The Archive · 1899

American Troops Ly Hongkong

Early on Wednesday morning, the 6th instant, the American chartered' transport Tartar arrived here from Manila en route for the United States. The Tartar had on board General Funston and 800 officers and men of the 20th Kansas US. Volunteers god about 400 time-expired volunteers of the regular army. The city and suburbs were speedily flooded with the troops, who were eager for a run ashore, and had mar little commissions to execute in the she Large numbers of them made trips to the Peak by the Tramway, in which they showed 8 lively interest, and they did as much sight-seeing as possible in spite of the heat. The Kansas Regiment has had its share of fighting, and did good service at the battle of Calumpit. The men, as a body, are a fine wiry-looking set, rather unsuitably furnished with rogerd to headgear, but all clad in useful khaki. A shooting match has, I understand, been arranged for this afternoon between a team from the Kansas Volunteers and the Hongkong Volunteers,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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