Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1899 — WITH TATTERED [ARTICLE]

WITH TATTERED

Nebraskaaud Utah Volunteers Parade in 8»u Francisco. Two hundred thousand persons is a conservative estimate of the crowd which gathered along Market street, Golden Gate and Van Ness avenues, San Francisco, and gave the Nebraska volunteers a welcome home which the men will remember as long as they live. The sight of their once spotless silk flag, which was presented to them by the people of Nebraska, coming home with only the blue field and a few tattered ribbons of stripes left, set the people along the line of march wild with enthusiasm. Another feature that made the thousands mingle tears and cheers was eight ambulances filled with the sick and wounded at the end of the procession. Many of the sick were consumptive, going home to die, and all bore the stamp of hardship and suffering. The spectators showered the poor fellows with flowers and cheered them from the time they left the dock until they turned into the Presidio military reservation. The volunteers and the Utah light artillery were in heavy marching order. The parade was led by a detachment of police and the Nebraska band, with a detachment of regulars. They looked like seasoned veterans. All of the business houses along lower Market street suspended business for half an hour while the regiment passed in review. The gun stores vied with one another in an endeavor to make the most noise, and the factories blew their whistles, while the steam craft in the bay responded with loud toots to the shrill sounds from the shore. Thomas Dempster, 13, and Joseph Foster, 12, ?«ew York, were killed in New York, by falling from roofs while flying kites.* •