Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-31
Utah BATTERIES
IN SAN FRANCISCO
u,,os, Of the Philippine War in
the Land Of Their Birth
v,cu. RALPH DIES EN- ROUTE
,..,,, Arrival OF the Hancock up
.,r.msnt. for Royal he
s,pdon- soldier. Landed

o.. r,onelsco. July 2o.-rhe untlme-
.--,,si Of the United states trans
u,rsock. having on board the
'-,sn regiment and two batteries
- t'tah artillery, completely de-
= - All the arrangements when
i'.' made for a royal reception
d, enthusiastic welcome to the
..s,,sr volunteers returning crowned
I'm ,helr iaurels.
rn. Hancock dropped anchor
..,.,m shortly before midnight last
mt The committees here from Ne.
90 and Utah had given up a'
~. I, the vessels arriving earlier
~. mia morning and had prepared
I'm mt dawn today to greet the
.-.,,l shlu. Tugs and launches had
...rt.red and Gov P0ynter ~
ylt. mad planned with all care
5s,su to be- the first man aboard
~ Hancock and welcome the ne
am hIe state back TO American
nrt there were no reception com
~. ,t,,,it nj midnight and only
.,,sii Allegation Of Nebraska PEG.
W b..Jed by Judge Robert Ryan OF
it.s6ip and &. q. Wheaton OF the hNhlc
iify accompanied the custom hou .se
,fNriaia aud the correspondents on Wv
raee down the bay. mutations
quarantine and customs tcgu sluus
'-1tsI cyen this little band from
l,,t,, nearer the. deck OF the snip
,ss1 tbe approach 90 the ganE-plnnh,
s1s. rsturning soldiers, however huu
o., srlticiams 10 offer at their silent re-
.tien They chccrcd themselves
t,,r,. nj the sight Of the little ueet on
aUrehas and from the decks OF ,he
ir4rsrort shouted greetings ana n.y.
.arss 10 the people ON the uHne''s
craft below,
DON'T WANT ANY MORE.
cof H. d. milford Of the Nebraskaana.
y.tg a. la command, soon nppeNtcu ~
,ts FALLING By bis side stood NlNi"iii
g,,rsn III company ID. the sentinel OF
az. So .nakn regiment who hted tlc
gysf rhot In answer to shots from the
niIplnoa which started the war Mlln
H. insurgents. He Killed thv nl,'
r'Ilpino who died BY an American hul-
"nd a vas his shot which was the
.gpai Tor tho advance Of the entire
ATerioan line and the great rout OF the
rsboi army ON the night Of the Ath OF
II don't think you will see any Of
rs returning To Manila very soon
ad Col. Mulford la response 20
question. Just one man In the entire
regiment re-cnllatcd, pnly tW'hly-hNc
remained In the philippines to engage
10 business.
NEBRAsKANs' ROUGH WORK.
The Nebraslaa had as much rough
NJ Ia tbis war" continued col Null
FORD "na any regiment, volunteer or
regular. our death roll In the ihlllp-
pines from gunahot wounds, accidents
aui disease Is siXty-two. lncluulng the
5cF ana wounded, who are recovering,
We dropped. an told. eoi men. ON me
Hancock are more than 100 wounded
soldiers. The entire regiment u glad 70
tu0v. that ID h 10 be- mustered out In
Fan Francisco. We have had n pleas.
aat TIP" continued Col milford, and
10 has improved the men wonderfully
Quite a number OF them will have 70 90
% the hospital, but I am assured that
every one VIII aOgn be all right
The nrHt man 10 grasp the hand OF a
f5tlrnIuE Nrbrnaknn volunteer was Mt.
Wheaton,. whose son. hurt Wheaton, u
INT lieutenant and adiutant NJ the reg
lnfut The young officer was lower OIL
ol the gung-plnnk and father ana son
srJeted each other with some difficulty.
he quarantine officer does not board
ae1mlng ships between sunset and
snfIss and there was nothing to do but
wait for the morning with what pa
uince was possible.
THE UTAH BATTERIES.
The men on the Hancock number
lllg, and include the two Utah light
ne Tweuty-Hec0nd regiment, U. =. a.
Col Milford. who IN In command, sue
e'edod the late Col. Stotzenberg, Killed
u battle. In command Of the Utah bat
iiH's IL Mai. Grant. Capt, Wedgewood
f'ds battery n and capt. Grl,cnioN
Commands battery ~, but capt, Crltch-
nu D. on the sick list, being III with
cfhnlery when the Utah artillery
niled from san Francisco. Mai. Young
vas 40 The head OF II. He was appoint
y chief Justice " the Philippines aud
q course resigned his command. Judge
iolng il now on his way TO the United
States ON one Of the regular liners for a
Dor Visit home. Lieut.. Col. Cotton OF
" Nebraska regiment remained at
4 me-
PRIVATE RALPH
Only one man died on the Hancock
luei she left Manila. He was Private
Mehard Ralph NJ Battery A. Utah ar
sltty and he died of typhoid fever AT
SElaah, Among the officers Of the
"tpIAtka regiment who were severely
slnded are cant llolllngHworth and
Llsl Wadsworth. The former was
n' In the legs and Lieut.. Wadsworth
~ on two different occasions, shot
~ ne legs
CORP. WILLIAMS ILL.
,,g9rp Williams OF Battery a " the
ught artillery was left behind AZ
4 ',,slsahl 10 rccupcrate from q serious
~. - OF dysentery He was takon
49, qua placed In the marine hospi-
AZ that place.
an early hour today the quaran-
H.. nneer " the port boarded the
'i N.Y. ana after n careful lnspec-
wv gave the vessel clean bill OF
v'ln' soon nftprward the sick and
founded We're taken In ambulance Ia
H.. hospital at the Preside u had
NV arranged that those NJ the men
~ lu march should he landed az noon
m. march 10 the Preside by way NJ
g". p''helph streets. As an attendant
So Nl honor six companies 0f tho
tgNa oregon, with the reglmcutal
vH Nvre detailed at the dock. II
s,,,,a round, however. that the men
tn NOV conveniently be landed earl
s5s .naH o'clock and that even then
tbi. ~ Their pnuphemalia and tro-
% war which they desired To use
Al trlumphal march We're deer
ays6. IN the hold and would not bd
LANDING DEFERRED.
y. nov Poynter Of Nebraska made tbess
ana urnusa' Ions 90 Mai, Gen. shafter