Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-22
MARCH TO SALT LAKE CITY
Rather Than Turn over rhcir Travel
Pay Go the southern Pacino
HALLWAY,

The difficulty ~ securing, for the
transportation Of the Nebraska yolun-
tron home from san Francisco. suit
able rates over the Central Pacific. has
caused much agitation among the men
ms well na among the Nebraska officials,
na the sum required 10 provide the men
o. free train was very large. Here 10
what % Denver News special Dispatch
yesterday says OF the feeling on sunday
among the Nobrasknua'
a villa cheer wont up today when u
was learned that $1,000 was EuaTau-
tnel Tor the soldier special 10 omaha,
which 10 60 carry home the First Ne
hruskh regiment now IA camp ut the
Preside
Tho boys had become discouraged nt
the slow progress which was being
made toward raising the necessary
funds ana one battalion had started the
movement 90 march " SAT- Lake and
thus get around the Southern Pacific
and the hirh rutc u had made for
transportation Of the soldier boys
When the Encouraging news was cir
CulatrI in camp that tho effort to raise
the funds had been given W. tho camp
u the Fret was In gloom. This was
before -. n, Thomson of Lincoln hal
made "a guarantee Of $50 600 10 the fund.
tu tho Third battalion, the turn taken
was TO Eut even with the Southern Pa
cinc, and assert tho spirit OF Nebraska
soldiers not 10 be- imposed upon. So
delegation waited upon Major Killinn
with the proposition that be command
such Of the regiment us desired TO
march 90 ogden or Salt Lake city II
need be-. TO got beyond tho pale OF coils
4. liuntlngton'H Jurisdiction.
They represented 60 him that if they
were able 10 march IN the PHILIPPINES
through tho torrld weather and across
HWumpH ana rice fields the men with
murkrt and 200 rounds uf AMMUNITION.
they could hIt tho Mormon tran with
aull greater velocity, carrying nothing
save blankets and mcHs-kits. The bag
gage they proposed should be packed
in freight cars and shipped 10 Nchras-
lN,
lu reply Major Kllllan assured the
delegation that " 800 mon could be- got
ten together un the plan proposed eHoh
man signing un agreement 60 stay by
him 90 the end unless uvcrtnkeu by
sickness that he would accept COM
mand NJ the new Nebraska army Inn
medlately o. canvass u the men was
begun, and 10 hnH been assorted by the
brOkrn Bow company, which led IN the
movement, that the required pledges
had bcvu secured Tor nearly enough 10
mako the battalion
II was tho idea Of Major Killlnn that
II 900 wen organised eX-yolunteers
were 90 start IN such movement a.
planned, the sympathy N the American
public would be- with them 20 such an
extent that their living and good food
at that would bee gladly supplied on
route and that tho volunteers would
not need to spend "a cont uf their hard
earned money
There Dr. q grand opportunity Tor tho
man who leads such % movement un has
boon planned Uall the major. ~
meant business when ] told tho boys
what I would do flr them"
The men, who know Major iillllIn as
n strict dlHcipllnurlun and "a good night
Or. had confidence that whatever he
undertook hr would carry out success
fully
Lieutenant nm Russell, udiutuut of
the Third hattrlipn, promised 90 take
n similar position in klllinn's proposed
now battalion.
Sentiment in the whole regiment was
turning Zoo favor OF this grand march
Co salt Lake and 10 ~ likely that if
tho special train vet slips mp ou the
friends OF the regiment this way VIII
Dc taken OF getting even with the roads
which do NOT make "a rate within the
roach of the state, But $4,000 has now
boon guaranteed and u Ia not llNoly
that the country Will be treated 90 tho
spectacle NJ "a regiment which has done
moro lighting ln tho nnll thuu any
other lu tho Philippines walking 300
miles toward the state which sent 10
forth Co battle Tor the country.