The record-union., 1899-10-12
KANSAS REGIMENT
DISEMBARkS.
Soldiers Arriving on the Transport
Tartar From Manila
Landed Yesterday and Marched to Their
Quarters at the Preside.
The Parade Through the Streets
of San Francisco an Exciting
One, the Welcome the Return
ing Troops Received Being Sec
ond Only to That Accorded the
First California Regiment.


ond Only to That Accorded the
First California Regiment.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. IL. - The
Twentieth Kansas Regiment and the
400 discharged soldiers who arrived
here last night on the transport Tartar
were landed to-day, after being an
chored in the stream all morning dur
ing the progress of the Health Officer's
examination. Their stay at anchor was
made less monotonous by the atten-
tions of hundreds of people who jour-
neyed 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 We're in abundance passed on
soldiers.
The inspection was 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 announce
ment, and the soldiers commenced
their preparations for debarkation.
boat the transport was towed 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.
The scene in the vicinity of the trans
port dock was an exciting one Hun
dreds of relatives and friends of the
discharged California soldiers who ac-
companied the Kansans home gathered
here to- get few words with the SOL
diers before they commenced to
march.
The march to the Preside reserva-
tion was an exciting one for the SOL
diers. 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 soldiers passed were
thronged with excited people, all anx-
ious to do them homage. Cheers upon
cheers passed up and down the lines of
people. Cannon were fired at intervals
bells changed and whistles and steam
calliopes added their respective noises
to the occasion.
Escorted by the following bodies, the
Kansans marched to the Presidio;
Artillery officers and band from the
Presidio; four companies of artillery.
General Funston and Governor Stanley
of Kansas and escort followed.
The throngs surged around General
Funston, and he had great difficulty
making progress through the crowds
Cheer upon cheer greeted him, but his
only acknowledgment was military
salute and an occasional doffing of his
cap.
A great break in the parade occur
red here, and an admiring mass of
people filled the interval The soldiers
headed by Colonel Metcalfe followed
Each man carried a gun which had
been decorated with flowers The
crowds simply would not let the sol
diers pass in peace. Breaks occurred
every few minutes. Relatives and
friends broke into the ranks and
with the soldiers, some smil-
ing and laughing and others crying,
but all happy and glad.
The regimental colors, little the
worse for wear, in spite of the ardu-
Gus campaign through which they had
passed, called forth a tremendous burst
of applause whenever they were sight.
ed. Taking it all in all, the soldiers
looked to be in fair health, but of
course there were some who showed
the effects of the severe ordeal through
which they have passed.
Bringing up in the rear of the regi-
ment were the hospital wagons, not
very heavily laden with sick.
The parade was reviewed on. Van
Ness avenue by General Shafter, Gov
ernor Stanley and Governor Rogers of
and their staffs
General Funston in an interview to-
day said:
This is America, you know-and /
am an American. That tells the story
best of our delight in reaching home
again. There is nothing like the great
Joy of being back among you all here
again-among people whom we know
are our countrymen and kin.
IT have only this to say of the cam
paign in the Philippines-everythi is
being done that could be to carry the
war to an early and successful con-
clusion. The report that I am an anti
is ridiculous, and not
worthy of serious consideration. L
never intimated such a thing, and have
been wrongly quoted in the matter.
"The people must stop to consider.
when they are passing judgment, that
there are countless conditions to be
combated and overcome
here before headway can be made. L
fear that the exact difficulties of the
situation are not fully understood
Some mistakes have been made. but
the campaign has been conducted in a
most able and conscientious manner
and every man has done his best. No
grave errors have occurred but it is
always easy to look back and comment
upon what has been done, even though
hat might have been accomplished un-
der trying circumstances
The following men from the Tartar
we're admitted to the general hospital
1T the Presidio to-day William r.
Smith, Walter Sherburne, Company A:
Wilson B. Smith, Company B: Edward
ziebell, James Eskert, Company c.