The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-03
Despite Thousands Were Present to Wit
ness the Landing Of the Vessel.
The Death of Colonel Hawkins Was
the Cause Of the So1emnity-The
Casket Containing the Remains
of the Pennsylvania Regiments
Commander Taken to an Under
takers Establishment Prepara-
tory to Shipment East.

was, unaccompanied by the blowing of
steam sirens and the ringing of bells.
An impressive silence prevailed
throughout thee operation, in spite of
the fact that thousands of people
thronged the docks to witness the land
ing of the vessel which had borne the
Tenth Pennsylvania Regiment from the
Philippines to a friendly shore. There
was no cheering as the vessel made fast
to the Government dock. The death of
Colonel Hawkins seemed to have i'm
pressed everyone in an unusual man
ner, and along the water front flags
were hung at half-mast out of respect
to the hero of two wars.
Later in the day a detachment of SOL
diers carried the casket containing the
remains from the transport to a wait
ing hearse. Heads were barred, and not
a few of the Pennsylvania boys shed
tears as the coffin was silently placed
in the hearSe to be taken to a local
establishment. A detach-
ment of eleven men and one officers es-
corted the hearse through the streets
of the city. There was no other mill
tary demonstration, but a guard will
when the remains are placed on board
the cars for shipment East, a guard
will be detailed to accompany it.
Tomorrow morning the Pennsyl-
vania boys will be given a chance to
stretch their legs in the city. 1t has
been decided that they will spend but
one more night on the transport Sena
tor, and that they will march to the
barracks at the Preside tomorrow I'M
der the escort of the returned Oregon,
Utah and Nebraska troops, who are al
ready located at the Presidio.
Tonight the committee of Pennsyl-
vanians who will make the arrange
ments for the transportation of the
troops to their homes will arrive here.
General Shafter has invited these COM
to be with him tomorrow
when he reviews the parade as it passes
up Van Ness Avenue to the Preside.
The United States hospital ship Re-
lief arrived here early this morning
from the Philippines The Relief has
800 men on board, most of whom are
sick and wounded soldiers, including
the following commissioned officers:
Captain John F. Zeilinger, First Ne
braska; Captain William J. Watson,
Twentieth Kansas; Captain Adna G.
Clarke, Twentieth Kansas; First Lieu
tenant John c. Macarthur Third In
fantry; Second Lieutenant Collin H.
Ball, Twentieth Kansas; Second Lieu
tenant Oliver C. Lapp, South Dakota.
The army officers in charge of the
Relief are: Major A. B. Gradley, Bril-
gade Surgeon, u. S. v, commanding:
First Lieutenant George Irwin, First
Artillery, @. M. and A. c. s.; Captain
Henry r. Stiles, Assistant Surgeon, U.
S. A; First Lieutenant Weston P.
Assistant Surgeon, U. S.
A; Contract Surgeons, Dr. C. D. Van
Waganan, DR.. w. P. Reed and DR..
Henry c. Rowland.
The local health officials ordered the
vessel to the quarantine station at
Angel Island where an examination of
passengers took place. A clean bill of
health being issued, the Relief pro-
ceeded to a point off the Preside, where
the Government vessels Mcdowell and
Caroline were utilized in the trans
fer of the sick and wounded from
the Relief to the shore. The invalided
men will be confined in the recently
post hospital.
The various regiments represented on
the Relief by the following number of
sick men:
Hospital Corps 6, Third Artillery 1,
Sixth Artillery 2, Fourth Cavalry 1,
Third Infantry 10, Fourth Infantry 6,
Ninth Infantry /. Fourteenth 8, Twen-
tieth 3, Twenty-first /, Twenty-second
3, Twenty third 2, Signal Corps 1, Utah
Artillery 2, Wyoming Artillery 1, Cali
fornia Artillery 2, First California 6,
First Colorado IA, Idaho 6, Iowa 10,
Kansas 81 Minnesota p, Montana 10,
Nebraska IA, North Dakota 2, Oregon
~, Pennsylvania {, South Dakota %,
Tennessee /, Washington 5, Wyoming
3, navy 1, civilian /.
Only three deaths during the voyage
have been reported so far. Chris Klaus.
private of Company H, Wyoming, died
at Yokohama on July It'll of malaria.
At Nagasaki, on June 18th, Frank A.
Duval succumbed to meningitis. James
Mellen of the Idaho regiment also died
Of injuries received in battle. His death
occurred on June Both. All the bodies
we're embalmed. Duval was shot in the
right leg and was laid up with his
wound when he contracted the fatal
ailment.
The First California men on board
are: John w. Slade, Company A; W.
B. Thompson, Company B; Corporal c.
A. S. erase, Company C; r. Jantzen
Company F; F. r. Mcdonald, Company
F; Hermann Yerg, Company L.