The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-11-12
SICK AND DISABLED SOLDIERS IN
SAN FRANCISCO.

Of the condition of sick and wounded
soldiers who have returned from the
Philippines and are now in destitute
circumstances in that city. Some Of
these men belonged to the First Cali
fornia Regiment, which was greeted
with such a grand demonstration on its
arrival, and others are discharged SOL
diers from regiments of other States.
Many of the latter were discharged at
the solicitation of friends and relatives
who were probably not aware that SOL
diers discharged under such conditions
were not allowed travel pay, their dis
charge papers being marked dis
charged without honor These,
of course, arrive in San Fran
cisco penniiess and have had
to depend upon the good women of the
Red Cross Society for relief Many of
them have been sent for by relatives
and have departed for their homes, but
there are still others who are stranded
and the society has not the funds neces-
sary to take care of them ALL
The Red Cross women have done
noble work and are still doing all they
can. 1t is stated that two hundred
members of the First California are
still without employment and some Of
them are in want
The Examiner" gives a long list of
cases which are particularly distress
frrr fax @f
lied as follows:
A typical case is that of Robert w.
Nicholson of Company I, First Cali
fornia- He saw great deal of active
service in the Philippine campaign, and
was badly wounded in the upper part
of his right arm. Justification and par
alysis have greatly impaired the use
fulness of the arm, and the wounded
soldier is in immediate need of some
employment that will enable him to
earn living for himself and those de-
pendent upon him for the necessaries
of life.
John ID. Puterbaugh of Company B,
Twenty--first Infantry. is an invalid for
life. He enlisted at Washington, D. c.,
last March, and was returned on the
Morgan City without travel pay, be-
cause Of the technical marking with
out honor" on his discharge He suf-
Tered from sunstroke on the firing line,
and is now an epileptic. He will be
an invalid for life, and the fact that
ne has wife who gave her written
consent for him to enlist adds to the
hardship of the case
Arthur f. Hewitt, Troop F, Fourth
Cavalry, enlisted at Junction City, Kas..
and was sent to Manila, where he was
at once discharged, because relatives
complained that he was under age. The
Government returned him to San Fran
cisco, where he is now stranded. He
came under the ban Of discharged
without honor" for which reason no
travel pay was granted
one OF the saddest cases now on the
books at the tent is that of Oscar H.
Helnroth, Company H, First California.
Before he went to Manila he was earn
ing SO a week with Shreve & Co., and
part or his earnings were applied in
payment Of a little home at Elmhurst,
Alameda County. for his aged mother.
he was so seriously wounded in the
groin that five operations We're per-
formed in Manila. Since his return
nome tuberculosis has set in, and there
IS no chance for him to live. Though
the Building. and Loan Association was
ienlent With the wounded soldier for a
long time, heswiil now lose the home, as
Wen as his life Meantime necessities
are pressing and the boy and his mother
are in absolute want
William Sewall, who enlisted at
youngstown, O., was in the hospital
corps, with Company D, Thirteenth
Minnesotfl. He was sent to the Manila
hospital where he lay i'll from June to
october. He arrived here stranded.
with many other unfortunates on the
city OF Puebla, and he is to-day a
weak and trembling invalid, crippled
with rheumatism, emaciated from dv-
sentery, and discouraged He pawned
MS overcoat and other garments to
raise money for food. Part of these
meager funds he sent to a widowed
mother, who watches and waits and
hears in dreams the footsteps of her
sons return
Abraham Cohn of the First Califor-
MIA bears an honorable discharge. He
shows evidences of a severe siege of
dysentery. Though he had a poaition
in this city, he is not now strong
enough to handle the same kind Of
work He is very anxious to find some
KIND of light employment.
samuel 5. Green of Company II. Sew
enth Illinois Volunteers, has a broken
IT'D. He is now walking around braced
IN plaster cast. a mother and wife
await him in Chicago He thinks he
could get work if there He is Willing
TO 90 light work here, but his broken
IT'D would prevent hard labor.
FIVE men came in on the Warren and
are now anxious to. go to their homes
-FOUR OF them have $50 each. hut If
requires $3.50 more to carry then, ~
their homes in Chicago. One of them
mas SlS, but he needs about S15 roore
70 puy ticket to Louisville, even at tha
reduced rates obtainable through the
Red Cross. There are many cases like
these.
Gus Gemballa of Company F, First
Cahfornia, arrived here SO sick that he
was IN the Preside hospital for some
Gays On September 10Th he was sent
TO his home. 40 Valley street, where he
now lies very low with fever and dys-
entery. Medicines a, doctor. and food
are needed for the FAMILY have no
means. The sick soldier was their
Alfred Meinhardt OF Company NJ, First
California, came home very sick, and