Evening journal., 1898-04-20
ONWARD NOW TO WAR.
Fifty-six Carloads of Soldiers
for Tampa, Florida.
CRIES FOR CUBA AND UNCLE SAM
CITIZENS OF WILMINGTON CHEER
THE BOYS IN BLUE AS THEY
PASSED THROUGH THIS CITY ON
THEIR WAY SOUTH.

Soldiers are being rushed to Tampa,
Floria, to-day. Fifty-six carloads OF
men and their accoutrement passed
through this city this morning. They
consisted OF the Ninth Regiment, from
Sackett's Harbor, 523 men, and the
Twenty-flrst Regiment from Platts-
burg, N. Y, 445 men. The heavy ar
tillery from Fort Adams passed through
at 2.35 this afternoon.
These troops are all being sent to
Tampa on a hurry order. 1t required
| five trains to carry the soldiers and
their baggage The trains arrived in
| Wilmington as follows: Train bearing
| Ninth Regiment was In two sections
the first arrived at 6.43 and the second
one at S.55. The Twenty-first Regi-
ment also required two trains to con-
vey It. The first section arrived at 9.04,
and contained the accOutrement OF the
| regiment and was guarded by a SER
geant and twenty-oen privates. The next
section carried the soldiers, who stop
pped at the station long enough to take
a cup OF coffee and eat a small lunch.
| The train bearing the artillery from
| Fort Adams arrived between and 3
| O'clock
The soldier boys were all fine, strong
looking fellows, and the sight OF them
made many feel glad that they belong
cd TO a nation that could send such
warriors to represent them on the bat
tlefeld.
There was a large crowd at the de-
pot to have look at the soldiers, and
when the train pulled into the station
lusty cheers were given for the boys In
blue. The soldiers shouted Free
Cuba" and at the same time one OF
them waved a large picture OF Uncls
Sam, at which the citizens cheerec
again.
While the Ninth Regiment was at th'
depot some OF the soldiers thought the!
would slip over to hotel and get 1
drink. They were disappointed, how
ever, for guard, detailed by the com
mander of the regiment, was on dut.
and prevented anyone wearing the
S. uniform going in. The disappOinte
! men turned back to the station with
! | out a word.
There were many souvenir hunter
! at the depot and some OF them secure
buttons or cartridges, while other
, | would pick up the smallest thing tina
o a soldier dropped. One soldier, how
ever, dropped something that he wa
4 | anxious TO pick up himself and tina
was his pOcketbOOk He dropped
Q between two cars just as the train wa
- leaving. He jumped on the car an
s waited until the train had passed, the
picked up the p0cl0etbOok, ran an
!. caught the train and went on his wa
e rejoicing. Another one, however, Wi
z not 50 fortunate, for he dropped his h'
as the train passed Tatnall stree
's watch-box, and the gate-keeper has
and values it highly.
It required 112 gallons OF coffee
give the soldiers their allowance an
the coffee was made and furnished
a flrst-class restaurant in this city. tn
Y officers had their dinners served
q them from the same source.
These names were entered on IN
muster roll OF the First Delaware Vo
| unteers. organized last night at No. 81
Il East Fourth street: Robert Macl<eI
zie. Edward !. Holland, Frank G. Ebel
d hardt. James Watson, Frank NJ. Sevie
n | Joseph B. Wells, Edward Galigna, Ru
10 II. Morrow, Harry S. Weldin, Joseph
AinsWorth, G. b. Smith, II. p. Kane, Wi
r liam Taylor, Jr, Edward Mellon, JCh
y Brown. William McMenamin, JOh
{. Iandthaler, Abraham Rittenhous
II Thomas f. Naylor John Heating, ID
le vid Biddle, John Emering, Frank Law
u renee, Robert Anderson, William Y
Sullivan, Joseph B. Hope, John Han
mOnd, Stephen Kane, Daniel Haggert
John f. TraynOr. S. E. Taylor, II.
IN Dawson, John Mcdonald. Joseph He
y land, Richard Brooks, George TObi
u, Charles West, Elmer North, Jam
m Ially, Frank Engel. Thomas Bal
IN John Connolly and Lewis COnnOr.
TX The colOred men who signed the II
II, were: William Hazard, Hickms
I'll Laws, e. Manuel Watson, Samu
u WoOdlin. John Freeman, Charles
johnson, William Stevenson, Charl
IClarksOn, Joseph Trusty, John Trav
Charles F'reeney, Harry Mills, Charl
rs White, James Singer, ST., Jam
RS Singer, Jr., and Charles Frisby.
TX A meeting OF the volunteers will
" held tonight for the purpose Of ehoc
II, ing officers.
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