The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-24
FROM CUBA AND FOR CHINA
6to or n EIGHTH INFANTRY
GET HERE on THE CROOK.
VIII Lane at West sixtieth street To-day
and Go to Fort smelling = Three Companies
OF the Fifteenth Infantry From Governors
Island Will Get Away Ahead Of Them.

win Land at West Sixtieth Street To-day
and Go to Fort Smelling Three Companies
OF the Fifteenth Infantry From Governors
Island Will Get Away Ahead OF Them.
Six hundred and forty-two sturdy. sunburned
soldiers from the tropics sailed INTO the harbor
yesterday with every man ft to fight. that's
the reason they happened to sail in. They
compose two battalions of the Eighth Regular
Infantry, They have been IN cuba ever since
Uncle sam took hold Of things dow there. and
now they are going to China to help do w the
Boxers.
The troops we're in command ~ Lieut. col.
Philip II. Ellis. who will lead the regiment IN
China, because Its Colonel. George NJ. Randall.
Is now a Brlgadier in the Volunteer establish
ment and Is busy running things mp at Cape
Nome. Alaska. The other officers accompany
ing the contingent are Majors John F Stretch
and william /. Pitcher; Capts. Chase W. Ken
nedy, John Stafford. Colville p. Terrett, Mont
gomery ID. Parker, Frederick Perkins. Charles
Gerhardt and Frederic II. Sargent; First Lieuts.
Merch b. Stewart, Joseph +. Janda. Frederick
l.. knudsen, Bert II. Merchant. Harry A. Eaton
and Edward ". Perkins; Second Iieu,s. John
+. James, Clarence b. Smith. Francis ". Healy.
Harold y. Goodnow and Benjamin II. Pope:
u y W ul'fb anu ITO 4 WI ''h anu Nh''i
Musician y. 4. Conterno.
All OF these officers have been with their
regiment in Cuba except Major Pitcher, who
was supervisor of the Havana police and Judge
Of the Correctional Court. Next 20 the Gov
ernor General he was the best-known man
In Cuba, the natives taking persistent ex-
ception to his rough and tumble justice. He
fined offenders so SO often that a ten-dollar
IN ,n..n . - -. l,A., m. m .DI,rlar " Whnn
the ord n came for the Eighth to go to China,
Pitcher secured "A transfer from detached ser
vice back to his
The Eighth came up from Havana on the
tr transport Crook. The trio was uneventful
and they arrived at Quarantine yesterday
morning. They will be held there until this
morning, when the Crook will proceed up the
North River 10 Sixtieth street. where the troops
will be disembarked As soon as they can be
got ready they with their baggage will be-
loaded on the New York Central cars and sent
West To Fort smelling. Mimi, whittier a bat
talon of the eglmen preceded them on Sun
day. Here they will be recruited 10 the regl-
ment's iull strength and prepared for Chinese
service.
Among the other passengers on the Crook
are Lieut.. Col. William '. Richards, who has
been Adjutant-General Of the Division o Cuba
since January. 1890, Iii; health has been I'M
paired by overwork aud he comes for a rest.
There are also on board Col. ". l.. Haskins.
Second Artillery; Major Edward 5: Godfrey.
Second Artillery. and +. Steinhardt., chief
clerk of the Division Of cuba, whose health
is also impaired, After diScharsing her cargo
the Crook will 60 into drydock TO be- cleaned.
The Eighth will, probably, get out Of town
this afternoon and they will not he the only,
troops TO get away. They will be, preceded
] X and L.. These companies have been sta
toned AT Governors Island, one battalion
of the regiment with Col. Edward Moale and
regimental headqpu-ers Is already on the
sea headed for China and another Is to- follow
immediately. One battalion will be left in
garrisons strung out along the lakes. The
by Major George A, Cornish They will leave
Governors Island at : O'Clock and will go on
lighters over TO the Pennsylvania, depot. where
they will take q special over the lehish Valley
road via Buffalo, Chicago. Omaha. Ogden
Connect or with Company Nj Of the fifteenth,
which has been stationed at Fort Mcpherson.
Ga. This company will complete the battalion.
The battalion will probably sail from San Fran
cisco on Aug. /.
Yesterday everything was topsy-turyy on
were piling up their baggage ready 10 be light
cred across the bay. They are taking no boxes
or trunks. their personal belongings being
packed in canvas bags. which occupy much
less space With every economy Of room
possible, there will be ten car loads Of impede
ments. because It's a long trip they are taking
ana n lnll I1PlO OutIlt LOT tlIPe VoIlpHrlltf
amounts to a whole lot more than the average
layman lInaRines,
The soldiers themselves seem TO be pleased at
the prospect Of active service. They were hav-
Ing great fun yesterday AT the expense OF the
one company Of thu Fifth Artillery which they
will leave 70 look out for Gen. Brooke. The
General il going TO have another company
como up from Fort Hancock AZ Sandy Hook,
but, atthat II Will be a little lonely on the island.
A published story that eighty men Of the Eff
teenth had deserted for fear Of Chinese bullets
was a capard. Alot of the 'aen did take French
leave fora few DAYS hut Twas only to cay
good-by TO relatives and friends. Yester-
day they they had all turned up except
four. and the opinion was general that these, too,
would show w In time TO catch the train. As
none Of the men STAYED away the ter DAYS re
ouisita to constitute desertion the main punish
ment will be light. Those who have relatives
say farewell have had ample opportunity to do
So. There was n crowd OF glum-faced women
going hack and forth on the General Hancock
all dav Yesterday. ON the trip back TO the city
the soldiers did not seem to mind II so much,
especially after the crisis of parting was over.
They had something 10 look forward 10. They
were full of thoughts Of chasing Boxers up the
back streets Of Pekin.
The next regiment 10 get in here and get out
again will he the Fifth Infantry. who have been
serving in Santiago de Cuba They are now
on the way in two transports, the Awlins and
the Mcpherson. They may both be in to-day.
The troops will be hurried right through TO
Fort Sheridan, near Chicago, and recruited
for Chinese service, The Sedg wick il also on
her way M from Matanzas with two battalions
Fort Leavenworth to be recruited. The Sedg-
wick will return immediately to san Juan AID
Mayngue2, Porto Rico, and bring back part Il
the Eleventh Infantry and the Fifth Cavalry.
The First Infantry, which is serving In Pinar
del Rio, Cuba, is 10 come North rs soon a. a
transport Ia available, II will go TO Fort