The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-12
INCIDENTS OF HOMECOMING OF THE TENNEssEEANs.

afternoon when all was JOY and gayety
among the troops. the word was passed
that the man had died. During his Ill
ness his one wish had been to see his rel
atives before the end came. The sur
geons assured him that he was in no
danger, but no matter how sincere they
were in the belief that he would recover,
McNeal had a premonition that his days
were numbered. He told his attendants
that he knew he was goinng TO die,
and said that he would peacefully resign
to the inevitable if he could only pass
away in the arms of his old mother away
back in Tennessee. But death respects
not the wishes of the living, and this
brave soldier expired just when the
chances were brightest for his last desire
being gratifed The body will be en-
balmed and shipped to the home of the
waiting mother in Tennessee.
The remains of FIVE of the Tennessee
ans who lost their lives in the Philip
pines We're brought back on the transport.
They are those of Private Orville Mercer,
who died of typhoid August 80, 1899; Cor
poral ]. c. Burlington, killed by the in
surgents September Is; Corporal Lucien
B. Price, the victim of an awful mistake
September u; Private William Hanley,
killed in the charge at Ell Pardo Septem-
Der % and Private William Parrish, ac-
cidentaliy killed March 10.
The story of the death of Corporal
Price has many tragic features. He was
one of the bravest of the brave of the
Tennesseeans. One night while his COM
pany was camped near Ell Pardo, Cebu,
he rushed from his tent in his night
clothes and passed the picket line before
he was noticed. He had a red cloth
wrapped around his head to protect him
from the mosquitoes, and in the darkness
Of bairp a EGlinfoO
When he was noticed beyond the lines
he was mistaken for an insurgent and
shot by a member of the Sixth Infantry,
who was doing guard duty. Prices pecu-
liar actions were explained by the fact
that he was subject to nightmare, and in
one Of these delirious periods left his
ten.
The charge at FL Pardo, where Private
Hanley lost his life, gave an example CT
the fighting stock of which the Tennessee
boys are made. The greater part of the
regiment embarked at Manila Several
of the companies were at Ell Pardo. and
the Indiana stopped there to pick them
up.
The day of their arrival It was dis
covered that the insurgents had in
trenched themselves in a strong position
back in the hills. The soldiers, who
thought they were through with active
service, were OrQeTeu 10 dSSlSI III dlSlOuS-
ing the Filipinos. It needed no second
command. AS soon as the Tennesseeans
learned that there was fighting to be done
they were eager to get at II. They made
a rush up the mountain side and, with a
yell that made them famous through the
campaign, scared the Filipinos into flight
and took possession of their position.
They were determined to eXterminate
every man in the trenches, and undoubt-
nra ha
enemy fed.
When they were packing up, making
ready to resume their journey home
lone Filipino who had hid in a tree shot
Hanley through the head. The Filipino
never had an opportunity to tell his COM
rades what he had done
The men on the transport complain that
they have been poorly fed on the voyage
and state that five days before reaching
port they were put on snort ratlons be-
cause it was discovered that the stores
had almost been exhausted. The officers
DENY this and claim the story originated
from the natural tendency of the soldier
to find fault.
The Indiana is In charge of Captain NJ.
II. Morle; ]. D. Forbes, first officer; w.
A. Morehouse, second; George Toon,
third: William Cliff, fourth The officers
OF the Tennessee regiment who returned
on the transport are: colonel Grany
Childers. Lieutenant Colonel A. B. Bay
liss. First Major John G. Mcclure, Second
Major William J. Whitthorne, Third Ma
ior A. C. Gillern. First Lieutenant and
Adjutant B. Nelson Coffman, First Lieu
tenant ana Quartermaster Patrick L.
Stacker, Major and Chief Surgeon Rich
ard A. Barr, Captain and Assistant Sur
geon r. NJ. Kirby-Smith, Captain and As
sistant Surgeon Percy l. Jones, Captain
and Chaplain Rails.
The transport will dock this morning
and the troops will be escorted to tho
Preside by squad of cavalry and bat
tery of artillery.