Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-31
THE RETURNING SOLDIERS.
North Dakotans Welcomed at San
Francisco.

San Francisco. Aug. 31.-Dr. Kinyon,
OF the federal quarantine station,
boarded the Grant, on which are the
North Dakota, Idaho and Wyoming SOL
diers.. yesterday and conducted thor
ough examination of the ship and her
passengers. He gave her a clean bill of
health and without further delay the
big transport drew UP her anchor and
came up the bay with the flood tide at
full speed. The governor OF Idaho, with
his staff, and the official party from
Wyoming, met the transport with tugs,
cheering the returning troops. Each
tug had band Of music on board and
these played alternately Home, Sweet
Home" while the men in blue on the
transport shouted their approval. Then
q number of nation airs and rag time
pieces were dispensed by two bands in
unison. From the gaily decked and
Jaunty tug boats, with their myriads
OF flags waved by attractive young
women and shouting men, came a tor
rent OF messages, few of which could be
understood on board the Grant. A
young girl on the pilot house OF the tug
Irwin tried to call out a message which
& fell short, but Lieut.. Bradley, on the
Grant, its recipient, snatched his sword
from its scabbard. leaned far over the
steamers rail. waved the weapon and
cheered for the fair visitors on the Ir-
win. The tugs accompanied the Grant
to her anchorage off the Folsom street
wharf, then, with bands still playing
and every available pennant and flag
wildly waving.
The Grant was docked this morning
and her troops disembarked. The men
formed on the dock and in East street,
Ethen paraded up Market street and to
the Presidio.
The North Dakota regiment Travelled
over more territory than any other
body Of troops except the Fourth cav
airy, covering TOO miles in nine prov
1nces. The regiment went out with 64S
men and came back with 516 men and
thirty officers. They were with Lawton
An all his expeditions except Paranaque
and the south provinces. Eight men
were killed, eleven wounded and nine
fdied OF disease. Sixty-four were left
Fbehind and re-enlisted in Manila They
Z will serve until June and then receive
travel pay home. One of the officers,
Lieut.. Slattery, was wounded by an
arrow. The Dakota regiment captured
sixteen launches one night and three
cascoes, practically the entire fleet Of
the F'ilipinos. In the hold Of one of
these vessels was found an American
flag of thirteen stars, wrapped in lot
OF rags. Just before the regiment left
Manila the officers presented Brig. Cen
Ovenshine with a beautiful gold watch
inscribed with the generals name.
All of the returning troops are reti-
cent concerning the conditions in the
Philippines. Officers refuse to give any
opinion as to Otis and his campaign.
San Francisco Aug. 31.-This morn
Ing the officers and men of the Idaho,
North Dakota and Wyoming regiments
disembarked from the transport Grant
and marched in triumphant procession
amid salyos and cheers through the city
to the Presidio. where they will be in
camp until mustered out of service.
They We're escorted by the First Cali
fornia and five batteries of the Third
artillery. At the head of each column
rode the governor Of their respective
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