| Show DEPARTURE OF UTAH TROOPS san francisco chronicle the troops assigned to the colon reached the mail dock early in the forenoon having left camp at 7 the colon took companies of the twenty third four infantry and two companies of the eighteenth infantry both of the regular army and battery A of the utah ai artillery tillery in the battery were men and in each of the infantry companies 76 75 men besides the officers making less leas than military passengers the control 0 of f the ship was given to lieutenant CO colonel lonel clarence M bailey of the infantry lieutenant colonel eighteenth john W french was in command of the battalion from the twenty third and captain B R W young commanded the utah artillerymen artilleryman artillery men The Colon contingent get a share of the flowers besto bestowed wed along the line of march by the crowds that had emerged to see the soldiers pass the blossoms early were not given exclusively to the warriors who marched afo atoot ot bouquets befog flung as an well to those ohp rode on the heavy wagons As baggage the drays rolled slow slowly lyla a long to the mall docks the merry uniform ua lull top or of the huge heaps replied to the cheers of f the multitude and being arm free waved their hats having no rifles to and no other manual incumbrance carry some ot of the gayest on the drays secured a demijohn of large capacity and big as it was raised it to their lips and held it there for several 1 ft I s ere it was lowered for a breathing spell the test teat of lung endurance was appreciated by the sidewalk throng as an the wagons passed on market and third streets the immense canteen have contained water but the ralty may spectators smiled as if they thought it held something else many of the soldiers were tired when they got on the colon and turned into the bunks provided for them although bedding had not then been distributed the berths bertha are not crowded together abut advantage was taken of every foot of space in the construction of them they are built in three tiers and the men who sleep at the top roust must do some climbing to reach their couches all are adorned with no smoking placards among the supplies put aboard were sixteen head of cattle which are confined in a clean and well ventilated place in the forward part of the colon I 1 these steers will be killed at sea and thus fresh beet beef will be supplied as ra eions A large quantity of fresh meat was also taken in the refrigerator the shipping of stores was continued from morning until late in the afternoon the plies piles of army freight being continually renewed as drays arrived it seemed as if no appreciable headway was being made and doubt as to whether the colon would leave the dock until today was expressed but at last everything that could be put on the colon was stowed away and there remained on the wharf a few tons of boxed stuff for which no room could be found on the vessel other stacks of goods near by showed that the over estimate as to capacity was not restricted strict ed to the colon but applied to the china also the colons big boxes which were left behind were addressed to major S R jones quartermaster manila steamer colon baggage waa wa piled all over the ship but in such a manner as to leave a passageway at every part of each deck A large lot of new wheelbarrows went on the colon the soldiers will have work to do in throwing up dirt in laying out camp and in other operations and the barrows are not the least important item in the equipment th the ladles of the red cross gave luncheon to men on the colon but some of them missed it and were desperately pera tely hungry when the preparations for going were finished and the cook had a chance to distinguish himself the midday army meal was not noe served to the soldiers aboard ship it was when all that was left to do was to remove the gang planks and cast off the lines kisses good bys and handshakes were hurried and the soldiers on the dock jumped aboard but it required more than half an hour to start during this time the tossing of oranges and other fruit to the men at the rall rail became general the oranges flew so fast as to suggest a bombardment scores of them were not caught and fell into the water at the china having got out of the way the colon was towed into the stream off the mail dock by the tug millen griffith the waving of flags and handkerchiefs and the aing which marked the chinas cainas departure were renewed one bold trooper stood on the foretop without holding on as the colon moved and waved his hat the rigging on each mast was covered with soldiers some belated men arrived on the dock when the ships had go gone ne and to take these tardy fighters to their companies a boat was sent to the shore |
