The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-02
It WAS A SAD
HOMECOMING
Pennsylvania Troops Return
With Colonel a Corpse.
DIED SHORTLY AFTER
LEAVING YOKOHAMA
He ReckleSsly Exposed Himself IN
DiSease-breeding Climate.
Became Afflicted With Cancer Which
Refused to Yield to Treatment
Honors Were In Store For Him
For His Heroism at the Battle of
Malolos, But Joy Was Turned In
to. Mourning-Was a Popular
Commander.

San francisco. Aug. 1.-The United
States transport Senator arrived to-
night from Manila with her flag at half
mast. on account of the death Of Colo
mel Alexander Hawkins. commander of
the Tenth Pennsylvania regiment.
United States volunteers.
The Senator sailed from Manila on
July l with thirty-eight officers and 721
enlisted men. The transport was at
Nagasaki on July 10. when Colonel
| Hawkins was taken i'll with cancer of
the bowels, from which he had been
! a sufferer during the greater part of
his campaign in the Philippines. and
for which he had undergone treatment
IN the military hospital at Manila His
illness continued during the following
day July l6), when the Senator was at
Yokohama, and two days later he
passed away at sea
Colonel Hawkins Illness dated from
the battle of Malolos. when he exposed
himself almost recklessly in. the dis
ease breeding climate. He was re-
spected and loved by every man of his
command. and his death is deeply
mourned by the troops. His body was
placed in a hermeticalIy sealed casket
and on Sunday following his death i'm
PitSSiNe IuHtfdI services were con-
Quoted by the chaplain of the regiment
all of the officers and men being in at
tendance
The remains We're placed in the stern
of the vessel and Jay in state, attended
day and night by a guard OF honor
during the remainder of the voyage.
The casket will be taken ashore tomo--
row with military ceremonies BETTING
Colonel Hawkins rank after which the
remains Of the dead commander will be
sent to Pennsylvania for interment.
After the death of Colonel Hawkins.
the command of the regiment was
vested in Lieutenant Colonel Barnett.
who. like the dead colonel. is popular
among the enlisted men and made a
good record in the war.
Made Good Trip
The Senator had a good trip from
Japan. With the exception of the sad
illness and death of the regimental
commander. there was no sickness on
board barring a few cases of seasick-
ness and half a dozen cases of dysen-
terry. At sight of land all the invalids
were able TO leave their hunks and line
up on the main deck, except one poor.
chap, who has developed symptoms of
appendicitis and who will be operated
upon in the hospital here.
When the Tenth Pennsylvania sailed
IIOIIl S1n FRANCISCO IOG the Pnlll.l-
pines last year the muster comprised
$50 men. Twenty-four were killed in
battle or died in the Manila hospital,
and the rest of the sick and wounded,
to the number Of seven. are on the hos
pital ship Relief. which will probably
arrive here within the next few days.
The quarantine officer boarded the
Senator about Z o'clock and, after a
careful inspection. passed crew and
passengers. The transport had dropped
anchor off the Folsom street wharf and
il was decided that the regiment should
not be landed until tomorrow.
Under cover of darkness, however.
two privates slipped off in tug. drop
ping down by a rope which had been
used to haul up two sacks of mail mat
ter sent out by the postmaster to the
regiment. The privates who thus all
scented themselves without leave. an
nounced their intention of seeing the
town tonight and of rejoining the ranks
when the regiment is lined up on the
dock tomorrow.
AS the official committee on reception
to the regiment will not arrive here
from Philadelphia until tomorrow even
ing. the substitute committee appointed
| informally undertook that duty. a tug
had heen chartered for tomorrow. with
the expectation that the Senator would
not arrive tonight, and arrangements
made to go out to meet the transport
with band, stacks of flowers and tons
of dainties for the soldiers. The pre-
mature appearance of the transport this
| evening. however, did not permit the
carrying out of all these plans.
Little Noisy Demonstration.
out of respect to the dead regimental
| commander. there was little cheering or
/ other noisy demonstrations, but the
! tIx- iUh ar
the first glimpse of the Golden Gate.
Like the Oregon, Utah and Nebraska
regiments, the Pennsylvania troops
prior to sailing from Manila voted in
| favor of being mustered out in San
Francisco.
Lieutenant Colonel Barnett. who is
now in command of the regiment, in
the course of an interview tonight,
said:
THE boys are all glad, of course. to
| get back home again. but their joy is
| tinged with sadness on account of the
| death of Colonel Hawkins. The colonel
was most kind and considerable COM
mander, who took a keen individual in
| terest in his men, and il is little Won
der. therefore, that the boys feel that
his loss is a personal bereavement.
Colonel Hawkins was a sick man at
| the beginning of the campaign which
ended in the capture of MaloloS. The
regimental surgeon had advised him to
retire for rest and medical attention.
! but the colonel peremptorily refused,
declaring that he would go wherever
his men went. When the final volley
was fired at Malolos. Colonel Hawkins
was right in front of the firing line,
urging his men onward and encourag-
ing them with his exhibition of personal
bravery. After that decisive battle the
coloners illness increased. The ailment
developed rapidly In the unhealthy eli
mate. After we embarked he sank
steadily. and his death at sea was not
unexpected"
The Pennsylvania regiment will dis
embark tomorrow and Will march
through the principal streets of the
city to the model camp prepared for its
reception at the Presidio, where 1t will
remain until mustered out
The Regiments Record.
The record of the Tenth Pennsylvania