The times., 1898-09-10
cence they viii not have TO subsist on
hard tack and salt pork.
REACHING HOME.

The Crowds Awaiting the Arrival
of the Trains.
The wait for the arrival of the trains
bearing the District regiment was long
and tedious one. but the waiting ones
were patient. Believing that the volun-
teers would reach Washington about s
O'Clock yesterday morning throngs of
people began to arrive at Third Street
and Virginia Avenue as early as 7:S0
o'clock, and an hour later the railroad
tracks between Third and Four-and-a-
half Streets were fanked by dense masses
of humanity.
The Crowd Cosmopolitan.
The crowd was cosmopolitan-men, wo-
men and children of every color, condf-
ton, creed. and almost every country, ell
bowed each other and pushed and crowd
ed in their efforts to gain points of van
tage from which they could witness the
debarkation of the soldiers from San
tiago. Nearly every person in the vas:
assemblage had flag TO wave a welcome
| to the returning heroes. There were flags
of every size and value, from the minia-
ture stamped cambria copy of Old Glory,
which cost but a penny EACH to hand
some silk emblems in the hands of fash
ionably attired misses and ladies of more
mature years.
Waited Five Hours.
For more than five hours the people
waited and perspired. They anxiously
craned their necks as each train ap-
| preached, and the pranky boys yelled.
Here they come" They were there to
shout as well as TO wave their flags and
| sundry yells greeted every passing pas
senger train.
The fiuttering flags were not the only
national colors in the masses of hu-
manity. The members of the commit
tees, ladies and gentlemen, wore official
| badges of red, white and blue; tri-colored
/ streamers fiuttered from the breasts of
! pretty girls; lads and men wore neck
ties of the hues of the national colors,
while horses and vehicles of every sort
were decorated with flags and bunting.
The members of the several commit
| tees were early on the ground, too. Capt.
Allison Nailor, chairman of the refresh
ments committee, and the untiring vice
chairman, Capt. a. w. Kelley, arrived
at Third Street and Virginia Avenue soon
after o'clock yesterday morning, and at
for giving the troops a substantial break
fast upon their arrival
They were assisted by 150 ladies, white
aproned and smiling, who acted as wait
resSes.
Feeding the Troops.
Among these were mothers, wives and
sisters of the returning heroes. They pre-
sided over the long, white covered tables,
500 feet in length, which had been pro-
vided by the National Rifles, and when
the regiment arrived the ladies were call
ed upon to handle vast amount of food,
which was furnished by Caterer Freund
by order of the refreshment committee
The food supply consisted of 600 ham
sandwiches; the same number of tongue
sandwiches; 700 half chickens fried
bread, rolls and butter, 80 gallons of beef
stew, 45 gallons of coffee, 80 gallons of
milk, cream, and sugar.
Chairman ]. H. Small, of the committee
on flowers and wreaths, and his commit
teemen, Were on hand early. With them
were the wagons, prettily decorated, of
every florist in the city. In these We
hicles were 500 bouquets, which were
afterwards worn in the rife barrels of
the volunteers during their march to the
White House; wreaths of laurel and
roses which were worn by the officers,
and a magnificent Roman wreath of
laurel and orchids which graced the tall
form of Col. Harries as he rode along
Pennsylvania Avenue at the head of his
regiment
The excellent arrangement of the am
balances, carriages and other convey
ances for the sick men and convalescents
in the vicinity Of Third Street and Vir-