The San Francisco call., 1899-08-31

Private Arthur p simenson. Company pan 3 First
a. Wyoming Artillery; Private Fred Rohrer,
Company K, First North Dakota; Private
Thomas Richardson. Company c. First Idaho;
fantry; Corporal Samuel w. Blue, Company B,
First Idaho Corporal Clarence Young. Com
pany E. First Idaho; Private Robert A. Ridley.
Company G. First Idaho; Private James Daley.
Company F, Twentysecond Infantry; Private
Bert Colvin Company A First Idaho Cor
poral ]. H Hard. Company E. First Idaho;
Private George W. Soule, Company c. First
Idho; Corporal James ]. Malalley. Company A.
pany G, First Wyoming; Private Emil F. Ohr.
Company G. Fourth Infantry; Private Henry
=; sell COMPANY y, + lrst Eonlhgi fTlVdte
Frank Embree, Company b, Fifty-frst Iowa;
Private Robert R. Donaldson, Company D.
First North Dakota; Private Chris c. Kinsey,
Company d, First North Dakota; Private Oscar
Fl. Roe, hospital corps. First Idaho; Private
Emil Krohn. Company A, Third Infantry; Pri-
vate Edward Labelle Company H Fourth In
Fourth Infantry; Second Lieutenant Herbert G.
Proctor First North Dakota; Chief Musician
Albert A. Reed, First Idaho; Private Hyram
Spelman Company G. First Idaho: Private
Frank f. Beland, Company G, First Montana
Idaho; Corporal Charles Mink. Company NJ,
Ninth Infantry; Private Ralph A Froemke
Company H. First North Dakota: Private
Private Christian Koalnes Company G. First
North Dakota Private Alva Swisher Company
E, Fourth Infantry; First Sergeant John NJ,
Private William r Donahoo. Company F. First
Wyoming; Private Charles H Wentz Company
Company c, First North Dakota: Private Her
bert NJ Caswell. Company B, First Idaho;
North DAKOTA Prvaee Neil MaSe Company
|, Seventeenth Infantry; Private Clarence B.
bynch by,taa Company L. Fourteenth Infantry;
Ninth Infantry; Private Orlie A. De-
mick, Company, G, Third Infantry
cOmnlaint 1ke-th1t have
been given anything like first-class pas
sage home. 1t is claimed by the men that
the presumption is that they be given
either first-class passage or travel pay,
which is sufficient to secure first-class
passage. The travel pay allowed is suffi-
cient for this, but when the men are sent
home on transport they are kept on
the Government ration and are given
quarters between decks with the troops
in service. and sometimes quarters not
as good as that for the other troops. In
addition, being collection of men from
various commands, they cannot organize
mess and so save extra rations, and so
they are compelled to live upon the bare
army ration with no chance to purchase
extras except from their own pockets.
The same objection has been made by all
the discharged men who have arrived on
the transports.
There was some trouble between the
customs officials and the captain of the
Grant over the question of allowing the
customs men to board the vessel Tues
day night before the quarantine officers
had taken charge. One of the inspectors
went out to, the Grant just after she
dropped anchor, but Captain Baker re-
fused to allow a ladder to be put over the
side for him, and after some parley he
was compelled to go back to the city. He
went out again yesterday morning, but
in the meantime the doctors had boarded
the transport and the customs man was
allowed to come over the side. There
is talk on both sides of having the mat
ter settled, one way or the other, for it
1rSt
authority has occurred. Captain Baker
declared he had the power to prevent
any one from boarding his vessel before
the quarantine officers had made their
inspection, and he made good his position
by not putting over a ladder. The fact
that there had been a smallpox scare on
board may have led to the captains de-
termination to await the coming of the
doctors.