The Portland daily press., 1899-04-10

governo-s, for each Of those accompany
ing him and for Col. Pew, the comman-
der. On board the Meade, officers call
was sounded and the Governor, rs he
came over the side, was received Ia mill
tary style, the sth Regiment band and
drum oorps playing Hail to the Chief, y
and the Home Again from Foreign
Shore"
Gov. wolcott addressed Col. Pew in a
short speech of welcome. There was an
Interchange of greetings and then the
Governor and party returned 10 the city.
little later, the hesolute, having on
board Quartsrmaster Hyde, U. ;. A. f,
went alongside the Meade, and the plan
for disem barking the regiment. as pre-
arranged, was explained to Col. Pew
The Meade then proceeded to the New
England pier where she was docked at
noon.
The Meade brought a officers ana 1857
enlisted men from Matanzas, the only
absentses among the officers being Chap
lain Saunders and Capt. j. Peabody.
The regiment went into service with 1897
officers and men and was mustered In
almost year ago. The Meade reached
Matanzas from New York on April ana
left the next morning.
The men embarked in light dress Wit
summer underwear and Khaki suits, for
the thermometer there ranged from l2O
to l24 degrees The voyage up was fair
one, although rough along the Carolina
coast ami off Hatteras. When of Savannah
the first cool breezes were felt and the
men changed their khaki suits for the
dark blue service uniforms. The few
patients in the sick bay improved in
health as the health giving breezes wers
met
By the time the Meade was dncked the
water all about her was full of small
craft AS saon as the transport was
"a Nd
the regiment marched ashore amid the
cheers Of the crowd of people which
swarmed over every available inch of
space on the docks. Without delay and
in fine order the regiment was formed
for parade. Headed by platoon of police
the command marched from the pier to
Atlantic avenue & thence thronahs ona saha1i MILE
steet to Beacon street, passed the State
House. where Gov. Wolcott reviewed the
regiment, and continuing to Arlington
street. through to Boylston, Hunting
ton avenue and to the South armory on
Irvinton street. where the regiment
will be quartered until its muster out.
The streets through which the regiment
marched were thronged with people. The
men made II picturesque sight The tropi-
cal sun had darkened their complexion
and their general appearance was that
of well.trained so1iers. The men bore
all sorts of interesting souvenirs OF their
experiences
1t was 3 o'clock when the reviewing &
party including Gov. Wolcott, Mayor
Shepherd of Lynn, Mayor Turner of
Salem and members OF the Governor S
staff, In uniform. took it's place at the
State House. The marching soldiers
were continuously cheered and the re-
view was n fine one. The marching order
of the regiment was excellent. Ths pas
sage of the co,ors was the signal for u
patriotic outburst.
After the review and when the regi-
ment had swurg into Huntington ave.
nue., many women and girls broke into
the ranks anu walked arm in arm with
husbands, brothers, lovers or friends.
until the door of the armory was reached.
To the great Jog of the soldiers the regi-
ment was dismissed for 4S-hour fur
Tough. As the result of this, the regiment
stayed in the armory but short time,
Col. Pew diminishing It after orders had
been read. Immediately the several COM
panies proceeded under escort OF delega-
tions of townspeopls to the North Union
station where special trains took each
company to it's home station. L he inoi
dents accompanying the departure Of each
company were extremely interesting and
again the streets took q holiday appear
ance, for thousands of people joined in
the procession.