The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-16

For scores Of poor fellows there will
never be forgetfulness of that fearful
night of the End Of July on the slope
in front Of the hill of San Juan. but
the soldiers of the Third who arrived
at the union depot last night were all
willing to declare that it was even
worth While to have been before San
tlago to receive such a welcome home.
They were bearded, grizzled, brown
and they looked like men who had seen
service, but the women Who could get
at them from the depot platform kiss
ed them and laughed and cried over
them In pure delight at their return.
1t was glorious Homecoming and
there was not one in the lot who would
admit that he had hard luck" story.
The 1S8 men who are still battling for
their lives from the fever that was
brought on by privation and disease
will have the hard luck stories, if
they ever come back to tell them.
The demonstration over the return of
the boys in blue was a tremendous
one. 1t is the first opportunity that
the people have had to show their
feelings for real veterans in this war
that is where the veteran was pres
ent in any considerable number. It
was lucky that Lieut.. Col. Harbach
concluded that the boys had better re-
main in the train and go out to Shell
ing. The crowd would have hugged
them to death.
1t was past 10 o'clock when the train
pulled into the depot, but when the
men were still quarter of a mile out
of town they could hear the shouting Of
the people.
Now we're in our own country"
shouted Sergeant Kaine, and he let out
the one Whoop that he had not expended
before Ell Caney, and when the train
pulled in the boys were doing some
yelling themselves.
They are a fine looking lot of men.
in spite Of the evidence of wear and
tear that most of them bore. The fact
that they were not on the sick list or
IN hospital went to prove that they
were even proof against the kind of
war that Gen. Sherman likened vigor-
ously to hades and which description
has been made the more forcibIe under
the reign of Alger. There was not
complaint made by one of them. They
their superiors if they had anv COM
plant to make, and they really appear
ed to have none.
HAPPY ONCE MORE.
We got our rationsr' That was tho
declaration that every man of them
made, and that seemed to be all tba,,
expected. They were tickled to door,
over the reception that was tenderod
them and they went on out to Fo,.t
smelling and climbed the slope of the
hill that they descended. twice &C
stronS, hVe months ago, feeling thar If
was good to be at home, and singing
10 the music of the band that Leader
graves directed through the stirring
tones OF When Johnnie Comes March
Ing Home" They had a late sumner
at the fort, prepared by Capt. Ger
ZACH and the ladies of the garrison and
oy II O'Clock they were in bed and tho
campaign of 1898 was a closed chapter
for them at least
Inc citizens committee did nobIy in
preparing a reception for the Third on
very short notice. Yesterday morning
nine members of the committee were
deputed to go down the line and extend
long arm with a warm hand at tha
end of it to the boys. The committee
was headed by G. r. Smith and in
cluded t. L" Schurmeier, D. B. Finch
Adjt. Gen. Nuremberg, Ique Lederer.
X. ii. Seng, B. F. Knauft, H. S. Saw
lor, John Lane and a G o b reporter.
The committee carried along a plenty
of cigars and other things calculated
to promote good feeling and journeye4
as far as Lake City. Ten minutes af-
ter the committee got there Mayor
Post was out rustling the members of
the Lake City band. Harvey McMulln
had hauled a cannon up to the depot
and the first stage of the reception was
prepared for. The train was late, OF
course, but it had made excellent tina
from Chicago, and all of the people of
Lake City and the surrounding coun-
try had assembled at the depot by the
time the train came in. Then the peo-
pie went wild. the cannon went Off
Leader Orrin Joiner started his band,
playing "The Star Spangled Banner"
and the trouble started. 1t was con-
tinuous all the way UP to st. Paul. The
men had not expected that the well