| Show I UNTIMELY ARRIVAL OF THE TRANSPORT Prevented a Demonstration In San Francisco Saturday Night By Associated Press San Francisco July 30Te untimely arrival of the United States transport Hancock having on boar the Nebraska Neb-raska regiment and two batteries of regment the Utah artillery completely destroyed I all the arrangements which had been made for a royal reception and an enthusiastic en-thusiastic welcome to the fighting volunteer vol-unteer returning crowned with their laurels The Hancock dropped anchor in the stream shortly before midnight lat night The committees here from Nebraska Neb-raska and Utah had glen up all Idea of the vessels arrhing earlier than I I this morning and had prepared to be up at dawn today ta greet the expected ship Tugs and launches had been chartered and Governor ponter of Nebraska had planned with all care and detail to be the frt man aboard the Hancock and welcome the her frm his state bak to American soil commit But there were no reception tees about at mdnigt and only one small delegation of Nebraska people headed by Judge Robert Ryan of Lin cola and C O Wheaton of the sae city accompanied the custom house officials and the correspondents on the race down the bay Quarantine and customs regulations I prevented even this little band from getting nearer the dec of the ship than the approach to the gangplank The returning soldier however had no criticisms to offer at their silent reception cepton They cheered themselves hoarse at sight of the little fleet of launches and front the deck of the transport shouted greetings and messages sage belOw to the people on the dancing lat Pew Are Reenlisting Colonel H B l1uJord of the Nob rslts who Is in rmmand son appeared ap-peared at the railing By his side stood William Grazen of company D the sentinel of the Nebraska regiment who fired the first shot in answer to shots from the Filipinos which started the war wit the insurgent He killed the frt Filipino who die by an Amer I lean bullet and it was his shot which was the signal fdr the advance of the entire American line and the get rut of the rebel amy on the night of the 4th of Febhmr I dont think you will see any of us returning to Manila very son said Colonel Mulford in response tq a question ques-tion 3u4 one respnse entire regiment regi-ment reenlisted Only twentyfve remained I reenlse mained in the Philippines to engage in I mane business The Nebraskas had as much rough I work in this war continued Colonel 1ulford a any regiment volunteer or regular Our death roll in the Phi I ippines from gunshot wounds accidents and disease is sixt two Including the sic and wounded who are recovering I we dropped all told 201 men On the Hancock are more than 10 ounded soldier The entire regiment is glad to know that It is to be mustered mus-tered out In San Francisco Ve have had a pleasant trip and It has improved the men wonderful Quite a number of them will have to go to the hosPital but I am assured that every one will soon be all right The frt man to grasp the hand of a returning Nebraska volunteer was Mr I Wheaton whose son Burt WheatOn is tn I te g j ia first lieutenant and adjutant of the regiment The young officer was lowered low-ered on the gang plank and father and son greeted each other with some dif fculty The quarantine officer does not I board incoming ships between sunset i and sunrise and there was nothing to I do but wait for the morning with what patience possible I The Utah attelen The men on the Hancock number 116 and Include the two Utah light batteries and six discharged men from the Twentysecond regiment U S A Colonel llulford who is in command succeeded the late Colonel Stotzenberg killed in bate I In command of the Utah bateries is Major Grant Captain edgeood leads bater I and Captain Critchlow commands battery B but Captain Crichlow is an the sick lst being ill with dysentery When the Utah battery sailed from San Francisco Major Young was at the head of i He was appointed chief justice of the Philippines and of course resigned his command JUdge Young is now on his way to the United States on one of the regular liners for a short visit home Lieutenant Colonel Colon of the Xe brska regiment remained nt Manila where he will engage in banking Only one man died on the Hancock after she left Manila He was Private Richard Ralph of battery A Utah artillery ar-tillery and he died of phlod fever at Nagasaki Among the officers of the Nebraska regiment who were severely wounded I are Captain Holngsworth and Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Wadsworth The former was shot In both leg and Lieutenant Wads worth was on two different occasions shot in the leg Corporal Williams of battery A of the Utah light artillery was left behind at Nagasaki to recuperate from a serious I attack of dysentery He was taken ashore and placed In the marine boa pial at that place The following men of the Utah artillery artil-lery remained behind at Manila Utah Men Detained Battery AJohn A Tison Henr Meyer F C Peters L P Hanson Frank P Sbeln John P Hoger AU ust L Pitcher Battery BP B FroEicl m George Brautham Elm r Jolmnscu Sergeant St Morris Charl Asplund Thomas A Thorber Cerge ilm mon Charles I Fox Thomas ScheU W G Branlcomb Bert W AuUn i Charles S Hill Japer n Cotter Fred I P F Blocker At an early hour today the lU31an tine officer of the post hfarded the Hancock and after a careful insnec tlon gave the vessel n clean bill of heath Soon nferwar1s the 11 an ounded were taken In ambulances to the hospital at the Presidio I had been arranged that those of the ncn able to march should be landed at idn and mach to thb Presidio by 1or the principalstrete As an attendant guard of honor six companies or the Send Oregon wit the regimental I band were detailed at the dock I was found however that the men could not conveniently be landed eat le than 3 oclock and that even then some of their paraphernalia and trophies tro-phies of war hich they desire to use in their triumphal mach were deep down in the hold and would not be available The Landing This Morning Governor Povnter of Nebraska made these representations to Major General I Shater and UJon the urgent request of the governor General Shate ordered or-dered that the landing of the Hancocks passengers be deferred until Monday morning at U oclocl Ignorant of this amended arrangement tens of thousands thou-sands of San Franciscans In holiday attire lined both side of Market street and Van Ness avenue a t waited for hours to shout a welcome to thu returning re-turning soldiers I was not unti rIme Oregon companies who had bean desl nated as an escort marched hack alone the waiting crowds understood that they must bottle up their enthusiasm I enthu-siasm for tomorrow |
