The San Francisco call., 1906-10-01

With the departure this morning at
8 o'clock of Company B. United States
Army Hospital Corps. for Cuba, the
old-time war spirit of 1898 is revived
at the Presidio. The company consists
of 112 men and two captains, and or
ders for its departure were received at
the Preside late saturday night. A
special train will leave the Oakland
mole as soon as the traps can get
aboard, probably about o'clock, and
will take the men direct to Newport
News, Va, from which place they will
be shipped direct to Cuba. The COM
pany will be shipped from the Preside
wharf to Oakland on a Government
boat.
Since the orders for the departure Of
the company were received, which was
at $50 o'clock Saturday evening, the
Presidio has been in stae of nervous
excitement. In Company BIS quarters
everything was topsy turvy last night
Men were hurrying here and there with
supplies and other necessary things
that had to be made ready to take on
the long trip across the continent
There are but two regular companies
in the hospital corps of the army. One
is at Washington, d. c., and the other
is that which is being rushed with all
possible speed to the scene of the
Cuban rebellion. In addition TO the
regular companies there are men at
tached to every command, at the ratio
of two men to every 100 other soldiers
Usually these companies are never
sent to the front, their purposes being
simply 10 train men for use with ac-
tive commands. Thus, they are prac-
ticalIy training schools for hospital
nurses, and they graduate about
twenty men each month.
PLEASED WITH PROSPECT.
Company is commanded by Cap
tain Albert E. Truby, who is assisted
by Captain r. u. Patterson. Both Of
families at the Preside until IL is de-
termined whether the company will be
returned to the Preside within reas-
onably short time. Oficers and men
alike are pleased with the prospect of
active service, and men in other COM
mands have been making application
for transfers that they also might be
sent to the front. Only one man was
accepted, and he had had seven years
experience in the Philippines. His
name is Charles O'Donnell.
According to the orders received, the
company will leave it's regular outfit
at the Presidio and will be furnished
new supplies at Newport News. 1t will
require between four and half to
I'VE DAYS lot the Spetldi Train 10 Icdfu
it's destination.
A week ago yesterday the company
returned from American Lake, where
it had been taking part in the mill
itary maneuvers. The men had scarce
ly become settled again in their quar-
ters when the orders for their re-
moval were received.
Company B has been in the Preside
since September 1, 904. For FIVE years
previous to that time IL was stationed
at Fort Mcdowell. A large part of the
men are commissioned officers and
are experts in the care OF wounded
and sick. They are not organized as
the fighting force, and for that reason
can have more men of the higher rank.
When it arrives in Cuba the company
will be divided into a field hospital
corps and ambulance corps
COMPOSITION OF COMPANY.
Following is a complete list OF the
officers and men who belong TO the
company and viii depart this morning:
Captains-Albert e. TRULY. Robert
u. Patterson.
Sergeants, first t-clsss--Michael Leahy,
Charles /. Leonard, Herbert Thompson,
Eugene o. Kutzleb, Benjamin +. Tyler.
Willard G.. Palmer, Joseph
3. Ehrenworth, William j. Murray. Or
VILE ]. Thorp, Charles D.. Barnaby,
Nicholas G. Hall, Robert V. Shannon.
Corporais-Harroid Horswell, Hugh
Minahan, Charles w. Hurley.