RETURNED FROM THE WAR.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12093, 12 July 1901, Page 2

RETURNED FROM THE WAR.

THR AlilllVAL OF TUB TAGUS. OFFICERS AXD MKX SKNT TO THIS P.TJ'PF. Tlip troopship Tagns crossed (lie liar yesterday morning, and anchored in (lie quarautino ground, off firassj- Point, nhout 10.45. The steamers 'I'e. Aivau and Tiilanekai proceeded alongside ahoul 2 o'eloek, and Hie work of transliipping the men for the Bluff was proceeded with very hriskly. The To Anaii is understood to have acroimnodated 471 men and the Tntnnckni 156, tlio reinaindcr—77 men and 7 officer.?—being left on the Tatcus. The work of transhipment, a? stated, was proceeded with expeditiously under the superintemle.iiee of Mnjiir \ T . D. li. Smith, Captain F. .loyce, ami Cnplain Ilislop, assisted liy Sergeant-majors Taylor, Tmvlcr. and Cardalo. About 4 o'elock the Tutanekai oast off from the troopship and steamed away towards the heads. The Te Aiuui followed a few minutes later, being; lakon in low by tlio Plucky in order to effect a sate turning in the narrow channel. Hnlf an hour later tlm Tn'giie was oljferved to be in motion, and by 5 o'clock she was alongside the Port Chalmers pier.

She curries some interesting relics n! the war in tho shape of a nine-pounder Krupp gun and a pom-pom, the carriages ot which both hear the marks of flying bullets. It is undeivlood thai those men loft behind will remain on board the Tagus until tlie men who have gone south return, which will probahly ho about 2 o'clock on Saturday. From what can be ascertained, it is extremely probable that the Tagus will take the whole o! the northern men on to Wellington, as in any case the boat has to go tlioro to coal. There, was some talk of billeting some of the mon remaining on hoard the Tagus, but the idea was apparently abandoned, and the most of tlm men remained on hoard. How true it may ho them is no saying, but it was freely stated libout Port Chalmers that the returned men made strenuous efforts to avoid being sent on to .the Bluff, ami some even went the length ot escaping transhipment, and so ramo In the ivliarf in tho Tagus. The men speak in 'the highest terms of the treatment they have met with on hoard the troopship, and are loud in their praise ot the universal kindness and court My they have met with at the hands of Captain Powles and his officers. THE INVALIDS. With regard to tlic invalids, the number would appear to be much larger than was at- first supposed, there being getting on for 30 men in hospital, mid of these 11 are regarded as being seriously affected by the illnesses from which they are suffering. The men lire principally suffering from pneumonia, and among the 11 serious cases may be mentioned that of Trooper Heenan, of Duncdin, who is down with abscess on the liver Mid other complications. Efforts have been made to secure the admission of the invalids to tho Duncdin Hospital, but it is stated that that institution is practically full and cannot, accommodate more than one or two of the men. In the face of this condition of things Dr do Lniitoiir is moving tu get special hnspitn! accommodation mi Quarantine Island, where he proposes to place the men under the charge ot a special band of nurses. THE LATE GUNNER KENDALL. Out of respect, to the late Gunner Kendall, the flags at Port Chalmers were all at half-mast yesterday. One of the 1! Battery's Run-carriages was sent to Tort by road in the morning, in charge of some of the members of the battery, and in the afternoon, when the funeral wae expected to take place, most, of the town companies were represented. A large number of persons assembled on the wharf to await the arrival of the coffin, which was to be brought ashore by tho steamer Gordon. ]t soon transpired that there was a doubt as to whether the funeral would actually take place, and later it was definitely ascertained that it would not. It would appear that the relatives at Hokianga have formulated [ a request that the deceased might ha injterred in the North Inland, and pending actual decision in the matter the body w«s kept on board the Tapis. It is generally understood that the request of the relatives will be acceded to, and that the remains of the deceased soldier will be placed in n leaden coffin and sent north for burial. The cause o! Kendall's death wae embolism —a cloi of blond in t lie veins reaching a vital organ.