The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-05
MICHIGAN TROOPS HOME.
How the Boys from Cuba Were Re-
cefVed in Detroit.

HOW Vne bOyS from OuDA were nc
ceived in Detroit.
DETROIT Mich, Sept 4.-Michigans
volunteers who had part in the Santiago
campaign received thrilling welcome when
they reached Detroit in this mornings early
hours. The tired, sick and emaciated men
of the Tnirty-third and Thirty-fourth Mich
!gan regiments enjoyed the substantials and
Injuries of life to an extent unknown to
them since they left the State this spring.
All the hotels utilized their space to give
food and comfort to the soldiers and the
hospitals and homes cared tenderly for the
sick. 1t was a sight to see a grimy soldier
carrying an old canteen, haversack and
blanket, inscribing his name with dirty,
tremulous hand on hotel register, and a
happier sight to see him seated in a sump-
tuous dining room ordering a genuine,
hearty meal. Sadder scenes were enacted
at the railway station when lines of ambu-
lances rolled away with the helpless ones.
The first section, with eight companies,
arrived at the Michigan Central station at
IL 80 a. m! The boys were greeted by the
Detroit naval reserves and great crowds
which filled the adjoining streets The
weaker were driven to hotels in carriages
and others marched to the places assigned
through cheering crowds. The other three
sections arrived subsequently an hour
apart. and these arrivals were similarly
cared for. The soldiers will proceed to their
homes next week on their sixty-day fur
Tough. Citizens of Detroit raised a fund
toward paying for entertainment of the
troops, and Governor Pingree guarantees
that the State will pay any more needed.
Specials from all over the State say that
interior towns are waiting with open arms
to welcome their representatives in the war.
Wherever little crowd of people was
seen to-day investigation would show that
in the center was some member of the Thir-
ty-thlrd or Thirty-fourth Michigan Volun-
teers. The men were quartered in the lead
ing hotels and in their Hobbies and corridors
were great piles of guns, canteens, equip
ments. blanket rolls and other parapherna-
lie. of the soldiers. But these were not all.
In the comfortable chairs and sofas scat
tered through the hotels were found many
of the Michigan soldiers, who. while not
sick enough to be sent to the hospital, still
were too weak to move around and were
content to be still and rest after their four
months OF hard campaigning in Cuba In
ali. 200 of the Michigan men were removed
directly from the depots to the hospitals
Although many of them were in d serious
cOndltlOn. tnere were no deaths among them
to-day. The men are being sent to their
homes as fast as transportation can be ar
ranged for them. Up to 8 o'clock about
half of both regiments had been sent home
Many CT the men, though scarcely able to
move, were so anxious TO get home that
by almost superhuman efforts they kept up
so as TO be taken to the trains with their.
stronger comrades. The men of both regi-
fl
what done being at the medical facili-
ties in Cuba, which they said were very
inadequate The reason ascribed for this by
many of the volunteers was that the regi-
mental surgeons were taken from their regi-
ments and sent to general hospitals.
Praise for Camp Wikoff was heard in
nearly all directions. most of the men say
ing their treatment there was all that could
be desired