The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-08-04
COMMITTEE CAUGHT MAPPING.
The Returning Nebraska VOIuntee ra
Made n Home Run Dur
ing the Night.

Sau Francisco, July 3O.-The mn.
timely arrival of the United Stat.s
transport Hancock, having on boar1
the Nebraska regiment and two bat
teries of the Utah artillery, complete
ly destroyed all the arrangements
which had been made for a royal re-
ception and an enthusiastic welcome
TO the fighting volunteers returning
crowned with their laurels.
Dropped Anchor at Midnight.
The Hancock dropped anchor in the
stream shortly before midnight last
night. The committees here from Ne
braska and Utah had given up all idea
of the vessels arriving earlier than
this morning, and had prepared to be
up at dawn to greet the expected ship.
Tugs and launches had been chartered
and Gov. Poynter of Nebraska had
planned with all care and detail to be
the first man aboard the Hancock and
welcome the heroes from his state
lack to American soil.
No Reception Committees AhOnt.
But there were no reception COM
mittees afioat at midnight, and only
one small delegation of Nebraska peo-
pic headed by Judge Robert Ryan, of
Lincoln, and c. o. Wheaton, of the
same city, accompanied the custom
house officials and the correspondents
OF the race down the bay.
Quarantine and customs regulations
prevented even this little band from
getting nearer the deck OF the ship
hn oh fn ha Il
No Criticism to Offer.
The returning soldiers have no criti-
cism to offer on their silent reception.
They cheered-tf1emselves hoarse at
sight of he little fleet of launches,
and from the decks of the transport
shouted greetings and messages to the
people on the dancing craft below.
Fired the First Answering Shot.
Gel. II. b. Milford, of the Nebras-
kas, who is in command, soon APP
peared at the railing. BY his side
stood William Grazeu, of Co. d, the
sentinel of the Nebraska regiment who
fired the first shot in answer to shots
from the Filipinos which started the
was with the insurgents. He killed
the first Filipino who died by an Amer
lean bullet, and it was this shot which
was the signal for the advance of the
entire American line and the great
rout of the rebel army on the night
of tie 4th of February.
Not Anxious to Return.
Il don't think you will sec any of us
returning to Manila very soon,' said
Gel. milford in response to a ques-
ton. Just one man in the entire reg
imeEt re-enlisted. Only 25 remained
in the Philippines to engage in busi-
ness.
The Nebranskans' Work in the War.
The Nebraska boys had as much
rough work in this war;" continued
Col. Milford, ''as any regiment, volun-
teer OF regular. Our death roll in the
Philippines from gunshot wounds, &C
cidents and disease is 62. Including
the sick and wounded, who are recOv-
ering, we dropped all told 2O4 men.
Or the Hancock are more than one
hundred wounded soldiers. The en-
tire regiment is glad to know that it is
to be mustered out in San Francisco.
We have had a pleasant trip" con-
ciuGed Col. milford, land it has i'm
proved the men wonderfully. Quite u
humber of them will have to go sick
to their homes, but 1 am assured that
every one will soon be all right
Father and Son Meet.
The first man TO grasp the hand Of
a returning Nebraska volunteer was
Mr.. Wheaton, whose son, Burt Whea-
ton, is first lieutenant and adjutant of
the regiment. The young officer was
lowered on the gang plank, and father
ana son greeted each other with some
difficulty.
The men on the Hancock number
1,136, and include the two Utah light
batteries and six discharged men
from the Twenty-second regulars.
One Death on the HOmeward Trip.
Col. Milford, who is in command of
the Nebraska regiment, succeeded the
late Col. Stotzenberg, killed in battle.
Lieut.-Col. Cotton, of the Nebraska
regiment, remained at Manila, where
he will engage in banking.
Only one man died on the Hancock
after she left Manila. He was Private
Richard Walph, of Battery A, Utah ar
tillery, and he died of typhoid fever
at Nagasaki.