Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-10-06
RECEPTION A GRAND SUCCESS
Company c Entertained by Their Friends
and Relatives in Glorious Style.

dlQ RELATIVES IN GLORIOUS style.
From Tuesdays daily.
In the memory of every member
of Co. G who was in Grangeville
last night there will always remain
that which will mark an epocl,
and be banner or red letter day
until death may overtake him, and
that day will be Monday, October
., 1899, the date that the ladies of
Camas Prairie, regardless Of any
Interior considerations whatsoever.
proved themselvcs worthy OF the
love and regard Of tie heroes who
fought the good fight and returned
as conquering heroes.
AS heretofore stated promptly at
8 o'clock last nigh, The festivities
We're opened at l. .. o Il. hall by
the Grangeville Brass band playing
"Home, Sweet Home, followed by
Rev. Mccarthy with prayer, and
then came Mayor Wax with an APP
propriate address OF welcome,
which he concluded b, requesting
that the audience all join him in
singing America, and then on
being called upon by the Master Of
ceremonies, w. a. Hall said:
Officers and Comrades If Co. G, LIST
Idaho Volunteers, Ladies and
Fellow Citizens.
come to congratulate you upon
this happy reunion and l think we
ought also to express our thanks
giving to God for His kind provi-
dence which makes this reunion
possible.
1t was with sad hearts and many
misgivings that OH that memora.
BILE day over a year ago, you load
ed yourselves with the accoutre-
ments of war, halted on yon
western hill in down-pour of
rain, to bid goodbye to wives,
relatives, sweethearts and friends,
and there mingled with tho falling
rain were many honest tears, we'll
knowing that the good byes then
''might be for a day, and it might
be forever.
/ had seen regiments march
forth at the call Of their cOun-
try, under the glamour Of military
pageantry, with bright colors, to
the strains of exhiiirating music
and in the presence of congregatcd
thousands, to take the train for
the Nations capital, there to re-
port for duty and service, but never
had the occasion seemed 80 real
as on that gloomy morning when,
having heard your country's call,
you deferred not, neither did you
consult, wind, weather or your
own conveniences, but having
heard the call, you set out through
mud and rain, afoot--going to join
Dewey on the distant coast of Man
ila-there to show the Spanish OPP
pressor that his CORY hand must
release the throat Of the innocent
and helpless Filipino. and only
for the thoughtfulness OF our gov
ernment in furnishing you with a
transport, outward bound, don't
know but what YOU would have
started to swim il, ANA have been
swimming to this day, with Your
canteens as life-pre~errers, packing
your rations in your knapsacks,
out on the broad Pacific, swimming
by day and floating by night--go-
ing to help Dewey. That would
have been hard on those of our
boys who could not swim, because
they were not. all of them. tall
enough to wade the Pacific and
keep their powder dry and their
heads above high-billow mark.
But, let me tell you something.
They got there, just the same. aad
the Spanish mobility, so-callcd. are
not yet done with the signing of
that old, ancient sigh, to-wit:
"Woe worth the day.
Members of Co. G, we consratu-
late you upon your noble record.
Eagerly have we caught every frag-
ment of intelligence Of your where
abouts and as to how you have
Jared; and our hearts have swelled
with thankfulness and honest pride
as we heard from time to time of
your gallant service from first to
last, and all the time. You can
read it all, fellow citizens on the
pages of history, and if any GRIM
son flushes the cheek, it will be the
flush of emulation and pride and
not otherwise. These, friends, are
our boys! Such is their record!
And now, comrades, as you turn
from the life of a soldier 10 that of
civilian, may you enjoy long and
happy lives of domestic bliss, never
again to hear the shrill clarion of
war. Sure ] rest in the conviction
that Spain wants no more of it.
l suppose that earth has no hap
piness in which there is no alloy;
and SO fortuitous an event as your
homecoming is fringed with sad
ness. l do not need to glance over
your muster roll to know that
some, whose names are there, do
not answer the bugle call muster,
or at roll call, Sergeant Jones and