The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16
trdiled behind the big steamers as
closely as safety would permit.
ON THE TRANSPORTS.

The transports themselves were pic
| turesque indeed. Every available space
was occupied by a soldier High UP
in the rigging they climbed: every port
| hole was filled with a smiling face, and
the guardrails were hidden beneath
struggling masses trying to get points
of vantage to get one last glimpse of
the city and the thousands of people
who had treated them so kindly since
they have been in this city. The SOL
diers were as jolly a lot as could be
found, and to see their happy faces one
could hardly imagine that many of
them were going to fight for the honor
of their flag in a foreign land, and that
many Of them would never return. The
men cheered themselves hOarse and
waved their hats and handkerchiefs
until their arms aohed.
The small bay craft continued on
down the bay, every now and then
saluting the big steamers, which were
picking up their speed at every revolu-
ton of their propellerS. At last only
the more powerful consOrts could keep
up with the big liners, and one by one
they were dropped behind Tugboats
and ferryboats chartered for the occa-
sion followed the vessels down the bay
to the Golden Gate. The afternoon was
web nigh gone when the transports
the goodbye boats were with them,
but the men were still perched in the
rigging and waving their good-byes in
response to the waving of the people
on the decks of the smaller boats. The
send-off that was given the boys was
one that will linger in their memory
to the grave.
The four vessels will make fast time
to Honolulu, where they Will recoal,
70 hn
first fleet of transports, which left this
city three weeks ago today, bound for
the Philippines. 1t is expected that the
China will reach Honolulu first, but af-
ter leaving the Paradise of. the Pacific
superior speed will count for little, as
the faster boats will wait for the
slower. so that the vessels will reach
their destination about the same time.
ASSIGNMENTS OF TROOPS.
Assigned to the China, Major Cen
eral Greene and flagship, and the larS-
est, fastest and finest vessel of the
fleet, are the First regiment Colorado
volunteer infantry, 1,G22 men; half a
battalion of the regular Tenth United
States infantry, $50 men; a detachment
of United States engineers. 20 men. and
half of battery B, Utah light artillery.
The Colon took four companies of the
Twenty-third infantry and two compa-
ries of the Eighteenth infantry, both
Of the regular army, and battery A of
the Utah artillery. In the battery were
III men. and in each of the infantry
IS men, besides the officers,
making less than 500 military passen-
gers The control of the ship was given
to Lieutenant Colonel Clarence NJ
Bailey of the Eighteenth infantry
On the Zealandia were the Tenth
volunteers and part of
battery B of the Utah volunteer artiI-
cry. With the gunners went two Max |
m fighting machines, which, as pre-
stationary measure, were placed ready |
Tor action in the bow of the vessel. In |
Ill there were $40 privates and 60 Of |
icerS On board. On the Senator is the |
First regiment of Nebraska volunteers, |
numbering 1,025 men an officers.