| Show UTAH BATTERY BOYS ARE HOME FROM THE PHiliPPINES i i lr fl A4 1 j 1 THE TRANSPORT HANCOCK I ARRIVES IN SAN FRANCISCO c The Heralds Tug Boat the First to Extend Wel l come to the Returning Volunteers Major F A Grant Sends a Message of Greeting to the People of Utah Special to The Herald from Staff Correspondent San Francis Cal Juh 9The Utah batteries are safely at anchor in Ran Francisco harbor The big transport Hancock steamed up to her moorings moor-ings threequarters ot a mile outintbt bayuat tonight Vord that she had been sighted reached the city half an hour earlier The heralds stau ch tug AlIce C was the first nespaJl r boat to reach the vessels side All well was tile message shouted over theside as the Alice C howled alongside Then came Angus K Nicholson his face gleaming dark brown ill the flickering forecastle light Major Grant was behind him and as he leaned over the rail to answer to greetings there was sadness in his voice as he told of the death of one of his brave volunteers Richard H Ralph who enlisted at Eureka was the unfortunate lIe died of typhoid fever between Manila and Nagasaki and was buried at the latter port t Corporal Williams of the same batter became ill with dysentery a few das out of llanila When Nagasaki was reached he was in such condition that it was deemed best to place him in a hospital there The rest or the command with the exception of Captain Critchlow are well and heart considering the experiences they have been undergoing Captain Critchlows illness is not at all serious heis suffering from a very severe sore throat 3cconlpanied by a touch of fever Those Left Behind The men left at Manila because they chop to remain were of haUery A r P Hansen Frank B Shell John B Roger August H Rltcher John A Tilton Herbert lleyer C F C Peters H P Hansen Batter B P B rrederick George 13rantham Elmer Johnson sergeant St Maurice Charles Osplund Thomas O Tholnher George Simmons Charles I Fox Thomas Schull August BIanscome Bert W Austen Charles C lIlli Jasper D Curtis Fred F Blake None of the men reenlisted except Brantham and Johnson They joined the Twelfth infantry Many of the others are however employed as army clerics Those who hacnt entered these lines have secured positions with business houses and will stay in the islands for an indefinite time Major Grant looked the picture of health His heard In the uncertain light seemed longer than when hewentaway hut no other change was manifest Tell the people of Utah for me he said that I am most pleased to get back to my native land again I jan find no words with which to express the Jllerumre I feel at the prospect of meeting my old friends once more within a short time Ye have had some hard fighting but the Utah boys have nee failed when called upon I am proud If them and 1 have every reason to be They arC gallant soldiers every one of them Major Grant Vas Happy When Major GIant was told that l1ts Grant had been in San Francisco waiting for him for the last five days his face broke into a smile that lighted his swarthy skin almost as though a searchlight had been turned upon it The smile became a laugh of pure happiness and the chances arc that If his men hadnt been standing too thickly around him the dignified major would have danced a jig He on y said ThatI good but those two words and the tone in which they were spoken meant more than a thousand on ordinary ordi-nary occasions Captain cdgewood was apparently in the best of health His first question ques-tion after passing the time of day or night rather for the darkness was inky r and the Alice C bobbed like a cork in the choppy waves was do you know whether Mrs Wedgewood came out 01 not The reply that It was not known whether his wife was here ur not did not discourage the captain for he believes if she Is not here now she will arrive within a day or two Captain cc1gcwood was justas hearty in his word of commendation for the men who have been fighting under him as was Major Grant lIe thought no terms of praise could he too high for his gallant boys Men Want to Get shore Many of the men were sound asleep in bed when the Hancocks anchor rattled down through the white CPS to Its bed on the bottom of the bay Many of them la1ne cut hut the darkness made their faces almost a blur unless un-less they leaned far over the vessels side They were as happy as men could possibly be Oh cant we come ashore tonight they shouted Thc quarantine officer was odburate however In spite of the fact that the ship has a clean bill or health certain formalities must he gone through with rot more than an hour wIll be required in the morning for them and then the march to the Presidio wIll be begun Just as The Herald tug left the transports side to begin its race back y across the bay to a telegraph office Major Grant shouted a message to be sent to Governor Yells by The Herald representative It was Message to Governor Wells Governor Heber 31 Wells Salt Lake City Utah Transport Hancock just arrived AU veil l Heartfelt greetlhgs to you F A GRANT The message was promptly forwarded and the cCecutlQ will read it with his Herald tomonow morning Another tQlY A young man about whom unusual interest centers arrived ar-rived on the Hancock tonight with his regiment the First Nebraska the regiment that with Utahs batteries filled thee transport The young man was William Gracen a plain private in company D He fired the shot that fanned into life the smoldering fire of Filipino rebellion Gracen bore his i honors if honors they be quite mcdestl j The nlsger tried to cross the line and I obeyed orders was his re o < = J h < blii ti i1 1 ff i r r + + + + + + f + + + + + + + + + + + + t + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + UNITED STATES TRANSPORT HANCOCK i O u + + + + + + NI + + + + + r 4 t + + + 7p + + + f II d 3 I + a 4 J l 1 + J r 1t t t I + t Coy 1 + + I C A Y v r7y + c i 1 + + + + The transport Hancock with the Utah Batteries on board left Manila for the United States on the + + evening of July 1 She stopped at Nagasake and Yokohama Japan and left the latter port on July 14 + + Her trip across the Pacific Ocean was thus made in the remarkably good time of twentynine days + + + + + + + + + + 11 + + 4 + + + + + 4 + + + 4 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + t + 4 + + + + + + t + t + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + t + + + + + tt + t + t + + + t + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + t + + + + + t + MAJOR GRANT SENDS A MESSAGE TO I Ii L + + > PEOPLE OF UTAH THROUGH THE HERAlD + + + + + + + t Says That He Is Glad to Be at Home Again and Declare s That His t + + Men Are Heroes Eyery One of Them + + + + + + + + + + Tell the people of Utah for me that I am most pleased to get back to my native + t + t land again I can find no words with which to express the pleasur I feel at the prost pros-t pect of meeting my old friends once more within a short time We have had some tt t hard fighting but the Utah boys have never failed when called upon I am proud of + + + + them and I have every reason to b They are gallant soldiers everyone of them + + + + + + + + + + + 0 + + + + + + + + + + + + + t + + tt + ttttt + + + t t + + t + t + t + + + + t + t + + + t + + 1fi HafrN L i r t J 1 i ONE SOLDIER DIED ON THE I i RETURN TRIP FROM MANilA I Richard H Ralph Succumbed to Typhoid Fever I and Was Buried at Nagasaki Japan Twentytwo Men Left Behind In Philippines Two of Whom Reenlisted to Fight Again i FponFe to a request for a statement Graccn Is 4 I years old and a citizen of Lincoln Major General Ehafter had his tug In readiness all day to go out to meet the returning volunteers H h dinvife the Utah contingent to accompany him and the following < besides the general and Governor Ponter of Nebraska Ne-braska and his staff made up the list Lieutenant Colonel Will G ebeker ofGmeTnor Wells stag d lmtlcs Head Richard lackintosl1 Yo S McCormick McCor-mick Charles S Varian i1 E Carey of Provo vrlll Claw50n formerly of Salt Lake but now of Sail Francisco and H J Faust jr Other Utah people here to meet the volunteers are Irs William Nelson and daughter Miss Grace Mrs Mettle llerbecit and the Misses Ellerbeck Mrs Richard W Young Mrs 10 A Grant The delegation is decidedly put out over the failure of the San Francisco papers tu take notice of the Utah batteries An afternoon paper today had a I story of nearly a column about the nearness of the transports arrival In every other line something was said about the gallantry of the Nebraska regiment reg-iment which is also on the Hancock but the Utah boys Were not mentioned from beginning to end This lack of notice is probably due to the fact that Nebraska seems to be taking muCh more interest at this end over the arrival ar-rival of her patrIots than Utah Governor Ponter with his stat and a large delegation of prominent Nebraska people are here There Is much talk aboutl the homecoming of the Pennsylvania regiment some Keystone people being 011 the ground now although it will be at least two weeks before the fighters from that state will land in San Francisco Fran-cisco The few Utuhns here are going to do all they can to make the boys glad they fought for their country and glad to get home again There 13 talk of getting up some kind of a banquet or other testimonial for the bat terynien and even if it has to be done on a small Calc the quality of the cordiality extended will make UIJ what it lacks in l1uantltv San FranciscO Is Hospitable San Francisco Is going to do her share The boys are not expected to be in quarantine more than an hour 01 two U their boat leas a clean bill of health it will not take even this long to release them half a dozen bands will be at the landing pier and the streets along the line of march to the Presidio will be jammed with American citizens anxious to doff their caps and shout a hearty welcome in horror of the American patriots This afternoon there was all kinds of confusion on the water front Some smart young man telephoned to the mills along the San Francisco side Of the bay that the Hancock bad been sighted Immediately the signal whistles were turned on full blast and people poured from every direction toward tho water front TugS were put in readiness to steam out toward the transport and there was much disapPointment when the report of her arrival proved I groundless Some of Utahs volunteers arc in the Presidio hospital They are formeQ State Senator Ben C Harbour of the Fourteenth infantry Dote R Coray Parker J Hall and James J Ran of battery B Harbour looks well about the face but is still in very bad shape He was struck in the left hip by a ball which traversed his body diagonally and was cut Out near the right side Wounded By a Brasstipped Bullet The wound was made hy a brasstipped bullet and it is believed that it caused blood poisoning At any rate it has never yielded properly to treatment treat-ment and still discharges quantities of pus PrIvate Harbour is cheerful though and says hell be all right before tong noW The voyage across did mea world of good he declared cheerily I gained fifteen pounds during the trip and felt much better on arriving hero than when I started Ive just been a year looking for a square meal The camp and ship rations were not wbat might be called firstclass On the tymsport the sick men gut exactly the same grub as these who were well At the PresidIo things are better Corny seems to be considerably knocked out He 1s very thin and weak looking but says he is I better than he was and that he is now on the upgrade UP-grade He has been suffering from dysentery Coray says all of the volunteers teers fought as if they < had been raised on powder and rocked to sleep to a lullaby of bullets Hall will probably be crippled for life His thigh was badly shattered by a llauser and the bones have knitted in such a way that one of hiS legs will bc shorter than the other The wound has almOst healed new and he will t discharged from the hospital withIn a short time A Tonclrlng Little Incident An Incident occurred at the Presidio fn Halls case today that caused all who witnessed It to get just a trifle chok Mr Varian was talking to Hall and lIttle by little in his deft lawyerlike way he drew from the wounded batterman the fact that he was penniless and therefore unable tD buy anY of the little luxuries that sIck and wounded men need The boy told his story almost without knowing he was telling it When he had finished 1kVarian found occasion to blow his nose with considerable vigor Then he said t Nbi Hall just let me lend you this until you get your pay wont you rand r-and before the batterman could an5er Ur Varian had thrust a 10 note i 4 into his hands and hurried away Battery man Ran is perfectly well except for a slight deafnes caused It is belIeved by his standing too lose for hours to the guns when they were I fired His trouble is gradually groping better and he will be discharged from the hospital in time to go home with the batteries The Utah volunteers here have not been paid of for several months 1 and all are beginning to feel the need of a lIttle money They are very anxioul to go home and it the invalIds are not all able to return with their brothel I j fighters they will be sorely disappointed J2JtL A L I I 1 i + k i < l ih V |
