The San Francisco call., 1898-05-15

Company G. Sixth Regiment, recruits, leIt this a. m. It truly was exciting. I'll tell It in pieces.
 We stayed in town last evening and went with Mrs. Taylor and others and decorated the cars the boys were to go in with bunting and flags on the in- side and nailed big banners the full length of the car, with the words, company G, Sixth Regiment, Ba- kersield,' on it. We got home about F o'clock. and then went out early thls morning to put the flowers In. The traln pulled out at o'clock, and we got up at 5. About a dozen went out to decorate
 At o'clock all the bells in town were rung and all the whistles blown, so the people would wake up
 There was jam of people at the de- pot. Three bands. the regular one, the Between them, they kept music going all the time. When word came to town that the poys were called out. the town people LOOK up collection and bought them beautiful silk flag. Lawyer Lock- hart presented it while the boys stood
 uncovered" Captain Cook replied for the company. It was very broken ana dl.s}ointed speech, but all the gaps were filled with lusty cheers, for every one was feeling the strain of the good-bXs, and anything to make a noise and relieve the feelings was u.
 The captain Is very popular with the boys. The Governor offered him commission as lieutenant of artillery hhnder hnd Major Rice (did you know he very much easier than captain of in- fantry, but he declined and requested that he be allowed to keep his com mand or Company c. Isn't that kind
 The boys cheered and cheered and the bands played and every one shook hands with every one else and said any spaGish baefs od biess vn sagP
 The mothers and sisters and wives were red-eyed but smiling, and every one did her best
 Every one looked kind of dewy, and mamma shed cOpiouS tears of sym pathy. The boys felt gay and then Q trifle dewy, too, when they looked at their mothers, and once or twice I saw tears when they said the last good bys, which we hastily swallowed as unsoldierly.
 I knew the boys would hate to be cried over, so 1 determined that not one drop of brine should come from the result was that had very nice time. The boys all stood around and talked to me and we laughed and sang snatches that the band played, but hear ourselves. Claude Blodgett says they'll never kill him, not while there's anything to hide behind" etc, and every one tried to say something witty, and if they didn't succeed. it didn't matter. for it went just as we'll
 Percy and Rush Blodgett are under age and they are so mad at their father because he wouldn't consent for them to go that they can hardly live. They are perfectly green with envy of Claude. Percy related In a very disgusted tone when I was talk ing to him this morning that a little | girl about six years old said to him: ''You great, big, lazy boy, why don't 1 you go to war like your brother" | Charlie Ward and Bert Colton have 1 gone.
 The one I felt sorriest for was Mabel | Blodgett. Charlie has enlisted, and | they've only been married month. | She wasn't crying, but she looked too | pale and miserable for any use, and | trying to laugh it off all the time. If | l had had time for a tear it would | have been then.
 While the boys we're drawn up to receive the flag, she stood right facing him. and she never moved her eyes from his face, and then the captain said there would be few minutes for good-bys before they went aboard, but told the men not to break rank Charlie held out his hand to her and she just came flying. He put his arms around her and I looked the other way. It didn't do any good, however,