The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-23
Gallant Regiment Back From the
Philippines.
MAN DIES EN- ROUTE
PRIVATE KIssIcK sUocUMBs TO
DYSENTERY.
Regiment Given Rousing Reception
In San Francisco--Go Governor Byers
of Iowa and 500 Other .Iowans
There to Meet the Boys-Trans-
port Senator Caught In Typhoon.


San Francisco. Oct. 22.-The Fifty.
first regiment of Iowa volunteers, num-
bering 764 men and forty-six officers
under the command of Colonel J. c.
Lopez, arrived here today from Manila
on tho transport Senator. There was
no sickness aboard. The only death
reported is that of Edward Kissick,
company f, Of OskaIoosa, Ia. who died
at Nagasaki of dysentery. The only
incident of the voyage was an accident
that happened to Edwin Statler, COM
paT1y NJ, and Homer A. Read, company
A. three days out from Nagasaki. They
We're injured by the breaking of the
after sail. which fell ON them Stat
ler's leg was broken and Read sus-
tanned a fracture of the skull. Both
men are doing we'll.
Adjutant General Byers. of Iowa, rep
resenting Governor Shaw. and 300 citi-
zers of Iowa met the Senator at the
Golden Gate in a number of tugs. They
received a royal reception from the
volunteers The regiment will be taken
off the transport tomorrow.
The Senator was caught in the tail
of the typhoon encountered by the
steamer Empress of Japan. She was
tossed about lively for several hours,
but suffered no severe damage. So
serious did the situation appear to the
officers of the steamer at one time that
all the passengers were ordered below
and the matches were battened down.
Privats Russell and Morgan of COM
pany D were left at Manila On account
OF illness. They are expected to fol-
low on the next transport
Governor Shaw arrived late tonight
1t has been decided to- 6lsembark the
troops at 10 a. m. tomorrow They will
q ,sf.lN taIxr To Il
where they will remain until mustered
out. This will be about three weeks
from their arrival.
The Senator had two mastering Off
GERS of the regular army aboard. Cap
tain G. E. Sage of the Sixth infantry
and Lieutenant ]. j. O'Connen of the
T'wenty-first infantry. Passengers
were: Mrs. ]. c. Lopez, wife of the
Iowa colonel: Mrs. Fl. P. Williams, wife
Of the regimental chaplain, and Mrs.
J. EGaburn of Iowa
who died at Nasasaki, was alssD on the
transport. Private w. F. Shields of
company L brought home a 12-year- old
Filipino boy.
When the transport came to anchor
n the upper harbor the Iowa. regiment
Was greeted by the men of the battle
ship Iowa with tfree rousing cheers,
which were as heartily returned
The tug Governor Irwin lay along
side the transport when off Meiggs'
wharf and escorted her up the Lay.
he band playing national and popular
lirs. The Iowa band came out or deck
Ind responded to the sefenade.
The Iowa boys got wagoa-loads of
nail, one of them having more than
twenty-five letters that had been held
iere for him. Wade and Evan Evans
we're notified before passing MsIiggs' |
wharf that their father in Red Oak, Ia. |
lad died last week. but that was the |
,nly unpleasant bit of news that was
ent out on the government tug.
About forty sacks of mail matter
we're brought across the OCEAN by the
senator.
When the Iowa regiment reaches |
amp at the Preside tomorrow it will |
,e entertained by the Twentieth Kan |
as The regiment will occupy the |
amp vacated by the First Montana.