The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-12
FRISCO GOES WILD AGAIN
The Kansas Boys Welcomed in
Glorious Style.
so GLAD TO GET HOME
Relatives and Friends Break Into the
Ranks During the March to the
Presidio-General Funston
Cheered to the Echo.

San Francisco, Oct. 1.-THE Goth
Kansas regiment and the 400 discharg-
ed soldiers who arrived here last night
on the transport Tartar were landed
to-day, after being anchored i'll the
| stream all the morning during the
| progress of the health officers exam
ination. Their stay at anchor was
made less monotonous by the attsn-
tions of hundreds Of people who jour
neyed as near to the transport &s the
quarantine regulations would permit
and showered messages and questions
upon the boys.
The inspection was finished cary in
the afternoon, and the word was Iess-
ed among the soldiers that the vessel
would be locked Immediately. 4 great
hurrah greeted the announcement, and
the soldiers commenced their prepar-
atoms for debarkation. Under the
guidance Of powerful tugboat the
transport was toWed to the government
dock. The water front was black With
people, all anxious to greet the 2eth
Kansas. AS the Tartar passed slowly
along the water front the soldiers were
cheered time and again. Flags were
dipped and whistles added to the Gin.
Hundreds of friends and relatives of
the discharged California soldiers who
accompanied the kansans home, gath
cred here to get few words with the
soldiers before they commenced the
march. The march to the Preside was
an exciting one for the soldiers The
welcome they received was second only
to the one accorded to the home troops
on their return home. Both sides of
Market street and the other streets
| through which the soldiers passed were
thronged with excited people, all anx-
ious to do them homage. Cheers upon
cheers passed up and down he liz es
of people. Cannon were fired at inter-
walls, bells changed and whistles added
their respective noises to the occa-
sion.
Escorted by the following bodies,
| the Kansans marched to the Preside:
Artillery officers and band from the
Preside, four companies of artillery.
General Funston and Governor Stanley
| OF Kansas and escort followed.
The throngs surged around General
Funston and he had great difficulty
making progress through the crowds.
Cheer upon cheer greeted h.n, but his
only acknowledgment was a military
salute and an occasional doffing of his
cap. A great break in the parade oc-
| CURED here and an admiring mass of
| people filled the interval. The soldiers,
| headed by Colonel Metca, followed
The crowds simply would not let the
soldiers pass in peace. Breaks occur
red every few minutes. Relatives and
! friends broke into the ranks and
marched with the soldiers, some smil-
ing and Laughing and others crying,
but all happy and glad.
The regimental coors little the
worse for wear in spite of the arduous
campaign which they had passed
| through. called forth a tremendous
burst of applause wherever they were
sighted. The soldiers seemed to be in
fair health. Bringing up the rear Of
| the regiment were the hospital wag-
The parade was reviewed on Van Ness
avenue by General Shafter, Governor
Stanley and Governor Rogers of Wash
ington and their staffs
| General Funston, in an interview to-
| day, said:
This is America, you know-ani I
am an American. That tells the stony
best of my delight in reaching home
again. There is nothing greater than
the great joy of being among you
| again--among people whom we know
are our countrymen and kin.
Il have only this to say of the cam
paign in the Philippines: Everything
is being done that could be to carrv
| the war to an early and successful
conclusion. The report that I am an
anti-expansionist is ridiculous ana not
| worthy of serious consideration.
never intimated such a thing and have
| been wrongly quoted in the matter
THE people must stop to consider
| when they are passing judgment that
| there are countless conditions to he
| considered and overcome here besu, e
Roadway can be had. I Gear that tire
exact difficulties Of the. situation are
| not fully understood. Some mistake s
may have been made, out the campaign
| has been conducted in a most ALL. and
| conscientious manner and every man
| has done his duty. No grave e,.ors
have occurred, but it is Always easy
to look back and comm ant upon what
has been done, even though that might
have been accomplished under trying
! circumstances"