The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 11, 1898, Page 3

( ] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1898. Troops Being for the Invasion of | Cuba. General Miles Will Superintend the Embarkation and May Lead the First Expedition. Call Office, Riggs House, I Washington, May 10. By Friday morning the commanding general of the United States army, Major General 1Miles, will have assem- bled his staff around him at Tampa, Fla. He leaves Washington to-morrow taking with him Colonel Mic ler, Colonel Maus, Colonel Greenleaf, Major Osgood, Major Humphreys, Cap- tain Seyburn and Captain Scott. Only one member of the staff, Captain Davis, will remain zt headquarters and he will follow the general within two or three days or as soon as he can turn over th of the business at army headqu to an officer to be desig- nated for that duty. Unless pla changed the g neral will go with the expedition force to Cubg. 1 to relieve the ma- first militar; s selected for the the campaign, b both In in Cuba will exercise the 1 rintendcnce over the t now does from his \ Washington. 1ents for the move upon d with such en- evident to any observer g of the campaign is pected here that the first troops will be om the United States to y will arise in the the necessary d the Quarter- making great ufficient number > gulf ports in time who are even now Orders have been ) s to be fur- the army and to be de- \ediately, within perts have re- ammock is an absolute a Cuban campaign. It is| to escape the vermin make sleep impossible | nd it is the only way he | fatal mofsture of the | War Department d ot Falls Church ; the great camp concentrated from States troops This about 1400 acres of atered and wood- | nmodations for ised within the | men. troops to Cuba and lippine vessels a list of artered by the V k used as transports and the Philippines and for | poses: Mallory line—San Mar- | Rio Grande and Leona; | Seguaranca, Ori- | Saratoga, San | shington and Man- hip Company—Mat- yde & Co.—Cher- and Iroquois; Oceanic Steamship pany — Australia; Pacific Mail mship Company—City of Svdney. t is understood at the War Depart- ment that important changes are con- templated in the points of moblizing | th: volunteer army. Fewer troops than ontemplated w. - be sent to Chicka- | mauga, it being the desire of the de- partment to concentrate them further south. Many of the Western troops originally intended for the East will be sent to California, and general changes may be made in the scheme of mobil- ization TAMPA, Fla., May 10.—The Gussie gailed for Cuba shortly after 1 p. m. with two companies of United States troops. At 1 p. m. orders came for the de- parture of the Gussie, and shortly after she cast loose from her moorings and | started on her long journey south a | large crowd of soldiers had gathered on t docks to see their comrades depart, and as the bcat steamed slowly away hearty cheers were sent after the for- tunate boys in blue on her decks. CHICK NATIONAL PARK (Ga.), Ma fajor-General Brooke, commanding United Statd8 regular provisionalarmy corps at Chickamauga Park, to-day received orders from the v Department directing him to send all the cavalry and infantry troops now in camp at Chickamauga Park, about 6000 in all, to Tampa, Fla., without de- lay. The order is. accompanied with in- structions to provide the men with a of ammunition for sixty ys. giments of in- fantry now in camp—the Second, Se enth, Eighth, Twelfth and Sixteenth— all of which are ordered to Tampa un- der command of Colonel Guy V. Henry and Colone! A. R. Chaffee. Two regiments of cavalry—the Third and Sixth—will at once proceed to Tampa under General S. S. Sumner. These troops will march from the park to Ringgold to-morrow afternoon and take the Western and Atlantic train at that point. The distance is about eight miles and it has been decided that this march could be relieved by ke Chattanooga, Rome and Southern, s0 that they could move the infantry with more dispatch. The Second Cavalry, under Colonel Hunt, has been ordered to Mobile, and they will march to Rossvilie and be loaded on the Southern at that point. The First and Tenth cavalry will go to New Orleans under command of the senior officer, Colonel Baldwin, march- ing to this city and taking the Ala- bama Great Southern here to-morrow afternoon. All regiments began preparations to move to-night, and by morning it is expected each regiment will be ready to move. General Brooke and staft remain here to assist in the organi- u,mtlon of the volunteer army, should it e ordered here. The signal corps has also been ordered to remain here until further orders. The medicel corps of each regiment was to-day provided with medical sup- fl"e;o for sixty days. The medical force gasssaansnuNuNns be increased from fifteen to) REGULARS ORDERED TO THE SOUTH! | vietory | the American sailors will Concentrated | | | | twenty-flve men as soon as the regi- ments have been increased to their war strength. All recruits will be ordered to report to Tampa, New Orleans and | Mobile. A large number arrived to~ day and were provided with the neces- quipments. ere will be very little delay in transporting the troops, all the rail- roads having provided the necessary cars in expectation of hurry orders. The loading of the supply trains began thia afternoon and a number are ready for shipment. The Second and the Seventh Infantry will leave in the morning at 6 o’clock, and the Eighth and Sixteenth Infantry to-morrow afternoon. The Twelfth may not get off until Saturday morning. Owing to the unexpected orders to nove received to-day General Brooks made a hurried reorganization of the infantry forces, annulling a division heretofore formed. _ An order immediately followed form- ing the Fifth, Twelfth and Sixteenth regiments of infantry into a brigade to be commanded by Colonel Guy V. Henry, Fred A Smith, assistant adju- tant general, and Lieutenant Stafford of the Eighth Regiment, brigade quar- termaster. This brigade is ordered to proceed at once, “fully equipped for field service, to Tampa, and report to the general commanding at that point.” The same order also formed the Seo- ond and Seventh Infantry into a bri- gade, Brigadier General A. R. Chaffee in command, who is also ordered to proceed as early as possible with his brigade to Tampa. The quartermaster’s department has been completely overrun during the af- | ternoon, as each regiment commander | had been ordered to report at once as to the number of men in each com- mand, estimates of their necessities, | etc., for sixty days’ rations, ammunni- | nition, supplies, etc.,, so that these might be issued without delay. Quartermaster General Lee stated to- night, however, that he has everything in his department in readiness for the | departure of the troops at once. In re- ply to a query to-night Adjutant Gen- eral Sheridan stated that before Fri- day night all the troops will have been moved south. DEWEY’S FLEET WINS A VERY RICH BOUNTY. By the Destruction of the Spanish | [ | Vessels About $187,000 Is Se- cured for Distribution. NEW YORK, May 10.—A dispatch to the Times from Washington sa; Rear Admiral Dewey and his men will not have been fully rewarded for the | at Manila when they receive | the thanks of Congress and the medals | ordered to be struck for them. Under the law they have become entitled to a rich bounty. Unless the numerical im- portance of the fleet of Admiral Montijo has been overestimated and its losses | overstated, the officers and men of the | Asiatic squadron will be entitled to | share among themselves something like | $187,000 bounty money. | According to the reports from Manila, | the Spanish fleet destroyed by the Americans consisted of ten or eleven | cruisers, gunboats and torpedo-boats. | with crews amounting in all to 1872 men. At $100 for each man of the Span- | ish naval force, according to the bounty | law, the amount to be divided among miral Dewey will get one-twentieth of | give him $9300. | 000; Raleigh, $22,000; g VICE-ADMIRAL MONTLO. MONTIJO SdID TO HAVE BEEN PUT TO DEHTH'SPANISH"ST&YBF’ Report That the Spanish Admiral| Was Slain by the Populace of Manila. LONDON, Mav 10.—A special dispatch from Shanghal says it is re- ported there that Admiral fleet, who escaped from Cavite by running along the shore to Manila with his two sons, was killed by the populace of the latter place. It is added that the hospital of shells from the Boston and that Sisters soldiers, was set on fire by € & ® @ L 4 & & of Charity were killed while removing the wounded. ® Massacres are reported to have occurred outside of Manila, the & insurgents butchering even the Spanish women and children. @ 0.—A fresh example of Spanish (reachery seems PS It is sald here that the priests and Sisters of & Charity of the Cavite hospital, in a procession bearing crosses, etc., pe- L 4 *® @ @ ® % & 4 > @ @ & HONGKONG, May 1 to have come to light. titioned Rear Admiral Dewey not to massacre the sick &nd wounded, The Spaniards, it is asserted, there- upon thanked the Americans for their humanity and repaid them by informing them of a narrow channel, which, they said, was not mined, while the broad channel, they explained, was fully mined. An investi- gation on the part of the Americans, however, revealed the contrary to be the case and the mines were blown up by the sailors of the Ameri- which, naturally, he did not do. can fleet. Rear Admiral Dewey, it is sald here, finds the insurgents growing It is added that he cannot control them, nor can he en- There is one Japanese warship at Ma- dangerous. able the Spaniards to do so. nila. L4 Montijo, the commander of the Spanish an Roque, filled with Spanish VPPV PIPPPIINICPIPIOIPOOIPOIOPIOQER 000000009@00@@9@@Q@QQOOOOOQOOQQOQOOQQO the whole amount of bounty awarded to his command. will have a share of something $1800. This will go to seven ships, and about the following shares: Petrel, $12,000; McCulloch, $9000. To the commander of each single ves- one-tenth of the | After | be $187,200. | the amounts mentioned have been de- | The $187.200 will be distributed to the | ducted, the residue will be distributed | Rico fleet under section 4631 of the Revised |to the lesser officers and seamen of the Statutes, relating to prize money. Ad- | ships in proportion to their rates of pay | The | sel there will go amount assigned to that vessel. on the day of the engagement. 88 PRAYERS FOR PEAC and laity of the country. States—Greeting: sBe Spain and our own beloved country. 3 to the duty of loyal Americans. A calmness, the dignified forbearance, dent McKinley during the trying ti est decrees and the supreme authori enemy and a common foe. peace to our beloved land and peopl Mary’ and the ‘De Profundis.’ people.” % 8 % % <3 %® %® & 8 % % %8 2 % 8 % & % &8 ® 3 ® %® 3 13 % 8 ] % 8 =8 2 %8 will be read in all the churches on Sunday. Martinelli, the Apostolic Delegate, and is as follows: “To the Clergy and Laity of the Catholic Church of the United The events that have succeeded the blowing up of the battle-ship Maine and the sacrifice of 266 innocent victims—the pa- triotic seamen of the United States—have culminated in war between “Whatever may have been the individual opinions prior to the declaration of war, there can now be no two opinions as NN RENRNERERRRERRRRRRRIRIRRIRIRIRRIRRRRS s EAND SOLDIERS AND SAILORS, WASHINGTON, May 10.—The Archbishops of the Catholic church in the United States have agreed upon a letter addressed to the clergy The letter bears on the war with Spain and It is indorsed by Mgr. of Americans resort to arms was determined upon by the executive of the nation with the advice of both houses of Congress and after consultation with his Cabinet officers, but not until every effort had been exhausted to bring about an honorable and peaceful solution of our difficulties with Spain. The patient the subdued firmness of Presi- me that intervened between the destruction of the Maine and the declaration are beyond all praise and should command the admiration of every true American. the members of the Catholic church, such are loyal to our country and our flag and obedient to the high- We, are true Americans, and as ty of the nation. “We are not engaged in a war of section against section, or of State against State, but we are united as one man against a foreign If, as we are taught by our holy church, Jove of country is next to love of God, a duty imposed upon us by all laws, human and divine, then it is our duty to labor and to pray for the temporal and spiritual well belng of the brave soldiers who are battling for our beloved country. Let us faithfully beg the God of Bat- tles to crown their arms on land and sea with victory and triumph, and to stay unnecessary effusion of blood, and speedily to restore e. “Po this end we direct that on and after the receipt of this circular and until the close of the war every priest shall, in his daily mass, pray for the restoration of peace by glorious victory for our flag. We also direct that prayers for the brave soldiers and sailors that fall in battle may be said every day after mass. said aloud with the people, and shall be, ‘Our Father’ and one ‘Hall, These prayers shall be “We pray that God may bless and preserve our country in this great crisis and speedily bring victory, honor and peace to ail our e R REEE E R R AR RERRE R R ERE R R R R R LR SRR AR AR AR money | amount to each seaman, it is believed, That will | will be in the neighberhood of $50. If he has a fleet cap- —_———— tain, or what passes for one, the latter like There will be left to be dlstrib- uted to the vessels of the fleet, accord- ing to their payrolls, about $175,000. in| MADRID, May 10.—The Government 015’mma_>“'lntends to insist that the Cortes sit $45,000; Baltimore, $40,000; Bostom, $25,- Concord, $20,000; |GENERAL BLANCO’S URGENT REQUEST FOR SUPPLIES. continuously until the war measures are adopted. The Minister of Finance, | Senor Puigceiver, declared that until the credits were voted it was impossi- ble to meet the demands for ammuni- tion and provisions for Cuba, Porto the Balearic Islands and Canary Islands, or to establish the ne- cessary stocks of coal. Captain-General Blanco has cabled an urgent request for considerable sup- plies of provisions, which the Govern- ment cannot dispatch until the Cortes have voted the war measures. The authorities here are greatly con- | cerned about the provisions for this | city. Tt is estimated that the stock of wheat will be consumed inside of a month and measures are being taken to purchase wheat abroad. | WILL DISMISS CHARGES. | Case Against J. J. Lakin and Wife of San Rafael to Be Dropped. | SAN RAFAEL, May 10—For reasons | best known to himself, District Attorney | Martinellf intends to dismiss all the | charges in the famous Lakin-Gilleran | controversy. Both J. J. Lakin and his | wife were arrested on charges preferred by Mrs. Michael Gilleran, the first for disturbing the peace and the second for assault and battery. Mrs. Gilleran also made an affidavit containing some sensa- treatment of a partially demented brother of Mrs. Lakin. With regard to this story, J. J. Lakin says: Mrs. Gilleran’s story Is inspired by animosity. She rented one of my cot- | tages and got in.arrears in payment, and { though we let her keep her furniture istnred free of charge for three months she refused to pay anything, and would not_take the furniture out on demand. “My wife did not attack the woman, and simply defended herself against as- sault. I have never carried a pistol, and never showed one to Mrs. Gilleran. The Jamison_boy has always been treated well, and I hope this affair will be hushed up. It is true that he has never been taken out much, but there are reasons of a private nature for that.” Lakin’s version 1s corroborated by his wife, who insists that Mrs. Gilleran Is of & quarrelsome nature. Found Dead Near Atlas Peak. NAPA, May 10.—Bert Moore, a young farmer, came to Napa this morning and reported the finding of the body of J. C. Smith about a mile from Atlas Peak. Coroner Kyser summoned a jury and in- vestigated the cause of Smith's death, finding that the deceased had died from old ago and overexertion while ascending the trafl to Atlas Peak. Smith was 79 years old and a nati¥e of New pshire. He came to Green Valley, Cal., where he resided up to within fifteen yeafs ago, when he moved to Capelle Valley, his home at the time of death. He was well known among the pioneers of this county. Lo R el Death of a Yolo Resident. WOODLAND, May 10.—Alvis Abele, aged 71, died at his home In this county on Mon: ht. He was a native of Germany, but been a resident of the United States for nearly half a century, | a debate which has lasted for severa:i| the | tional charges about the alleged brutal | WAR MEASURES PROMPTLY PASS The Senate Authorizes the Additional Army W ork. | Enlistment of Volunteer Signal Corps and the Immune Bill Also Approved. Postoffice Appropriation Aggregating Ninety-Nine Millions Finally Disposed Of. Bpectal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, May 10.—Four war measures were passed by the Senate| to-day. One of them provided for carry- | ing on the additional work in the ad- jutant-general’s office; the second au- thorized the enlistment of a volunteer signal corps, two-thirds of the mem- bers of which must be expert electri- cians or telegraphers; the third was the so-called “‘immune bill” passed by the House, and the fourth was a measure | suspending the existing law so that aa- | ditional hospital stewards can be ap-| pointed. The postoffice appropriation bill, car- rying appropriations which aggregate more than $99,000,000, was passed after days. A determined effort was made | by Butler (Pop.) of North Carolina to | cut off the sum appropriated for the fast mail service between New York and Washington, Atlanta and New Orleans, to provide for two commit- tees to investigate postal affairs, but| it was unsuccessful, all amendments except those offered by the Committee on Appropriations being voted down. After an extended and interesting de- bate the resolution submitting to the Legislatures of the various States an amendment to the constitution of the | United ‘States, changing the date of the | beginning of the terms of the Pres- | Gent, Vice-President and members of Congress from the 4th of March to ths 4th of May was adopted. BLOCKADE RUNNING. | !From Madrid Comes the Assertion That the Montserrat Has | Reached Havana. | MADRID, May 10—A dispatch re- | celved herefrom Havana this aternoon | says the Spanish steamer Montserrat, | which, with a valuable cargo, troops and a large sum of money, intended for Havana, escaped the United States | fleet and entered the port of Cienfue- | | gos, has again run the blockade of the | American squadron and has enteredi the port of Havana in safety. It is| claimed here thdt this proves that the | blockade of the Cuban ports is inef- fective. The Spanish mail steamship Mont- serrat, which is alleged to have run the Blockade at Havana, reached Cien- | fuegos on April 27, with 1000 Spanish | soldiers, $500,000 in silver and eighteen guns of large caliber, in addition to a very valuable cargo, including a quan- | tity of ammunition. The Spaniards | claim the Montserrat was sighted by | an American man-of-war which fired | on her. The malil steamer, it is al-| leged, mounting guns as an auxiliary | cruiser returned the fire and eventually | reached Cienfuegos. | So many utterly false reports have | been given out in Madrid recently that American confirmation of the arrival of | the Montserrat will be required before the story of the blockade running is accepted as truth. SEVERE EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS IN ECUADOR. | Many Important Buildings Destroyed | in the Towns of Bahia, Chone :nd Canoa. Copyrighted, 18%, by James Gordon Bennett PANAMA, May 10.—The Herald's correspondent at Guyaquil, Ecuador, | telegraphs that severe earthquakes have been felt throughout the country. The province of Manavi suffered | most, especially in the towns of Ba- hia, Chone and Canoa, where many im- | portant buildings were destroyed. The loss of life was small, although many were injured. | | British Gunboat at Manila. HONGKONG, May 10.—The British gunboat Swift will relieve the British gunboat Linnet at Manila. She will leave Hongkong to-morrow for the Philippines. ADVERTISEMENTS. AR SN EZL22E) R R CER R G2 Qe ror I Rt T Qe D ) g ) e ) ) e e ) e ) S ) ) ) ) 22 Did ever a wo- experience true happine until she ben . over her rosy- / cheeked, sleep- ing babe, tired of play and forget- ful of toys. Nev- | er. True happiness fora childless woman is pature’s most emphatic impossibility. 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R SPECIAL $9.65 SUIT comprises several hundred of the swellest gar- in Single and Double and Three- ments Breasted Sacks Button Cutaways, shades of Blue, Black, Gray and Browns. Weaves of ‘Worsteds, Cheviots and Cassi- Scoteh Tweeds, meres. its former price of $18.00. Each and every garment is reduced from from to 14. with one Middy Suits, $2.45. A great many lines to select in Checks, neat Brown Mixtures. If you’d have your little boy look just too cunning for anything fit him out of our tasty- Plaids 95¢. Our Fedora,in 8ll col- ors, Black, Brown, Pearl and Ciaro, sold for less than manu- facturer’s price. We carry a complete line of Golf Shirts, Underwear, Hosiery, Gloves and Handker- chiefs at prices lower than elsewhere. GETTING AHEAD IN THE WORLD. N.WOOD&CO., 718 Market Street. |