Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-08-03
COMMITTEE CAUGHT MAPPING.
rhe Returning Nebraska Volunteers
Made Home Run Dur
ing the Night.

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timely arrival of the United States
transport Hancock, having on board
| the Nebraska regiment and two bat
teries of the Utah artillery, complete
| ly destroyed all the arrangements
which had been made for n royal re-
seption and an enthusiastic welcome
| to the fighting volunteers returning
! crowned with their laurels.
Dropped Anchor at Midnight.
The Hancock dropped anchor in the
stream shortly before midnight last
night The committees here from Ne
braska and Utah had given up all idea
of the vessels arriving earlier than
this morning, and had prepared to be
mp at dawn to greet the expected ship.
Tugs and launches had been chartered
and Gov. Poynter of Nebraska had
planned with all care and detail to be
the first man aboard the Hancock and
welcome the heroes from his state
back to American soil.
No Reception Committees Afoat.
But there were no reception COM
mittees afloat at midnight, and only
one small delegation of Nebraska peo-
pie headed by Judge Robert Ryan, of
Lincoln, and C. o. Wheaton, of the
same city, accompanied the custom
house officials and the correspondents
on the race down the bay.
Quarantine and customs regulations
prevented even this little band from
getting nearer the deck OF the ship
than the approach to the gang plank.
No Criticism to Offer.
The returning soldiers have no criti-
cism to offer on their silent reception.
They cheered themselves hoarse at
sight of he little fleet of launches.
and from the decks of the transport
shouted greetings and messages to the
people on the dancing craft below.
j Fired the First Answering Shot.
Gel. Ell. B. Milford, of the Nebras-
kas, who is in command, soon APP
peared at the railing. By his side
stood William Grazen, of Co. d, the
sentinel of the Nebraska regiment who
fired the first shot in answer to shots
from the Filipinos which started the
! was with the insurgents. He killed
the first Filipino who died by an Amer
ican bullet, and it was this shot which
was the signal for the advance of the
entire American line and the great
rout of the rebel army on the night
of the 4th of February.
Not Anxious to Return.
81 don't think you will see any of us
returning to Manila very soon," said
Col milford in response to ques-
ton. Just one man in the entire reg
iment re-enlisted. Only 25 remained
in the Philippines to engage in bust
ness.
The Nebranskans' Work i'm the War.
1.-THE Nebraska boys had as much
rough work in this war;" continued
Col. Milford, ''as any regiment, volun-
teer OF regular. Our death roll in the
Philippines from gunshot wounds, ac-
c,dents and disease is 60. Including
the sick and wounded, who are recov-
ering, we dropped all told 2O4 men.
On the Hancock are more than one
hundred wounded soldiers. The en-
tire regiment is glad to know that it is
to be mustered out in San Francisco.
We have had a pleasant trip" con-
clu6ed Col. Milford, land it has i'm
proved the men wonderfully. Quite
number of them will have to go sick
to their homes, but am assured that
every one will soon be all right
Father and Son Meet,
The first man to grasp the hand Of
returning Nebraska volunteer was
Mr.. Wheaton, whose son, Burt Whea-
ton, is first lieutenant and adjutant of
the regiment. The young officer was
lowered on the gang plank, and father
ana son greeted each other with some
difficulty.
The men on the Hancock number
1,136, and include the two Utah light
batteries and six discharged men
from the Twenty-second regulars.
One Death on the Homeward Trip.
Col. Milford, who is in command of
the Nebraska regiment, succeeded the
late Col. Stotzenberg, killed in battle.
Lieut.-Col. Cotton, of the Nebraska
regiment, remained at Manila, where
he will engage in banking.
Only one man died on the Hancock
after she left Manila. He was Private
Richard Walph, of Battery A, Utah ar
tillery, and he died of typhoid fever
at Nagasaki
DYNAMITE CONSPIRACYCASE.