The herald., 1898-05-09

little present now and then, small change
and favors, whom she loves for himself and
because of his deeds and kindly treatment
Of her: the father who was trying to bear
up under the strain but could not; the little
sweetheart with flushed cheek and eyes
red from weeping, clinging to the arm Of
the lover she may never see again. taking
leave of him extendedly.
The numerous friends-male and female
gripping the boys by the hand, bidding
them goodbye and yelling "God bless you"
at them, were there. The boys tried to
smile and answered in forced cheerfulness,
Thanks. thanks" meaning all the while
more than that. And some of them were
not successful in suppressing the sobs that
came to their throats, and while they gave
forth no sounds their bosoms heaved per
ceptibly.
Several thousand men, women and chill
dren were at the armory during the morn
ing hours, eye-witnesses to these scenes.
They stood by, silent spectators of many
heart-affecting side-lights of life that can
crop out only in times like these And then
the marching began and they followed the
parade.
Arcade Depot
By the time the parade reached the Ar
cade depot, its destination. Several thou
sand people were already there, gorgeously
attired, umbrellas in the air and canes to
the ground. Thousands more followed the
paraders and sent UP cheer after cheer.
The escort took the company through the
depot to where the cars were standing and
after they had found places In the cars the
engines whistled and the line started for
the city.
The crowd was a surging one, and only
for fear Of dirtying their holiday clothes
most Of them seemed to have them on
they would have occupied places as they
did at River station-on top Of the cars.
on the roof of the depot on the balconies,
everywhere that they could find standing
or sitting room. And then, compared 70
River station the Arcade depot has its dis
advantages for large crowds. 1t has not
the territorial area that the place on San
Fernando street has nor the temptations
for taking possession Of things.
However. the crowd had Its own pleas
ant way to a considerable extent, until
they got in the way Of the men loading the
express cars. Then the police were impor-
tuned to interfere. and they did, keeping
the mob at the other end of the big build
ing.
Those who had not taken leave of theE
friends at the armory did so now. There
we're no brass buttons given as mementoes
yesterday, for the men were not dressed
in military uniform. But they took hat
pins and initiated dhandkerchiefs and things
from the girls. and kisses enough from
blushing cheeks to last them all the way to
Manila. or wherever they may ultimate
ly go.
There were five extra cars attached to
the regular train to San Francisco which
the boys occupied. One of them was well
stored with a days rations that will leave
plenty Of food yet untouched when they
arrive.
Now the engineer is blowing his whistle
and the train crew is getting on board the
wheels begin to turn. Chief Moore's man
blows the whistle of his engine. the escort
turns about towards the city, soldier
pokes the eagles head out of window,
the crowd cheers and yells alternately and
then stampedes for town, for the train
bearing the soldiers is already some dis
tance on it's way.