stationed for some years, the men are a fine looking lot. Quickly they stacked their arms on the dOch ana then marched into the head quarters of the Red Cross Society with the determination to not leave anything in the way of edibles for those who were 10 follow. The ladies had been given am- pie notice of their coming, however, and were fully prepared. Hot meat stew, cof- fee, sandwiches, bread and butter fruits and pastries of all kinds were heaped be- fore them, and officers and men were not SOW in getting down to work.
 tenant of a surprisingly pretty girl who had kept his plate filed for half an hour despite, his best efforts. As he spoke he the others fairly gasping from their eX- eruons, and all had called a halt.
 Done what?' asked the pretty girl. HEaten up everything from the Eight 3ath," replied the officer. You see. re- ports of the work Of you ladies reached Us on the road, and as we have a good healthy lot of feeders in our regiment and were ahead of the Eighteenth we thought we'd play a joke on the others by causing a famine in the Red Cross Society before they got here"
 'Oh, is that it? Well, we're willing but you'll have to start in again, for you haven't began to reach the limit of our supplies yet. Have some more of the stew, won't you?"
 NO, l can't; really, I'm disappointed. but I'll have to call it off and l guess the others, will. too, judging by their ap- pearanCe."
 The members of the Twenty third were disappointed at the failure of their joke, but they were profoundly grateful to their entertainers, who had supplied thorn With the first warm meal they had eaten since they left New Orleans. After the regimenIal band had played several selections the entire command joined in three cheers for the Red Cross Society, which " ere repeated again and again. Then they marched out to where their arms and accOurements had been stack ed and were soon on their way up Mar ket street to camp, cheered by thousands of people along the route.
 The officers on duty with the regiment are as follows: Colonel, Samuel Over shine; lieutenant-coonel, J. w. French: assistant surgeon. Captain J. B. Clayton; adjutant. First Lieutenant c. E. Haga- dorn: quartermaster, First Lieutenant W. F. Sage; commissary, First Lieuten- ant T. F. Schley Lieutenant Schley is a son of the commodore in command of the flying squadron and was promoted from second lieutenant last Saturday.
 Company A-Captain, G. 4. Goodale; second lieutenant c. A. Goodale Jr.