| Show TWENTY FOURTHS RETURN EIGHT COMPANIES COMPA KirS COME BACK TO F DOUGLAS GLAS four to stop at fort 1 D A the officers cars personal mention of the men and their work correspondence tribune tribune I 1 fort douglas dougla 1 utah sept 23 the twenty fourth infantry lett left montauk Moni auk M N T Y this athla morning for or station at fort douglas utah and fort D A RUB sell ell wyo companies A B D 0 if K X L and M N nil III be stationed at this post while comP companies ariles C E F and I 1 ill be stationed at fort D A russell Ilu asell the officers of 0 company A are arc capt 13 AV W leavell Lp avell first eliout J V D leitch anil nd se second end AR kerwin all J 0 f whom c were with tho the company when it left et for or the south last spring the officers of 0 company B aro are capt caal henry AV jdant who 14 now on leave at the post and second murphy who joined the regiment while at tampa company D capt is A C ducat also alno at the post on sick leave on account of wounds received at the charge chare on fort san juan first 11 II G lyon who he was also wounded at the charge on ca fort san juon juan and absent on sick leave T the ife second lieutenant of this company john A gurney was waa killed on july in the charge tho the officers ot of company G are capt J J brereton bremen ft ho he was also wounded on the h ast 1st ot of july and first A A A cabaniss who Is comma commanding ruling one ot of the th skeleton companies the place ot of second lieutenant was lett left vacant by the tha promotion of I 1 0 jenki jenka to the th grade erada of 0 first lieutenant company H will mill have the same tilo who mho accompanied jt it away namely capt A A auger and second C 11 miller who the of 0 the I 1 three now companies are arc Is as yet unknown but it is 1 very likely that there are barely enough il present to command each company the major commanding tho the regiment wao all formerly captain of company 1 I w which aich was as a skeleton company and lie he vias ft as on duty at Nom newport port conn as a professor of military science and tactics ile he has haa be been A alth ith the regiment since its organization A and commanded company it II when hen detailed on college duty under the act of congress of april 26 thice majors are allowed an infantry regiment this set act also added d ill ahe a two additional companies L and elf M making king a regiment of infantry to cons consist 1 1 s t 0 of f three battalions each to be commanded by a major during war maj A C markley who was captain of company lil when the regiment lett left alast lost spring Is tho the commander of the second battalion but the commanding officer of 0 the thard third battalion Is yet n Se several verall new officers have been lately assigned to the regiment but it Is not known yet to what companes information has been received at the post or at least turner rumor lies has it that mal gen J ford kent lt S V find and colonel of the twenty fourth infantry has been retired with the rank bof 0 url abter cenami U S A having been promoted to that bri brigade gride upon ithe the retirement of one of tho the brigadier generals this report has han not been authenticated it if however it Is authenticated the regiment will in all likelihood have uen can E 11 lle litt cum U S V and present lieu tenant colonel of the regiment for or their colonel owing to the existing unsettled state stale of affairs 0 of f the war department nothing unless s ordered can be surmised now that the twenty fourth infantry Is on its way home returning to the lh people alio to ore are so proud of their achievements on the battlefield it seema learn only right and proper that something should bo be said in behalf of that regiment and its discipline while in 11 abo to south when the twenty ty fourth infantry came to fort douglas it came etli on an unblemished record for discipline its tour of a year and a hairs duty here her before the war was not marred by one single incident to change its status for discipline and it left here her as it came one of the best if not the best disciplined regiment on athe the field aside from the good deportment of the regiment regimen it and its status of marksmanship mark manship it had bad little to boast of av a it had never had a chance to distinguish tIng itself in battle but it returns I 1 IL a gai lamit and heroic regiment willil Us it a record for good behavior untarnished in caso case some of tho the journals published u in tho south uth all of which are affected with yellow journalism so far as the th a colored soldier Is concerned have ha a found their way this far north orvin or in case some one now here atio ho was living lilt IM the south at the time and read the nial malicious lelous lies published in the chattanooga times atlanta constitution ution the times union or citizen of jacksonville and the three dirty ailt tie sheets published at tampa concerning the twenty fourth infantry anti and may have become paju prejudiced dicea diced toward themon them account of the many depredations charged to them by these malicious and prejudiced journals it ft Is no more than right that the conduct of this regiment should be published publish 1 d as it was and not as ua its enemies aou would have it the conduct of the twenty fourth infantry on tho the road on pass or in the camp WILS was highly commendable tile the regiment was designated by others ollie ra as the sunday school troys eye for or often 0 ahen m lien they were asked to go on some u unlawful or mischievous errand t wnm they eyon would bould find some excuse for not going they seemed t to 0 be rather proud of being called sunday S u school boys willie while it Is true that quite a number of colored soldiers were mere arrested ori ari r a sted vi litile in the south the police I 1 ourt court c records cannot show an arrest of f it member of the twenty fourth infantry it they find a record of arrest I 1 defy them to find a recoil of conn diction the twenty fourth infantry was charged by the atlanta constitution lilt marting start lne il a riot in part tampa ahen the regiment va on board tile the transports lying out in the harbor the regiment was mas also charged with committing outrages la in yb yap r city just juat before lla its embarkation a and d ahen the report leadill beached camp ill that at the soldiers ancee destroying the city cl 1 y and a roll call was ordered every 1 member it c in ber 0 of the twenty fourth infantry that was nas not on in guard answered to his name the reports published in papers papera were for the purpose of prejudicing the public against the colored soldiers and the fuenty T only fourth infantry being one of tile the number there was waa used in connection the others for tha that t purpose news new a v mas as received here yesterday of the death d e at it of corp james J buford e company E twenty fourth infantry aich occurred it at one of oc tile the hospitals in new yolk city on tile the dinst his father who is a member of company G and who mho on account of old age 1 was vas left at the ho post ahon v hen the lie regiment vent away and his hl mother and sister mrs elbeat woolly wooley wife of musician wooley of company D are nearly crazed with grief he was the only son wid and brother and WAS idolized by his parents and sister ills father received a letter from A cl chaplain on duty atul y at thi the hospital about tour of 1 I five days abo talin ff that ills son on wes riot not expected to live and th that at all hopes of hla his recovery had boon been abandoned by the surgeons ill i hargo not hearing anything further front tho the t t c chaplain ha plain and being baslo extremely anxious I 1 a telegram alan a pont yesterday morning borni making inquiry Inn ulry and an answer I 1 vas received in ili the afternoon that lie ha died ded on the ith 1 lh and m waa as burled buried in one I 1 of tile tho city cemeteries corr corp beliford atas aa one of the th hest I 1 c n young roon men of the wenty twenty I r fourth cna irth infantry anti and wits was cry popular i auh it h his bla comrades comrad eq ile ho was wag shell about t aj yours eari of atre age but was as in ills his abenth year in the army having oell ted bhea quit young ile ho wits was also alfio CAI to a young still ami accost comfit ll 11 1 13 1 12 a lady nt at I 1 na ila la and 1 was 1 t n I 1 I 1 inac 11 1 1 a been mat i led soon oa as lie he could all a fui lough gh the aholo hole I 1 i ni a at U aou C with the daml family an I 1 this young laly in their loss ions I 1 colp james n R ross ROM coal pallY F N nho h 0 i fim m married a r ri ei onla v bi 1 c d days ays defor before e I 1 leaving e a in g fo for r t the h e S south t h h has a s returned t L 71 a and n d aside ad 77 L g 1 an fn from h his 1 3 eyes a I 1 r 0 r home e poisonous being belert jf 11 af Is 1 apparently in shrub 1 i I 1 pd ty good health 41 nob was t I 1 d oil an duty duly 11 e I 1 U mallo hits the regiment at i 8 i ik it uy the there ro as 03 undertaker las sa d 13 I 1 adit N that till all of 0 the bodies rs amke he pu put t vips away 11 cemetery there whit wiloh all if he lit r H tile alera rs rest can it be a mm n 4 aa lie plated placed in each n coan paper corked up JA in S bottle a evsi a ap I 1 i narn name company LY and gj of death when asked it be adis A regular COMA or box tor for the tf bit e a said bald that lie ile made a regular lk 19 he was not sure that the beffi 1 ki I 1 was always correct ineal he it put away W state 5 talt duty as aa undertaker bodies d during u ring 15 his S gitil 1 I 4 0 0 henry batte private fourth infantry formerly or merly bind band mull tv alty r company F fourth min q la 13 na now on furlough int a at at the rr had the tha pleasure of 0 being 44 1 1 ness CBS of 0 the naval battle an win sell july botn een the american on ill a 34 it lah ish fleets ho w wa left sell bois 8 im I 1 or on Washing tork boari city ot of ft hen henitt 10 N ment dis embarked the rr m at t siboney albon I 1 iba tho the property which was left I 1 and was athin cli caf a nille mile P 0 f tt the spanish roan man ot of a war AM r to harbor batlo SIs that come com he mit i 1 Z comfortably close and the tb was u CA the ship realized tint that tut fact it 1 to a safer distance lie he and n a a eye both of 0 the fleet wre were it tl nel alured by brooke and ana in less laii knudt minutes lh ih fi A f atter after tho the fleet falty the harbor emerged ile every one of 0 them was wai wa i of oil fire aft except the colon the clie enito 4 city ot of washingto bay q fol ollow loed fd the chase of 0 her a I 1 P KH also alio saw her ke i v hon hen she ohe was wa run baale had the pleasure LAIA of cl ri through morro castle after 1 I the ali d der e r and exploring the go 10 historic dungeons in that ancient ii structure clui saya that from rom V 4 brays did abt our oar na intend to damage tho th VY only to silence the pins guns and iid roulf fur flat iy ay done to perfection he fie sale 1111 he p several it W guns etna of 0 largo large caliber bit able bit by solid irom from our 4 band and every everywhere abere a flit thirteen eIn guna ill sta A 1 suek it made a place big epo epoch uh drive a six mulo mule government W n in and turn around aroi ind after new kc w york city beatle vas mas A C hills chills and fever ever and was wag ten gen I 1 03 ox of tho the hospitals hospital I in boston and there to a a new york hospital lis rea I 1 whence he be was furloughed turlough ed m L nery every ik bounded or fever felver stricken 0 f the twenty fourth hei something to say bay of the bravery wiy abi courage of musician preat brent of colu 11 twenty fourth infantry who pasy vu on duty as trumpeter trum peler of the guard Kuar dtta V 1 the lt ot of july and vt who he 96 baa as the rl spoken of by gen a H 1 who stayed by him and supporter bh to an ambulance after lie wn was wv ed ad they sit say bay that brent the orders given him by the chii raw as coolly and deliberately as ai I 1 it I 1 be id been walking around the get ail he said to one of 0 tho the mm men vitta vl ci ludd it 1 ho he was not afraid of geltin iti that the spaniards would not hit bit kin ido and the colonel had be blied Is would have undoubtedly len re mended tor for promotion or for A iiii dalal of 0 honor but he could not arlart ri deadly climate and 0 a ih fever about the last laet of 0 july bra it will lie be remembered by the lh kol ka sports of 0 the city find nd post poat U chento who met soft salt lets lane s champhe ins in pugilistic go eo at AIer Aler cur last and under the mercur lulls M im AS ed cd out corp henry C robinson company F twenty fourth infantry is i ado im ia ea furlough at thill th pOTt post RobinA ot til hla several attacks of ct the fever ashile hil in cubi cuba rind find tohei hen lust last srm seen by UK tile cot respondent on the laland island vas 9 gardill about cuban pris prisoner atho be ve captured by the spaniards lards and rait to dig ale entrenchments ments and light an alit atif ter wards captured by us fig J NL u D |
