Evening Star Newspaper, October 5, 1898, Page 1

THE EVENING S71 Se PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEFT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave., Cor. 11th St., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8. H. KAUF# MANN, Pres’t. 49 Potter Bail New York Oca, ay at Washington, D. C., oe usmnst be patd in advance. Je known on application. —— The Episcopal Triennial Convention Meets, CHURCH DIGNITARIES PRESENT SS Crowds at Epiphany at Open- ing Exercises. BISHOP TUTTLE’S SERMON Session of the House of Business Bishops. , in the the re sense, n 13th morning. The en- the great presentin ap- ye and reached of onlookers. communic men, accom- usic from the B. Whipple, holy : :, DD. y B. Whipple. min Whipple of Min- kable work among the e success attending it, has ned him the title of the ‘Apostle to th Men,” native of Adams, Jefferson York, where he was born in and engaged in early life fh busines i ties. He was an in- ¥ ‘ and on tur bs of per- Ps give him- & x th re i sot Richmond, Va., On third Lambeth con- fe gree of LL.D. ‘ He has f Q titutions in Mir 2 ion th yspered to a w legr The Crowds Gather. Kk, although the service cs 1 11 o'clock, crowds ather around the church. Clerical legates, accompanied by ladies, large part of the throng, al- were there who belong to but came to ion of bishops. witness the There was a ling of curious persons. A! cted, ge made but to those having the yy sought admis- sion when t doors of th Inside the church all was in readiness. Goiden rod made beautiful the interior, the pretty flower being massed under the hand- morial window In the cast round the columns of the iron g the chancel from the main body of the church. The Ushers. The ushers were the following members of the local executive committee: Rey. Richard P. Williams, Col. George True: Bell, Col. Cecil Clay, J. Holdsworth Gor- WASHINGTON, D. ©, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, don, Major James N. Waters, W. Howard, Richard P. Shealey and Elias $. Hutchinson. ‘They were quietly aressed and wore ribbons showing their authority. In front of the chancel and pulpit tem- porary seats were placed to accommodate the vested chcir, and a few pews away from the front, three p on either side of the center aisle, were reserved for dis- tinguished lay delegates. The chancel was filled with handsome chairs for the seventy odd bishops, and golden rod heightened the k coloring of the walls, while the ight gave the place a subdued, hallowed appearance that was most beau- tiful. The main doors were ope and the church quickly floor was occupied by the cler' a ed at 10 o'clock led. The main al and lay Bixhop D. S. Tattle. delegates, their families and friends, the by the members of the Woman's, y, the press and the public in gen- Distinguished Laym: The di nymen who occupied the speci pews were J. Pier- pont Morgan, Chief Ju: Fuller of the Supreme Court of the United States, ex- Senator Geo. F. Edmunds, Henry F. Pierre- pont of Brooklyn, Justice Andrews of New York, Judge Maxey of Texas, Judge Earl of New York, Robert Treat Paine of Bos ton, ex-Governor Bullock of Georgia, David B. Lyman of Illinois, Justice Stiness of Rhode Island and Joseph Packard, jr., of Baltimore. a The Overflow. vught admission who couid not be accommedated that they were | itted to fill the ce halls of the church. Even then the pavement in front was com- pletely biocked by delegates and others who waited to see the procession of the dignitaries. In the meantime the bishops were as- So mar sembling in the great chamber allotted to foe Bishop John Williams. them on the wes had garbed them office and awaited the church. Just before 11 o'clock the female members of the mixed vested choirs of the Epiphany je of the church. They ves in the robes of their the summons to enter Church and Chapel, which had been train- ed under the direction of st H Clough Leig?ter, entered 1 them- selves in front of the Mr. John . the substitute organist, proceeded the east side of the upon the vast au- © waving of many aurch, srevailing humidity, made the almost too warm to be borne. » measured harmonies of the prelude Dubois in G minor poured from the at il o'clock, and the v 1 choir and the audience’ r to receive the bishops, who were then entering the church from the south side, having passed from the charaber of the bishops into the outer air on the west of the church and arc the pavement to the main door, the g crowd outside respectfully and quickly sep- a in for the proce: om. Then the fe- male choir in the church sang the pro- ional hymn No. and the leading the tanding un- choir in white ps, joined the song while r the southern transept. Following the male choir were the assistant rectors of pany Church, ard next came Dr. amuel Hart, secretary s, the Rev. Charles tary of the house of Bishop Wm. C. deputies. Then ca led by the gigantic Bishop Kinsolving of Texas, whese commanding features, tow- ering height and great form clad in white robes commanded attention and admira- tion. They p eeded up the main aisle to the last row of pews, where they stopped and separated, the pas facing each other, ageway clear. Retween the Lines. Accoréing tu custom, the last bishop, who was Bishop Whipple, the senior pre- siCing Mshop In the absence of his seniors, Bishops Clark and Williams, was the first to pass between the lines of bishops. Bishop Whipple, tall, gaunt, patriarchal; his noble features bearing the marks of self-sacrifice and devotion to duty; his White hair surmounied by a purple beretta; his thin form clac in a crimsen Oxford hood, marched slowly toward the chancel and the others fell in behind him in the or- Ger of consecrations, as follows: leaving Bishep of Alabama, Rt. Rey. Dr. Wilmer, Rt. Rev. Dr. C. M. Williams; bishop of Maine, Rt. Rev. Dr. Neely; bfshop of Mis- seuri, Rt. Rev. Dr. Tuttle; bishop of Ore- gon, Rt. Rev. Dr. Morris; bishop of Albany, Rt.’ Rev. Dr. De bishop of Pennsyl- : Rt. Rev. Dr. Whitaker; bishop of South Dakots, Rt. Rev. Dr. Hare; bishop of Colorado, Rt. Rev. Dr. Spalding; bishop of Dallas, Rt. Rev. Dr. Garrett; bishop of Kentucky, Rt. Rev. Dr. Dudley; bishop of New Jersey, Rt. Rev. Dr. Scarborough; bishop of western Michigan, Rt. Rev. Gillespie; bishop of southern’ Ohio, Rt. Rev. Dr. Jagger; bishop of Chicago, Rt. Rev. Dr. McLaren; bishop of West Virginia, Rt. Rev. Dr. Peterkin; bishop of Springfield, Rt. Rev. Rev. Dr. Thompson; bishop of southern Virginia, Rt. Rev. Dr. Randolph; bishop of western New York, Rt. Rev. Dr. Walker; bishop ot st Carolina, Rt. Rev. Dr. Wat- inued on Twelfth Page.) MILITARY TO OCCUPY American Troops to Be in Western Cuba This Month. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM GEN, WADE Unsatisfactory Condition of Affairs at Havana. SPANISH PROCRASTINATION eg Important recommendations are expected at an early date from Gen. Wade regard- ing the military occupation of central and western Cuba by the American troops. The situation, as candidly explained by one of the officials, is growing worse in Havana and the surrounding country. The limit of patience has been passed, and it will de- pend on Gen. Wade to say how many troops are wanted and where they shall be located. The commission which leaves this week to select sites for camps will not have much time in which to perform its duties, but it is believed that its members will be able to make a prompt report, so that the regiments: which are intended to go first can leave Florida within the next two weeks. Spanish Procrastination. The unsatisfactory condition of affairs in Havana and elsewhere is said to be due to ariety of causes, but it all comes back to the Spanish disposition to procras- tinate and also to the evident determina- the military and civil officials to an of the little time that s them for plunder. Two weeks ago, very strong on the American military commi attitude taken by remains wher the irritation was part of the @ conciliatory was Spaniards in accordance with instructions from Madrid. Ambassador Cambon, it is stated, gave the direct assurance to the State Department that there would be more obstructive tactics. This promise ap- plied both to the admission of the foud supplies and to the arrangements for get- ting the Spanish troops out of the fsland. It was also intimated hat none of the questions of dispute regarding what con- i Spanish government property and der questions of the Cuban debt future of Spanish subjects in Cuba s be ra in conection with the military commissions in Havana. There was good reason for this, because the American military commission would not have entered upon those subjects, except under Instructions from Washington. ‘The Spanish promises, however, proved untrust- worthy and the cld policy of delay was ob- served. where it is no longer possible Spain’s wishes and Spanisn in preparing for Ametican only matter now is th: control at the earliest pos date, ard, as heretofore stated, Gen. Wade's recom: Mendations on these points are awaited. Necessity of Early Action. Private and semi-official advices give an account of the conditions at Havana, whica show the need of early action. Representa- tives of the American military commission who have beer sent out into the country to investigate almost Invariably bring back appailing stories of the distress existing and of the need for immediate relief. They also commend the acmirable self-restraint which the irsurgents are showing. That is This has been carried to the point to con ider the language of one of the investigators. The landinx of the food supplies from the Co at Matanzas will enable the relief which Is so badly needed to be afforded. Some of the food has already been taken to Havana by lroad, and distributed among the poor people at Los Fos: Los Fcesos is in the heart of Hava ne tion policy it was a setth oncentrados, who were finally -d throvgh the efforts of Consul Gen- » and some of the citizens of Hi cones The Autonomist Cabinet. The accounts received from Havana have scmething to say of the autonomist or co- lonial cabinet. This cabinet is still assum- ing to be the government of Cuba, and the rce of preter.ding that autonomy once ex- ted is to be kept up to the end. It repre- nts nothing except the vanishing sov- ercignty of in. However, It makes the pretense of exere)sing the functions of civil government and of having something to say about the € tion of the island. [ts members, or scme of them, think taat they are to be treated with as well as the Span- ish military ccrrmission. Its greate heen the drawing up of a iting the histo al hundred years p hor of Mr. Montoro, the tary of the treasury, who is a very learned lawyer. After this statement had been drawn ap the autonomist cabinet thought tha re would be no more p ‘© from the Air {can military commission for immediate evacuation or for referm in the manage- ment of public affairs. If tt were not for the tragic side, the situation, as descrihed in the letters received from Havana, would he decidedly tumorous. ‘The Spanish cen- s still main- or ¢dits the Have t they are not allowed to the policy of the captain general of the autonomist cabinet. Captain General Blanco. Some difference of opinion exists regard- ing Captain General Blanco. At times he has shown a disposition to facilitate early cccupancy of Havana by the Amercan trecps. At other times he has apparently Scught to put obstacles in the way. The captain genera! 1s reported to be anxious to get back to Spain and take part in political affairs. He would leave everything to the Spanish military commission and to the au- tcenomist cabinet. This, however, Sagasta will not permit, and it is possible that Cap- tein General Bianco wil! have to remain un- til the last Spanish scldier departs. These fre not matters that concern the American military commission. Whether Blanco stays or goes, the intention is that the American trcops will be in possession by the end of this month. Military government is giving such good results at Santiago that it Is felt justifiable to place Havana under the same rule. re This was tt +o + —______ WILL SAIL FROM SAVANNAH. The Fourth Regiment of Immanes Delayed by the Effects of the Storm. ‘The wreck of the wharves at Fernandina, Fla., will prevent the embarkation of the 4th Regiment of Volunteers (immunes) at that place. This regiment was to sail from Fernandina to Manzanilo on the Roumania. The embarkation will now take place at Savannah. The department today sent messages to points in the south to reach the Roumania, ordering her to Savannah. Orders were also issued to the regiment to proceed at once from Fernandina to Savan- nah in order to join the steamer at that point. Four companies of this regiment are composed of residents of this city. The regiment was recruited in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, and was rendezvoused for some time at Fredericks- burg, Va., whence it recently moved to Fernandina. SS To Be Mustered Out. The 10th Company, U. 8. V., Signal Corps, under the command of Capt. Thomas F. Clark, now at Huntsville, Ala., has been ordered to proceed to Boston, Mass., for furlough and muster out, = CAN'T QUIT CUBA AT ONGE Hitch in Negotiations at Joint Session of Commissions. Spanish Declare Immediate Evacua- tion of the Island is Impossible— Blanco Rescinds an Order, HAVANA, October 4 (delayed in trans- mission).—At the joint session this morn- ing of the United States and Spanish mil- itary commissions, the Spaniards, accord- ing to a report, declared it was impossible to evacuate the island immediately, while the American commissioners insist that their instructions called for an immediate evacuation. After two hours’ conference on the subject the jeint commissions were unable to reach any definite agreement. The American commissioners on their re- turn to headquarters at the Trocha Hotel, Vedado, were busily engaged in translating the stenographer’s notes and in sending code messages to Washington. The well-known insurgent leader, Juan Gilberto Gomez, and Col. Garcia, a son of Gen. Calixto Garcia: of the Cuban army, accompanied by Major Pinillos, have ar- rived here as a special commission charged with the task of uniting the different Cu- ban parties In favor of Independence. Capt. General Blanco today suspended the order issued several days ago to dis- band the provistonal battalions reinforcing the regular troops. The reason for this step is not known. Mr. Charles W. Gould of New York, the special representative of the Departinent of Justice on the United States Cuban mil- ary commission, visited the supreme court today and obtained considerable informa- tion in reference to the administration of justice in Cuba. + CONVENTION OF THE BLIND. Congress to Be Asked to Endow National School. ST. LOUIS, Octoter 5.—One hund fifty blind men and women, repr: the American Blind Pecple’s Higher cation and Gereral Improvement Ass tion, with a membership exter throughout the ccuntry, are holding « a ecme notab‘e beceuse It is probable that decided stail will be taken on a univer print for the blind. There are man. tems of reading in use,“mestly in the of perforatiors in paper. Following the advocacy of higher ed ucation, the agscciation hopes vas on Congress to encourage the ment of a neticnal school for the blind or the creatioa of departments for the bighor education of this class im institutions al- ready erected, ' aa KING'S DRASTIC ORDER. Threatened to Shoyt Soldiers Caazht Foraging th Honojula. SAN FRANCISCO, October 5.—Soldiers who returned fem Honolulu on the sicam- er Senato- stete that drastic m res have’been acopted there to enforce distip- line. Foraging, it is said, been earricd on with a high hand.,Gen. King policed Honolulu with 100 niountéd men, and iz sued an order that any coldier caught for- aging would be court-martlaled and shot. Everything has been quiet since the order was issued. GEN. —._—_ TROUBLE CAUSED BY RELIGION. Chinese Consul at ’Frisco Talks of the Recent Outbreak. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., October 5.—In a signed interview regarding the recent dis turbances near Pekin, Ho Yow, the Chinese consul here, said: “I believe that the recent trouble in China 1s due to religion—to efforts of the mission- aries to carry on their work and the anta onistic relations existing between the Chin- ese who still cling to their faith of cen- turies past and those who have adopted the ideas of the Christian religion. I do not think it will result seriously, owing to the fact that there is a lack of co-operation.” ee SCORCHED BY MOLT LAVA. Narrow Escape of Party of Ladies at Mt. Vesuvius. CHICAGO, October 5.—The Times-Herald today says Miss Elizabeth Stephenson, who was recently selected by Governor Scofield to christen the battle ship Wisconsin, has had a narrow escape from death in the lava beds of Mt. Vesuvius. Miss Stephen- son, accompanied by her sister, Miss Har- riet, Miss Charlotte Holmes of Menominee, Mich., and Mrs. Frederick C. Austin and Miss Marion Austin of Chicago, were vis- iting in Naples. They started toward the volcano early in the afterngon and en route engaged three Italians, who represented themselves as official guides. The Italians proved anything but guides and the party lost ther way. all night they wandered, frequently having narrow capes from a terrible death in the boiling streams of lava coming from the crater above. At daybreak they got back to th road and reached their hotel almost hausied. All the ladies are said to have been paintutly scorched and almost ex- hausted from inhaling, sulphurous gases. -_ THE GUN MOUNTS. TO TEST Reason for the lowa’s Run Out to Sea Yesterday. It is stated positively at the Navy De- partment today that the battle ship Iowa has not come to any harm, and that the movements of the ship yesterday which excited so much curiosity in New York were nothing more than these resulting from the desire of the captain to thorough- ly test his batteries before starting on his jong voyage for the Paelfic. He telegraphed the Navy : Department jast night that he had taken the Iowa out to sea for the special purpose of testing the new gun mounts zecenily installed. These were found to werk very satisfac- torily. Still, it will probably be during the next week before the Iowa will be able to get away, according tothe present plans of the Navy Department, There is no oc- cesion for haste in the .gase of the lowa, in the opinion of the department, because the colliers which are to acgompany the expedition are not yet ready for sea, one of them, the Alexandria, having been obliged to discharge her .carga at Norfolk in order to extinguish a fire. After the battle of July.3 Captain Evans, commanding the lowa, Feporied to we Navy Department that the only weakness exhibited by the battle shi the S-inch gun mounts. gear was too lightly constructed. partment immediat and it is these whi ‘The de- ¥ ordered new mounts, haypedust been placed abcard and tested, —- Justice Cox of NewYork is registered at the Riggs House. } Captain J. J. Brereton of the 24th U. 5. Infantry is visiting his brother at 1446 Stoughton street! Mrs. Specht, wife of the Rey. Joseph A. Specht of the Ascension Chureh, Is slowly recovering, at her home on Vermont ave- nue, from a painful she ived last Friday while aligheing: from a ith street fe ‘ * TWO CENTS. Ix tional Guard of the District of Colum- A bia, authorized, under the act of May 11, 4 1808, to nominate candidates for appoint- ment as officers in the naval battalion, “Respectfully, =f “JOHN . RICHARDS, Declared to Be the General in the licitor General.” “Approved. ‘SOHN W. GRIGGS, “Attorney General.” Acting Secretary Meiklejohn’s Letter. The letter to which reference is made in the opinion of the solicitor geners from Acting Secretary Meiklejohn, and was as follow District National Guard. SOLICITOR GENERAL RICHARDS’ VIEW September 20, 1898. To the Horcrable Attorne ne Sir: This department is in rec letter from the honcrab! Opinion Approved by the Attorney = General. Navy, inclosing a letter ¢ H . brigadier general, District of Co- a i militia’ (a co of which is in- rapes is = — closed), making certain nominations in the THE LAW ON THE SUBJECT) pavai battalion of the National Guard of the District of Columbia, under th: t Congress, entitled ct to prov Solicitor Gereral Richards of the Depart- | 0!#anizing a nave « nbia,” app M Stats. 404), and requesting “‘infc to whether that officer is now comm: nent of Justice has rendered an opinion to the Secretary of War which does not leave the remotest doubt of Gen. Harries’ posi- | the National Guard of the District of Co- tion as commancer of the District militia, | ’mbia and authorized under the act ap- The decision is approved by Attorney Gen- | PPeved May 11, 1808, to nominate candi ioe. dates for appointment as officers in the eral Griggs, and finally settles the qui naval Datintvoa: The decision follows: Under the act entitled “An act to pro- The Opinion. vide for the organization of the militia of the District cf Columbia,” approved March “OCTOBE! “The Secretacy of War. R 4, 1898. ps ), Providing “that the »e com ed of volun- militia shai “Sir: Iam in rceecipt of your communi- , and shall be designated the Nationai cation of the 20th ultimo, in which you re: ard of the District of Columbia,” two Sere ee ee ea ea regiments and one independent battery quest the opinion of t y were organized, and were being maintained upon the qi n whether George H. f with their full complement of officers and Ties, who was 2ppointed and commissioned | a sufficient number of men to meet the re- by the President commanding gener: quirements of the act, when the existing the militia of the I t of Columb: war with Spain was declared. to the war with Spain, but who acc Since the passage of the act of April 22, mission as eclonel regiment composed lars and men of the militia of tt lumbia, organized under the frem the Pr: ox a volunteer of the office rict of entitled ine ent of the je for tem- establi ‘An act to prov easing the milita United 5: for other purposes act of April 4 tat. 36D, provide r of the enlisted men who belonge < for the increase of the milita to these militia organizations enlisted in ent of tre United S nteer branch of the United States now the cemmanding ¢ | forty-six of the officers have v of the District of Columbi \ appointed as commissioned officers in that army, including George H. Ha who vrigadier general in comm: val battalion ee os the District militia, but accept com- candidates for appointmest ue ante es ore he act of March 1, 1889, for the organ- | #4 Sul holds the last mentioned offic Men GRtne sailiea een __As the officers and men were not culled lumbia (25 oy prooik into the service of the United States as ‘that the “of the L militia, but became of the “volun- skall be the commander-in-chic army of the United St: 1 have of the District of Colum honor to incl pers relating to section. 7) there shall he this matter and to request your opinion 4 nd commissioned by the President of the | t0 Whether th H. Harries is United States a commar now the com of the milit tia of the District District nd is author- ank of brigadier de his offic until his or 1 ‘ lified, Lut may be remc the President.’ 1898, 2 commar Acting § Z Sc pat Seu nee The Navai Battalion Selections. ¢ of the Pre . The nominations of officers of the Naval Battalion, upon which the above opinion is essor pinted and quaiilied, ed, are as follows: u ion, the Pre: p- ri nines be ci ands: peinted and commissioned him colonel of es i: 2 re is Drei oxy the ve Me eat quad McGrath, to be lieutenant com District. ccep Bae der. did not resign the command of the District oh S. Van Ficet, to be lieutenant. militla. Was the President bound to treat | A. EB. Smith, to be chief engineer. his acceptance as a ation of the com- | Granville Lewis, jr, to be Meutenant trand of the District militia and appcint grade). bis suctessor? Harries Can Hold Both Oftices. “I thisk not. There is no statutory pro- bition against the holding of the two of- Is there any incompatibility in law? Incompatibility cxists where the nam and the duty of the two offices are cu: to render it improper, from consider: Robert T. Bradley, to be ensign. Charles Rugers, to be ensign. Inasmuch as thes? nomination! held up only to await the determin the question of the lega! right of Ge res to make and as that right now been clearly established, it natu: the commissions will bc lar form as soon as the Pre ume to sign them. of publiz policy, for ene tncwmbent to bold ——— t does hot n rily arise when . EN! > incumbent places himse!f for me ee cad being in a position where it may be impos- R. sible for him to discharge the duties of pg eaten reg med both offic . (Bryan agt. Cat ") ead eee oe cae 58 al Mun. Corp A report having been published to the the did Metirg authority Ss commander-in Moreover, in a command of tha: sion t himself to a ed It from Pr re effect that General Corbin has submitted a report to the war investigating commis- j Sion in which he makes Admiral Sampson indirectly responsible for the faults of the Tiet , c portion of the District mi- | Santiago campaign, the general authorize Settee aesbene = to the call of the |a statement t he has made no such President and entered the se he United tates, Ge teas Gants < report nor any cbservatfons on the con- of the things for w © duct of the war. wade commanding | general. What he submitted to the commission, he trict mili organized under th correspondence o! aju- of March 1, 185), are subje > gee Sane as re rae i the ery of the od os . ‘orb aut ay ¢ 7 . ctions 4 and 5). In case of such a cal! the ure Bae aay tab ivard, being the active m Sevier iene gets rat eto bieming any one for any mis- s, is untrue. He has not yet or soldier of the ; interroxi tories 0: -ommiss Gvard, ordered into the ser- | “Gen Ge ee : pk ao a: Ue 1Of tie Pinited States in cbetionce Bol aict there le no weepegoat nies wer, tie call (of thal President shalllbe exchenid enay a igient inh @tant carnpalen mentee from such duty i amp as becn except upon the of a surgeon (section 45). The ri the entire act of March 1, 1889, is convim ing upon the point that one of the obie for which the District militia was organ- ized is to meet any call for service from the United States through the President. Absence From the District. “The act of April 22, 1896, authorized the President to create a volunteer army, and for that purpose to require each state and territory and the District of Columbia to furnish its quota. Under this authority the Presijent made a call upon the District of Columbia. One re It general of the District militia should be the colonel of this regiment, made up of offi- cers and men from his command. It true that the service of the United §&: took him out of the District, but mer: sence from the District would not in amount to an abandonment of the Dis marred by ill-timed and sensational cha with littie or no foundation. oe AT SANTIAGO, Gen, Lawton Reports the Condition of His Troops. The adjutant general today received the following telegram from General Lawton at Santiago de Cuba: “Fever cases all kinds, 1,091; deaths—Sergeant L. ges DEATHS 3 total stck, Rivers, F M. 8d United States Volunteer Infantry, yel- low fever, October 3; Corporal houn, B, 5th U. 8, V. Infantry, dysentery, October 4; Frank Lyons, civilian, acute dysentery, October 4; Private Byron Lake- man, Sth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, ty- phoid malarfal fever, October 3.” —_——_+2+____ FOR DEWEX'S BENEFIT. Wm. Congress to Be Asked to Revive the rict command. Suppose that, with the appro- Grade of Vice Admiral. val of the President, he had gone abroad | The President and the Secretary of the for several months to observe military op- | Navy have decided to ask Congress to re- erations there—such absence, instead of in- Gicating an intention to abandon his com- mand, might be taken for the express pur- pose of improving himself in military science, so as t better to exercive the command. And so with the experience in actual war gained in Cuba. “Moreover, absence from the District would not ot necessity interfere with the discharge of the duties of commanding gen- eral of the District militia. During a tem- Z aes aa porary absence of a commanding general | 8'@de by this time in th> regular course of his subordinates at home might, under his | B@val promotions if the wer with Spain Girection, discharge all the duties required | had never given him the oportunity to of him. The war itself might last but a | render his country such signal service. Ad- few months, and the matter of appointing | mirals Sampson and Schley were advanced his successor and the successors of the of- | ten and eight numbers respectively for ficers who accompanied him might weil be | their action in the Santiago fight of July 4. left in abeyance to await the issue of the | The desire to give Admiral Dewey addi- war. This, {t now appears, was what was | tional rank is said to be due to the Presi- done. There being no incompatibility in the | dent’s belief that his reward has been in- two offices, the acceptance of the volunteer | adequate to the services rendered and not commission could not operate as a vaca- | in proportion to the rewards bestowed upon tion of the District command, unless the | other officers. President saw fit to treat it as the equiva- ————_—_ lent of a resignation And accent it by ap- Return of the Senator. inting a successor; for the resignation of 3 = A military office does not take effect until | ‘The War Department was notified today accepted by the proper superior authority. of the arrival of the Senator at San Fran- cisco. This vessel avill now be put in read- (Mimmack vy. U. S., 97 U. S., 426.) A Question for the President. iness to take a portion of the troops at San Francisco to Manila, but will not sail “The question then finally resolves itseit | San Francisca nagar Se PEE Sais until the other vessels of the expedition into jane Of: qxpedlency—whnt wad shest tur | Soe ee es ee eee the public and for the District militia, un-| {5 arrive at San Francisco at ane time der all the circumstances. This question | They are known as the “third Manila of expediency was for the President to de- | fleet.” having carried the third expedition termine in view of the situation presented, | t? Manila. x Whether the public interests required that tree LAE the National Guard be reorganized and the | TO Imspect the Medical Department. places of those absent in Cuba treated as} Col. Charies R. Greenleaf, chief army sur- Yacant and tilled, of that those who had | geon in the field, has been ordered to Juck- Ses por Bini ars Seat ip the line of | sonville and other southern points for the military duty be regarded as temporarily |rurpeso of making aa inspection of the absent on leave, and their places reserved dical * x for their return, was for the President, as |imuia, (CPaTtments of the different reg commander-in-chief, to determine. The ——+2-—_ fact that the President did not appoint a successor to Gen. Harries may be taken ay | _Wleut. Col. Biddle Ordered Here. Lieut. Col. Jonn Ptddle, chief of engin- a sufficient indication that he saw fit to take the latter view. eers, 6th Army Corps, has been ordered io this city for temporary duty at the head- “It is, therefore, my opinion that Gen. Harries is the commanding officer of the ! quarters of the army. Vive the grade of vice admiral of the navy for the special benefit of- Rear Admiral Gcorge Dewey. For his distinguished ser- Vices at tie battle of Manila Admiral Dewey received the thanks of Congross and Was advanc?d two numbers. His advance- n.ent put him at the foot of the list of rear admirals. He would have been in that The Evening Star is the only afternoon paper in Washington that receives the dispatches of the Associated Pres It is therefore the only one in which the reader can find the complete news of the world, directly trans- mitted by telegraph, up to the moment of going to press, BOYNTON TESTIFIES Describes the Conditions at Camp Thomas BEFORE THE WAR INVESTIGATORS Gen. Wheeler Tells About Sick Soldiers at Camp Wikoff. eee é WATER AND FOOD GOOD pics < Gen. Joseph Wheeler went on the witness A at 10:20 o'clock this morning wher investigating cx mon building v. Beaver continued to place before mmission met ir Gen. Wheeler charges of mismanagement at Camp Wikoff made by the New York World, Referring to “horrors” in the treat- ment of soldiers at Camp Wikoeff, Gen Wheeler said if there were any such “hor. rors” he did not know it. He had gone through the hospitals and he had been told by all the sick men and others he talked with that the patients were very best treatment receiving the Mr. Beaver asked the witness If there any lack of food on August 27, as charged in these specifications Gen. Wheeler said he did not believe there was any re n for such a char The surgeons were allowed 60 cents a day for the special diet of the sick, and ther: ack of such food as the sick men at t many people had sent the witn in command of Camp Wikoff sums of money and supplies for the sick. He had received sums up “w for this purpose. Littie boys had sent him sum lar or so. All these sums of mor i re- turned to the senders, telling th men were getting everything requ' his own obsercation showed, anc sur- ns assured him. He t ple sending this money of different societies doing relief work among soldiers and su gested that the money might be used by them, Asked regarding the reports that four sol- diers bad to sicep fn a tent at Camp Wi- koff, Gen. Wheeler said he considered that was taking good care of the men, He said they did not put four in a tent until it was hece ary on account of large numbers of men coming on the transports. Frequently there were only two men in a tent Gen, Wilson remarked that when he went to the Military Academy as a cadet be slept as one of four in a tent In regard to the that Private Paret of the sth 1 tent from neglect and landed from the Mobile in regard to that showed that Dr. Tabor was a little gruff to the man, but that his service in Cuba had been such as to earn for him the gratitude of the soldiers, and a petition had been numerously signed ask- ing that Dr. Tabor be retained in the reg- ular service. Gen. Why er said the man should have been sent tu the hospital, but died in his after being said his inquiry it was a mistake that hed occurred. Tt was a mistake of judgment. He had found the surgeons were themselves sick and as a result at times they were ir en told that Dr. Tabor itable. He had was sick at this As to the report that sick men were falling in the streets of the Gen. Wheeler said he saw by servation that the were He had been in the and tion seen Sth Infantry, pers very weak. liticn himself men poison that had got in them in Cuba, had only been He in one company five men were able to walk, as h charged. He did know that mo one-halt of the men upon landing » weak they could hardly walk. His on Was the illness of the men wag ad by the malaria in them, causing quickness of pulse, fever and making it necessary that they should 1 change of diet. In Cuba the men © without xercise and cating a diet of greasy meat nd hard tack and coffee made them weak After the surrender of Santi the men were so weak they could not exercise, Disagreed With Dr. Senn’s ceclaratiin that there wag anger of an epidemic of typhoid fevar af Comp Wikoff was cailed to Gen. Wheeler attention The witness saw this statsment when 1 Was made, and he at once began to Inves- tigate it. He talked to other surgeons about the matter, and they did not appear te think that there wes any danger of an ept- Cemic of typhoid fever. His own observa- isfied him that there was no such He had seen the statement at- 1 to Dr. Senn, but he did not know positively that Dr. Senn had made it, Ha J looked into that matter very therough- y, however, for the reason that the report had created’ much alarm among the friends of the soldiers throughout the country. Ag a fact, ther> were comparatively few of typhoid fever within the k f the making of that prophe would be an lemic of typhotd prophecy had been mai as the sinks were conc think they were too ¢! of the was s cas? of ty came f tion or nearness of the sinks. The charge that men in hospi gust 30 were crowded Gen. Wh: believe to be well founded The Water Good. Of the water supply, on August 29, Gen Wheeler said examinations by Dr. Swart and others showed the water to be good. Of Dr. Dimmick’s charge that officers had to hunt up surgeons at Camp Wikoff about August 31, in order to get their men attended to, General Wheeler said that was probably the case, and he considered that there was nothing Very unusual about that. There was no duty higher for an officer to perform, he said, than to hunt up surgeons when their men needed them. Of the $8,000 filter purchased on General Wheeler's order, he said it was done when there was a possibility that there would be a scarcity of the supply. The Secretary had told him it would be worth the cost il it should save one life, and as a matter of fact the filter would be of use elsewhere, so that there was no loss in its purchase. The charge that Dr. E. E. Smith, expert chemist, had analyzed the character of water in Camp Wikoff and found sewage contamination, he said, had been called to his attention, ‘and he had called it to the attention of the surgeons, but they had denied that there was any contamination of the water. Altogether the water supply at Camp Wikoff, the witness said, was adequate, re- markably well distributed and of a pure character. The statement of Dr. W. Gilman Thomp- son that the whole camp at Montauk was infected With disease, and that men had been there for days with typhoid fever, and whose first treatment was after ‘they reached New York city, was read to the witness. General Wheeler said be did not think st was true that the whole camp was infected with disease. It had happened that men had left the camp and gone home, and at- terward had typhoid fever. That he thought was not strange. The reports that there had been a defi- ciency of sheets in the general hospital at Camp Wikoff were read to the witness, Gen. Wheeler said there had been a short- age of sheets in the hospital at one time, no knowl that Dr. Senn. om the condi- Is on Au- er did not