The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 28, 1897, Page 1

i e O @ - i o B T e ® o VOLUME LXXXIL-NO.- 58, "WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 28, 1897. PRICE FIVE CENTS. REGULARS MAY GUARD THE PASSES It Is Practically Decided to Send Troops Up to Alaska. CIRCLE CITY IS TO BE THE SITE FOR THE PGST. Captain Ray, Selected to Command, Says It| Would Be Humane to Turn People | Back Who Are Rushing Over Chilcoot Pass. nder con- session and to send vle by the Presi- o station tro to preserve order and protect nterests, but a question arose tof the Executive to send such a purpose in the ab- ent by a good many rtion of the newspaper ordering soldiers there without .—The | authority of Congress and in the absence of y request from the Governor ot 11 It is understood, however, that the President and Secretary Alger are supported by Attorney-General McKenna, who holds that the President has the to make such disposition of troops as he sees fit in an emergency. Besides, the cases are not yara!lel. Alasks is a Territory exclusively within and under | the jurisdiction of the United States Gov- | ernment, while Illinois has its own State government. It is held that the executive branch of the Government certainly has the right to order its troops here and there in emer- | ithout having to await the sanc- gency wi | tion of | should be obvious to any reasonable mind. to be established in | a will be only a temporary station | This matter being | . the post ter quarters. Congress. Toey say I this | North for very many years. s | ters will be at St. Michaels. CAPTAIN P.HENRY RAY U.5.A PTAIN GUY L.EDIE. A5CQ|51;ANT_5URGEQN,U.5.A. to our fellow beings. service we could to the cause. hospitals in the Klondyke country. miners. establish what is needed. new field of work. anybody. neers, for the Alaskan work is new to us. last year we had 1200 children in the parochial school. | While I am Irish I speak French and we get along all right. ‘“We do not expect to find any gold nuggets there, but we hope to win some souls.to Christian life and do some good I wrote to the mother provincial that we were glad to come into the country and be of whatever From what I hear I believe (1e Jesuits will'soon seels aid for the establishment of proper There is considerable sickness up there, and there are many accidents among the It is probable that sisters from the far North will come to the Klondyke hospitals, because, as they are inured to the climate, they can do the work with far less risk than would be incurred by sisters coming from a temperate region. You may feel sure that as soon as there is need of extra hospital facilities some of the Catholic orders will be on the ground and one in our position is forced to go to any such service. we are prepared to prove that we are pretty good sailors.” sions will be brought to our school, for the purpose is to separate all the whites from the Indians. of experience in teaching, but not among Alaskans, but children are about the same all over the world. Where I taught My companion does not speak very much English, as she is French. SISTERS IN ALASKA. Two prominent Catholic sisters ar- rived in this City from Massachusetts yesterday on their way to Alaska, where they will establish a convent of the order of Saint Anne, an exten- sive Canadian order founded by Bishop Bourget in 1848. The distinguished sisters who have thus left their Massachusetts homes and offered their services in the far North are known as Sister Mary of the Cross and Sister Mary Magdalen of the Sacred Heart. The latter was the leader in an interview with THE CALL yesterday at the home of the Sisters of the Family of Holy Names. Speaking of the contemplated trip and of the work of the church in Alaska she said: “We are going largely as pio- The founder of this work was Sister Mary Stephen, who has besn in the far We are establishing the fifth home and school of this character in Alaska, and our headquar- We shall op=n a school for white children exclusively, and the white children from other mis- I have had a great deal ““We have made ample provision in advance for the clothing and other supplies we will need temporarily in the As our people have had many years’ experience up that way we were as fully informed of our needs as We think there is a fine field for usefulness up there, and we were curious to see the country also. Such matters are always left to choice. You see, no We go to-morrow, and matter of cost ol transportating the so! l of six months or longer. settled the next question fo arise wa- the | sixty picked men, and it is not impos- - | sible that the War Department may avail diers and providing lor them lor a period | itself of the services of some of these to | make up its quota of fifty. ABERCROMBIE U.S.A. Two Noted Company Commanders Who May Be Sent in Charge of Tt oogs at the Propcsed New Post at Circle City, Alaska, and the Accompanying Surgeon. Secretary Alger opened up communica- tion with General William R. Shafter, in command of the D partment of Culifor- pia. It was proposed to send a company of infantry and the suggestion was made that one irom the First Regiment be or- dered there. General Shafter concurred in this sug- gestion. It was further proposed to send an officer to command this company who has had experence in Alaska. It was then decided by Sccretary Alzer to order Captain 'P. H. Ray to command the expe- dition. He is now stationed at Fort D. A. Russeil, Wyoming. Captain Rav las commanded several expeditions, He es- tablished the United Biates relief exped i- tion at Point Barrow, in the extreme northern part of Alaska. It is said that Captain Abercrombie may also be or- dered to accompany the expedition. He has wired the department that he has One of the embarrassments likely to fol- low an expedition of iroops to Alaska would be the desertion of those who have the gold fever. It is feared that ihere would be many dasertions cf the soldiers who wouid rush to the gold fields after the Government had vaid for their trans. portation to Circle City. Besides this, many of the enlisted men’s terms expire £oon, and they would be free to join the miners. For these reasons it is deemeu wise to make a careful selection of the roop4. All of these questions were discusssd at the Cabinet meeting again to-night, but the principal tonic of discussion was that of cost. Itis understood that the North American Transportation jand Trading Company has offered to transport the troops for $150 per head from Seattie to their destination and will charge $80 per ton for provisions. The steamer sails from Seattle on August 5 for St. Michaels, where the expeaition will take a river steamer. The Cabinet was in session three-quarters of an hour to- night. At its clos: a member said to Tuz CaLL correspondent; “Tha question of cost was the principag question discussed to-night. The Presi- dent will give his decision to-morrow."” From other sources it islearned that the expedition has already been decided on and Fecretary Alger has telegraphed to the quartermaster and commissary headquarters at San Francisco to make the arrancements. Orders for a special kind of cold-weather tents have also been sent to Philadeiphia, —_——— ORDERED TO GO NORTH. Captaln Ray Says It Would Be Well for the Governmant to Turn Back Rusning Miners, CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 27.—Captain Patrick Henry Ray, Eighth United States Infaniry, received telegraph orders.to-day directing him to go to Alaska and estab- lish a military post. Captain Ray said: “I will have in my command one com- pany of infantry, consisting of sixty-two enlisted men, two lieutenants and two surgeons. To-dav all my company and about 100 other privates in the regiment asked me to take them. I will be pre- pared to leave Seattle by August. “We proceed by sea to Michaeloffski anda thence probably march overland. There is a good trail over an easy country formerly used by Russians, and foriy- eight miles of marchine saves 400 miles by sea and river. I will probably estab- lish quarters near old Fort Yukon before the winter season. *‘The present rush of prospectors and miners over the Chilcoot Pass route is ex- ish from hunger and exposure. The Gov- ernment would act humanely if it would place troops on the pass to turn people | back. The gold region gcan be reached ‘without hardship by the overland route through British posse-sions, skirting the eastern slope of the Rock Cattle could even be driven by this route.” el TRANSPORTING TROOPS. It May Crowd Out Many Who In- tended to Go North on the Cleveland. SEATTLE, Wask., July 27.—Captain W, W. Robinson, assistant quartermaster, United States army, who 1s stationed here 1 charge of the work on'the proposed new army posts and fortificationson Puget Sound, received to-day irom Washington, D. C., two telegrams, of which the follow- ing are copies: To Captain fichinson: Captain Ray with five officers and fifty men will leave Seaitie for Cirele City, Alaska, by the North American Trading _and Transportation Company’s steamer on August 5. Passage is engaged, jare $150, ireight $30. y WEEKS, Quartermaster. To Captnin Robinson: Twelve improved conical tents will be shipped you by express from Philadelphia to-day. San Francisco is Uontinued on Second Page. tremely iil-advised. Thousands will per- | MORE A HUNDRED HAVE CAST AWAY Another Big Liner Turns North With Crowded Decks. TODAY THE E XCELSIOR SAILS FOR ST. MICHAEL. Hundreds More Are Eagerly Awaiting Pas- sage and Will Follow in a Few Days. Telegraph Possibilities Being Considered. Yesterday saw the departure of a hun- dred more Yukon-bound adventurers on the State of California. Several times that number would have gone on the steamer if passage had been available, but the miners who went and the larger number of excursionists pre-empted every bunk | three or four days azo. T is afternoon the Alaske Commercial Company’s steamer Excelsior will leave with about a hundred pa-sengers and all | the freight that can be carried. The Ex- celsior goes to St. Michaels, passing Ju- neau far to oceanward and making but one brief stop at Unalaska before reaching St. Michaels at the mouth of the Yukon, | 2850 miles from San Francisco. The inter- esting river route has perils and character- | istics of its own. Among the passengers on the Excelsior will be the leader of THE CALL’s special correspondents, S. W. Wall, wko wiil meet | at St Michaeis a large party of outcom- ing miners who will come to 8an Fran- cisco on the return trip of the Excelsior. The sieamer will get back to San Franocisco with another lot of lucky ores and an- other great pile of goid dust and nuggets early in September. Some hundreds more will leave San Francisco for the Yukon within the next ten days, the largest party going on the special trip of the collier Wiliamette, which the Pacific Coast Steamship Com- pany will start north asquickly as possible. About four hundred will go on this stesmer, and many more will go by regu- lar steamer and on the special vessels that are being prepared for the trip to Juneau. A good many, too, are going to Seattle by | rail and finding passage to Juneau from ! there. Among the new enterprises which are flocking to the front is the plan of a local company incorporated vesterday to build a telegraph line from Juneau to the Yu- kon country. e e READY FOR ALASKA. Men and Material Prepared to Go to the Proposed Army Post. | The determination of the Secretary of | War to establish a military post at Circle City, Alacka, without delay has caused a deal of figuring and comment at the Pre- sidio. There was much speculation at the garrison yesterday regarding the detail for service in the far north. When Gen- eral Shafter, commanding the Department of California, asked for volunteers amonxz the officers there was 2n instant response. Lieutenants Croxton, Martin, Kilbourne | and Pickering of the First In untry at once signified a desire for active service in that region, and it is probable that at least two of them will be ordered iothe new post. Following is a copy of the telegram which the War Department transmitted to General Shafter: WASHINGTON, D. C., July 26, 1897. Commanding General, Devartment of Califor- nia, San Francisco, Cal.: A postis o be estab- lished this season at Circle City, Alaska, to be commanded by a field officer of infantry, who has been selected. Can you select a company of the First Infantry with officers and men well naapted to thisduty? Officers ahd men could be transferred to meet requirements. Televraph at once. By order of the Secretary of War. SAMUEL BRECK, Acting Adjutant-General, Yesterday the military authorities here and in Washington were busy in arrang- ing the details of the cxpedition. General Staiter wired the Secretary of War thata company of the First Infantry, with offi- cers and men well adapted to the duty, could be selected here. There is still a question whether the troops will be sent from this department, but much activity wuas manifested yesterday in getting to- gether medical supplies and cemmissary stores. Captain Guy L. Edie, assistant surgeon, has been selected as chief medical officer of the expedition. He was directed yesterday by Colonel Middleton, depuiy surgeon-general and chief surgeon of this department, to take along with him medi- cal supplies for eighteen months, Dr. Edie will leave the Presidio next Monday and sail from Seattle for Circle City on Augast 5. Dr. Kneedler, an army surgeon sta- tioned at San Diego, wired to General Shafter yesterday tendering his services for the expedition, but before his dispaten was received Dr. Kulp, assistant surgeon at Vancouver barracks, had been detailed for the duty. The chief of the commissary depart- ment yesterday arranged for sending to Circle City supplies sufficient to subsist fifty-six men for eighteen months. Colonel James M. Moore, chief quarter- the Northwestern Transportation Com pany would take the troops and supplies up the Yukon River. The figure men- tioned for transportation was §150 per man and $30 per ton for freicht. It is a well established fact that the Government can get transportation by paying a large sum. Should there be any particular ob- stacle in the water route troops could be sent over the Chilkat pass. Soldiers can g0 wherever others can travel and per- mission cou!d be obtained from the Cana- dian authorities for United States troops to pass over the territory of Canada. Should a company be desired from this department General Shafter will order the detail of one from the First Infantry. All the companies of the regiment are in good form and any one of the organizations couid perform the service required. The plan of picking out sixty men from the regiment will not be adopted. Some men may be transferred from, and others trans- ferred to, the company ordered to Circle City, but the transiers would not be nu- merous. It is quite well understood that - General Shaiter has in mind the officers who should go with the company, and if they happen to be in the list of volunteers well and good, but if they are not their services may be required all the same. Captain P. Henry Ray, Eigntn Infantry, U. 8. A., who may command the new post near Circle City, Alaska, has an excellent | record as a soldier and a’'so as an explorer of the frozen regions ol the Arctic. He was born in Wisconsin May 8, 1842, and in May, 1861 enlisted in the Second Wiscon- sin Infantry (volunteers). He partici- pated in many of the noted battles of the civil war and was honorably mustered out in 1865 with tue rank of caprain. He en- tered the regular army in 1867 as secona lieutenant of the Thirty-third Infantry and served in the South for several years. In 1872 his regiment, then the Kighth In- fantry, was transierred to Dakota and Lieutenant Ray participated with General Staniey’s first expedition to the Yellow- stone in the summer of that year. He also accompanied Stanley’s second expe- dition to the Yellowstone. In 1874 he was in the cumpaign against the Sioux Lo- dians, serving under General John E. Smith. In December, 1875, he was pro- moted first lieutenant and served for sev- eral years in Arizona. Lieutenant Ray was acting signal of cer from May, 1881, till June, 1885. He was assigned to the command of the inter- | national polar expedition to Point Bar- row, Alaska, June, 1881; sailed from this City and landed at Piover Bay, Siberia, August 21, 1881, and at Point Barrow, Alaska, September 8, 1881. He established and commuanded the meterological station at Ugleamie, Alaska, to August 23, 1883, when the station was abandoned. During 1882 and 1883 he made two expeditions into the interior, traveling over 1000 miles in an unexplored region with dogs and sledge. Lieutenant Ray discovered and partly surveyed Meade River, picked up Licu- tenant Schwatka and party at Redoubt Michaelofsky September 13, 1873, and landed in San Francisco October, 1883. Of all the expeditions sent out by the United States Government of- ficially his was the only one that passed two years in the Arctic with- out losing a single life or that did not come to grief. In July, 1882, he person- ally piloted through the moving pack and safely brought to land the crew of the whaler North Star (fifty-two officers and men) when that vessel was crushed in the ice. He was promoted captain May 27, 1889, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in June, 1884. 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