The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-23

Second Regimentaof Infantry From
Forts Harrison andfYates and the
Tenth Cavalry From Fort ASSN
naboine-Depufts for the East
After a short Stop An st. Paul
Incidents of Their sojourn.
Patriotism reigned last night at the union
depot. ,4ss b.
About eight hundredestrong, four companie
of the Second regiment and seven troops of
the Tenth cavalry, from Montana and North
Chattanooga. AZ u "a
About six thousands strong the residents
of st. Paul were assembled at the station
enthusiasm. They shouted, they chaered
they sang and they danced. Hats were thrown
into the air and flowers were tossed into the
faces of the gratifed troopers. Old men
forgot their years and jumped about 'jke
schoolboys; young men and women sang ra-
triotic songs and shouted themselves hoarse
Never before in the history of this city has
such a scene as was enacted last night been
witnessed. The wide platforms of the depot
were thronged to the edges with great mass
of people Of all ages, color and race Station
and social rank were overlooked; they we're
gathered for one purpose-to do honor tn
the brave sons of Uncle Sam who were rush-
ing to the front to defend the nations honor
and reputation. S -
Crowds Arrive EARLY,
The crowd began to arrive at the depot
before o'clock, and by o'clock it had
attained such magnitude. that it was diff
cult to force way through the gates. The
special trains bearing the soldiers were ex-
pected at Ills, but they did not begin to
arrive until $50.
The first train to arrive was a Northern
Pacific special bearing the Second regiment
frOO Of Fnrt~L II
command of Col. William M. Wherry The
regiment consisted of the following compa-
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Company B-Captaln. Charles Dempsey;
first lieutenant, Frederick Van Lieuw.
Company -C-Captain, Jsa X. Waring; lieu
tenant, J.. L. Hines, quartermaster and
commissary.
Company D-Captain, William Turner;
first lieutenant, John H. WurkiZenx
Company G-Captain, "Abner Pickering;
lieutenant F. Hutton
Companies D and are from Fort Yates
N. D., and CompaniessB and are from Fort
Harrison, Montana.
Transferring the, Soldiers.
The Second was transferred from the
Northern Pacific to special train of the
Burlington route, consisting of eleven
coaches. A freight, ttraimr of twenty -four
cars, carrying the regiment horses. ammuni-
ton, provisions, ETC., preceded the passenger
train. - 81
At about 1890 O'Clock the Northern Pacific
special bearing the Tenth cavalry from Fort
Assinnaboine pulled into the station and the
eolored troopers were acc9rded as generous
a reception were their white brothers at
arms.
The Tenth was composed of the headquar-
tiers roster. the band. and troops c, D, F, G,
+, 4 and < They ,E we're in command Of Col
sisted Of Lieut. Col + < BALDWIN s'4 Mai COZ.
]. Whit, Maj. W. F. Carter. surgeon; First
Lieut.. L. A. Fuller. assistant surgeon; Adjt
M. H. Barnum and Quartermaster Lieut.. L.
D. Rockenbech.
The company officers are:
Troop c, First Lieut.. G. P. Johnson; D,
w. Jones, First Lieut. Nv; E. shipp, Sec
ond Lieut.. H. c.. Whitehead; G, First
Lieut.. w. H. Smith, Second Lieut.. W. T.
Lieut.. Paul Reisinger; I.sCapt. S. L. Wood
ward Second Lieut.. "A. M. Miller Jr. X,
Capt. r. d. Reed Jr.,' Second Lieut. Henry
B. Dixon. E. L. Baker Jr., colored, is
The Tenth also brought in a special train
in two sections, bearing 600 mules, rations,
etc. - sa
80 Crowds Arrive EARLY.
Hours before the first train arrived thou.
sands Of people came TO the train yard to
secure the. best possible places Of vantage,
and as each new conner was sure that's
better place could be secured somewhere else,
forms from one end of the long train shed
to: the other without noticing the distance.
Each moment brought newcomers, until the
people were simply one big black mass of
humanity.
False alarms were many, and the thous-
ands would start up at. the toot of dis
tant whistle only to fall back disappointed
as the form Of lone switch engine hove
into view. Finally the cry Of Here they
come was waited down the yards from the
far end of the sheds, and the headlight OF
o1kA rfyrN yryoS 600 Nhn
people crowded and damned their way across
the yards to the track the special came in
over, and 1t was wonder that many were
not crushed beneath the wheels of the loco
motive
Depot Superintendent Mcmillan stood upon
the cowcatcher of the engine and beat the
seemingly insane men and women away from
the rails with his canes Many a boy owes
his life TO the prompt action OF the expert
enced depot official
When the train came to stop 1t was I'M
mediately surrounded by the enthusiastic st.
Paulites, who crowded upon the car plat
forms and hailed the arrival OF the boys
with delight. line Of is. soldiers aha Wa was
ern Pacific train to the train of the Burling-
ton, and through this isle the soldiers were
marched and boarded the east-bound special.
Wives and Children.
The officers and their wives and children
were transferred to a Pullman car at the
end of the Burlington train. The families were
composed of Miss Alice and Miss Rita
Wherry, Mrs. Turner Miss Marion and Miss
Laura Turner and a two-year-old baby boy,
Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. Wilson and Mrs Pickering
and son. All but the Misses Wherry daugh-
tiers of the commander, left the officers at st.
Paul and started for their respective homes in
different parts of the cou3try. The colonel g
daughters insisted upon ACCOMPANYING their
father to the front and will keep house for
him in his canvass home.
why exclaimed Miss Rita Wherry, a
typical Southern girl of rare beauty, we con-
slider ourselves able to live in tent and
don't know what he would do without his
girls, and I am sure that we could not live
without him"
Many of the soldiers were married men
and had their wives with them, but the ma
jority of them had left their wives and babies
in their Western homes.
Tenth Cavalry Arrives.
The Tenth cavalry arrived from Fort As
sinniboine an hour later than the Second in
fantry, and when their train plowed its way
through the throng the white folks did not
count for much, for the heroes of that special
hour were dark-skinned fighters All the To-
cal colored population was out to welcome
the colored cavalrymen and every one who
Is any one among the local Etheopians was
attired in his or her best clothes.
The infantrymen were attired in plain blue
blouses, blue trousers and gray campaign
hats. They carried heavy blanket rolls guns,
haversacks, canteens and tin cups The col
ance with their yellow stripes. Each one car
ried in his belt ormidable-looking pistol
and generous supply Of ammunition.
This is the first trip East OF the Tenth cav
happy at the transfer. The chaplain at As
sinniboine was lefts In charge of the fort.
Gen. Henry, thought that he could better be
without chaplain than gne :, officer. and 50 50