Show THE COLORADO BOYS delayed trains bring the troops into ogden in the evening A tedious dusty trip how the boys passed the time en route tho first colorado regiment S V arrived in ogden last evening on home from manila after their way being mustered out 0 the service at the Preel dlo the men had five months pay and the regiment had something alko in cash with them and they spent their money royally on the it bad been planned to give itlie bolfe reception as they passed a grand through salt lake on their way home the arrival of but the delay in trains spoiled the plan when the first of the it wa four trains bearing the troops pulled into the station at ogden and was greeted by several hundred who were at the station to see them through adjutant general burton pass of the N G U with ills wife and captain crutchlow of battery B utah volunteers were at the station to welcome the Colora doans hello critch well well critch cratch Crl old man how are you how glad I 1 am to see you crutchlow such were the exclamations that greeted the captain as the officers swarmed oft abo train and grasped him by the hand and slapped him on the back and fairly hugged him as they greeted their old comrade in arms and inquired after the boys of the battery it must have beon a pleasant moment or lieutenant critchlow then the officers and the laniea present were introduced to gen and mrs burton and shortly afterward the colorado officers and their ladles were guests of the utah officers at dinner at the reed hotel in the meantime the boys had dismounted from the cars and scattered out on the platform and through the town capturing water melons peaches and edibles ot all sorts while the cars were being watered and iced by the railroad employed emp loyes for the last seventy five miles there had been neither ice nor water in any of the cars and the men were all hot and dusty and tired it had taken forty eight hours for the troops to come from san francisco to ogden and the last 24 hours had been across adnall deserts and sagebrush plains but the boys had money and were homeward bound and their old places were waiting tor them when they reached their native state so they enjoyed themselves as biest they might they cleaned the stations at which they stopped out of edibles and drink ables and walled tho miles between stops by playing cards some one had improvised a faro layout from which the tiger showed hs royal teeth while craps and poker games galore furnished entertainment tor the sporting blood aboard but all was fun and jovial good feeling the trains were cheered on their way at every station and water tank and the soldier boys behaved themselves like gentlemen at all times the ranking officer of the first section was col II 11 B mccoy who expressed home from elko 1800 in gold coin and with him was his wife other ladles were mrs capt cortenbach Dorten bach mrs sawyer wife of the quartermaster and dr rose K beere the first woman doctor in the philippines a picture of whom by the way most of the boys wore on their coat lapels and hats the most of the boys looked strong and healthy but some few were bandaged while one or two used crutches and looked pale and haggard the result of wounds and ill health and a sorrowful reminder of tho fortunes of war they carry home col moses was the ranking officer of the second section major anderson of the third and major la selle of the fourth it was alter eleven p m when the last section arrived each train stopped in ogden something more than an ho then sped onward toward our neighbor in the east via the rio grande western sam lundy a brother of ex mayor n C lundy of ogden was the troops as was also A B wryght a brother of J A wryght secy of the bbate board ot horticulture of the Colora doans all spoke highly of the utah boys |