The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 5, 1898, Page 2

(5] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1898. SIX THOUSAND MEN TO ASSEMBLE HERE War Operations on the Pacific to Have a Base in This City, Whence Soldiers ’ Sent to It is obvious now, in the light of Commodore Dewey’s San Francisco will at once be- come the base of important military and naval operations. Before many days six thousand armed men will be encamped on the Presidio reservation. It transpires that orders were issued yesterday directing the Fourteenth United States In- fantry, now stationed in the Department of the Columbia, to take station immediately at San Francisco. It is believed that further orders will be pro- mulgated to assemble all the organizations of the Fourth United States Cavalry at the Presidio. Orders were recelved yester- day from Major General H. C. Merriam, commanding the De- partments of California and the Columbia, instructing Colonel Louis T. Morris, com- manding the post at the Pre- sidio, to select locations for the encampment of six thousand volunteer troops from the States of Oregon, Washington and California. Colonel Morris will go over the available ground on the reservation to-day and have all camp locations properly staked so that there may be no con- fusion when the troops arrive upon the ground. So far the most suitable places pointed out are located on the more elevated portions of the reser- vation, to which, however, water will have to be brought, either by piping or by water carts. The flat on which the target range is located has also been suggested as being de- sirable on account of the supply of water furnished by a flow- ing artesian well conveniently at hand. About five hundred men, it is said, can be cared for on Angel Island. It is the opinion of Colonel Morris that some of the men manning ths batteries of heavy artillery here will be sent to Manila to man light batteries and that their places will be filled from among the Califor- nia volunteers recently enlisted and about to be mustered into the service of the United States. 306308 3 06 308 308 108 CF 306 30K 08 306 308 308308 308 308 306 06 30608 30k 306 308 408 30K 06 0K 0K 308 306 0K 00 06 508 368 JGK 00 08 X6 0% 300 208 30 306 306 K06 308 08 06 K06 KX 308 308 36K K06 308 0% Y06 168 0 X6 0 X General orders from the War Depart- ment received by Colonel Morris indi- cate that Captain James Parker of the | Fourth Cavalry, at present instructor | of cavalry at West Point, has been de- tailed for duty in connection with the superb triumph at Manila, that g and Munitions Can Readily Be the Front. ¥ | may go to the reservation next Satur- | day. o There was quite a correspondence | over the wires yesterday between % | Major-General Merriam and Major Field respecting the equipment of the ! volunteers with rifles of approved pat- tern and the issue of ammunition to & | the troops. An inventory of all the | clothing and military supplies availa- | ble in the San Francisco depot was taken. 1:(‘ Major-General Merriam, accompan- ied by Major Thomas H. Barry, adju- tant-general of the Department of the Q Columbia, may leave Vancouver Bar- & | racks to-day en route to this city. No g doubt the headquarters of the major- g | seneral will be transferred to this city, |in view of the important work to be done here in the way of organizing the % | volunteer forces recently called into Pl the field. It was said at army head- | quarters yesterday that the appoint- L | ment of Merriam to the rank of major- | general indicated that there would be ol at least three brigades mobilized here, > | and consequently there would be com- X | mands for three brigadier-generals. In % | the regular army it is the impression that the first column for Manila will consist of regular troops and that the volunteers will remain here to garrison %% | the harbor forts. 33| Three companies of the Fourteenth o United States Infantry are stationed in Alaska and may remain there until & | relieved by volunteers. Seven compan- 3 | ies at Vancouver Barracks will doubt- less leave there immediately for the b= Presidio of San Francisco. These or- ganizations are: Company B, Captain ¥ | Richard T. Yeatman; Company C, Cap- o tain Willlam B. Reynolds; Company D, Captain William W. McCammon; © Company E, Captain Frank Taylo; ¥ | Company F, Captain John Murphy % | Company I, Captain John C. F. Tilson, | and Company K, Captain Leon A. Matile. Colonel Thomas M. Anderson of the | Fourteenth has been promoted briga- dier-general. Field officers of the Fourteenth Infantry are: Lieutenant- Colonel George B. Russell, Major ¥ | Charles F. Robe; First Lieutenant ¢ | Henry P. McCain, adjutant; First Lieutenant Charles H. Martin, quar- | termaster, and Major John Van R. | Lieutenant Boyd, recruiting officer at | the Presidio, received thirty applica- tions for enlistment in the several branches of the army yesterday. A ma- | jority of the applicants are men who have served in the past and express a 4 desire to re-enlist in their old regiments now stationed in the East. Immedi- ¥ | ately after having passed a medical ex- ¥ | amination their names will be forward- | ed to the War Department at Washing- ton, and upon instructions from the retary of War transportation will ve i3 | furnished and the men forwarded to 3 | the different regiments in which they S re to serve. % | " Captain Thomas Maclay, First Lieu- ¥ | tenant A. H. Cassidy, Second Lieuten- McDowell and Second Lieu- i | tenant Joseph A Brown, all of the 2| Firth Infantry, N. G. C., were exam- % | ined by the regular examining board 1| of the National Guard at the Califor- g | nia Hotel Tuesday night. The officers have only been recently re-elected. The examining board was composed of Ma- jor Hayes, Colonel Smith and Captain Filmer of the N. G. C. MILES AND/ MOSBY. mustering in of the volunteers fur-] Colgnel John S. Mosby wants to rally MAJOR THOMAS 7 | # H. BARRY, U. S. A, Adjutant-General Denartmerit of Columbia and Chief of Staff of Major-General Merriam. nished by the State of New York, called 'round the old flag and Major-General out by the President’s proclamation. Major Edward Field, acting adjutant- general of the Department of Califor- nia, and Captain Carrington, U. S. A., | Miles wants him to rally, but impediment in the form of Congressional influence prevent the colonel's advance upon the Spanish works. The situation is thus mustering officer, exchanged views last | concisely explained by two military chiet- evening concerning the encampment and equipment of the newly mustered in volunteers from this State. The difficulty of supplying the camp of the volunteers on the Presidio reservation with water may be overcome by an ex- tension of the pipes of the Spring Val- ley Water Works.” A temporary con- tract for the subsistence of the volun- teers in the armory of the First In- fantry was made yesterday. The troops i tains: “WASHINGTON, D. C., May 4. “Colonel John 8. Mosby, San Francisce, i L would be very glad services, but think it wil fluence.’ Suggest that you with your Semators. to have your require some in- communicate “NELSON A. MILES, “Major-General commanding.” “SAN FRANCISCO, May 4, 1898. “General Nelson A Miles, United States Army, Washington, D. C.; Your tele-| gram received. I have no influence ex- cept my military record. i o “JOHN 8. MOSBY.” CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS. Eight Companies to Be Taken From the Third Brigade, N. G. C. The celerity of movement at headquar- ters of the State troops yesterday was gratifying. The National Guard machin- ery, now in motion, is working all right. The Governor has had many anxious days and nights in getting affairs in shape. Adjutant-General Barrett was also delighted with the progress made cers and men; minimum, 8). Under this you cannot accept 100 men per COMpany. “H. C. CORBIN, Adjutant General.” Lieutenant Babbitt, U. S. A., who is in charge of the ordnance at the Presidio, has notified the Governor that he has been seriously interfered with in his tar- get practice off Fort Point by fishermen, who will insist on getting within range of the guns. The firing is in the direction of One Mile Rock, and a red flag has been placed upon the rock to warn the fisher- men, but they have paid no attention to it. A signal of warning has been shown from Fort Point, and no attention has been paid to it. The lieutenant does not intend to give those who Insist upon tres- passing further notice, se that if fisher- men get in range of the guns they will have to take the consequences. Mayor Land of Sacramento, accompa- nied by State Senator Doty, Assembly- man Simms and President Lindley of the Chamber of Commerce, called upon the Governor at headquarters yesterday as a N Brigadier General Thomas M. confirmed to that rank from color mand of the troops that are now | port to assist Commodore Dewey pines. Brigadier General Anderson is n United States troops that were sen ened riots along thé trails that led headquarters are at Skaguay. < (] [ © ] (] [ o [ (] [ © dier's life as a private during the C © Infantry. Before the year was half | © taincy. He served with distinction o © the battle of Spottsylvania. He wa © Ninth Infantry in 1879, and in 1886 © Fourteenth Infantry, with rank of © regiment is at present at Vancouve [] | CO00000000C000000CO0 BRIGADIER-GENERAL THOMAS M. ANDERSON. 'The Man Who Will Lead the California Troops to Aid, Commodore Dewey in Manila. it is believed he will lead the forces that will be sent to Manila from this General Anderson is in his sixty-third year. breveted for gallant service in the battle of the Wilderness and also in Andersor. who wae anpointed and el yesterday, will be placed in com- SSeliban™ ac and DAN L rAnCiSCo, in preserving order in the Philip- ow in Alaska in command of the t there last fall to prevent threat- to the Klondike gold fields. His He started in a sol- ivil War with the Ohic Volunteer out he was promoted to. a cap- during the Civil War and was s made lieutenant colonel of the he was placed in command of the colonel. The headquarters of his r barracks, Wash. o [+ o [+ [+ [ (A < [~ [ ] 4 [~ < (] (24 © [ g 00000000000 0000000 during the last forty-elght hours. Order | and system have been evolved out of | what appeared for several days to be a | mass of confusion. Mustering in of the | First Volunteer Regiment of Infantry | went forward in good style yesterday. Simultaneously the work at headquarters in bringing forward the Seventh Infantry Regiment from Southern California went along smoothly. The adjutant-general conducted the negotiations for the trans- portation without delay. The troops will leave Los Angeles and other points to- morrow and arrive here Saturday morn- ing. The train, consisting of thirty-six passenger coaches, one Pullman coachand road in four sections. The Sauthern Pa- cific charges the regular price for trans- porting Government troops. The State bears the expense, but will be reimbursed for the outlay by the United States. Governor Budd has now a difficult task to deal with. Under the call of the Pres- ident he cannot give all the guardsmen who want to go to the front an opportu- nity to enter the service of the United States as volunteers from California. Speaking on this topic yesterday he said: PP Rave taken from the Second Brigade one regiment and preserved the regimen- tal organization. 1 cannot well take any other troops from this brigade. 1 have taken the Seventh Infantry Regiment, keeping that regiment intact as anorgani- zation. The President will not authorize me to organize the remaining fons under the call into another regiment of infantry, therefore I can only order out eight more companies to be mustered in as volunteers. these companies from the Second’ and Sixth Regiments of the Third Brigade. Two companies might be taken from the Fifth Infantry, the organizations which are located at San Jose, Oakland, Peta- luma, Santa Rosa, San Rafael and Ala- meda, but it must be considered that twelve companies have already been taken from the brigade to which the Fifth Intancry belongs, In my ‘judgment the Fifth should be kept as a compact regi- mental organization to meet another call for voluntéers, and I belleve that Colonel Fairbanks dods not desire that, the rogi- mental organization should be broken by | ftaking from it two companies and leav- ing the others out. I would like to take a regiment from the Third Brigade and ive all the organizations of the San oaquin and Bacramento Valleys an op- portunity to enter the United States sery- ce, but under the call I am restricted to eight companies or two battalions. Two companies of infantry may be taken from Sacramento, two from Stockton, one com- pany from Grass Valley, one company from Visalia, one from Bakersfield and one from Fresno. Sacramento will also supply one battery of heavy artillery.” oncerning the equipment of troops the Governor =ald: “The uniforms now in the possession of the troops will be taken by | the United States at the appraised value of the clothing and the money received will be expended in ciothing the men re- cruited to fill the vacancies in the Nation- al Guard caused by the transfer of regi- ments from the State to the United States service. The guard will then be in condi- tion to respond to another call from the Government.” In exercising his. prerogative of com- missioning regimental officers Governor Budd said_that he would commission James F. Smith colonel of the First Cali- fornia Regiment of United States Volun- teer Infantry, and that John R. Berry would be commissioned colonel of the other infantry regiment of volunteers. It was further announced that Frank Rice, TU. 8. A., retired, would be commissioned major to command the four batteries of heavy artillery volunteers from s State, Lieutenant Colonel Geary. N. G. C., re- tired, has been ordered to report to Major Rice for duty as battalion adjutant "of the artillery. e Yesterday Captain Carrington received the following telegram from the adjutant general of the United States army: “WASHINGTON, May 4, 1808, “Captain F. de L. Carrington, U. S. A, San Francisco: Under the law regiments must have not less than ten nor more three freight cars, will be moved over the | which constitutes the First Brigade, thus | two battal- | It seems fair to take | than twelve companles; delegation to request that the Third Brigade be called into service at once. The Governor promised that the Third should be remembered, and that some of the companies composing it should be utilized to form the heavy artillery bat- teries t Judge H. D. during the re s tant of the One Hundred and Tenth New York Regiment of Volunteers, and who later served upon the staff of General W. H. Emory, was at headquarters vester- day to tender his services. He presented a letter that he had recelved from Secre- tary Alger, stating that his application had been received and placed upon the personal file of the Secretary, and that e would be given a commission if pos- sible. The Governor did not arrive at head- quarters until after 2 o’clock in the after- | declined to be mustered the adoption of this resolution: Whereas, The Government of the United States of America s at present engaged, in the cause of humanity, In a war with Spain; and, whereas, the Jewish people, of all others, have good reason to remember the barbarity of Spain, and to appreciate with the deepest feel- ings of gratitude the debt we owe to this, the promised land,” to which we have been gulded by the God of Israel; and, Whereas, many of the members of Occidental Lodge No. 365, I O. B. B., have signified their intention to volunteer in the armies of the United States: now, therefore, be 8 esolved, ‘That all dues and assessments levied in this order against any member of this lodge, while he is actually in the service of the United States, as a soldjer or saflor during said war, shall be borne and paid out of the funds of the lodge. Lieutenant Jeremiah C. Burnett, who retired on account of sickness from the United States navy in May, 18%, after twenty-five years of service, has been called to duty by the Government and as- signed to the command of the recruiting station in this city. READY FOR DUTY’S CALL. Mustering in of the Men of the First Infantry Regiment. The First Infantry Regiment is under- going the transition from State troops to regulars, and the work is slow and un- interesting and surrounded by none of the pomp and circumstance of & regiment going to the front fully organized and equipped. It was essentially doctors’ day, for upon the say so of the corps of surgeons before which the recruits, stripped naked, pranced and capered, depended the mili- tary future of the citizen soldiers. Major McCarthy, Captain Farrel, Captain Reth- ers and Captain Rottanzi were the exam- ining officers, and they spent the hours from half-past 11 to late at night testing brawn and sinew and taking physical measurements, The order was that the troops be in readiness for muster at 8 o’clock, aild at that time most of the men were ready, but there were no scales upon which to welgh them, and there had been no suit- able place fitted up as an examination room. Three hours passed before the necessary instruments were ready, and in the meantime a nice point of military regulations was argued and settled. Cap- tain Carrington declded that the surgeons assigned to the regiment should be mus- tered in with the rank of first lieutenant, for the rules of the army provide that no surgeon can hold rank above that of first lieutenant until he shall have served five years. Captain Carrington maintained that to muster the surgeons as captains (and In the case of Dr. McCarthy as a major) would be to jump them over five years in a day; but he and Governor Budd argued the point, and by the time the scales were ready it was decided to muster in the surgeons with the rank they held in_the guard. As the surgeons had except under those conditions, the final decision solved vexing what might have turned out a problem. The surgeons mustered in with the First Regiment are: Major McCarthy, Captain Farrel, Captain Retk and ' Captain O'Brien. .Dr. Rottanzi has been on duty with the Fifth Regiment, and was on the examining board under detail from head- quarter: The first news of importance came to the headquarters of the regiment in the shape of a telegram from Washington in- forming the mustering officer that each regiment must have twelve companies, and each company no more than eighty- four men and officers nor less than eighty. This being settled, it was decided to mus- ter in first four companies, then a major; then four more companies and another major, forming two battalions; and then to muster in a lieutenant-colonel; then to muster the remaining four companies and | over all, and last of all, the colonel and | such Staff as the regulations will allow him. As a preliminary, however, -and by direction from Washington, the regi- mental adjutant, Captain Alfred J. Kel- leher, and the regimental quartermaster, Captain A. B. C. Dohrmann, were detailed to duty on the work of muster, and so it came to pass that those two were the first ordered to duty as volunteers. Then the cheery call of the bugle as- sembled the men of Company A, which was first to pass under the medical eye. It lined up in the big drill hall over a hundred strong, and then in squads the men were sent to the company room, where they stripped. and then they entered the presence of the examining surgeons. Name and age came first, married or single, occupation and address, and then up on the scales to be welghed by one doctor while another took the man’s height. Some did not even get as far as this, for the little men were spotted at once, and the lame and halt as well as the partially blind were weeded out as soon as their defects were made apparent by the first general glance which each First Lieutenant E. F. Davis, Captain LEADERS OF COMPANY 1l FIRST REGLMENT F. W. Warren and Second Lieutenagt T. P. 0'Brien, Whose Company Will Be Mustered Into Service To-Day. noon, having spent the earlier hours of the morning at the First Re%hnent ar- mory, where the soldiers were being mus- tered into the United States service. He | was kept busy receiving callers who wanted to see him in regard to commis- sions for themseives or their friends. add California volunteers The following order was sent last night to all of the men who have volunteered for the heavy artillery: “Report at armory, corner Page and Gough streets, Friday morning, May 6, 1898, ‘at § a. m., for the purpose of being | mustered into the volunteer service of the United States. FRANK 8. RICE, - 'y and Inspector Third Brigade, in charge.” One_troop of the artillery comes from Los Angeles and the other from Stock- ton, and these two, with the two batter- ies ‘recruited here m_the city, form the quota called for by the President. They will be sworn into service to-morrow morning, as the First Regiment will have ben entirely mustered in b evening. Occidental Lodge N ‘Major N 0. 1. O. B. maximum, u_o:l:Ly_sp established a record otAp_!_tVr!qusm b’. surgeon took of his subject. Then the others were put through a rigid Inspec- tion, which included the free use of a tape line, a stethoscope, the scales and a table of weights, a card bearing different sized letters for testing the sight, and a sprint and a sort of ocean beach horn- pipe to show the actlvity and suppleness of each recruit. In all there were ninety-five to go :hroutgh the ordeal, agg gt ttl‘a‘ese all but wenty-one were passed by the surgeons as fitted for an active campaign. The examination of the first company was not finished until late in the after- noon and when it was over the company was assembled in the drill hall and the names of several were called, the men stepping to the front when they heard their names. At first the word went round that the lucky ones were bein, separated from those less fortunate, an the first candidates for the line in front came up with smiling faces; but soon it ‘was seen that the ones coming forth made up the sallow, sickly element of the ranks, and the truth began to dawn upon the boys, and they were not surprised MOBILIZING WESTERN TROOPS IN SAN FRANCISCO when they were told they were not to serve the flag. It came hard to some of them, and others seemed not to mind it much, but it was hard enough to bear the mark of physical junfitness, and it was harder still to hear ‘their comrades in the ranks cheering and slapping each other on the back and gleefully planning for the campaign. There were some good look- ing men in the line of “rejects,” and per- haps there were hearts as brave as any that will ever wear the blue; but it was announced that in case of constitutional infirmity the Government would be given the benefit of the doubt, and it was some of these “doubts” who were most anxious | to_go. | There was some question as to just| what should be done with the men after | they had been mustered in, as the Govern- ment was not quite ready to care for them at the Presidio, and so it was de- cided to feed them in the armory in the evening, let them go home and sieep and return to a_ half-past 7 breakfast in the armory in the morning. After this break- fast the mustering ofticer will be in a po- sition to know what can be done with them. The mustering will be done to-day. There were three long tables laid out on the armory floor, and the boys sat | down to an excellent dinner altogether and all in high spirits, and then they tune J. Malville, Sata. e G o o Thert 7. Martineau, James W, uel 1. Marston, Albert J o~ - Martin, Charies M. Maryin, Georgs J. Mayer, Francis J. McAllister, David McKec ilcn;{ b W. McLean, James McQueeney, an ot Mocre, Oliver H. Moore, Roy Morrison. bfij;n F. Myers, James Leary Jr., Leon Panchon, Henry R. Pfahl, William T. Phh“'pfv'[ un‘—vy D. Pohlmann, Frank J. Price, ‘William & Joseph Rothman, Wil Quirk, Hugo Roseberg. b S A. Rowe, Charles Schrader, E Angust A._Sollman, Harry Swarts, Willlam Tucker, Joseph Tomel, Laurence fhomas, Charles Vall, Alexander Wager, William H. Watson, Frank W. West, Louis B. VWestphal, John A. Willlams, John C. Wulbern, Jamcs Watkins, Otto W. Burnot, Thomas R. Tfaff. Mitchell’ J. Brown, Walter J. Russel, Henry G. Renner. PRAISE FOR AMERICA’S HERO. Representative Citizens Meet and Eulogize Com= modore Dewey. A special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was called yesterday afternoon to take action expressive of the sense of the people upon the occasion of the first Y The Commander of COLONEL JOHN R. BERRY. | the Seventh Regiment, N. G. C., That Will Be Mustered Into Sgrvice on Saturdau. were allowed to go home—for rthey will| have little enough of home-going if they get into serfous trouble, and the Govern- ment can afford to be lenient for a day at least. After Company A had been disposed of rgeont went through Company B A ShreeD "and they had nearly finished Company E when the work was stopped | victory of the war with Spain.” It was a representative body of men that re- sponded to the call, and the spaclous council chamber was crowded when Presi- dent Hugh Craig called for order. Mayor helan, as chief magistrate of the city, -alled to the platform, and Stewart Menzies was detailed b: e chairman to for the night. Company B had & mMen | esoory pim to a chalr beside the pres e ‘xamined and Com- | & n - beside { dgtx‘]"p‘]k)lh?\‘al L'?trt‘ljol.?(‘l(e\fiu&‘\il“()l 107 exam- Hugh Craig, in AX[J:,]’(\I!)L the objects of e, n epted out of | the meeting, made a fecling speech eulo- Company E had 61 acc ined. 89 examined and there are 50 more on the roll of the company yet to come. | Evesight was what wrecked the hopes | of the greater portion of those rejected. Other ailments cut but a small figure beside the defective sight, although welght was a good second. One man was Tejected because he was short half an inch on chest expansion and another be- cause he was a few pounds over the aver- | age weight for his size, although he Weighed over 200 pounds and Was a mag- nificent specimen of manhood. He begged for time to get down to weight by any process which the doctors might suggest, ut his pleadings were in vain. Major McCarthy, the senior surgeon of the Doard, said thé men as a whole were a remarkably fine lot; they were first Dicked over by their captains and eveu after that the board rejected one in every six. Lieutenant Cloman, who is assisting Captain Carrington in the work of mus- tering, says the men selected are as fine a body of militia as can be found any- where in the country. The officers of the companies have so far passed only the militia examination, and they will have to pass another be- fore they can go with their commands. The men accepted by the surgeons wer Company A—Captain, John F. Donnell; first lieutenant, George T. Ballinger; second lieutenant, Joseph A. Brown; sergeants, Frank McCarthy, Maurice Justh; corporals, Charles L. O'Donnell, Warren F. Lieb, James Ritchie; musicians, Julian Aitken, Frank S. Wyatt; privates, Gustav As- mussen, Henry V. Barbieri, Frederick trand, John J. Brady, Daniel Borle, Charles Beede, James H. Bonford, John J. Campbell, Harry R. Crow, David A. Cutting, Maurice Cunningham, Thomas H. Cunningham, John J. Costello, Henry S. Cavanaugh, Jacod A. Devitt, Frank Donegan, Eugene J. Dougherty, Aloystus R. Dunnigan, William A. Dusenberry, Harrle A. Dennie, Fiorencio Figuora, George H. Furest, Elmer Gabrielson, Daniel Holland, Max Horn, Harry Jackson, Nels H. Johnson, Herman F. Juntzen, Seligman Katz, Willlam F. Kays, John Kilemade, Edward Kilcline, Thomas Lind, Alexander S. Less, Robert Lean, Morrls L. Markowitz, Chris Meiskov, Edward T. Mullally, Frank J. Murray, John J. Morris, John J. Murphy, Joseph Murdoek, Edward T. McCaffrey, Willlam J. Moore, Albert J. M Cusker, John E. Page, John Phillipson, Wi liam Ray, James Reilly, Sidney Rose, Louis D. St. Amant, Leonard G, Schlink, Joseph G. Smith, Willlam Stanton, Richard F. Stapleto William W. Smith, Lester D. Schoentel Charles _W. Swinéford, John Thompson, Joseph Verheyen, John Weidiein, Charies i Werner, John E. Webster, John Ward, Willlam P. Barry, Peter M. Weber, Willlam Williams. Loughery, Daniel M gistic of Commodore Dewey and his com- panions of the Asiatic fl He referred to the splendid achieve of John Paul Jones and the naval leaders, Perry, Porter, Hull, Bainbridge, Blakeley, Bur- rows, Biddle, Ste: t, Warrington and McDougal, who have mad: themselves famous in American history, and declared that posterity would place the name of Dewey on_the glorious roster. Horace Davis folowed in glowing words of praise for the gallant commander in the Orient, and he was followed by G. W. McNear, who completed his address by offering the following resolution: Whereas, The American navy, in the persons of Commodore George Dawey, his officers and men, has again signaled itself and notified the world that the fighting blocd of 1778, 1801 and 1812 has not deteriorated in skill and daring, as proved by the destruction of the Spanish fleet in Manila harbor, protected as it was by forts and modern torpedoes, thus es- tablishing Commodore Dewey as a naval commander of exceptional mer- it, and fitted to rank with the naval heroes of the past; therefore, be it Resolved, That the Chamber of Ber-TCommerce of San Francisco respect- fully requests the President of the United States to present the congrat- ulations and thanks of this chamber to Commodore George Dewey in rec- ognition of his prompt and glorious achievement in destroying the enemy’s fleet at Manila, thereby keeping open to American commerce the great Pacific Ocean, with all its coasts and harbors. ¢ The resolution was carried by a unani- mous standing vote. % Mayor Phelan then offered the following resolution: : Resolved by the Chamber of Commerce o San Franolsco, That the attention of the Presi- dant and Congress be respectfully called to the practical demonstration of the strategic and - &1 mado Company B—Captain, George Filmer: first | commercial value of an isthmian pang W licutenant, B. B. Sturdevant; second leuten- | by the recent events of the war. 'he SXnottio ant, A. F. Ramm; first sergeant, W. N Kelly; | of our Western coast, the difficuities agi Pers sergeants, A. H. Clifford, H. B. Taylor, H. B | ils of intercommunication as spown by 0 Sullivan: ‘corporals, C. Lemmon, C. Lyndecker; | voyage of the Oregon prove, the, fesfuiy v, 0f musicians, A. E. Apthorpe, W. Prawl, D. J. Beard; privaies, P. Fagan, E. L. Filmer, A Frencl C. Fischer, John P. Gaffney, J. Hayes, A, Hammerson, H. D_ Jones, E. Jensen, 1. W. Kavanaugh, J. Miller, G. W Mills, ‘A, J. Nicholson, H. SKeilinger, Tooker, L. B. Wood, M. D. Zan, C. M. R arason, T. C. Healion, Lloyd Spencer, W. Buttgenbach, H. Cowley, R. S. Drake, C. Bartlett, B. H. Holcomb, C. A. Hunter, MecCarthy, S. Russell, L. B. Simon, Worth, _A. W. Clark, A. W. Cills, Evans, W. E. Garrison, T. J. Robinson, J. Thompson, L. J. Behm, J. V Hewson, C. D. Lowe, A. A Thompson, S. L. Helliwell, J. M. P, D McCarthy, H. F. Rutherauft, E. V. Fitzgerald, M. C. Eisenschimmel, C. S. Sherman, H. Ruff, a waterway between the Atlantic ¢ifie controlled by the United States. The resolution received the hearty sup- port of the meeting. WANTS TO FIGHT. The following letter received by The Call is self-explaiatory: SAN FRANCISCO, May 8, 1898 cal: I read in your paper of this mffifx‘,‘?; that same old chestnut about send- ing the First Infantry Regiment of California to Manila. It Is about time they were golng to do something With us, as it is getting very ¥. Hoyt, Wiiliam' B, Bickbaum, G, F: Larney, | gether. T shouid think we had as mych Tets L. G. Russell, R, J. More, P. A. Williams, W. o ?;e‘;;:_!tem troops. The oid flag is just as W. Davidson, K. Simpson, E. S. Naughton, C. F. Linnehan, Andrew Wistand, G, H. Perkins, §. S S Burtchaell, 5. W. Knottner, . Fisk. Company D—Captain, Thomas J. McCreag first lieutenant, Charles G. White: second lieu- sergeants, George ey; corporals, James Staples, Walter H. o. F. McCarthy. Fisher; privates, Eugene Aherne, Charles J. Anderson, Charles D. Ayton, Willlam T. Bald- James Win, William P. Bauruth, Clarence B. Bean, Wilitam J. Given, Ralph W. Bliven, Richard . Botts, Willlam ' J. Bover, Elmer Butger, Joseph Colby, George W. Cole, William Cornish, Edward D. Crowley, Clayton T. Cu ningham, Frank D. Cutler, George W. Daly, D, eodre 5 Ghancs 1. Diunphy. Hich- AL Thomas A. Doxey, Villtam Fahey, Arthur L. Gal- ard P. Farrell, Willlam s AT Higsan, . K John Komman, John W. Linsford, John C. 3. "Loftus, George J. Lutrell, ol Lippert, John ar to us as it is to them, but I suppose it is like people say, we are 2 lot of dudes and that we would run at the first fire, but just try us—that is all we ask. For myself, I have got no education, but I can fight if I get the chance, and the rest of the boys are just as hters. I hope with the aid of your valuable paper that we will get a show, SUARDSMAN, First Infantry, N. G. C. Lecture on Hawaii. The lecture on Japan announced to be given by G. W. Dickie at the Young Men's Christian Association this evening has been postponed on account of Mr. Dickie's departure for the East on a_ brief busi- ness trip. In place of it Harcourt W. Peck, M.A., B.S., will lecture on the Ha~ walian Islands at the association audi- torium, Mason and Eilis streets, this evening at 8 o’clock.