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THE EVENING S$ PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave., Cor. 11th St., by The Evening Star Newspaper 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres New York Office, £9 Potter B: The Frening Ste- 's served to svbserthergin the ay. ity by carriers. om their own secount nts Ber wee! $$ cents yer mem hb. Cop tthe conoter, 2 cents ewh By mul—anywhere fn the Ue't es of Canada—postage prepatd—60 cents § Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with *tace adted, $3.99. ered at the Post Office at Washingtoa, D. C., ae seeund-cliss moll matter.) erat scriptions must he patd Inadvance. of male know: ou anplicat SCHOFIELD DECLINES Will Not Serve on the War Inquiry Commission. CAPTAIN EVAN P. HOWELL ACCEPTS Views of a Philadelphia Committee on Care of the Soldiers. WHITE HOUS NEWS AT THE with the wou the oft committee war urpose of com- 1 to the i 1 with ing Secretary Meiklejchn of the War th the President when ft the White House, and hotield would Howell Will Serve. Howell of Atla arrived time field. After th Howell the pu t the gia of the in- t h> would had com- hopes to nae would the peseuebens men, but 1 this after T think it is th of any man to serve when ss much a ¢ as if! Ss due } should go will become injected. wants the inves ation who are not fdentitied with tion is to include the aster and surgeon m- idiers* Condition in Porto Rico. Potter, ex-minister to Italy; wrge C. Thomas, John Pp; a comunittee aw for especially comm!:- today, has rto Rico, where rk. He sub- tion of affairs. » the Pre tations iggestions neipal recom: built, instead to remain in was present e and the Pres- 1 the suggestions mmit which is com- tlthy and patriotle men, deeply ork of caring for the untry. ty pt. Heach. n of District men, headed by Randle, saw the President this Che Evening Star. XN TUE STAR BY MAIL. Persons leaving the city for any Period can have The Siar mailed to them to ary eddress in the United States or Canada, by ordering tt at this office, in person or by letter. Terms: 18 cents per week s for two weeks, or 5 cents per month. Invariably in advance. Sub- scribers changing their a one Post-oftice to another ®ho:!4 Ne 14,213, WASHIN GTON, D. CG, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 1898—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. TWO CENTS IS NOT TO BLAME Misapprehension Regarding the Sur- geon General. CRITICISM OF THE DEPARTMENT Commanding Officers Responsible for Abuses. AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT —— ‘The surgeon general's office of the army tod gave cut the following statement on the “responsibility in the medical de- partment of the army:” umerous letters from private nals and editorial ‘articles have appear individ- din v the news sers of the country since the commencement of the war with Spain licate that there is a widespread on with reference to the re- nsibility of the surgeon general of the It would require superhuman power to meet the expectation of many of tho: who have criticised the surgeon general for his administration of the affairs of the al department of the,army. His re- spensibility is great, and to properly per- form the duties incumbent upon him he must devote his entire time and energies to the administration of affairs pertaining to medi his office. But it is quite impossible for him personally to administer or even to vise the medical administration of s in th ‘or this purpose there n for each military depart- on tor each army corps, and for each brigade. are directly respon- & generals of the are serving. The direct authority ¢ach di chief th with which on general has them. Duty is the duty of commanding officers of they no £ Commanders. nents, brigades, divisions and corps to correct any amuses existing in their sev- eral commands and to bring to the atten- tion of higher authority any neglect of duty or improper conduct ou the part of medical officers under their orders. The regulations of the army and orde: from the War Department give directions anitation, the care is the duty of com- that these regula- obeyed. To hold the the army responsible with reference to c of the sick, et anding officer and orders 20n mp r the «) or more regimental surgeons, appoi <i by governors of states, mest of them without any previous mili- tary experience, is absurd. Contract Doctors. “The same is true as regards the hundred contract doctors who have b employed. The urgent need for medical as- sistance made it impossible to have boards for the examination of these doctors, and was necessary to judge of their fitnes: n such indorsements as they were ab! to present. If some of them have proved o be incompetent or negligent or intemper- been expected among lected in this way. But brigade and division sur- al surgeons and the co this Aree at n if th s to have umber ate ev g t doctors were tra well qualified in every other t, a large majority of them were without previous experience with re of troops in camp. They with the methods of o s and they could only become al officers after having gain- » und familiarized themseives methe with a: “in short, the surgeon general of the is not personally responsible for the » of medical officers, What, As chief of ommends the 1 department he re nt of medical offi to duty g hief surgeons of army corps and of mili- tary deparuments, and these chief surgeons are responsible for the proper administra- t lical affairs in the commands to which they are attached. The surgeons of divisions and brigades, upon the recom- mendation of the surgeon general, are or- dered to report to commanding generals of army corps for assignment to duty, and after being so assigned they are respons! ble for the administration of medical ma’ ters in the particular division or briga to which they have been assigned. ¢ Surgeon General's Daties. “The surgeon general himself has direct charge of all general hospitals, of the med- ical supply depots, of hospital ships, of the Army Medical Museum, of the enlistment a distribution of members of the he it: corps, of disbursements for artificial limbs, of the yment of all bills against the medical department of the army, In n to this numerous to him by the adjutant for an opinion, and he correspondence on varic ym persons both in and out of the arm: “As an indication of the extet official business which pa: office of the surgeon ge t m stated thet a clerical force of eighty experienced clerks has been foun . and it has become necessary t additional clerical assistance surgeon general is responsible for apply purchase and issue of medical supplies for the army; but it is the duty of medical officers on duty with troops to make timely reguisitions for supplies, as it is quite im- ble for the surgeon general to forese at the requirements may be for troop: and in the islands now in our 5 far as possible the sur- geon general has endeavored to antfcipate the wants of the army tn the field, and at each of the larger camps a branch supply depot has been established. The war has been largely conducted by telegraph, and sly urged the reten- tion of ¢ teach as Engineer Com- missioner the District. A numerously signed making the same request ha at the White House. + 0+ TO OCTOBER GIVEN 15. New Quarters Must He Ready for the City Post Office. supervising architect of the treasury d the contractors at work on the nd first and mezzanine floors of The the city post office that they must finish the work on those floors by the 15th of October. This ts for the purpose of allow- E the city post office to be moved to the w building by the time named, or as on thereafter as possible. The contrac- ters are doing all they can to carry out their instructions. It is said that the lease of the present city post office does not pre- vent the officials moving out when they Bee pre It is ught to be the intention of the supervising architect's office to change the fac clock so as to make the telegraphic requisitions for supplies are constantly betng received. These are at once transmitted to the proper supply de- pot, with orders for issue, but there is often unavoidable delay at the supply depot in getting the supplies packed and shipped, and unexpected delays frequently occur in securing transportation of these suppltee to the point where they are needed. These are matters for which the surgeon gereral is in no way responsible. “Again, there has been much criticism with reference to the sending of sotdiers unfit to travel on so-called hospital train ‘The surgeon general has at his disposal but one hospital train, and this is a train of tourist sleepers, thoroughly equipped for transporting sick men. ‘The trains which are going from one part of the country to another with troops, and which frequcntly are reported as carrying sick men unfit to travel. are not in any Way under the con- trol of the surgeon general of the army. As a rule. he knows nothing of their departure or arrival, and it would be quite impossible for him to have supervision of the sick who are placed upon these trains by regi- 2 of the time It is said that the present face ts an experiment. ——+e+ Deaths in Porto Rico. The War Department today received the following dispateh from Gen. Brooke, dated Ponce, announcing deaths in the army at Porto Rico: Deaths on 16th as follows Private Ferdinand Strasser, lith Infantry Markinson, Mayaguez, Company A, Guayama, Corp. William P. Company F, 4th Ohio; general hespital, Ponce, Private Philander Young, Company K, 16th Pennsylvania, all of ty- phoid fever. rental surgeons, often very injudictously, and no doubt in response to the urgent so- Mcitation of the men, who wish to go home with the regiments that are to be mustered oe The Transports. “Again, the transports which have been empleyed to carry sick or convalescent sol- diers from Santiago are not under the con- trol of the surgeon general, and, as a rule, he has no information with reference to their departure or the preparations made for the care of the sick to go upon them. ‘These preparations should be made under the direction of the chief surgeon at the point of departure; but the transports under the control the © department. The only ships which have been fitted up express! of for transporting K soldiers are the hos- elief and Missouri, These arc immediate control of the sur- ul, and are thoroughly ¢ Secretary Porter and is Not $ Regrets Noth re Over Defeat. Mr. Porter, secretary to the President, has returned to Washington from Con- necticut, where he was engaged for some time in a campaign, ri tor the republican Mr. Porter is s the campaign he m regret, teat. There is po truth in stories tary Porter contemplates resigning his po- sition here. Charges have been made that he dragged the national administration into his fignt, that he might win, but ft is said on good authority that the President 1s charges are not true. began his campaign without rence to his connection with the ad- ministration here, and says that all his friends know that he continued the course which he began. TO BE BURIED sulting in his defeat mination for governor. lisfied, it 1s said, with de. He has nothing to and is not at all sore over his de- that Secre- satisfied that these Mr. Porter 2 ARLINGTON, Formal Notice Received Haskell's Death. of General Formal notice of the death of Gene Haskell was received at the War Depart- ment today in the form of the following telegram, dated yesterday: “COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 16, 1898. “Brigadier General Joseph T. Haskell, lieutenant colonel 17th Infantry, died this afternoon at 4:35. His death was probably due to apoplexy. “ (Signed) ROBERTS, “Major Commanding.’ The War Department thas decided that the officer's remains shall be buried at Ar- lington, although the time of the funeral has not been fixed. Maj. Roberts has bee: instructed to send one commissioned and six non-commissioned officers from Colum- bus 4s an escort to the remains, ———— A SAVINGS BANK. PRACTI ALLY Important Order Issued Regarding Money Orders. The public will greatly appreciate the convenience afforded through an order is- sued today by First Assistant Postmaster General Heath, which authorizes postmas- ters to issue money orders payable at their own offices. This practice has not been heretofore followed, and the new departure will be an accommodation to the great number of persons who, not having an ac- count at a bank, desire to follow this economical and absolutely safe method in payment of bills, etc. These money orders may now be used, for illustration, In pay- ment of gas bills, merchants’ and grocers’ bills, etc. In smaller places the person in- debted to a farmer may have an order drawn in favor of the latter, payable to him at sny time and sent to him by a nelgnbor who obtains and delivers the mail for the neighborheed, the entire cost, say for $10, being but 10 cents. SOCIAL DEMOCRACY COLONY, The First Will Soon Be Established in Western Washington State. SEATTLE, Wash., September 17.—The Social Democracy of America has selected @ body ot iand in western Washington, and will establish its first colony within thirty days. The exact location will not be di- vulged for a while, as the negotiations are not sufficiently advanced. > — + . DEMAND FOR DISARMAMENT, Admiral Noel Serves Notice on Can- dia’s Turkish Governor, CANDIA, Island of Crete, September 17. —Admiral Noel, the British naval com- mander here, last eyening handed Edhem Pasha, the Turkish governor, a demand for the disarmament of the Mussulman popu- lation. The pasha is awaiting the instruc- tions of the Turkish government on the subject. OUTSIDE PQSTAL SERVICE No More Assignments to Be Made For a While. Many Applications From Those Who Want to Go to Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines. “There will be no more assignments to the postal service in Cuba, Porto Rico or the Philippines until a report has been re- ceived frum the committee of postal ex- perts now in the Island of Porto Rico, said Mr. Heath, the firet assistant post- master general, today. “All the requirements of the service in the newly acquired territory have been met, so far as the department is and we will now await the report of the committee proposing a plan of reorganiza- tion and permanent establishment of the postal serv. The United States postal service will not bel extended in the island of Cuba until the evacuation of the Span- ish troops has taken place, and I see the evacuation commission has not yet fully entered upon its duties, so that it may be some weeks before it is possible to take up for consideration the extension of the pos- tal service in that tsland, although the de partment will push forward the service as rapidly as the military necessities permit. At this time the mails are going into Ha- Vana regularly and are coming out of Ha- Vana to our countdy under the old regime. “The department continues to receive hundreds of sppligations eve day from men al y in thel postal service and their friends asking for assignment to the postal rvice In Cuba, Pprio Rico or the Philip- repr in§ Congress and senators and influentfal men throughout the country asking for!the appointment of men in the postal servicf to positions in connec- tion with the service in the new territory. All of this work can avail nothing at this time. When the report of the Forto Rican postal committee ig received the public will be informed, and ft will also learn at the same time whether it is contemplated to increase the present postal force. “The governmemt transport sailing at hoon on next Wedkesday for Santiago and Ponce will carry yrobably five or six ad- ditional postal clerks to relieve some of those who are either temporarily disabled by illness or desire to return. This will positively be the last batch of clerks that will be sent to Ciba, Porto Rico or the Philippines until the postal committee have determined the necessities of the service ard the report is before the departemnt for final action.” e Operationg in’ Porto Rico. The report of ital Agent Robinson at Ponce, Porto Rica, gives some interesting data regarding the postal business done on the {sland during "the ‘month of August. There was a total/of 782 pouches received during the month apd 116 registered letters and packages. Thirty-seven pouches of mail were dispatches from the island, 167 money orders were. issued amounting to $5,228.28. Three hundred “and seventeen foreign registered Iétters.and 456 domestic os letters Were reteived. here has been aoe, ‘messenger service from Ponce to Yatica, with connection for Mayaguez; a daily service from Juan Diaz, with connection for Goamo; a daily, except Sunday, service to Adjuntas, with connec- tion for Utuado, and to San Isabelle, with connection to Salinas. All of this service 1s performed by native carriers without ex- pense to the United States government. On the 27th of August seven sucks of sealed mail, one of which contained 242 registered packages and letters, were de- livered to the alcaide of Ccamo by direction of Gen. Ernst. This mail had been ac- cumulating ce August 6, owing to the state of war. Since August 28.mail connec- tions with San Juan, the advanced military post, has been daily by native carrier ser- vice. ‘The army and native mail has been for- warded in separate inclosures, properly la- beled, the army mail being delivered to car- riers designated by the commander of each army station and the island mail, in most nformed, | IT’S LUCKY 1 DON’T HAVE TO GO BY THAT CLOCK. to the carriers on the order of the ides, United States forces stationed at their first mail from a and that ser. 1 from Ponc bas been forwarded to Santiago de Cuba by every vessel bound for that port, All other mail destined for the United States and foreign countries left by every vessel! leaving Ponce for ports in the states. Mr. Robinson also advi: that up to the dat of his letter no expense had been incurred in operating the Ponce military postal sta- ticn, the e being due to a great extent te the consideration received at the hands of the War Department. He also says that esch member of the postal contingent, act- ing under special detail there, has shown the utmost endeavor to perform his duties to the best advantage. ee PUMP OUT THE TUNNEL. TO Col. Miller Reports Work Done to In- crease the Water Supply. Good progress is reported by Col. Miller, corps of engineers, in the work of com- pieting the Washington aqueduct tunnei and the Howard University reservoir, so as to increase the water supply of the Dis trict. The preliminary Steps contemplate the stoppage of the water leak into the tunnel under Rock ereek, and to pump out the tunnel through the shafts. When the tunnel has been pumped out it will be in- spected and the plan of operations deter- mined upon. It is proposed to take advan- tage of experience in other work of a sim- ilar nature, especially the repairs of the tunnel supplying the city of New York. ‘The work will be done by hired labor and the material purchased by contract or in the open market, as may be most advan- tageous to the United States. The priations for the work amount to $50 3. At Foundry branch shaft the work of ex- cavating the brick and concrete scal has Leen completed, the shaft se tim- bered, the pump hung in the shaft, the hoisting engine and boilers set up, all steam and water connections made and a shed built over the machinery. At Rock creek shaft the shaft has been retimbered down to the water, two pumps hung in the shaft and steam ‘connections made with the boiler. Lyons mill bridge has been re- paired, and steps built from Massachusetts avenue to the foot of the hill. At Cham- plain avenue shaft the shed over the ma- chinery has been completed, the shaft re- timbered down to the water, the concrete seal removed and the pump and pipes placed in the shaft. At Howard University shaft the cage timbers have been placed in the shaft down to the water, the head house over the shaft built and two pumps and pipe put into the shaft. Col. Miller says it 1s proposed during the present morth to pump out the tunnel, compiete retimbering of shafts, build head houses and remove old timbers and mate- rials from bottom of shafts. He says also that he recently visited Macon, Ga., for the purpose of inspecting a filtration plant at that point, and that he is otherwise en- gaged in a study of the question of the feasibility and propriety of filtering the woter supply of Washington, with a view to the preparation of a report to Congress ‘on the subject. apne Si VOLUNTEER OFFICERS. Their Resignations Must Be Indorsed and Forwarded by Superiors. The War Department has decided to change its policy in the matter of granting applications of volunteer officers for dis- charge, and hereafter no such application is to be considered unless indorsed by a superior officer and forwarded through him. Heretofore the discharges have been grant- ed without applying any general rule, upon application of officers for themselves, in- dorsed by the representatives or senators from their states. Now that the President has definitely prescribed the regiments that are to constitute the army, it is felt to be impracticable and injurious to the army to continue this indiscriminate method of making discharges under stress of politicat influence, and hereafter political influence is not to be allowed to have weight in this matter. Inasmuch as the President looks to the regimental officers to main- tain the efficiency of their organizations, it is not regarded by him as fair to them to allow discharges to be made, which may seriously interfere with thelr organi- zations, without consulting them, there- fore the rule is to be rigidly applied. ON THE BATTLEFIELD HandsomeMassachusetts Troops Mon- ument Dedicated. THE CEREMONIES AT ANTIETAM ee Governor Wolcott's Impressive Ad- | dress of Acceptance. ee A DESCRIPTION OF IT HAGERSTOWN, Md., September 17.—The handsume monument erected to the mem ery of the M who fough and fell on th lefield of Antietam was Gedicated this” afternc ceremonies in the m with impressive presence of a large dele- gation of prominent men from the bay state and a number Hager ow snd vicinity. Wolcott of Mas of citizens of Governor chu ivered the dedicatory address. The monument, which was covered today with handsome floral offerings, nds 01 a mound at the corner of F rstown and Cornfield avenue, purchased several years ago by the Massachuseits authorities, It is exceedingly simple and chaste in de- sign, is made of Milford granite and in th renaissance style of architecture. A wreath of laurel adorns the front and entwines the coat of arms of Massachusetts. forming a centerpiece for the foilowing inscription: rected by the commonwealth of Massa- chusetts to mark the position held by their troops at the battle of Antietam, Septem- VI, MDCCCLXIi.” The Monument. A buttress on sither side of the cen’ stone bears a bronze tablet inscribed w the numbers of the regiments from Mas: chusetts which participated in d, 7th, 1vth, 20th, 21st, 2 zd th Infantry, Ist C and sth Batteries and Ist and of sharpshooters. The reverse s bre blet They were the 1sth, th, 10th, 1, sth, alry, Ist, 1 companie h of the monum ring almost a diag , Showing the positions held Massachusetts troops on the day of t fight. Messrs. Winslow and Wetherell architects dedicatory exercis« Gen. Samuel Dalton, holds a s entire am of th nt containing y A of were opened by nt gener of the state of Ma who, in brief address, on behalf of the committe having in charge the building of th formally turned it over to the sentativ the ate, heade Wolcott. € Wolcott, in acceptir Vv 1 the orical events imme following Antietam’s great struggle, in the is mation, “Thus for this nation and for the world the battle of Antietam worth the ¢ acrilice {t entailed. Not in vain was led the blood that reddened those fields y-six years ago today. Not in vain did you Veterans of the Army of the Potomac struggle and endure. You offered your lives to your countr: he day of her peril and a united country h holds no slave iS your fitting monument. During the Hfetime of a generation the nation found and aninter- rupted peace, until this year the forces of great republic have been st se, That foe ipation procla- has be seamen sold recognize their magi triumph. s to in ihe hour Lessons of the War. “But we, too, have learned some things from the present war, now happily ended. We ave learned that the n: as it has not been since the republic, that loyalty knows no section- alism and that ready obedience to tne cour- tyy's cali to duty is bounded by neo state lines, but is coextensive wi citizenship. We have learned; the velor of the sires has not bean transmission to the sons, that the gall: youth of today are as ready to offer their lives in their country’s service as have been the men of this favored land at every crisis in its history; that the republic hes a sure defense against all pertls, domestic or for- eign, in the devotion and courage of her son “In dedicating this monument the com- monwealth of Massachusetts proudly re- calls the part which her sons bore in the great battle which has made this field for- ever memorable. Sixteen regiments of in- fantry, one regiment of cavalry, three bat- teries of artillery and two companies of sharpshooters constituted her contribution to the Union army on that fateful day, and abcut one-eighth of the total loss was hers. May this granite momument symbolize her gratitude and the permanency of their fame. What the issue of that day wrought will, however, outlast the granite or the storied bronze. ‘General Carman, to you as the repre- sentative of the national government I now convey this Massachusetts monument, to be forever guarded and preserved by your as- sociation with like memorials contributed by other states of the Union in memory ot @ great battle stubbornly contested by American soldiers and resulting happily for humanity and for the nation whose sors here fought and died.” At the conclusion of his address Gov- error Wolcott handed the deeds to the tract of land upon which the monument ts erected to General A. E. Carman, repre- senting the United States government, thus concluding the ceremonies. aaa Personal Mention. Dr. John F. Moran has returned from Europe. Mr. W. Morgan Shuster has been ap- pointed to a position on the staff of the Cuban commission by Acting Secretary Meiklejohn. He left last night for Havana. give the last address as well as ihe ‘FRENCH CRISIS NOW The First naa ef aaa Cab- inet. GEN. ZURLINDEN RESIGNS Another Minister is Expected to Give Up His Portfolio. per eae THE PREMIER’S PLANS — =~ ae PARIS, September 17 parlinden, has sent his written resig ) Premier | son, as follows: “I r to | yu to receive my resi as min- jister for war. An exhaustive study apers in the Dreyfus case has cd ly fu his guilt for me 1 of the at of th army «. a meeting laye, lef | which fs int j do not matter The « a.m President Faur semi-ofticial ni e said that the papers, he felt u the question of the proj the Dreyfus case until he sa t opinion of a s mmission of the min- istry of Justice. tho tee for the pury t thereupon au- uMMon a commit- zed the mini Cheered the Pre ier. It fs reported now that the portfolio of minister for war will be offered to General run or M. De Freycinet that if refuse to accept the o isson the duties war, to the and M the in- he was leaving the EI Palace, f cabinet: meeting xe crowd of pe cheered the premier, M with « of “Viva la revisior ently showing that chan in favor of Dreyfus case. pe REV. DR. JOHN HALL DEAD. He Was on His Annual Visit to Ire- land. Ireland, tember 17.—The Dr. John Hall of } York ied this morning at Bango! Down. NEW YORK, September Hall was born in County on July 31, 1s2y. in delegaze from the general Presbyterian Church in Inela byterian Church in the United States, and after his r to Ireland he received a call to the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian | Chureh in New York. He a entered apon his labors in } A new church edifice was ered Hall in 1 the corne He was ele of the City Dr. Hall was on his ennual v to Eu- He died at his sister's r lence. His health h been broken wo r mere than a yea bs had hoped to ‘urn to New York shortly and had already engaged pa on a steamer for h. elf and his wife. ee eee SORRY HE ENLISTED. Pathetic Letter From a Rough Rider, Who Died From Typhoid. NEW YORK, September 17.—Henry J Ebermann, a Rough Rider, formerly @ po- liceman here, died day of typhoid in a Brooklyn Hospital. To please his wife rmann used to write to Clerk Kipp of poli idquarte at the end of every month. Now that he is dead the War Department can do him no harm, sc this letter of his to Major Kipp is given out for publication TAMPA, Fla., July 31. In compliance with my wife's request to write a letter to head son the last y of every month © of my still being alive, I herewt wetfully give notice that I haven't n a chance to die yet. unless it wa starvation, which I counteracted by spending my meney for pri ns; nor is it likely that the remainder of the Rough Riders will ever go into battle during this or any other war. The present one e Sam will never get I am sorry that I enlisted, and my greatest wish is to get away from here. If there were an opportunity to withdraw rably from the service I would quick- ly take advantage of it, for th t at all like life in the regular army, everybody knows his business. With the exception of a few regular officers detailed for service with this regiment. Roose is the only man qualified to hold com- mand. sergeant of the 7th United States Cavalry, I was assigned to Troop H, New Mexico, as instructe a troop which was left in Tampa because of the extraor- dinary incompetency of its officers, two of whom knew absolutely nothing of military affairs. I succeeded in obtaining a retransfer at Having been a Mr. W. Mosby Williams, after an absence of seven weeks, driving through Virginia, has returned. Mr. Charles W. Little and T. A. Robbins have returned from a sea trip to Boston and Portland. Mr. Theodore A. Harding has returned to the city from his farm in Virginia, where he and his family have been spending the summer. Mr. Robert Gibson of this city will sail tomorrow from New York for Southamp- ton on an American Line steamer, Mr. W. W. Locke of this city is now tak- ing a trip to Niagara Falls, Hamilton and Toronto, Can. Mr. Hubert Snow, son of Samuel Snow, returned to Dartmouth College this week. Rev. Dr. Sterrett and sons have returned from their summer in the Adirondacks. Corp. Robert Sterrett of the Signal Corps has received his discharge and is soon to return to college. Secretary Long has gone to Massachusetts on a flying «rip, expecting to return to Washington Monday. Adjutant General Corbin has gone to New York on a short visit, the first time he has absented himself from his office since the outbreak of hostilities. + 0+—_____ Movements of Troops. Dispatches were received at the War De- partment today announcing the arrival of part of the 17th Infantry at Columbus bar- racks, the 4th Infantry at Fort Sheridan, a battalion of the Sth Cavalry and Volun- teer Infantry at Vancouver barracks and the departure of the 12th Infantry from Montauk Point for Jefferson barracks. the last moment to Troop K, the New York contingent, whore members are by far the best because of their education and intelligence; but it was too late, and I could not have bought one of those men to take my place and remain in Tampa for a thou- sand dollars. So a few were left, half of whom are always ill, to luke care of 117 horses. My hands are horny, and I have not worked so hard for many years, and never have 1 suffered such discomforts ard inconveniences. There being no pros- pect for active service I hope that we will soon be discharged. HENRY J. EBERMAD Troop K, United States Volunteer Cavairy, Tampa, Fla. RECEIVED BY THE EMPEROR. Special Hepresentatives of Foreign Sovercigus Visit Vienna. VIENNA, September 17.—Emperor Frat. cis Joseph, at 9 o'clock this morning, re- ceived the special representatives of for- eign sovereigns. ‘An hour later he received the visiting sovereigns, with the exception of the King of Saxony, whom he personally grested at the railroad station. ‘The inhabitants of this city are stream- ing in dense crowds toward the chapel of the Hofburg, and are defiling before the casket containing the remains of the late empress. ———ee Acting as Secretary. Second Assistant Secretary Adee is acting as Secretary of State and will continue to do so until the @rrivel and qualification of Mr. Hay.

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