The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-09
FAREWELL To
THE OREGON
VOLUNTEERS
Away for Home and
Civil Life.
SPEEDING PARTING GUESTS
KISSES FOR THE COMMANDER,
CHEERS FOR THE MEN.
PAYDAY at the Presidio-A Months
Money Is Distributed to
Every War-Worp
Veteran.
SPEEDING PARTING GUESTS
KISSES FOR THE COMMANDER,
CHEERS FOR THE MEN.

The Oregon Regiment has gone homeo
the cheers of the city's fareWeH SUN
ringing in the ears of its men ana the
soldiers threats still dry from the lust-
ness of their good-bys. They went In a
body. not all from the Preside as had
been the intention, but they were all at
the ferry depot and there the regiment
trooped on board the o'clock boat, men,
women and children following after and
all 10th to leave or be left behind
1t had been announced to the men OF the
regiment before they left camp on Mon
day that they should all march away from
the Preside yesterday al l O'Clock. IL
was not an order, for by O'Clock yester-
day the regiment was no more, out II
was an appeal to the men. HuLnaM iia I'd a19
could not stand the strain, however, ana
when 1 o'clock came there were not over
100 men at the camp, and a go0d proper
formed in line by General Summers, how
ever, and with the parting admonlton,
take plenty Of intervals" the men LnoVe9
out of the post after the Utah men and
the Nebraska band, who had volunteered
to escort them as far as the ferry. g.
The officers marched together, Tour
abreast, and after them came the men.
There was the involuntary step OF the
trained soldier and the even pace and
the military element stopped. The men
were too happy to keep silence in the
ranks and they did not have to, anyway,
selves and to the crowds which gathered
and they spoke to friends and called to
strangers and had glorious time gen
orally all the way to the water front.
The band played it's prettiest ana the
artillerymen marched their best, but then
they were still soldiers. not e e. ; as
ter that way perhaps. one was the vol
unteer in service; the other the volunteer
mustered out and the difference between
them told the story of the war and why
there need never be a standing army. The
Utah men will soon march down the street
I4erI,+ hoo tod hn
Oregon men, and some other waiting regi-
ment will walk as sedately and as SOL
dierly before them.
On the way down the line of Oregon
men grew larger, for some were waiting
for 1t at every crner. They just tagged
on behind for there was no company
formation, just a simple column of foursi
no commanding officer, just an old friend
at the head of the line, and the line kept
itself with nothing but the habit gained
in months of hard drill TO direct 1t. They
marched without incident except few
displays of enthusiasm by some women,
who to show their interest in the regt-
ment rushed from the crowds and insisted
on kissing General Summers.
aWa fne the line from the Preside they
began coming before o'clock, and before
the boat left at they crowded the ferry
depot above and below. The parade
reached the water front in good time for
the o'clock boat and after good-bys and
waving of hats and handkerchiefs. and
boarded the boat and were borne away.
At the Oakland mole their train was
waiting for them. 1t was in three sec
men reached the mole and then the 9TH
ers slipped out after it, and before night
the last of the Oregon men were on their
II was payday in the volunteer camps
at the Preside yesterday, and as a conse-
quence the Utah, Nebraska and Pennsyl-
Vania men stayed in camp until that inter-
esting ceremony was over. Each man
drew pay for the month Of June.
Colonel Girard, commandment Of the gen.
eral hospital at the Preside, IS preparing
to discharge all men able and willing to
sion of the department allowing the dis
charge of men before their regiments
come home. He will discharge between
thirty and forty men at once
The sailing of the transport Morgan
City has been set for tomorrow, Au-
Lieutenant B. H. Dorcy, Fourth Cav
airy, has been assigned to the transport
Leelanaw as quartermaster and commits
with 250 horses. The Siam will sail on
the same date She also will be loaded
with horses. Captain Joseph P. O'NeiI
will sail on the Siam as quartermaster
and commissary.
First Lieutenant Andrew E. Williams,
Third Cavalry, has been assigned to the
transport st. Paul as quartermaster and
commissary. The ST. Paul is expected to
sail August IA with $50 recruits for the
On a surgeons certificate of disability
leave of absence for month has been
Plat, First South Dakota Volunteer In
fantry. A months leave has also been
granted to Second Lieutenant Henry NJ.
Merriam, Third Artillery.
Acting Assistant Surgeons Thomas G.
Stunkard, William H. Turkey and Henry
H. Bradley have been ordered to report
for duty to the general hospital at the
Preside.
The remains of the late Colonel Haw-
lxins will lie IN state al his home in Penn
sylvania until his regiment is mustered
out in this city and returns to Pennsyl-
vania, then the body will be inferred with
full military honors.
A vote was taken yesterday in the sew
eral companies of the Pennsylvania Reg
iment as to whether they would return
to their State as a regiment The result
was unanimous in favor of such a course.