The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1899-09-29
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Montana'S Brave Fighting
Men Back From the
Campaign.
A ROUSINC WELCOME
Given a Taste of the Reception
Awaiting Them in Butte.
BOTH TRANSPORTS ARE NOW IN
Senator Carter Was Hailed With joy
..Well, Boys, Shall We Keep the
Philippines?" He Asked, and a
shout of ..You Bet!" Went
| Up in Response.
BOTH TRANSPORTS ARE NOW IN


which left Manila August 23d, with the
Montana regiment on board, have both
arrived after an uneventful voyage, and
the Montana boys are now safely in
arrived Friday. bringing companies D,
Z, G, H, X and M. The Valencia, with
the remainder of the regiment, con-
sisting of companies A, B, G, F, and
J, was delayed by a fog and entered the
harbor day late. The returning war
riors were greeted by noisy welcome
as the transports steamed up the bay
and fleet of tugs and launches soon
surrounded the vessels, bands of music
played, welcoming committees went on
board, and there was a joyful demon
stratiOn.
The violence Of typhoon kept the
transports in Manila harbOr several
days after the date set, but they finally
set sail August 23d at 10 o'clock in the
morning. A typhoon was encountered
the next day out and the Valencia was
passed. No damage was done by the
| heavy weather, and Nagasaki was made
August 30th. Anchor was weighed
September 1st and on the Sd the trans
ports were in Yokohama. The Valen-
cia sailed on the following day. and on
September 5th, sixteen hours later, the
Zelandia turned her Prov homeward.
The start of the Valencia was not a
sufficient handicap, for she was passed
September 18th in fog, but those on
! the Zelandia recognized her whistles.
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course and sailed as nearly as possible
in the same track.
! Little of interest occurred on the
voyage. The weather was good and
there was not much sickness. The men
improved wonderfully in health. the
short stops made on the coast of Japan
doing them great good. The men suf-
fered from lack of ventilation, and it
was made apparent that the vessel
should have some arrangement for
baking or roasting meats. The men had
nothing but steamed food all the way
over, and the bakery is too small to
permit of baking full ration of bread.
Still there was little complaint.
The Zelandia steamed into the har
Dor about II o'clock and was taken, by
order of Quarantine Officer Kinyoun, to
Angel Island. She was soon passed by
the quarantine officer, and the tugs that
had been impatiently waiting near We're
allowed to come alongside. The Mon
tana visitors were the guests of Con-
gressman Kahn on the Governor Mark
ham, and when the transport was
sighted were making trip around the
bay. They at once headed for the Zea-
landia, and were among the first ones
on board, The party included United
States Senator Thomas H. Carter, Gov
ernor R. B. Smith, United States Sen
ator T. H. Porter exMinister @ Sian
John Barrett, Ex-Governor j. E. Rick
ards, Lieutenant Homer Richards, Cap
tain William H. Hill, E. D. Ederkin, w
H. Winters. Thomas McTeague, Col
John F. Firch, General Charles F. Eng
lish, General F. T. Stanford, ex-Mayor
William Thompson, Captain William
} Thompson. Captain Andrew Jensen. E
p. Judd, j. H. Durston, Albert Hawk
ms, w. H. Trowbridge, H. z. Sultzer
J. H. Spencer, Adjutant Ben Calkins
Lieutenant Sullivan, Lieutenant Doyle
Hugh Daley, Il. F. Courtney, Colone
James T. Stanford and Julius Kahn.
Senator Carter was hailed with JOY
by the boys. He went around, calling
them by name and shaking hands
Well boys, shall we keep the Philip
! pines?' he asked. and all those who
could hear him sent up a shout: "1o'
bet" Then the Senator smiled more
broadly than ever and shook more 0
the warriors by the hand.
As a first taste of the hospitality tina
Montana is preparing for the boys sev
eral big hampers Of sandwiches, boile'
eggs and fruit and 1000 quarts of bee
were hoisted ON deck and it was no
long before every man aboard was en-
joying the luncheon.
The Valencia entered the harbo
about o'clock Sunday morning an
the quarantine officer had hardly quite
the ship before Senator Carter and hi
party went aboard and soon Governo
Markham, with more Montana people
including Governor Smith, ex-Governo
Richards and others, who were warml
welcomed by the men. Other tngs an
launches carried out many people dul
ing the day and not few of the me
went ashore. The rest declared tha