The times., 1899-03-11
THE IMMUNEs ARRIVE.
Tenth CoIOred Regiment Reaches
Home and IL Well Fed.


The soldiers Of Company D of Washing
ton and Company G of Alexandria, both
belonging to the Tenth Immune Colored
Regiment reached the city yesterday
morning at O'Clock over the Seaboard Air
Line. The companies came from Macon,
Ga, where they were mustered out just
before the trip north. Upon arriving at
the Pennsylvania Station the troops dis
persed and went to their homes.
Yesterday morning at S o'clock, after
taking a few hours rest, the members of
the company, under Capt. Charles l.. Beat
ty, marched to Samaritan Hall, i43 First
Street southwest, where a committee rep
resenting the friends of the company in
South Washington had prepared break
fast. The hall was prettily decorated with
flowers and the American colors. and tables
were prepared 10 seat the entire company.
The breakfast lasted for about an hour,
after which ". Calvin Chase, on behalf OF
the colored citizens of South Washington,
welcomed Captain Beatty and the members
OF his company to Washington. He stated
that he gave no crelence to the reports
published in some papers that the soldiers
OF the Tenth had acted in an unbecomin g
manner while en- route TO the North. He
then said that the colored people OF Wash
ington should learn to depend more on
the colored citizens of the city that the
larger portion OF the funds raised for en-
tertaining the soldiers had been donated
by the white people. At the conclusion Of
his remarks he thanked Captain Beatty for
the considerate treatment which he had
shown 10 his men, after which he intro
duced the women Of the reception commit
tee, consisting of Mrs. W. s. Merrill, Mrs.
Saddle Key, and Mrs. o. p. Griffin. Mrs.
rbafr oF ba
sented Captain Beatty with q bouquet of
American roses and n silver card upon
which was inscribed a few words express
ing the thanks of the mothers, daughters.
and wives Of the members OF the company
for the kind treatment which the captain
had shown to his men since their enlist
ment. Captain Beatty accepted the tokens
of esteem in a few words expressing his
appreciation and thanks. He took occa-
sion to say in answer of the charges
brought by certain newspapers against his
men that the stories were without word
of truth He made the statement that he
had in his possession a letter signed by a
number OF the leading citizens Of Macon
testifyins TO the good character and be-
havior of the soldiers of the Tenth. He
stated that when the troops reached Grif-
| fin Ga, the men were very much excited
over report that had reached them to the
! posse of National Guards was waiting
| at the station TO preserve order. y
| great crowd had gathered at the station,
| but during the stop there the troops were
in no way disorderly. AS the train pulled
out several shots were fired from the crowd
| into the car containing the white officers.
| The train was ordered TO back UP TO the
station and an explanation was demanded.
The sheriff in reply said that the shooting
| had been done by some unruly person in
the crowd and that his men were not re
| sponsible The explanation was accepted
and the train proceeded without further
molestation He referred 10 the report pub
lishcd yesterday morning, saying that the
men OF the Tenth were disorderly while
passing through Richmond, by saying that
the regiment did not pass within ten miles
| of that city. There was but one shot fired
| during the trip. he said, and that was at
| a point more than 500 yards from any
| house One of the soldiers was jubilant
over his return home and fired the shot
into the air He denounced the derogatory
| stories against the colored troops as infa-
nous falsehO0ds.
| Following Captain Beattys address sew
eral short speeches were made 1t was de-
cided that in view OF the fact that there
| was a superabundance of provisions from
the breakfast to give what remained after
the soldiers had been fed during the day
to Mount Zion Baptist Church for disiribu-
tion among the poor. At noon and dinner
| time many OF the men returned to the hal
and were fed by the women, who remained
there throughout the day for that purpose
In the evening large amount OF provisions
| were given out to the poor.