The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-02
BUFORD SAFE IN PORT.
She Arrives from Manila Via the
Straits and Suez.

NEW YORK. Dec. 1.-The United States
transport Buford arrived to-day from
Manila with eight companies of the Twen-
ty-third United States Infantry, Companies
A to H, 901 enlisted men, noncommissioned
staff and band, and thirty-seven officers
under command of Colonel J. Milton
Thompson. There were also lis discharged
soldiers and government employees on board
The men are fine, robust lot, in good spirits
and glad to get home. Among those who
are on board are:
Colonel J; Milton Thompson, Majors
James and Hodges, Captains w. A Mich
oils, William II. Sage, r. r. Stevens, r.
G. Creston, Samuel Seay, jr., j. l.. Hines
and II. l.. Laubach; Lieutenants G. s.
castle, 1. A. Saxton, w. T. Merry, William
A. Kent, w. W. McCammon, jr, Arthur
2. Watts, w. X. Armstrong, John w. Nor
wood. George a. Herbert and ]. A Moore
and Chaplain j. II. Sutherland. all of the
twenty-third United States Infantry Sur
geon Major II. S. T. Harris, Captain f. NJ
SupIee Fourteenth United States Cavalry:
Captain F. G. Stritzger, jr., Twenty
United States Infantry; Captain o. H. Ora
ham, pay department; Lieutenants H. b.
Ferguson, engineer corps; 5. F. Bottoms,
artillery corps; l.. S. ID. Rucker, jr, Six
teenth Infantry: Harrison Hall, artillery
corps; Fitzhugh Lee, tr., Twelfth Cavalry;
Grays0n w. Heidi Third Cavalry: A. S.
Cowan Fourteenth Infantry and a number
of civilians and wives and families of va
riOus officers.
Tomorrow the Twenty-third Regiment
will be sent by special train TO Plattsburg
n Y, its headquarters. The men say that.
as their service consisted simply of policing
the Sulu archipelago, they had an easy
time of it, the natives being peaceably in
clned Colonel Thompson said the Sultan
of Sulu is jolly man and they got along
well together. Still while the natives are
quiet the chiefs. the colonel said. possess
autocratic power and their rule is rigid in
the extreme.
When the Buford touched at Malta. on
Nov g. all the soldiers were allowed liberty
and there was a grand celebration ashore
Colonel Thompson and his officers were
first entertained by Maj Gen. D. L. O'Cal-
laghan. in charge of the Royal Artillery.
Next they were Toasted by Sir Francis G.
W. Grenfel, governor of the island and
the third celebration was given the Wis
itors by Admiral Sir John Fisher X c. B.
commanding the Mediterranean souadron
The Malta Union Club also kept open house
for the Americans.
One of the members of the Twentv-third
is John Z. Poe, who was half back for the
Princeton football team during the season
of 1S91-92 He Joined the regiment over two
years ago
When the Buford put TO sea from Gibral-
tar some of the crew were unable fmme-
diately to resume the ordinary routine of
affairs after the big celebration ashore.
As result Fourth Engineer Murphy. arm
ing himself with a big revolver started
out 10 kill the chief engineer I'm revenge for
some imaginary wrong. He made consider
able trouble for time but in little while
his desire for reDOSe ONercame that for re-
venge. When he went 10 sleep Captain
Haines, of Company F. secured his weapon
and helped lock him up in the brig" This
did not end the trouble. however, as the
ships butcher broke out with big carving
knife. II took a hard struggle 10 secure
him. but he was finally got into the brig
also. The men sere stiH In confinement