The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-03
FIRST TEXAS At HOME
Men Are Now fucamped at Galveston Pre-
parafory to Muster Out.
THE SOLDIERS WERE GIVEN WARM WELCOME
pr. piant Inspected the vessels md
Found There Was No DANCER
OF Contasion.

Galveston. Texas, April c.--The First
Texas regiment is back again on Texas
soil
The United States transports Fitzpatrick
and Florida, bcarind sat men besides tho
officers. arrived at the outer end Of the
jettles about IL o'clock last night They
this morning when each took a pilot
aboard and came up to the quarantine
station. There they cast anchor and
awaited the quarantine officers.
DR., w. r. Blunt, state health officer,
and Or. Mayneld. quarantine officer at
this port took the little steamer Hygeia
and went out and met the transports The
Fitzpatrick was boarded nrst by the health
officers. Or, Blum, called for the bill OF
health. and hnding that in proper form
then made a careful inspection OF the
ship and inquiries as TO tho condition OF
the men. The soldiers were bound to be In
perfect health, and learning that
the fumigation and dlsinfectloH OF
their baggage had been quite
thorough at Dry Tortugas, DR.. Blunt
directed that so far as the State health
authorities are concerned the men could
be landed at once. An Inspection OF the
Florida resulted the same way The health
condition OF the men is perfect, and the
statement was made that there was bul
six cases OF yellow fever In Havana when
the regiment left there.
AS soon as the Hygiea landed Drs. Blunt
ana Mayheld II came up TO the wharf at
the foot OF fremont STREET. There Cap
tain West of the commlssary department.
Captain r. II. Patterson, the mastering
out othcer, and his assistant, Lieutenant
overton, Captain Richie of the engineering
corps, Lieutenant Bailey OF battery G,
and Captain McAdoo os the Belknap Rifles
at San Antonio went aboard her and were
taken out to the transports
Captain McAdoo secured leave OF alb
sence and came to Galveston by rail, arriv-
ing here this morning. The army officers
all went aboard the Fitzpatrick and then
that transport steamed for the wharf.
II WAS about IL o'clock noon when the
Fitzpatrick, flying the Stars aud Stripes
at her stern, steamed past the foot OF Ire
mont street on her way to pier 35, where
tho landing was made. II was half an hour
later when the big transport with nearly
all the officers and fully two-thirds of the
regiment on board, threw out. her hawsers
aud made fast to pier 35. The soldiers,
all OF whom We're on deck, crowded to
the starboard side and the ship listed badly
az she came up. While approaching the
wharf the regimental band struck up
Home, Sweet Home and the waiting
crowd on shore cheered a welcome to the
returning soldiers, No attempt was made
to disembark the men until the Florida
arrived She came up about O'Clock
and anchored at the slip adjoining the
pier. The work OF unloading the baggage
then began and occupied considerable
time.
1t will be remembered that the enlisted
men protested against coming to Calves
ton to be mustered out. preferring Mon
tauk Point, where their travel pay would
be greater. Hot feeling must have been
pretty universal among them. for as the
Fitzpatrick stood warped to the wharf
there were dersive inquiries from the sol
diers, such as. Where is Hawley?'' I'VE
thought Hawley was going TO have some
grub here for u.s." etc.
Rob l.. Robertson, who resigned a po-
siton in the comptnoller's office at Aus
tin to accept the position OF quartermaster
with the First Texas, came over on the
Florida. He IS not with the regiment
now, having been mustered out at Dallas
last November. He is practicing law In
Havana and as soon as he goes to Wash
ington, on business, intends TO return to
the Cuban capital. He reports rough
troop1 but otherwise the trip was pleas
ans one
Colonel Dryer and Captain Richc re-
newed pleasant acquaintance. They were
cadets together at West Point and had not
met until today for several years
| II was late in the afternoon before the
soldiers ~were dissmbarked. The" were
put ab&krd waiting cars and tak1l at once
to tHir camp at the beaver r.'survuv.
whefe they VIII remain TIL mustered
out/ No restrictions will be observed out
thete and the camp viii sc oben 20 y,sl-
tori. Preparations are Icing made hern
| for serving the boys with !, lunch. but no
TINA has been set 70. dong this The
trarNports were in char 20 II Captain
| Charts Baker OF the quartermaster' de
partm&t. They will probably sail from
here toMprow.
The raif<Qad passenger and ticket agents
have made ~ agree.n mt not u scramble
| for the businesS OF carrying the COLDER i
home as they have done On fo'mtr &C.
casons The ticket agents ~jll remain
in their offices and e. tie boys hunt
them up.