The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-23
BLACK TROOPS
OFF FOR The
PHILIPPINES
Sailed on Transport
Zealandia.

San Francisco said gCod-by to nearly 700
of Uncle Sans colored troops yesterday
afternoon. They sailed on the transport
Zealandia from Pacific-street wharf, and
a big crowd of the relatives and friends of
the men were down to see them off. Com
panies c, E, G. and l of the Twenty fourth
Infantry, under command of Major J. NJ.
Thompson, were brought over early in the
afternoon on the quarantine steamer Nc
Dowell from the Preside and put aboard
the transport. Later $50 recruits were
marched to Pacific-street wharf. and
when they went aboard the transport
sailed. All the companies of the Twenty
fourth are recruited up to their full
strength of 12S men, so the ZealanGia took
away few short of 700 soldiers.
The transport Valencia with the re-
mainder of the Twenty-fourth aboard will
sail to-day. The Sheridan, with big
crowd of recruits, will depart tomorrow
and the Pennsylvania with a full regi-
ment will sail on Sunday. The Wyefield,
with her 5000 tons of stores for the troops
will get away to-day or Tomorrow so
that five transports VIII be on their way
Conemaugh in port, and she will sail
again during next week with another load
of cavalry horses.
Every one of the men on the Zealandia
took a few fireworks along, and the men
are going to have Fourth of July of
their own at sea.
Company's line will be ready to take up
her usual run on July g. Captain How
ard, the company's superintendent, is see
ing that no time is wasted and in conse-
Quence very rapid progress is being made
When the steamer got in last Tuesday the
workmen were rushed aboard as soon as
she was tied up at the wharf. By p. m
all the wood work had been torn away
and the deck raised so that the men
could get under it and work. Tuesday
night the steamer went to the refinery
discharged and 900 tons of coal put into
the bunkers, and Thursday morning early
the mail boat was back at her Pacific
street dock. All this time, the repair work
went on with rush, and the vessel will
sail again on July 3. Captain Howard s
long experience enables him to get an i'm
mense amount of work done quickly with
out the slightest appearance of hurry or
The French bark Amiral Troude had a
narrow escape from going on Point Arena
Mace caught sight of the promontory
through a rift in the fog in the nick of
time and putting about. managed to get
to sea on again ann Hne anleai lrSude is
this port, and must have run into a num-
Der of calm streaks during the voyage.
She will probably reach port to-day. The
Rufus E. Wood, s6 days out from sydney,
N S. w, is also outside awaiting a IA
vorable opportunity to come in.
w. A. Conboy, gentleman or. the wa
ter front. who has no particular business,
wandered into a restaurant on the corner
of Washington and East streets for
breakfast and consumed enough food and
drink to satisfy an anaconda for month
He was presented with check and inno-
Gently wanted to know the meaning of
the pasteboard.
Your BILL said waiter.
God bless you" said the wandering
CRATER; 1--WE got no money and pro-
ceeded to walk out.
And you've eaten enough to fill an
elephant" yelled the exasperated waiter,
and then he seized a water front IRON
clad plate and cracked it on the break