The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16
trailed 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 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 ached.
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
well nigh gone when the transports
reached the ocean, and only few OF
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,
and proceed on their way TO join the
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 larg-
est, fastest and finest vessel of the
fleet, are the First regiment Colorado
volunteer infantry, 1,022 men; half
battalion of the regular Tenth United
States infantry, $50 men; 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
121 men, and in each of the infantry
companies 70 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
Pennsylvania volunteers and part of
battery 3 of the Utah volunteer artii-
lery. With the gunners went two Max
i'm fighting machines, which, rs a pre-
cautionary measure, were placed ready |
for action in the bow of the vessel. In |
all there were $40 privates and 60 Of |
ficers On board. On the Senator is the |
First regiment of Nebraska volunteers, |
1,025 men and officers.