New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-02-18
FITZPATRICK PULLS OUT
GOODBY TO TRANSPORT.
Great CroSrd Sees Soldiers off for
the Philippines.

Carrying nearly twelve hundred men and women
tbs United States army Transport Fitzpatrick pulled
cut from the government pier at Wall street yes
te-Say steaIned slowly down the Bay and through
the Narrovs ana headed across the Atlantic on a
VOYAGE half way around the world to the Philip
mines Besides the large crew required to man the
ehin theirs more than seven hundred enlisted
men with SCORES OF ofcers and officers wives and
daughters
slch = scene OF wholesale devastating Is rarely
seen SIS that which occupied the hour two inn
rnedsately preceding the calling OF the transport
Though q few Of the officers were accompanied by
wives and families. they greatly outnunnbered
nv the enlisted men who forced TO leave
their loved ones behind them. The 18th Regiment
Band stationed old Pier II caught the sert-
rr.nt Of the scene and Etruok UP THE Girl Left
Behind He" while ths band OF the I'd Field Ar
.ile-y playing on the efterdeck Of the transport.
replied with The Soldiers Farewell" As the big
host drew slowly out from the pier and headed
down the East River, its decks packed with buzz
clsd men. tbs crowded wharf resolved itself into
seethinE mass Of waving arms, hats and handker-
chiefs while mighty Of sound. mingled
fsreveIls cheers and sobs. rolled out across the
ever widening stretch OF water
Just as the Fitzpatrick gathering Roadway
I've bresthless EesticuIating privates came painting
down the long wharf and gazed ruefully the
6eparting boat while visions OF a court martial.
with q military prison in the background. danced
before their eyes. They were hustled aboard
nearby tug. however, and catching UP with the
transport on the Battery. were hauled aboard by
their comrades.
All the way down the river and across the bay
the fitzpatrick greeted with salutes from every
craft In sight. ard her whistle was kept busy In
reply AS she passed Governors Island and Forts
hamilton and wadsgorth at the Narrows more
cheering crowds appeared 10 wave the men goodby
and give them a parting cheer
Those who fingered longest on the old pier were
the wives OF those enlisted men who were unable
10 take their families with them. although not all
Of them had TO stay behind Young Sergeant
Brown. OF the coast artillery, took with him his
bride OF two weeks. and looked upon the whole
affair as q most delightful honeymoon voyage.
One OF the corporals took with him his wife and
five children. There several other children
aboard members of some of the officers families
In all there about thirty women and children
Aboard the Fitzpatrick are Batteries and f,
Of the ID Regiment of Field Artillery, from Fort
D. a Russell. Wyoming. consisting Of 81 officers
and men, in command OF Colonel Sidney Taylor,
ranking artillery officer aboard. There are also
four companies Of artillery, comprising Com
pany 20 from Fort Wadsworth, Company 81 from
Fort Hamilton Company 81 from Fort ToIten and
Company 50 from Fort Hancock The field artillery
batteries arrived in this city on Sunday morning
and were quartered aboard the transport
Major General William P. Duvan who was e
passenger sails TO relieve Major General Tasker
4 Bliss. With him were Mrs. and Miss DuvslL
Others aboard were Captain James D. Ttlford. the
transport Quartermaster; Captain George D. Rob
erts. in command OF the ship; Justice Sherman
Moreland Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Of the Philippine Islands, and about thirty officers
carried passengers.
The Fitzpatrick goes by way of the Suez Canal,
and IT is expected that she will reach her destina-
ton April Is Her first stop will be at Gibraltar.
The were cheerful for the most part. although
they expect 10 remain the Philippines for few
years and freely discussed the possibility Of war in
the future.
Corporal John flynn. attached to Coast Artii-
lery Company 6s, transferred yesterday to
Company 81. stationed at Fort Hamilton. as his
wife is critically III in a Brooklyn hospital So