The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15

sUIlt " no IaVe lived mere aHU WHOSE poo
PIE are now residents of the State and
city. Some of them will stay. But nearly
all the others viii go. There are no Ore
gon men hanging around desperate"
and idle" oregon was glad to get them
all back, and Oregon is fully up to the
Examiner standard Of virtue. Utah wants
all her men back
We don't want to leave a man" said
Lieutenant Hines, the battalion adjutan;,
yesterday, and his words Were afterward
/ echoed by Major Grant and Adjutant
| General Burton Of Utah. And the Exam
iuer Will have hard time finding Utah
artilleryman here after next Thursday,
unless It hunts in the hospital. There are
some Utah men there who will stay for Il
while. although they are neither "des-
perate' nor willingly idle" Adjutant
Scott OF the Pennsylvania men says the
same. We will not leave a man here if
we can help it, he says, land l am sure
ne can take them ALL And even if we did
citizens for Pennsylvania and we will! be
sorry to go away without them
Then there are others who express
MAJOR -CUTHBERTSON. Tenth Penn
syiVania-l can safely say that those
members Of our regiment who Will be
LETT behind Will not be Classed under the
head of dangerous. lawless men. The fact
of the matter is there will be few Penn
sylYania boys left here. I don't think any
do will not be found lacking in soldieriy
bearing and gentlemanly instincts. Our
regiment is composed of the sons of the
finest families in Pennsylvania and every
one of them is a gentleman from the
ground up.
MAJOR GEORGE. NEFF. Tenth Penn
sylVania-The volunteer army Is COM
posed for the most part of young men,
respectable and honorable. and most of
them had good positions when the war
broke out The insinuation that there
viii be left here scores of dangerous
characters is unfair and unpatriotic. The
Tenth Pennsylvania Regiment IS made up
OF men who left colleges. banks, news
paper offices and law books to enlist in
their country cause. That sort of men
never make laWleSs citizens or dangerous
characters. The boys OF the Tenth are
all anxious TO return home and I don't
think any OF them will be left here.
LIEUTENANT HOWARD, Tenth Penn
sylvania-There isn't man in the Tegi-
ment whom the State of Pennsylvania
viii not welcome back with open arms.
If they are lawless. dangerous or desper-
ate characters I'd like to meet a few more
like them every day. They are as fine
set of boys as ever put foot in California.
MAJOR BIERER. Tenth Pennsylvania
I would feel safer with one of our boys
than I would with anybody in the Ex-
aminer office. The volunteers as a class
are a most desirable aggregation of men.
Our regiment represents some of the
finest families in Pennsylvania. None Of
our boys desire TO remain here. I'll vouch
for any one OF them who happens TO be
SO unfortunate as TO lose the train.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL FRANK
EAGER. First Nebra ska-There will only
here, possibly not more than six or seven.
They simply intend to tour the State.
Our regiment does not contain any OF
those dangerous, desperate men who have
caused so much CONSERVATION. The vol
unteer army as a whole represents the
better class of people throughout the
United States. The army is a bad place
for a bad man. They soon find him out
and he doesn't last long.
PRIVATE BYRON McKEOWN, Com
pany II, Tenth Pennsylyania-It seems to
he Sf9fpmPnfS rather rough
the volunteers. They struck me as be
ing a respectable, law-abiding element. |
who comes under the head Of dangerous
or desperate. A man who is patriotic
enough to enlist in the army and 5gnt for
his country is generally made of the right
kind Of material, and it's q shame TO at
tempt 10 blacken his character. They
don't need to be afraid of any Of the
every member Of the regiment.
PRIVATE GEORGE MEWS-I can
ment can be termed desperate. danger
Gus character. Why, in Company ! alone
there are twenty-five lawyers. in II tH!m-
pany there are several doctors and other
professional men. The regiment as a
whole represents a high standard of
Pennsylvania $ citizenship. l can safely
predict that all Of our regiment will re-
turn home as soon as the men are mus
ocAPTAiN >CRITCHLow, Battery B,
Utah Artillery-I had not given the mat
ter much attention, but one thing l can
say with fmpunity, II know of no dis
reputable characters in my battery The
men have all been well treated since their
sojourn here, and, beyond hearing of one
or two members that have signified their
intention Of remaining behind. l think ali
of the men Will return to Utah
QUARTERMASTER BURCH Of Bat
terry 3. Utah Artillery, when he heard Of
the allegations that had been made be-
smirching the characters of the Yolun-
teers, smiled and said: 'Well, don't
think the people Of this city Will be trou-
bed by the men of this battalion. Most
Of them left good positions in Utah, and
aside from two or three members. who,
| understand. are residents of this State.
the boys will return as a body. If we
have any hard characters among us they
have yet to come TO the surface"
SERGEANT. BEZZANT. Battery A,
Utah Artl!ery-I have heard none Of the
men Of this battery express a desire to
remain behind. The people Of Utah are
proud Of the record made by the organiZa-
ton, and | can recall no desperate men
or Vagabonds" among the enlistments.
Seated in his tent behind q tafle. with
a pen stack back Of his ear. Corporal
Wickersham Of Battery said he knew
OF no men that wished TO lag behind to
become objects Of charity and eventual
" ride the blind baggage. way back to
Utah. MANY Of the members" said he,
'arc miners and union men, anxious to
get home. we have been well treated,