Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-04
taken all the jumps until then But Gen.
| eral Wheeler sprang lightly down.
THE HEAT VERY OPPRESSIVE

eral Wheeler spranR lightly down.
THE HEAT VERY OPPRESSIVE.
To-day was hot. Mr. Mckinley wore a
black frock coat with a waistcoat. The |
perspiration streamod on him. He pro-
cecded to the infantry plain as It Is call |
ed, the men OF the Ninth Massachusetts, |
the First Illinois. the Ninth Ohio, the |
Nineteenth, Twenty-frst, and Twenty-se- |
cond, and Tenth Regular Infantry were
assembled without arms. About 5000 men
stood In close order.
General Wheeler said: 1.-THE President
OF our great country has come here 10
greet the soldiers that marched so gall
lantry up San Juan hill on July l. He
comes here to express the nations thanks
20 these brave men. / wish TO tell you
that when the president sent me here
two weeks ago 20 command this camp
ne enjOined me in the most emphatic
language that / should. without regard
TO expense, exercise any and every au-
thority necessary TO make comfortable
this body OF brave men who by their
courage have raised this Republic to the
highest position among the great nations
| of the earth l have the honor and
pleasure of introducing 20 you the Presi-
| dent Of the UEited States.
SPEECH OF THE PRESIDENT.
President Mckinley said: General
| Wheeler, Soldiers Of Camp Wikoff, Sol
diers Of the Fifth Army Corps.-I trust
that you will put your hats on. / am
| glad 10 meet you. am honored to stand
/ before you to-day. ! bring you the graft
tude OF the nation 20 whose history
you have added by your valor a new and
| glorious page. You have come home
| after two months OF severe campaigning,
which has embraced assault siege. and
| battle, so brilliant in achievement, so
| far reaching in results. as to command the
| unstinted praise OF all your countrymen.
You had the brunt OF the battle on land.
| You bore yourselves with supreme cour-
| age, and your personal bravery, never
before excelled anywhere, has won the
| admiration of your fellow-ctlzens and
the genuine respect Of all mankind, while
your endurance, under peculiar trial and
| suffering, has given added meaning 10
| your herosm. Your exertions made easy
the conquest Of Porto Rico under the re-
sistless army commanded by Major-Gen-
eral Miles, and behind you. to proceed
at a moments summons, were more than
10000 OF your comrades. ready to sup
port you. disappointed that the oppor-
tunity which you had did not come 10
them. yet filed with pride at your we'll
earned fame and rejoicing upon your
signal victories.
ALL SERVED THEIR COUNTRY.
"You were on the line of battle: they,
no less than you, were in the line Of
duty. All have served their country in
its need all will serve it so long as they
may be required. and all will forever have
the thanks and regard of grateful
people.
eve cannot bid you welcome here to-
day without our hearts going out TO the
heroes OF Manila on sea and land. whose
services and sacrifices. whose courage and
| constancy in that far-distant field of ope-
rations have never been surpassed by any
soldiers or sailors the world over To
the army and the navy, TO the marines,
to the regulars, TO the volunteers, and
to that Providence which has watched
over them all, the nation to-day is Iull
of thanksgiving and praise. The brave
officers and men who fell in battle. and
those who died from wounds, VIII I'VE
I'm mortal story, and their memories VIII
be perpetuated in the history or gene
rous people and those who are depend
ent upon them will not be neglected by
the government for which they so freely
sacrificed their lives"
The soldiers cheered many times. Inc
> mart of the field where the Eighth ono
stood. the regiment which is sometimes
called the Presidents own was par
| ticularly noisy.
IN THE DETENTION HOSPITAL.
, The party then vent to the Detentor
Hospital. The graveyard in when Sixty
| or seventy plain new wooden cIOase'
etood was near the road on the left Th'
| ! president solemnly raised his hat. Mr.
Mckinley went through all the wards o.
the Detention Hospital in the same care
ful way in which he had gone throuSf
4 those of the General Hospital When ~
. came 10 the last ward, Major I. Ebef
= said. "This is dangerous ward, ah'
turning to Secretary-ot-War Alser, III
ouired: 'Do you think the President nae
. better go in hereY" Mr.. Mchlhiey' WIZ WIN
ont waiting to hear what General AlBer
renlv would be. started into the ward
General Alger and the others OF the part
remained outside. The presidential part
n then drove through the lines of cavalr!
= drawn up on either side of the roau
{ Among them were the Rough RIDERS, th'
second. SIKH. Ninth. Tenth ana flrs
Regular CavsiGy. Inc IhlIu Is1S - -.
: v,eTe still acting as the Presidents es
cort Mr. Mckinley then drove 10 Gene
ral yyheeler's headquarters, and sat unde
. che shade of a tent for awhile. Secretar!
i AIger and General Wheeler were VIII
him. ..,,r,r,, ,,r,
o LUNCH WITH GENERAL Wlifi1i-i'i'
= ,rba president and those with him tool
q ,,,rcb with General Wheeler and his stan
After lunch the President Nj. Alsei
II Canoral Wheeler. and Colonel HARD o
+. ,ha Ejphth ohio. were photographed il
d e"e Srou6' The president issued an orde
a directing that the regular troops at cam am
= IVHl,ff whose posts are east of the Mis-
e sissippi, should return with the least pos
sible delay TO their posts
f cIOJD-BURST IN TENNEsshh'