The San Francisco call., 1906-08-13

No one who witnessed the march of
the First Regiment from the Presidio
TO the war during the early mornin O
forget the scene Fathers. mothers,
wives, children, friends of the depart
ing soldiers thronged the streets as the
The love of country. devotion to the
flag, pride and heroism of our towns
scription Of words.
Our boys sailed away. and their first
exploit in the mid-Paciflc was to seize
the LadroneS, for years a possession of
Spain, and there raise the American
fiag-the first time that the flag was
ever raised in the Pacific by authority
of the Government.
On their arrival at Manila Bay they
soon engaged the enemy, and, alas.
many of our friends of yesterday fill
heroes, graves today in that foreign
has consec~ated it to freedom and
brought it under the protecting egis
of the United States.
SCHAITZ ACCEPTS MONUMENT.
In accepting the monument on be-
hall, of the city. Mayor Schmitz said:
Of the men she sent to the field of
battle in the war with Spain. Califor-
MIA may well be proud. No State rep
resented more loyalty, none more
promptly fell in at the bugle call
From the city, the village, the noun
tain, the valley, there poured forth the
flower of our young manhood, eager sto
]
and march where duty called.
We saw here in this city the eager
young faces of the gathered thousands
/ You and l, through tear -dimmed eyes
! watched the long blue columns march
away-some to return bronzed, en-
nobled by the baptism of war; some
alas! to lie white and still under the
With deep interest we followed them
! in march and combat. With an out
! pouring of love never before or since
] xTynI aoA (f1r h oNly to = n G
/ home land.
/ And now TO commemorate the valor
of our volunteers of 1898 we have here
! the beautiful monument erected in
memory of those whose motto indeed
was. Duty, honor, country"
cannot speak too highly of the
! generosity which has given us the
magnificent monument nor of the
! splendid work of Messrs. Phelan. De
| Young and Martin in bringing this un-
| dertaking to successful close.
ENTIRE STATE CONCERNED.
This monument is erected not alone
to our. own gallant First California
hearts-the first regiment to be mus
tered into the service of the United
! States in the Spanish war, but 1t com
mem0rates as We the loyalty and ser
Eighth, the artillery and every Caiifor-
nian who entered the regular army and
JOAQUIN, Nevada, Butte Fresno, Los
Angeles-of every section of our great
| State-have with US common interest
! in our dedication today
AS chief executive of this city I ac-
cept for San Francisco this monument
| TO the California Volunteers of 1898
We receive 1t as a sacred trust. We will
guard 1t we'll
PARDEE PRAISES VOLUNTEERS.
Governor Pardee, as commander OF
| the militia of the State, accepted the
monument in behalf of the militia and
people of California. Governor Par
dee in part said:
1t is with peculiar and a particular
pleasure that I stand here today repre-.
senting the 100000 people of Cali
/ fornia, to take part in the dedication
of this monument. No people are more
patriotically devoted to the nation than
| are the people of California In the
dark days of the Rebellion California
stepped bravely into the breach. Dur
| ing those days she furnished money
and men in the nations defense.
1t was the Olympia, built in Califor-
MIA by California workmen, that gained
The First California Volunteers were
| the first regiment TO sail from here tc
the Philippines. And 1T was the Cali
] fornia Volunteers who did so much for
! the city after the earthquake and fire
OF 1906. And the California Volunteers
/ the Mayor this magnificent monument
| of which he is the custodian.
In the name of the 100000 people of
this State, Mr.. Mayor, l congratulate
you on this most momentous occasion.
SKATER SPEAKS BRIEFLY.
General w. R. Shafter. who followed
Governor P9rdee, was introduced aa