The daily sentinel., 1899-08-17
Transport Bearing the Colo
rado Boys has at Last
Cast Anchor at the
Golden Gate.
ARE WELCOMED HOME
Governor Thomas and Party of
Coloradoans Unite in Giv-
ing the Boys a Joyous
Welcome--Great
Rejoicing.

San Francisco-Gaily dressed, with
lines Of many colored flags, the United
States transport Warren arrived at this
port at o'clock this afternoon, having
on board the First Colorado regiment Of
volunteers. back from the campaign in
the Philippines. The regiment, COM
manded by Colonel Mccoy, returns with
46 officers and 924 men, about $50 less
than the number who sailed from San
Francisco last year.
Just before the regiment departed
from Manila, IS of the First Colorado,
enlisted in the Thirty seventh regiment
OF volunteers, which formed in the
Philippines. I
Two deaths occurred after the Warren
left Yokohama. These were Private
Ivan Tinnerholm. Company q. and Pri-
vate Lindsay, Company L. Private Tin
nerholm died Of typhoid malaria and
Private Lindsay surcumbed to an attack
of dysentery. The bodies OF these two
Q ,ldiers were buried at sea.
III duuttiOu W tuC SOlOFdup Ic8iM ht
the Warren also brought from the Phil
ippines 119 discharged soldiers, compris
ing fifty from the Sixth artillery, light
battery, fifty from the engineer corps
and 30 stewards and nurses from various
hospital corps. About 40 men on board
are suffering from dysentery. Two OF
these are 30 seriously i'll they will have
to be taken to hospital for treatment
as soon as the transport docks. These
are Corporal Demrose and Prvat'
johnson.
Brigadier General Hale left Manila on
the Warren but at Yokohama he left the
transport and took passage on the Doric.
Captain Booth. formerly OF the G dorado
regiment but recently appointed to
commission In the newly organized Thir-
ty- sixth regiment, returned on the War
rem and will spend three months fur
Tough at home.
Rough and perilous as was the trip
from Manila to Nagasaki, the remainder
Of the voyage was exceedingly pleasant.
Phe men appear to be in fine form and
good spirits. their appearance indicating
q better state OF health than OF any Of
the regiments who have previously re-
turned, with the exception Of the Penn
sylvania boys.
They have unanimously expressed
their desire to be mustered out in San
Francisco.
AS soon as the Warren dropped anchor
in the bay this evening she was boarded
by the quarantine officer. After his in
spection was satisfactorily completed,
the Colorado delegation, which had come
to welcome home the returning volun-
teers of its state with Governor Thomas
at 1t head, won't out in tugs to the trans
port.
The meeting between the governor
and tho purity and the returning soldiers
was cordial and enthusiastic, and all the
steamers in the bay. rs well as every fac
tory in the city, footed joyously dis
cordant welcome.
Governor Thomas had chartered two
tugs, the Governor Irwin and the Gov
ernor Markham, and Major s. X. Hooper
Of Denver personally engaged the tug
Alert to take out to the trsr sport all tho
Colorado people now in the city.
In the governors party were tho fol-
lowing, besides large number II friends
and corps Of newspaper men:
q. N. Studevant, h. Dean, Mayor j E.
F. Mcdonald of Leadville, G. II. Ben
net chairman OF the board Of Lake coun-
ty commissioners. Only the Governor
and Mrs. Thomas, Miss Thomas and
Mrs. Mccoy, wife OF the colonel OF the
First Colorado. were permitted on board
the rest remaining on the transport dur
ing the evening.
The men went wild over their state