| Show BATTERY B ON THE ZEALANDIA the long and narrow zealandia Zea landia loaded down with men and stores until she was almost aground at her dock drew away from the pacific street wharf shortly after 6 and dropped into the stream to await the order to sail gall tor for the philippines on the zealandia Zea Zeal landia andla were the tenth pennsylvania volunteers and of battery B of the utah volunteer artillery with the gunners went two maxim fighting machines which as a precautionary measure were placed ready for action in the bow of the vessel in all there were privates and 60 0 officers on board the artillerymen artilleryman artillery men st sixty ty one in number in command of ll 11 lieutenant eu tenant grow reached the dock at being the first to arrive Pensyl volunteers had a deal of work getting the bagga baggage ge ready for the truc kmen and did not get away from camp merritt until babut 9 knapsacks and blankets were piled on the baggage wagons enabling the men to matee make the long journey to the place of embarkation in light marching order free from unnecessary incumbrances the regiment marched with ease of a dress parade and all along the way I 1 it was cheered by admiring thousands the dock was reached at 1045 and after stacking arms ranks were broken and the men scattered around the dock while awaiting the luncheon which had been promised by the ladies of the red cross society before the pennsylvania infantrymen infantry men arrived the utah gunners had already been fed and had gone aboard but they came ashore at intervals and mingled with the crowd thousands 0 of f people thronged thron ged around the dock entrance but police captain dunlevy and sergeant thomas mahoney kept them back and only a few hundred who proved that they had business or relatives on board the vessel I 1 I 1 were allowed to pass colonel hawkins jolly face beamed I 1 at the thought of departure but the delay in the dock was tedious and he began to look worn and tired before evening A great bouquet was pre I 1 dented to him but he blushed soad and and said he accept it as he was otoo busy to carry it aboard an eager volunteer was found and the offering to the colonel was soon ornamenting his cabin color sergeant harry palmer a civil way war veteran and well known newspaper man was in evidence buoyantly proud of being once more sent to the front he courteously explained things to the ladies and bad a hearty handclasp for the many nien men friends who came to bid him goodby good by weariness did no business with him I 1 and at every stage of the ordeal ordea he seemed a little happier I 1 boots small but valiant was wars also there swaggering about in his tallor tailor made uniform boots is the mascot of company B of pennsylvania hl his right name is robert mcdermott his hi age 13 and besides bringing luck to the regiment he polishes the footwear of the officers the midget mascott has haft parents in allegheny pa but his burn ing desire to go to war overcame their objections and boots was stowed away on the troop train and brought west in care of officers and nien men who take an affectionate interest in his career boots to is not a model for foi c civilian beys as he smokes cigarettes and his guardians give testimony that he plays a stiff hand at draw poker searchlight was also there fearful that the regiment would be allew ed only one mascot and he would be left behind searchlight to is an oregon wait waif red of hair and as brave aa any many who has yet sailed to join dewey he is an orphan and hails balls from portland his name is william doran but the soldiers know him only as searchlight the history of this sixteen year old urchin is pathetic his father dind eight years ago and he be left school and went to work in a box factory to help earn a living for himself and mother he gradually worked up to a wage of 6 5 a week but when things looked brightest his mother died this was eight months ago there was no money to pay the doctor and undertaker but searchlight took up the burden and kept gravely to work wark all was paid up he told the story modestly at the dock yesterday giving the bare facts in re response to questions Ther ewas 22 for or the funeral he be said and 30 for the doctor I 1 paid for the funeral and the doctor let me ipe off for 16 for the ibb rest 11 atter after paying off his indebtedness ta in portland searchlight came to san francisco and sought a home with the pennsylvania sylvania volunteers having drifted into their camp while looking for some oregon boys now three pennsylvania companies are claiming him as their own mascot and he Is willing to do his bet be t for them all if he be can only go to manila the red cross ladies began to feast the volunteers about noon each man receiving a cup of coffee and a package containing a cake two sandwiches and an orange after luncheon the work of getting eting the soldiers aboard was begun R the e utah men were placed well to the front of the vessel so as to be near the guns belonging to their battery the pennsylvania went on the vessel company by company but the progress was slow blow and it was 4 W before the regiment including boots and searchlight had established itself in quarters aboard ship the men who were ranged two ira berth pronounced their quarters superior to those of camp but on account of the heat did not remain long below and were soon clambering over the fie decks and up in the rigging at the whistle screeched the men cheered and the wa was pulled ashore but the vessel did not get away the length of ethe the zealandia Zea landia tier her heavy load and an adverse tide prevented her from leaving the slip although she made many mamy ineffectual trials during the attempts at departure the soldiers cheeld for san francisco and the red cross poe society lety the volunteers swarmed in every available standing place and crashing glass bore evidence to how near some one came to falling through a skylight the zea landia made a last desperate attempt to 0 got get out of the dock but only got her nose none beyond the end of the wharf just then the ferryboat san rafael and the river steamer captain weber passed by the passengers cheering the volunteers relief came at last to the Zealan zealandia Zea landia dial and at she got into the bay with the assistance of the tug monarch once in open water the zealandia Zea Zeal landia andla needed no aid and while the crowd cheered and all nearby near by docks were a line of waving handkerchiefs and hats she dropped down stream to where the transports are to lie until the time of departure tor for ML manila nila san francisco chronicle |
