The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-07-31
NEBRASKANS
ARRIVE !
The Men Who Did the First Fight
ing Against Filipinos.
ONLY ONE SOLDIER RB-BELIsTBD,

And Twenty-Five Moro Remained I'm
the Philippines to Engage In Bust
ess-Untimely Arrival at san Fran
! cisco Interferos with Reception.
San Francisco, July 31.-The un-
| timely arrival Of the United States
transport Hancock. having on board
| the Nebraska regiment and two bat
/ teries Of the Utah artillery. completely
| destroyed all the arrangements which
| had been made for a royal reception
and an enthusiastic welcome to the
/ fighting volunteers returning crowned
with their laurels The Hancock
dropped anchor in the stream shortly
before Saturday midnight. Governor
Poynter and the committees here from
Nebraska and Utah were obliged to
wait until after the quarantine inspec-
tion today before they could go on
board and welcome the men. Quaran-
tine and customs regulations prevent
ed even this little band from getting
nearer the deck OF the ship than the
approach to the gangplank. The re-
turning soldiers have no criticism to
offer on their quiet reception. They
cheered themselves hOarse at the sight
of the little fleet OF launches. and from
the decks of the transport shouted
greetings and messages to the people
on the craft below
Colonel II. B. Mulford, OF the Ne
braskans, who is in command, soon
appeared at the railing. BY his side
stood William Grazen, OF Company d,
the sentinel Of the Nebraska regiment
who fired the first shot in answer to
shots from the Filipinos which started
the war with the insurgents. He kill
ed the first Filipino who died by an
American bullet, and It was this shot
which was the signal for the advance
of the entire American line and the
great rout of the rebel army on the
, night of Feb. 4.
81 don't think you will see any OF us
returning to Manila very soon" said
Colonel milford, in response to a ques-
tion. Just one man In the entire regi-
ment re-enlisted. Only 25 remained in
the Philippines to engage in business.
"The Nebraskans had as much work
! in this war" continued Colonel Null
ford "as any regiment, volunteer or
regular Our death roll in the Philip
pines from gunshot wounds, accidents
and disease is 81. Including the sick
and wounded who are recovering we
dropped all told 204 men. On the Han
{ cock are more than hundred wound
ed soldiers. The entire regiment ia
glad to know that it is to be mustered
out in San Francisco. We have had a
pleasant trip" concluded Colonel Null
ford, "and it has improved the men
, wonderfully. Quite a number of them
will have to go to their homes, but
l am assured that every one will soon
be all right"
The men on the Hancock numbered
1,136 and include the two Utah light
batteries and six discharged men from
the Twenty-second regiment, U. S. A.
Lieutenant Colonel Cotton, OF the
Nebraska regiment, remained at Man
lila, where he will engage in banking.
Only one man died on the Hancock
since she left Manila He was Private
Richard Walph, oi Battery A, Utah
! artillery, who died Of typhoid fever at
NagaskL Among the officers of the
Nebraska regiment who were severely
wounded are Captain Hollingsworth
and Lieutenant Wadsworth. The lat
ter was on two different occasions shot
! in the legs.
AT an early hour yesterday the
quarantine officer Of the port boarded
Nile IldHtbCh anu dIleF Cdretul In
spection gave the vessel a clean bill
of health. Soon afterward the sick and
wounded were taken in ambulances to
the hospital at the Presidio.
General Shafter ordered that the
landing Of the Hancocks passengers
be delayed until today, as the soldiers
could not get ready for their parade
yesterday. Ignorant OF the amended
arrangement, thousands of San Fran
eiscoans in holiday attire lined both
sides of Market street and Vanness.
and waited for hours to shout a well
come to the returning soldiers. It was
not until the Oregon companies, who
had been assigned as an escort
marched back alone that the waiting
crowd understood that they must bot
tie up their enthusiasm for 20 hours
, longer When the returning heroes
marched to the camp today the recep-
tion accorded them was wildly en-
thusiastic.