The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-12
THE LANDING.
California Welcome Only Second to
That of Her Own Troops.


San Francisco. Cal. Oct. 12.-The Twen-
tieth Kansas regiment and the 400 dis
charged soldiers who arrived here on the
transport Tartar were landed after being
anchored in the stream all morning dur
ing the progress of the health officers ex-
animation Their stay at anchor was
made less monotonOus by the attentions
Of hundreds of people who jOurneyed as
near to the transport as the quarantine
regulations would permit, and shOwered
messages and questions upon the boys
Fruit and good things to eat were in
abundance passed on board much to the
qualification of the soldiers
The inspection vas finished early in the
afternoon and the word was passed
among the soldiers that the vessel would
be docked Immediately. A great hurrah
greeted the announcement and the sold
iers commenced their preparations for de-
barkation. Under the guidance of a
powerful tugboat the transport was tow
ed to the government dock. The water
front was black with people. all anxious
to greet the Twentieth Kansas. As the
Tartar passed slowly along the water
front the soldiers were cheered time and
again. Flags were dipped and whistles
and calliopes. added to the din
port was an exciting one. Hundreds of
relatives and friends of the discharged
California soldiers who accompanied the
I<ansans home, gathered here to get a
few words with the soldiers before they
commenced to march.
The march to the Preside reservation
was an exciting one for the soldiers The
welcome they received was second only
to that accorded the home troops on their
return Both sides of Market street and
the other streets through which the sold
4ers passed We're thronged with excited
people, all anxious to do them honor.
Cheers upon cheers passed up and down
the lines OF people. Cannon were fired al
intervals, bells Changed and whistles and
steam calliopes added their respective
noises to the occasion
Escorted by the following bodies, the
6ansans marched to the Preside:
Artillery officers and band from the
Preside; four companies of artillery.
GS51eFaI FunsIon and Governor Stanley
of Kansas and escort followed. The
throngs surged around General Funston
and ne mad great difficulty in making
upon cheer greeted him but his only ac-
an occasional dOning of his cap. A great
break in the parade occurred here and
an admlrtng mass OF people filled the in
SsrvaI, The soldiers headed by Colonel
Ne cISteaiI an, IolIIoWed- Each man carried
gun Wnlcn mad been decorated with flow
erS The crowds simply would not let the
soldlerS pass IN peace Breaks occurred
SEeIy lew minutes relatives and friends
broke into the ranks and marched with
S1S SnS sTb spbIalers. some smiling and laughing
mo nc others crying. but all happy and glad.
The regimental colors. little the worse for
wear, IN spite OF the arduous campaign
1ILough Wmch they passed called forth
lremendous burst of applause when
ever they were sighted Taking it ali in
all the soldiers looked to be in fair
hSalth, but of course there We're some
deal through which they have pessed
bringing up the rear of the regiment were
laden with sick -iS
The parade was reviewed on Van Ness
avenue by General Shafter Governor
Stanley and Governor Rogers Of Wash
ington and their staffs.
te5eeneraI Funston in an interview said:
ms IS America you knOw-and I am
an American That tells the story best
OF our delight in reaching home again
mere Is nothing like the great 1ov of he
ing back among You all here again
among people whom know are Ollr
our countrymen and kin.
nave only this to say of the cam
PsIsn IN the Philippines. everything is
Delhg done that could be to carry the war
- an early and successful conclusion
- ne ,Ieport that am an anti-expansionist
tIuIous - lItuIIeuIous and not worthy OF serious
StSiilsloeIaIlon 1 never intimated such 4
tllng and have been wrongly quoted in
the matter H1ON9u III
The people must stop to consider vy1,a,,
countless conditions to be consts1fi,~
oLlpatIed and overcome there before
IulIy understood. Some miSfai-es 49, loe
1laNS Deel made. but the camDafp-n nos
beSn conducted in a most a bIe- ana 80,
scientiOus manner ana e,-s,,- 80 @ @eLlu con-
done his best. No grave errors bsIi ms lI
CURED but 1t is always easv TO I0oI- becI-
go, SG&lIlllglt 4&-T I, upon what has been done
S4Su l5iouSla lnat might have been accom-
pushed under trying circurusfa nea.s I'm
me IolIoW1ng men from the Tartar
tEl TeIS pIi4eo paaHi4steo TO the general hospital at
William r. Smith. Walter sberb,rne
S0nRany a Wilson B. Smith company
pany c; James Wheat. comDa7,, n CON- n
Leorge LAWRENCE, Phillip Kfnnan- com.
&sLny - + rank Martin, company II.
w McQuad, George L. Bolton cor1neIh 1e11lA
X sergeant Joseph Murray. COnnary- 7 ;.
or the Kansas regiment: George a Brisr
line of the Nineteenth signaI cor1s m HoTl5- rs
ytd n Estes company NJ, Fourteenth in