The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 21, 1898, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1898. b MERCY'S = CGROSS = IN = WAR. T is ever the fortune of war that | together the Angel of Death and | the Angel of Mercy hover above | the field of battle. Wounded men are borne away to the ministra- | tion of gentle hands. Benign emis- | saries, the red cross upon their arms, | care for the suffering, soothe the dy- ing. Out of the clamor of combat comes the tenderness of an unselfish love. It is not for all to ‘“‘go where glory waits.” Some there must be who can only abide until the harvest of desolation is over, and then lend comfort to the suffering, assuage the final pang, take the last message, close the dying eye. The annals of the civil war show that where one man succumbed to an injury received in action, seven died of disease. Where men are in camp, their diet perhaps coarse and ir- regular, scant protection against the weather, subjected to the perils of impure water and faulty conditions, they die as no clash of arms has ever been able to make them die. Disease is the foe to be feared. The miasma | which floats on the mists of the night, the sun which burns, the frost that chills—these are the enemies which spare none. Yet the victim of malady is as truly a martyr as the vietim of the bullet or the shell. Medical attention and nursing are as necessary for the fever patient as for the soldier who falls in conflict. There should be a sanitary com- missicn formed at once. When the Gallant First marched away yester- | day every loyal spectator felt that the boys in blue were personal iriends. Women wept for sympathy; About the organization of a sani- tary commission there should be no delay. The time is now, before the regiments bound south shall have met the hosts of Spain. Let the boys go into their first action inspired by the thought that the civilians for whom they risk life have not for- gotten them, but are doing all that is possible for their comfort. In this matter there can be no sectarian | line drawn, nor impulse to draw it. It is a work for churches, for fra- ternal societies, for philanthropic in- dividuals, rich or poor; a noble work, |in which all may join. During the |civil war there was such a commis- sion. It originated in California and grew to embrace every State in the | Union. The commission for the pres- lent war will originate here, and it {will grow as fast and perhaps to a greater perfection than the former one. The only step to be taken is the | formulation of a unity of purpose. | The rest will follow quickly and nat- | urally. | There can be no occasion for an appeal. The circumstances make the appeal. The army 1s gathering in the South. It expects to fight. For an army to fight an army means mutilation, shattered limbs, agony, death. Every nurse there will be a blessing. There could be no stronger appeal than this. Women are volunteering to go. There is no method by which their fitness may be pronounced upon, no way of getting them to the post of duty. A commission duly organized would attend to these details. Let it be started while the flowers given There may be no war. patriot unonor and hu can to relieve anit. ting be called THE GREAT EX Al T hope so and half belleve it; but if there is to be zed in the time of the Civil War, is our great s let a company t a scheme of organization, and on their advice eadiness of the people to meet the wants of those on the field. v allke suggest that horrors and sufferings. good citizens What form of well-known citizens take to carry out and perfect the organi- HORATIO STEBBINS. 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All| wanted to do something to show that the soldiers were not bearing the burden alone, and that the yearning to help them was not the impulse of a passing moment. It was out of this feeling there has sprung the plan of organizing a sanitary commission. ‘What will be the duties of such a pody? A sanitary commission would attend to sending trained nurses to | the scene of war. It would embrace doctors whose duty would be the in- struction of these nurses. A sanitary commission would raise funds for the supplying of medicines, lint, band- ages, dainties. It would do all in its power to succor the wounded. It| would provide brave and tender| women for the field and the hospital. | It would give to them the shield of | the red cross, a shield which affords | safe protection against all but the| savage. It would by its humane ef-| forts keep burning the spirit of pa- | triotism. It would tend to rob war of | a porticn of its horror. It would af-| ford to those anxious to do something | for their country and yet not per-| mitted to bear arms the opportunity. | It would be a lesson to youth, keep- | ing alive the spirit of devotion to t| commonweal, and showing them that | the soldier is not a mere fighting machine, but a part of the nation he | serves so well. | are still unwithered, still redolent of California perfume. It is a tribute owed to the soldier. And who can tell who yet may be a soldier before this war shall be over? A mother may be working unconsciously to | ease the pain of her son. A nurse of- fering her unselfish services may place water to the pallid lips of her next of kin. THE RED CROSS. | Civilized Nations All spect the Emblem of Mercy. By Lieutenant-Colonel Leonard B. Almy, Medical Director Connecticut N. G. It is but a few years ago, less than a generation, since the “Treaty of Ge- neva” relegated to the dark ages the treatment of wounded men and their necessary attendants as ‘‘prisoners of war.” The older members of this as- sociation have, many of them, doubt- ess suffered imprisonment and priva- tions when captured in the discharge of their duties during “the late un- pleasantness.” At that time the order detailing a surgeon to remain with the wounded carried with it a very different proba- ble condition of affairs than if the same order were given to-day among any of the civilized and some of the so- called uncivilized nations of the world. Re- | COOOCOOCI000000CCOT000OC000000000000200C0C0CCO0000C0000000COCC0000000C000000000000COR00000000000000000000 Thanks to that treaty the medical of- ficers and men can now do their work upon the battlefield with the satisfac- tion of knowing that friend and foe alike recognize the fact that to the wearers of the “Red Cross” are given privileges which are accorded to no other body of men on the fleld, and that no prospect of imprisonment stares them in the face. Thc.. rights of the medical department on the battlefleld are matters of International treaty among thirty-four of the nations of the | world, and even the ‘red crescent,” those who will not wear the claims protection in the same among cros: munity while in discharge of our duty is phrased as follows: Articles of the convention for the or hospitals shall be held by a military force. Article 2—Persons employed in hospi- tals and ambulances, comprising the staff for superintendence, medical ser- vice, administration, transport of the wounded, as well as chaplains, shals participate in- the benefit of neutrality while so employed, and so long as there remain any wounded to bring in or to succor. Article 3—The persons designated in the preceding article may, even after occupation by the enemy, continue to fulfill their duties in the hospital or ambulance which they serve, or may withdraw to join the corps to which they belong. Under such circumstances, when these persons shall cease from these functions, they shall be deliv- ered by the occupying army to the out~ posts of the enemy. They shall have the special right of sending a repre- EVERY ONE MAY HELP. Those Left Behind Can Be of Service in the War, Before the last strain of “Marching Through Georgia” had died away yesterday afternoon, before the excited crowd on Market street had dfs- persed, before the last stern-faced, blue-coated soldier had stepped aboard the ferry-boat, San Francisco was making plans for the future of these men of ours who have gone to the front. The first proposal for a sanitary commission comes from San Francisco. “We've bld vou good-by,” she says to the departing soldiers. “Our children have smiled for you, our women have wept for you, our men have cheered for you. Now, all together, men, women and children, we'll work for you.” That San Francisco is keeping her word any one would have realized who went about the clty as 1 did yesterday. Verily, she hath dried her tears and rolled up her sleeves. There is other and worthier work to be done than to sit and mourn. ““Men must work and womenmust weep.”” Yes, but fortunately women can do something else besides weep, nowadays. “Wait till the sanitary commission is once organized,” sald a bright-faced leader of soclety, who was seated in her pretty morning-room; ‘“then you'll see that though we women can’t fight, we can work to make those who do fight happier and healthier.” “If the sanitary commission is formed—and I think it should be formed immediately,” said gentle-voiced Father Wyman, in the Paulist Fathers’ bare, severe reception-room, “and if I am invited to be a member, I shall feel it my duty to accept.” This is the feeling all over the city. People who differ most in belief, in manner of speech, in ways of living, are united for once. There is one re- ligion that Is sacred to all the world; there is a common ground on which every soul in this most cosmopolitan of cities may meet. There is a pass- word that's known to everybody, an open sesame to every heart. And that word is—Humanity. It is the religion of humanity that America’s first sanitary commission to be formed since the Civil War teaches. California was first in the estab- lishment of the original sanitary commission. She is first again now that another generation of Americans is to know what war means. All over the State women are volunteering to nurse the sick when war shall be declared. Whose business is it to recefve such offers, to examine into them, to accept or reject tHem and to send on to the front the warm- hearted, skillful-handed Sister of Mercy? As the certainty of war becomes apparent to even the most skeptical, supplies of all kinds will come from those who are left behind for those who have gone ahead—perhaps never to return. Who will receive those supplies and distribute them? As hospitals are established and the great Reaper begins to sweep the field with his mutflating scythe all sorts of surgical appliances and quanti- ties of material for bandaging will be required. Whose place is It to classify and forward these things? The sanitary commission’s, of course—that great, non-sectarian repre- sentative of all that is best in the world, the other side of the bloody war shield. The West intends to be first in this work. Whatever surprise the Span- fards may contemplate, when they hint of the first naval battle, whatever Uncle Sam’s hidden plans may be, the first blood shed in this war will find California ready to care for the men who shall revenge the death of the Maine's crew. People of every denomination, of all ages, of both sexes, received The Call's suggestion yesterday with enthusiasm. That these men who are fighting for us shall not suffer one pang unnecessarily, this is the watchword of San Francisco to-day. For one soldier who dies on the fleld of battle there are seven who perish for lack of proper medical treatment and nursing afterward. Of the million men the United States lost in the Civil War §75,000 might have been saved. The God of War is not so cruel as are the inexorable laws of nature. The men of the First Infantry who marched down Van Ness avenue yesterday, too devoted to discipline, too consclous of the stern solemnity of war to relax for a moment and smile back at the thousands of fresh young faces and eager youthful voices cading hail and farewell, are but a type of those who, all over the Union, are hurrying on toward that terrible island where the deadly twins—battle and fever—walt. These men are but doing their duty. Let us do ours. 1f the old savage something that lurks in us all leaps to life in you at the thought of war once again; if your heart and your pride have been touched by the sufferings of Cuba and the loss of the Maine, here's an out- let for your patriotism. Join the sanitary commission. If you don’t believe In war, If you can’t be convinced of the necessity of that most illogical of argum~nt<—vicarious suffering; if you're unable to see the necessity of C killing D beca1se A killed B, your very cppo ition qualities you. Join the sanitary sion and do what you can to make some soldier’s fever-maddened couch her, softer. Do what you can to make some hero's deathbed easier. If you belonged to the old commission of the '60's, help us with your ad- vice, your experience. If you're new to war and its terrors, join with us to lessen these by the might of sympathy, of charity, of humanity. That the old proportion of 7 to 1 shall be altered is Californfa’s deter- mination. With modern appliances, with advanced surgery, with that angel of the sickroom, the trained nurse, and thousands of other women ready to don the glorious regalia of cap and apron, humbly to serve their appren- ticeship beside their hospital-trained sisters, the horrors of this war, which the whole civilized world dreads, must be mitigated. Against all the awful instruments of war that nineteenth century ingenuity has devised we must oppose the hygienic and surgical science experience has taught us. War is terribly near—so near that even those who refused to belleve it possible, whose experience of a third of a century of peace disqualified them from realizing such a possibility, have lost all hope of a peaceable solution. If it must come, let it find us ready. 0000000000000 00000000000000000000 MIRIAM MICHELSON. amelioration of the condition of the | sentative to the headquarters of their wounded in armies in the field.—Signed | respective armies. 000000000000000000000000000000000000 which have not found it convenient to send plenipotentiaries to the interna- tional cenvention at Geneva, with an invitation to accede thereto; the pro- tocol is for that purpose left open. Article 10—The present coanvention shall be ratified and the ratification shall,be exchanged at Bern2, in four uonths, or sooner if possible. In witness hereof, the respective plen- ipotertiaries have signed the sama and have affixed tnereto the seal of their arn:s. Dcre at Gereva, Avgust, 1864. GOOD WORK DONE. the 234 day of Once California Performed | Heroic Red Cross Work. Californfa performed noble work dur- ing the progress of the war of the re- bellion through the sanitary commis- | sion. The people of the State responded with their characteristic liberality to the calls from the East. On May 17, 1864, | on the occasion of a municipal election in San Francisco, when 10,916 votes were cast, $4156 was contributed to the | sanitary fund. Fairs, picnics and en- | tertainments were given, at which large amounts of money were raised for the | same object. On May 18 a picnic was | held near Sacramento for the benefit of the fund, and a hare which had been shot on the grounds was put up at auc- | tion and was sold repeatedly, each time | being donated back by the purchaser, | until $157 was realized. At an entertain- | ment which succeeded the picnic in the evening a sack of flour, sold in like manner, brought $2150. This sack of | flour had been first donated and put up | for sale for the benefit of the fund by, | R. C. Gridley. then a resident of Austin, | Nevada, and it was carried by him to | the different cities and towns of Nevada and California and repeatedly sold at auction, and| by the time it reached | Sacramento about $35,000 had been real- | | fery became despondent over financial affairs to-day and committed suicide by swallowing a large dose of carboiic_acid. She was about 40 years of age and had been employed as a domestic. | woman had just been served with | in a suit brought to collect a bill iGRANT’S GRANDSON AND LEE'S NEPHEW apers or $40. the Coming War Against Spain. ton special to the Herald says: eral U. 8. urant’s grandson and Gen- | eral Robert E. Lee’s neplew are to fight side by side in the war against Spain. Algernon Sartoris, a young son of Mrs. Nellie urant Sartoris. who has Just become of a2ge, has.applied for and will be assigned to a position on the staff of General Fitzhugh Lee, who is to command a division in the volunteer army. The former dashing officer of the Confederate cavalry, who did so much to prolong the final campaign against Gront, and who begged his uncle at Appomattox to allow him to fight just one more day, will have on his staff the grandson of the great Federal general to whom he and his uncle were compelled to surrender. The representative of the youngest genera- tion of the fighting Lee family may re- ceive his baptism of fire in Spanish waters. George Mason Lee, son of Gen- eral Fitzhugh Lee, is now completing his first year in West Point Military Academy. He has written to his father asking permission to resign his cadet- ship and enter service at once as a volunteer lieutenant. General Lee has not yet given his consent, but he may allow the boy to resign and take him as an aid on his staff. The general is being almost overwhelmed with appli- cations for staff duty. They com: from North and South. Men who wore gray and fought with Lee and men who wore blue and fought against mm are seek- ing an opportunity for themselves, their R R R R R R B S s that ever afflicted Europe. CO-OPERATION NEEDED. The possibility of war with Spain, the almost certainty of that fact, de- plorable as it is from the standpoint of humanity, suggests a duties for the civilian as well as for the brave lads of the army and navy. While the boys follow “Old Glory,” the civilian at home has to strengthen the defenses of the country in more than one direction. The German-Austrian war of 1866 brought the worst type of The fate of the wounded and the prisoners in serfes of cholera They Are to Fight Side by Side in | NEW YORK, April 20.—A ‘Washing- | the army of the rebellion still recalls the saddest recollections. The remark- able devotion of the women of the North and South was barely equal to the awful suffering caused by exposure and imperfect sanitation; since then we have greatly progressed. The splendid equipment of the surgeon- general's office, the non-combatant attitude of the 'Red Cross service, Im- proved surgical and medical skill, all these will tend to minimize the fatal consequences of the war, and will ald the sanitation of camp life as well as the saving of life in and out of baitle. The army and navy, from the firing of the first gun, need the co-operation of the women of the country. When the Spanish Cortes has refused to ac- cede to the terms of the President’s ultimatum that same moment the women of our country must organize. They know their duty. They have learned from their mothers and grandmothers, of deathless memory, what American women can do for soldier boys who march with “Uncle Sam” in defense of “Old Glory.” Upon the prompt action of our women the organi- zation of sanitary commissions may depend the minimizing of the awful consequences of war. War is always terrible, but now that our country is involved, we have COCUCOCOOCOOCCHOTOOCOCOCO00CO00C0COOCO0C00TOTO0000000000CCOOTCCOTO0CO0CO0CO00000T0D000COCOCON000000000000 at Geneva on the 22d of August, 1864 Article 1—Ambulances (field hospi- tals) and military hospitals shall be acknowledged to be neutral; and, as such, shall be protected and respected by belligerents so long as any sick or Article 4—As the equipment of mil- tary hospitals remains subject to the laws of war, persons attached to such hospitals cannot, in withdrawing, carry away articles which are not their priv- ate property. Under the same circum- stances an ambulance shall, on the con- trary, retain its equipment. Article 5—Inhabitants of the country wounded may be therein. Such neu- trality shall cease, if the ambulances THE PAULIST FATHERS READY. - who may bring help to the woundea shall be respected and remain free. The generals of the belligerent powers shaly make it their care to inform the inhab- itants of this appeal addressed to their humanity, and of the neutrality which will be the consequence of it. Any wounded man entertained and taken care of in a house shall be considered as a protection thereto. Any inhabi- tant who shall have entertained wounded men in his house shall be ex- empted from the quartering of troops, as well as from the contributions ot war which may be imposed. Article 6—Wounded or sick soldiers, whatever their nationality, shall be cared for. Commanders-in-chief shall have the power to deliver immediately to the outposts of the enemy soldiers who have been wounded in an engage- ment, when circumstances permit this to be done. with the consent of both parties. Those who are recognized as incapable of serving, after they are healed, shall be sent back to their coun- try. The others may also be sent back on condition of not again bearing arms during the continuance of the waa. Evacuations, together with the per- sons under whose direction they take place, shall be protected by an absolute neutrality. Article 7—A distinétive and uniform flag shall be adopted for hospitals, am- bulances and evacuated places. It must on every occasion be accompanied by the national flag. An arm badge— brassard—shall be allowed for individ- uals neutralized, but the delivery of it shall be left to military authority. The flag and the arm badge shall bear a red cross on a white ground. Article 8—The details of the execu- tion of the present convention shall be regulated by the commanders-in-chief of belligerent armies, according to the instructions of their respective overn- ments, and in conformity with the gen- eral principles laid down in this ccn- vention. Article 9—The high contracting powers have agreed to communicate the pres- eu: convention to those governments no personal opinions. We follow the D R R R o S S R S e o s DO e s o ized from its repeated sales. Gridley died at Paradise City November 26, 1870, and his remains are buried at Stockton. Years after his death a monument was erected over them in respect for the ce he had rendered in our coun- dark hours. A NOBLE WORK. The Red Cross a Welcome Angel of Mercy. “It will be a great organization and one that will be much needed to assist in the care of the wounded and sick should war be prolonged,” said Dr. John Gallwey, brigade surgeon, and one of the officers of the Sanitary Corps of the National Guard. “There is al- ways great need of nurses and hospi- tal attendants on the fields of battle and had there been large organized corps of nurses during the time of the civil war there would not have been near as many deaths or half the suf- fering. The treaty of Geneva gives honor and respect to the Red Cross in all civilized nations during warfare and in all probability during the war that is now upon the nation there will be a great call for skilled nurses in the field and it is a grand idea to com- mence as soon as it is possible to or- ganize and prepare to meet the emer- gency. California I am sure will re- spond with its.usual liberality and should it be ealled upon it will do its utmost in its hymane work.” “To begin with there must be or- ganization. Then volunteers must be called for and they must receive some training as to the duties that will be expected from them. As for the train- ing, there will be plenty of surgeons and physicians who will gladly give lectures and demonstrate what is to be done to give aid to the wounded and nurse the sick. I can say for all the physicians of the Sanitary Corps of the National Guard that every one of them will do all that is possible to aid the work. Good corps could and should be organized in San Francisco, Stockton, Sacramento, Fresno and Los Angeles, and perhaps in several other of the larger cities of the State. Men and women will be needed for this service, and it will be a noble calling on the field of battle.” A GREAT HELP. The Red Cross Can Take Away Many of War’s Horrors. Dr. Willlam D. McCarthy, of the San- itary Corps of the National Guard of California, is enthuslastic over the proposition to establish a Red Cross League in this State. “During war times,” he sald, ‘every large city should have a Red Cross Association, which should co-operate with the sani- tary corps of the army and navy in the field. This organization should be placed in direct communication with the Surgeon-General of the United States army and of the United States navy, so that an offer of assistance may be promptly accepted in case of need. The duty of the organization should be to supplement the force of nurses in case the proper strength of the organized sanitary corps depart- ment in the field should be depleted by death or sickness. It should also send to the front practical nurses to assist the military surgeons; to supply ban- dages and dressings of all sorts; proper foud for the sick and a thousand other things that may ameliorate the suffer- ings and miseries that were so often pictured in the late civil war.” Ends Poverty With Poison. SAN JOSE, April 20.—Mrs. Helen Caf- flag wherever it leads. RABBI JACOB VOORSANGER. R R S PSP relatives or friends to follow the great | cavalry leader of the Army of Northern Virginia in this war of a reunited coun- try against a foreign fo HURRIES OFF FOR CANADA Spanish Minister Bernabe Loses No Time in Leaving. PR RS R T T P N IR Guarded by Detectives While Departing From the Na- tion’s Capital. But No One Shows Any Disposition to Harm the Fleeing Diplo- mat of Madrid. Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, April 20. The Spanish Minister, accompanied by six members of his staff, left Wash- Ington at 7:30 o'clock to-night, and the Spanish Government thus terminated its diplomatic representation in the United States. The Minister and his party left by the Pennsylvania road, going northward to Buffalo and Sus- pension Bridge, and thence to To- ronto. By 10:40 to-morrow morning the Spanish officials will be on British soil. They will stop for a day or two on the Canadian side of Suspension Bridge and will then spend some days at To- ronto. From there they go to Halifax to take an ocean steamer. While the Minister is on this side of the border he has the protection of the passports issued late this afternoon by the State Department - at his request, following the delivery of & copy of the President's ultimatum to Spain. The departure of the Spanish party stration, and, although a considerable number of secret service officers and police were on duty at-the depot, there was at no time any occasion for their doins more than keeping back a crowd of curious onlookers. 5 At 6 o’'clock this evening Senor Polo de Bernabe made a hurried call at the French Embassy and the Austrian le- gation, where Spanish interests are left in charge, and then joined his staff at the legation and started for the train. An express wagon was piled high with the trunks of the large party. Just be- fore the departure from the legation the Austrian Minister, Baron Hengel- Muller and Baroness Hengel-Muller, dropped in for a last word, and several other members of the diplomatic corps called to make their final adieus. This done, the legation was vacated and the party assembled at the Penn- sylvania depot. As the Minister en- tered the station he was recognized by the crowd, which closed in about him until cautioned by the officers. No word of indignity was spoken, and the salutations of those in the crowd were rather agreeable than otherwise. He smiled in acknowledgment of the attention given him and several times touched his hat. He wore a brown tweed suit and a soft felt traveling hat. Following him came Senor Pablo Solar, was made without noticeable demon- | s ant de Carantha, naval attache. e | secretary; Senors hes; Captain de Aquaraoni, second Pla and Almieda, atts la Casa, military atta he, and Lieuten- Senors Dubosc and Galarza did not accompany to- the party, as they will remain until morrow, in an unofficial capacit At the train platform the M was greeted by Viscount Thryso, the Portuguese Cald i an acquaintance for the last twenty-five years, and coun- sel for the legation. The party board- ed the Pullman sleeper Japan, which had been taken entire. Secret service men remained at the platform to pre- vent intrusion and half a dozen police officers were grouped outside. At no time, however, were their services re- quired. The Minister stood on the front platform and had a few parting words with his friends. He spoke feelingly of his departure, saying the circumstances were most painful to him. One of hig intimates ventured the suggestion thag he would be back soon again, undee much more favorable circumstances, but he shook his head and said he feared this could not be the case. Ha sald his request for his passport had been made only after the enactment of a law which attacked Spain's sov~ ereignty, impugned her honor and in< sulted her. Lieutenant de Carantha asked a cors respondent to make known the lieutens ant’s view on the war about to ba opened. He said the Spanish people, particularly members of the army and navy, had always entertained the most cordial feeling toward America, and Spanish ships had found it a pleasur( to salute ships of the American navy Now, however, a war was being pre~ cipitated by an attack upcn Spanish honor, and against this every spark of Spanish loyalty would be aroused. “It is no longer a question of re< taining Cuba,” said Lieutenant de Car« antha. “That was merely a question of territo! Now a higher purpose is in view—the honor and dignity of Spain—since the United States has con~ temptuously ordered Spain to vacate Cuba and has made the infamous charge that we are responsible for tha murder of the poor men of the Maine. These orders and charges are made with a kick of the boot, and against such action Spain will resist to the ut- termost. ‘“There should be no mistake about this. History has recorded that even the legions of Napoleon, with 400,000 men, bearing the triumphs of all Europe, were halted and retired from Spain, after those legions had lost be- tween 200,000 and 300,000 men. We recognize the gallantry of the Ameri- can navy and the notable heroes of its past—Paul Jones, Farragut, Porter— but Spain. too, has her heroes, and their blood is in the veins of those now called upon to defend her honor. . I speak after recently talking with my naval associates, commanders of Span- ish ships and of torpedo-boats, and I know that there is but one sentiment, namely, that not one Spanish ship shall be taken. Your navy may send many of them to the bottom: superior forces may seek to annihilate them, but not one Spanish ship i'l surrender to the American navy. With honor at stake, that will be the response of the navy of Spain.” TROOPS ARE POURING .INTO CHATTANOOGA. Western Warriors Showered With Flowers by Daughters of the South. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., April 20.— Cavalry and artillery from all parts of the country poured into Chattanooga to-day. Major-General John R. Brooke and his staff of the department of the lakes arrived from Chicago to-day to assume command at the Chickamauga camping ground. Following close upon General Brooke's arrival came the first section of the train carrying two squadrons of the Third Cavalry from Jefferson Bar- racks, Mo., in command of Majors Wes- sel and Loud, with their horses, wag- ons and camp outfits. It was not until 5 p. m., however, that the thousands who had gathered in the union station and in the railroad yards had a chance to give vent to their en- thusiasm. ‘When the second section came in with ten coaches fllled with brawny blue-coated warriors from the West cheer after cheer went up from the crowds. The soldiers cheered in return, while a bugler on the platform of the front coach sounded the call to arms, and as the train slowly pulled into the depot the outstretched hands of the troops were fllled with flowers by pretty Southern girls. Far into the night companies of cav- alry kept coming in, four trainloads of troops from Fort Myer, with their horses and accoutrements, arriving at intervals of about an hour. Besides these, two trains with troops from Forts Porter and Niagara, N. C., passed through Chattanooga early in the evening, on their way to Tampa, Fla. WIOMIG OPENS TS PASTURAGE California Stock to Be Admitted When Passed by the Inspectors. Quarantine Laws of the State Modi- fied to Aid Drought-Stricken Sections. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, April 20.—The following order modifying quarantine regulations for the State of Wyoming was received at the office of Governor Budd to-day: CHEY , Wyo., April . On account of. the emergency arising from drought in the quarantined area of California, and the necessity of allowing cattle to be re- moved from that State, the quarantine regula- tions for Wyoming, established by proclama- tion dated March 1i, 1868, are hereby modified to the extent of allowing cattle to be brought into or through the State of Wyoming in ac- cordance with the provisions of the special or- der of the Department of Agriculture, dated March 2%, 188. (8. A. I Order No. 18.) Cattle brought from California into Wyoming to be held in pasture or upon the open ranges will be subject to inspection at the first polnt within the State where suitable facilities for a proper inspection are provided, unless said cattle have been previously inspected at the unloaded before entering the be done upon application to the State Veterinarian. To defray the expense incident to such in- spection a fee of 1% cents per head will be charged, payable before certificates of inspec- tlon will be issued WI-.IAM A. RICHARDS. By the Governor: C. W. BINDICK, {jrcre- tary of State. ‘Want Union Island Flooded. STOCKTON, April 20.—A petition is being circulated among the land-owners on Union Island looking to the flooding of the entire island immediately. It is said that not more than 500 acres of grain on the island can be cut, and it is thought best to sacrifice this for the general good during next season. The petition has just been started. All who sign it relinquish their right to whatever grain they have first secretary of the legation; Senor | growing now.