El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-25
THE FIRST INFANTRY.
A Fine Body of Men i'll Excellent Dis
c;pline and Ready FIR Work.

The long expected fist U. S. in.
fantry from San Francisco have come
and gone, and the best wishes Of the
town have gone with them. They are
ne lot of American soldiers, men
who can be trusted, and depended upon
to do their best. The regiment num-
bered $50 officers and men. They fear
that if they are not hurried any faster
cas-. of FL Paso than they were hauled
from San Francisco here, they will not
reach the front until ''this cruel war
is over.'
The regiment was due here Saturday
at 1000 p. m and our citizens we're
prepared to give the boys a welcome
A subscription was taken up to defray
the expenses of the McGinty band.
which turned out with thirty men,
light artillery in General Miles's new
canvas back uniform. "All hands
piped to acton through the main
thoroughfare, to the plaza where a,
impromptu concert was given in the
way of preliminary. The McGinty can
non was set up on the railroad track and
Rome was made to howl up there,
while ''between drinks" on the plaza,
Give-a-dam Jones made very patriot
ic speech. He said that all people,
reg ardless of party affiliations, could
and would unite for the defense of Old
Glory, and all citizens of E. Paso were
ready to start for the front in defense
of their common country. Jones was
very we'll received. There were calls
for Judge Edwards, but the judge
was present only in spirit. There
was about 1000 people iu
the park, and the scene was lively
enough. But just then the sad word
came down from the S. P. dispatcher
n IF "a that tho So16iars would not chou
up until 800 q. m. This was q wei
blanket, and the band was dismis.
Sed.
The train came in three sections.
The first section arrived shortly after
= O'Clock and consisted of a Pullman
and seventeen box cars. These con.
tanned eighteen head of horses, LIP
head of mules, four cars of government
wagons, ard four cars of ammunition.
A detachment of men was with this
section to look after the stock, and
keep an eye On the other things. The
Sc cOnd st ction arrived a few minutes
afterwards aud consis' ed of one
Pullman, twelve tourist cars and q
baggage car, with headquarters, the
band of twenty-four men, the b spitsl
corps, companies a, B, D, and H. OF
the first infantry, and four flats load
ed with wagons. The third section
WIS made up OF ten fats loaded with
wagons, one baggage car, ten tourist
coach es, and one Pullman carrying
compe mics E, F, G, and G. under the
command of Lieutenant Colonel Bis
bee. This last section, however fail
ed to materialize; and thereby hangs a
tale.
The train had orders to run an hour
late, and q section of "a, the regular
west bound freight, tried to reach the
Alden switch, b=fore the soldier-tran
should reach that point. Engineer
Haley of "a was partly on the siding,
when Engineer Harrison of the so dier
special came around the curve, and
ran into 1882, the engine of the freight
The enginemen jumped and saved
thems elves, but A. B. Klein of Maria
who was riding on the buffer benin i
the tender, was caught and fatally
hurt. The shock sent the car load Of
rails on the first car of the fire ght,