The San Francisco call., 1898-05-14
TROOPS ARRIVE
 FROM THE NORTH
Battalion of Oregon Vol unteerS Camp at the
 PPeSidiO.

| The first assembly call for drill was | just sounding in the camp at the Pre- sidio yesterday morning as the First Bat l talion of the Second Regiment of Ore l gon volunteers came marching into the l Government reservation. Despite their
 long trip from Portland the four com l panies-A, B. C and D-presented a most | striking and soldierly appearance. Lieu | tenant Colonel George o. Yoran was iI
 command of the battalion, which was
 marched to the western end of the cav | airy parade, where they went into camp 1 just beyond the Fourteenth United States | Infantry. The men are fine looking sol diers and are a magnificent body of physi- 1 cal manhood Tall, strong and brawny with a determined look upon their coun- tenances, they will no doubt give a good
 account of themselves when they arrive at Manila.
 Major c. U. Gantenbein reported a pleasant trip, with no accidents or sick
 ness The battalion left Portland on Monday night and came on a special train
 over the Southern Pacific. The other
 eight companies composing the regiment will leave Portland on Monday under the
 command of Colonel Summers. They will arrive here next Wednesday morn
 camp beside their fellow soldiers, thus
 completing the regiment.
 The four companies are officered as
 follows
 A.
 McMinnville first lieutenant. Ralph Platt,
 Portland second lieutenant J. A. Young. Me-
 Company B-Captain. John L. May. Ashland; first lieutenant Frank B. Hamlin, Roseburg
 second lieutenant, James F. Thornton, Ash
 Company c-Captain. W. S. Moon, Eugene;
 first lieutenant Robert L. Huston, Eugene;
 second lieutenant Fred w Hanes, Roseburg. Company D-Captain, Austin F. Prescott, La
 Grande: first lieutenant George A. Hartman Jr., Pendleton; second lieutenant, Frank A. Meade, La Grande.
 Company A is composed of men from
 Portland and McMinnville, Company B
 is made up of volunteers from Roseburg
 and Ashland, Company c comes from Eugene and Company D halls from La Grande and Pendleton.
 The old Springfield rifles with which the men have been equipped for drilling purposes will be exchanged for the new Krag-Jorgensen guns.
 Assistant Surgeon H. W. Cardwell and
 a detail of six men of the hospital corps accompany the battalion.
 The regiment is under command of Col onel O. Summers, who will arrive next
 week. He served throughout the war of
 the rebellion and has been prominently identified with the Oregon National Guard ever since It's organization. Colonel Sum- mers. who is a successful crockery mer-
 chant, was re recehhely ehe no1 aPpon6ed s appraiser The physical examination of the Ore- ron volunteers has been very strict. That some of the rejected ones were accepted in the regular army at Fort Vancouver is indeed a compliment to the physical standing of the volunteers.
 This regiment has been named the Sec l ond Volunteers of Oregon in order not to | cnnf,se the records witt those of the | First Regiment of Oregon Volunteers
 which served in the war of the e. rebellion
 Tae 9fss9 raised about siooo and and it it was decided to give the captain of each com nsnv S10O. The emergency fund will be | increased from day to day.
 Company A Is commanded by Captain | E. May. Company c by w. S. Moon, and l Connany b by Captain A. F. Prescott ] Iieufenant Ralph Platt Is the quarter