The San Francisco call., 1899-07-28
It's Wagonload Of Oyercoats for
Oregon Volunteers a Myth.
Only Eight Of the Fify-Five Loaned the Paper by
General Warfield Materialize at the Camp
Of the Philippine Veterans.

and the Examiner then announced that
more oVercoats would be sent to the Ore
gon camp the next day, but they have not
yet materialized, and are not likely 10.
Inc general feeling among the oregon
volunteers over the action of the Exam
Iner is one of extreme disgust, whicR IS
becoming more intensified as the true mo-
i've OF the paper in forcing itself before
the public through the medium of the al
legged Institution of the webfoot veterans
DecoIHeS more apparent. Lieutenant
Knapp expressed the sentiments of nearly
all the officers and privateS when he de-
clared that he wished the Examiner had
kept Its eight OVercOatS and the dingy
blankets, which ne had practically been
forced to receive.
There is no necessity whatever for all
this fuss about overcoats,' said Lieuten-
ant Knapp yesterday. I'VE have plenty
of them in store and the men could have
them for the asking. OF course, they
would have to pay for them but it would
come out of their clothing allowance. IL
they prefer to do without the coats IN
order that they may have much more
money coming TO them that is their busi-
ness. The plea that they could not afford
to buy Government oVercoats because
they were to be mustered out in a few
weeks and would thereafter have no use
for them is all boSh-
The fact is General Shafter has given
permission for the soldlers 10 purchase
civilian overcoats, and therefore they have
10 excuse for suffering from cold, and
they cannot claim that they are prohih-
tied by the regulations from procuring
con1f0rtabIe clothing. AS for the blank
etc sent out here by the Examiner, they
are not fit for use, and If | had my way
about It | would have them thrown in a
heap and condemned by board of sur
Vey." .,
:Don't talk to me about the Examiner,
said another officer. Il am tred CT the
whole subject That paper must have
been pretty hard up Tor auVeruslhs'
That's all l can say.
No one at the camp Will UNDERTAKE 70
speculate as to what has become OF the
f0rty-seven overcoatS borrowed by the
Examiner for their use. but Whlch are
being held back by the selt-appolnted as
possible that they are being heid III re
serve for another great exhibition OF
phiIanthropic- interest in the comfort OF
The volunteers when the next Duncn OF
soldiers arrives from the Philippines, and
at the same time be made the means OF
providing more glory and free advertising
for the Examiner.
The Oregon volunteers are not suffering
for anything that might be considered
necessary to their comfort as soldiers,
and they are altogether too manly set
of men to relish the idea of being pub
lished to the world as an aggregation of
mendicants Clamoring to be allowed to
the California militia. If the Examiner
really had been actuated by desire to
ameliorate supposed suffering its offictouS
interference in the affairs of the regiment
might be in a measure excused, but It mas
done nothing but expose its oVerWeenlnS,
vulgar desire TO advertise itself, ana Dy
using the hapless Oregonians as the
means to the end it has earned the con-
tempt of the soldiers from the north as
well as the almost universal Condemna-
ton of Californians and San FranciScanS
in particular.