The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 15, 1898, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 15, 1898. MURRY-UP ORDERS HAVE GOME No More Red-Tape Delay—Troops rom the North--Rain in “Camy. Something has happened ington, and it is about time for the happening. Fither Secretary of W Alger or Major-General Miles conscious the fact that been a battle at Manila and t in Wash- | stands that military movements must be made in a military manner, with due regard to army regulations, but it does seem odd that while advancement and the acceptance of new and im- | proved methods are recognized in every other branch of the Government commodated were transferred to the Red Cross Soclety tents, while many slept in headquarters. Colonel Smith and his officers did everything in their power to make the men as comfortable as possible. The other regiments did | not fare quite as badly, as their camps are upon more elevated ground. General Merriam, U. S. A., the de- partment commander, issued an order vesterday appointing Major McCarthy, surgeon of the First Regiment, brigade surgeon. This will give Major Mc- that the Third Artillery should remain here to care for the high power breech- loading guns defending this harbor. It will require two months’ instruction to qualify new men to handle these guns in anything like an effective manner. ‘When volunteers may do nearly as well as regulars to assist Dewey it would | be a blunder to send away skilled ar- | tillerymen. | At midnight the rain that falls alike upon the just and unjusthwgs lr‘lfiscemlb ing in tcrrents upon the soldiers in cai‘np at the Pres!dl%, and where vester- | Carthy full control of all the surgeons, day was a wide, barren and sand cov-,and he will have charge of the brigade ered desert, last night was a sea of | hospital. muddy water. The transformation was | Dr. F. P. Muffe, a prominent physi- almost incredible, so perfect was the | clan of the city, who was for many change, and if the troops in the First | years a surgeon in the United States Regiment want to get to their mess ta- | army, yesterday received an appoint- bles this morning they will have to | ment from the surgeon reneral as a | | build pontoon bridges. Men never spent | regimental surgeon. He has accepted a much more disagreeable night in | the position and will probably be sta- camp than did the First Regiment tioned at the Presidio. boys last night. Many of the tents| Advices were recelved from Washing- were practically uninhabitable, the |ton yesterday that First Lieutenant S. "RECEPTION TO CALIFORNIA @ of the Loy d 2 iently aniral Dewey. who galne ory on the is pe he arrival of a land force to ite with his sailors. At this dist rom Washington one can hardly vho is commanding the army. 1aps Alger is at the head of aff o-day and Miles is admiring himself. t may transpire that Miles is in com- nand to-day and Alger is doing the «ct of self-adoration. Miles is obvious- y imbued with the idea that he ought o go to the front himself, but is not uite satisfied with the thought saving the defenses of Washington tc he care of Alger. Again it must per- ilex Miles and be equally perpl \lger and the Board of Strategy ermine whether the front is Mani T Havana. While the Board of Strategy is pon- tering, while Miles is pluming and ¢hile Alger is bossing, the work of or- sanizing the Manila expedition lags. thips carrying re-enforcements to Ad- airal Dewey ought to be steaming to- vard the Philippines, but not a single hip is ready to sail, and The Call is nformed by an officer high in auth ty that none can sail before next Sat- rday. The Cha on may get away ooner and do something to break the aonotony of wait authori- | Many messages | the | ‘ashington the wire to of the De¢ particular to command- ent of Cali- organizations Manila were commands | irst Regiment of | ites Volunteer In- | dron of the Fourth Iry, the Fourteenth and the Third | gnated. i from Washington iention to-morrow as the day of sail- ag. It is not possible to put the ships 3 shape for the troops by that time, | ut the fact that a day has been ap- | vinted signifies that Miles and Alger | sve heard of Maniia. If plain, com- ion-sense, business methods = could ave been introduced intc the direc- on of army affairs and a few Kkinks ! red tape been eliminated the ships ©uld be ready now. The Call under- $POPOOPHOIL0060644 | forms. | mo: | now fornia Volunteers by the Military between the English-speaking nations of the world. caragua canal as surely as the war of the Rebellion buflt the great Francisco, the great transcontinental lines that enable us to ship to our coasts s us to protect this broad nation as it looks on both sides of the seas. their civilization in China and in India and on all sides ; they have sp: »n our shores. The previous speaker to add that I am in favor of t ver the which ca: of seyenty-five million freemen! ym the very stars themselves and when chaos rel e the and Stripes. of his native land! ¢ join in singing a patriotic song, w S S . ey 2 iment is now 1032 men, fifty com- Sorris. commander of the post, the band of the Third Artillery and that of the Tegiment is now 1032 men. fifty com for the oecasion. Colonel Morris also kindly furnished transportation to B ey o e and Jints in the happy event, which will ever remain as a pleasing remembrance Tegimental staff. Major Surgeon Mo tornia Voluntee a great success. the army should cling to obsolete fn‘rms. The mustering officer of the Califor- nia volunteers waited five days for the il to bring blanks from Washington before the troops could be mustered in. The form might have been transmitted by wire and the blanks printed here by any printing office in town, but the mustering officer had to walit to get by malil the particular packages bound by the particular strips of official red tape. The same sort of delay has been the rule in the engagement and refitting of ships for the Manila expedition. If & man with a genjus for organization | were at the head of affairs in Wash- ington practical, common sense meth- ods would take the place of obsolete The best men make mistakes and the greatest military leaders oc- sionally make a bad move, but com- sense comes to the rescue to rec- tify errors. The progress of battle fre- quently demands revision of the whole n of operation. It is plain enough that some one in _Washington, either Miles or Alger, or both, made a | great mistake, if not a blunder, when the First Regiment of United States In- fantry and the two light batteries of the Third Artillery were sent away from San Francisco to the Gulf coast. When the .troops were going it was known in Washington that the fleet un- der the command of Admiral Dewey had been directed to move on Manila, but no one seems to have had the head that troops might be needed to estimat u{: the Phiftppines and that San Fran- | cisco was the natural point of embark- ation. It is gratifying to note at this late date that the authorities in Washing- ton are beginning to size up the situ- ation at the Philippines. ~An extra rush might get some of the troops on the way to Admiral Dewey by next Thursday or Eriday. Significant dispatches were received at the Presidio yesterday. The officers who were advised by wire from Wash- ton to buy horses for the Utah Lighe Batteries were instructed by telegraph last evening to suspend purchases. The indications are that the Fourth Cavalry will 2o to Manila without their horses, but the troopers can fight as readily on foot as on horseback. It is not known at present how many batteries of the Third Artillery will be sent away. Men of the best military judgment believe rnoon, brought together many of the old heroes of the nation. There erans of the war of the rebellion. The regular army was represented by various posts In San Francisco harbor. n er of the Legion, in an address, interspersed with outbursts of ratriotic ,ccasion, and introduced General W. H. L. Barnes, who delivered a most s. For the first' time since the birth of this great nation the troops of American flag is placed there let it wave! ervention, and there will be armed Intervention, and problem and we are bound to win and this we know: It will never be @ | that event it Is said that Governor Biuu neither read nor write, whose highest ambition is to eat garlic & | Will tender the colonelcy of the regiment & |to Captain Carrington, provided the Gov- @ | ernment will permit him and he cares to "I know the young army of the republic will do its duty and that it will ot allowed to go, Who are by physical disabllity or age compelled to stay jcate the honor and majesty of our flag. when advancement and sclence shall s in the shock of worlds In combat, the last flag to float we there is a God of Peace, come to his ald and give long, loving com- oration, Colonel W. R. Smedberg, acting as master of ceremonles, re- and Oregon Volunteers, and also the officers brooms during the afternoon and were cordially greeted by the companions 060 060606060606006000000000000000000060606600 officer of the first division of the Phil- ippine expedition. Lieutenant Colman is on duty now as instructor in mili- | tary tacties, University of California. The volunteers in camp at the Pre- sidio will be treated to salmon by | Henry F. Fortmann, president of the | | Alaska Packers’ Association. Fruits and fresh beef may be all right for| | awhile, but a little fish now and then is | relished by the most of men. Mr. Fort- mann’s contribution is so generous that « | every soldfer in camp will be supplied. The Gray brothers, who were at the San Francisco Club yesterday when Mr. Fortmann made the donation, agreed then and there to transport the sup- plies to camp. Lieutenant J. E. No- | 1an, Fourth United States Cavalry, post commissary at the Presidio, will re- ceive and distribute the rations of sal- mon. L e CAMPING IN THE RAIN. VOLUNTEERS. & i fantry, has been appointed commissary | S | The Ardor of the Troops Was Not Dampened by the | Shower, The soldlers of the volunteer regiments now encamped upon the Presidio reser- vation experienced their first real hard- | ghip yesterday when they were forced to spend the day In camp with a dismal | and penetrating rain falling. Fortunate- | | Iy drains were rapidly dug to draw off the water from the tents, and the can- vas proved to ba waterproof, so beyond | the fact of being kept confined in thelr quarters the men fared well, as compared | | with what they may expect when they | get to the Philippin: Those who suf- fured the greatest inconvenience were the | | sentries, who were compelled to walk | | their beats, but even they managed to | %, / get overcoats, so that the boys toox the /4,/, i =2 U Bt B they seemed to enjoy it after the dus of the preceding week. i Major Robe of the Fourteenth Infantry | rain more in the way of a joke; in fact, WA | was ‘in receipt yesterday of a dispatch | | from Colonel Ward, sent by the direction | | of the Secretary of War, instructing him | to inform the men now enlisting in the Fourtenth Infantry that they will be | given their discharge at the end of the | war upon their personal application for the same. This covers the case of all men now enlisting or re-enlisting in the regular service. | _ General Merriam s expected here by | | Monday, and as soon as he arrives a brigade will be formed from the troops | now in camp. There Is no doubt that | brigade and division formations will fol- | | low the arrival of the general, as it is| | his intention to begin the preparatory | | organization of the troops and get them | into shape for the purpose for which they | have been mustered into service. Other | regiments are expected here next week, and brigade headquarters will be at once lordér ofithe Toval Eagion sat iths established, and the military routine. of a large camp of war got Into imme- diate shape. There now seems to be no doubt that Captain Carrington, who mustered | in the volunteer troops of this State, Is | to recelve some recognition from the Gov- | ernment for his services. It is positively known that there is a movement on foot | upon the part of Governor Budd to try and obtain the permission of the Secr | tary of War to add the necessary battal- | fon"to the two battalions of infantry, now forming the Sixth Volunteer Battalion, | so that this command may be made into a full regiment. At present Lieutenant | Colonel Johnson is in command of wie Sixth Battalion. In view of the fact that more volunteers may be called for ythere is a strong possibility that the rdquest of the Governor will be granted, and in It means the building and open- spoken of keeping our flag afloat in the I am asked, Do you wish to make R OE O R RORCRORORCX there will follow a | accept the command. There is no doubt Government intends to mass a dy of troops at the Presidio, ana any seem to think that the Secretary of War will be willing to have the Sixin Battalion made into a regiment to save | the expense of transporting that many troops here. Colonel Smith, of the First California Infantry, issued orders yesterday detail- | ing Second Lieutenants Otto Schewerdt- ferger and James A. Hutton for special | duty at headquarters. The strength of | bring @ @ entitled “Don’t You Forget We Have Carthy, of the First Regiment, was in- structed by Major White, U. 8! A, yes- terday to issue an order to the different surgeons of the hospitals, Informing them | that in the future all sérlous cases will | be treated at the brigade hospital and all | the remainder at the different regimental | hospitals. | The arrival of Colonel Summers, of the Second Regiment of Oregon, is looked for- | ward to with much pleasure by the offi- cers now in camp, for_the colonel is said to be a martinet and a rattling good officer. One has only to go among the men and especlally the hospital corps of the regi- A SOLDIER FROM THE SOUND. of the Fourteenth 0000090000000 | drains that were dug proving incapable 1 | of carrying off the water fast enough. Be it said to the credit of the men, | there were no kicks registered, and they put up with their first real hard- ship like the vetergns of the sixties. As many of the men as could be ac- | Lieutenant-Colonel W. J. Fife, Commanding First Battalion, First Regiment of Washington, United States Volunteer Infantru. 1 bi‘iiv’#i)iiii‘iFii‘iiii‘i’iiiI‘itb”),7?#;7"3?’)?iii’i\!i‘ii‘")iii.’i?’ii)??iii?!"” THE EMPORIUM. THE EMPORIUM. THE EMPORIUM. 5’)?”?.’»?””.’."“’) PIPREP PP R RRR PP T PR R PR RRITVRRRRR PR PRIV IS to Us. lar stock. them on our two front counters. larly at $12.50, $13.50 and $15. proper Summer Colors and Cheviots and Cassimeres. Your choice while they last at . Speci THIS with six rows of tache braid, also : same goods—only » B £ » : upin New York; they are worth » $2.50. Our price, : 50 dozen Children’ - i Percale Patterns. :' —==—(which won’t be long) . > » * 2 FS e Ed & s at above price. Patterns in weaves of Scotch Tweed We especially request critical and economical buyers of Clothing to inspect these goods. s 9 als in Boys Boys’ Middy Suits—Blue Flannel—trimmed Bovs’ two-piece Gray C.assimere Suits, for ages 8 to 14, double seats and knees. This is a Splendid Snap that our buyers picked The Emporium ; And Golden Rule Bazaar. ){’_fiQQQ‘QQQQQQIQQQ(QQQQQQQQQ!QQQQQQ!‘QQ‘,(Q(Q“,(QQQQQ AERdE AL EEAEEE Qtt& A large Lot $12.50, $13.50 and $15 Sum- mer Suits Reduced to $9.65. Bargain Shells That Make Victory Easy This week our Clothing Department will show some Wonderful Values Last week’s sale made great inroads into some of the lines, and while the sizes are still complete, the assortments of colorings and patterns are so broken as to nfake it impracticable to place them back into the regu- We have, therefore, grouped them together into one lot and placed These are Suits that have been sold regu- find the Worsteds, $9. Department. Included in the line you will WEEK ONLY. red or white sou- $1.95 either blouse suits of this week only $ 50 s Blouse Waists in New 25¢ While they la <3 of Men’s 65 EL L e T L e L L T T T T T yvyvrwey ments to ascertain what is thought of the Red Cross Society. This grand and noble organization is doing its work in a quiet but most eftective manner. Byer since the First went into camp it has sent sug to Major McCarthy and done the greatest amount of good work. Yester- day the agents of the society erected two tents near the Brigade Hospital, and these will be put to immediate use. Into these tents the more serious cases will be moved. The society also sent out a supply of blankets yesterday, as well as the new field ambulance that they pur- cased for the hospital corps. Despite the inclement weather of yes- terday, a committee from Buena Vista Parlor No. 68, Native Daughters of the Golden W visited _Colonel ~Smith’s headquarters and brought with them as a donation to the First Regiment 600 towels, 600 cakes of soap, 268 needle cases, a wagon load of lunches, and they have also i to the commissary department a arge quantity of flour for the reg- The officers of the regiment re- iment. ceived the committee and thanked them for the donations. boxes of oranges, four boxes a lot of gooseberries, cher- were donated to the F ries and Regiment by the follo commission me of San F J. A. Zenter & ( . H. Cam, & Co., A. Levy & Co., F. G. Cainea & Co., V. De- voto & Co., G. Geniocchio & Co., C. Neu- man & Co., Luke G. Sresovich & Co., Chinda & Batto, Wetmore Bros., Gould & Jaudin, Mitchell & Goodall, D. E. Alll- son & Nash & Boessenecker, Troback & Bergen, Gray & Barbieri, L. Scatena & Co., Garcia & Maggini, Wolf & Sons, Evdleth, Nash & Co., aha J. Ivancovich t Co. 1t is known and authoritatively stated by persons who are in a position to talk, that_orders were received by _Colonel Smith, of the First Regiment of Volun- teers, ‘at the Presidio yesterday, ordering him to move upon Manila to-morrow night. The order came from the War Department early in the morning, and Colonel Smith fmmediately left camp and came 1nto the city to report at the army headquarters. When seen about the or- der that he had received he refused to discuss_the matter, as did all of his offi- cers. It is further known that Major Robe; of the Fourteenth United States In- tantry, and the commanding officer of the Fourth Cavalry also received orders from the War Department yesterday ordering them to accompany the First Regiment. Major Robe, when asked what his or- ders ‘were, refused to say, while the offi- cers of the Fourth also refused to dls- cuss the matter, but Lieutenant Neall | stated late last night that he was not aware that any orders had been received by_his command. Colonel Smith had an inspection of the regiment in the morning just after he had received his orders, to ascertain exactly what the men needed to completely equip them. The commissary has just received ten days' fleld rations, in addition to those alrcady on hand. which are prob- ably for three days. The regiment needs at present shoes, overcoats, rifles, clothes and ammunition, and requisitions for these are already in the quartermaster’s department. At the meeting of the com- missioned officers of the First held yes- terday evenimg it was unanimously " de- cided that the regiment should be equip- ped with the Krag-Jorgensen rifle, if it can be secured, or the Springfield ‘1884’ pattern, with 400 rounds of ammunition. From the most experienced officers at the Presidio it was learned late last night that the troops cannot possibly leave to- morrow night unless they do so_totally unprepared in every respect for the duty which they go to perform as soldiers. Of the three commands ordered to Manila, the Fourteenth is certainly the best pre- pared, and it is short of rations. The men cannot be moved from their base of sup- lies and sent upon a four weeks' trip un- ess they have at least thirty days’ ra- tions, and that number is not here in the quartermaster’s department. The First Regiment has absolutely nothing, compar- atively speaking, and unless the Govern- ment can get the necessary supplies aboard the City of Peking by to-morrow, the soldiers, if their commanders obey the orders that have been given them, will leave the city of San Francisco upon a foolhardy mission. Generals Merriam and Otjs are expected any day, and the latter will no doubt ac- company the expedition. It remains to be seen whether they will permit the troops to leave in their present condition. It is said that General Merriam will not hear of the troops going to Manila until the; are properly and thoroughly equipped. From the general expressions to be heard among the officers of the First it was very evident that they have no idea that | the First will get away to-morrow night | unless they leave without supplies. It is | believed by many that the order was sent out by the War Department simply for | the effect of hurrying up the preparations | of the troops. UNPATRIOTIC ‘ SUPERVISORS | Resort to Low Politics to Fill a Soldier’s | Place. | It transpires that Lieutenant J. W. F.| Diss of the Heavy Artillery was mis- taken in his estimation of the patriotism | of the Board of Supervisors of San Ber- | nardino County. Shortly after Lieuten-| ant Diss was informed that he would re- ceive the appointment to a place in one of the batteries he telegraphed the Board of Supervisors for a leave of absence that he might enter the service of the United States. He received replies from three members of the board assuring him | that they would vote to grant his re quest, and upon th urance he ac cepted the office of first lieutenant and | was mustered into the service. | Yesterday, however, he reccived a tele- | gram _informing him that his chief dep- | uty, D. A. Moulton, was making a s}rong‘ effort to be apnointed Recorder of the | county, the place which Licutenant Di has heid for some time, and that two of | the members of the from whom | he had received assur: apport in his_efforts to secure a leave of absence, had turned traitor and are now in favor of declaring the office of Recorder vacant, | and will vote to fill the position by the | election of Moulton to the place. ‘ Lieutenant Diss left last night for Red- lands, the county seat of San Bernardino | County, hoping that when the matter | comes up to be acted on next Monday he | will be able to bring the recalcitrant members of the board to a full sense of | erica at its the unenviable position in which they are placing themselves. The feeling among the officers and men of the heavy artillery against the Board of Supervisors is very bitter, and they are not sparing in invectives against what they term the disreputable action of the individuals. Yerba Buena Lodge No. 14 of the An- | clent Order of United Workmen, with its usual generosity, to which has been add- ed patriotism, will look to the interests of any of its members who may enlist. Court Presidio of the Foresters of Am- st held meeting unanimously ived to keep in financial standing any the members of the court who shall enlist under “Old Glory” during the war with Spain. Charles A. Smith of Court Star of the West, Juvenile Branch, No. 1, L Py as been congratulated by his fellow members of the court for his patriotism in going to the rescue of his country. The sense of the court was expressed in a res- olution regularly adopted. All members of the court enl ng to defend will be ex- empt from due: The Oregon volunteers passed a pleas- nt day in camp at the Presidio yester- day. The rain made them feel perfectly at home. Arrangements have been made by Ma- jor General Dickinson to handle reading matter for the volunteers. Books and magazines will be conveyed from the homes of donors to the camp of the vol- unteers. Notice of contributions should be sent to “Division Headquarters, Room 2, third floor, Mills building.”” The Independent Rifles, L. Schneider commanding, have offered thelr services to Governor Budd to protect the State during the absence of part of the mili- tary defense of the commonwealth. Rifle- men of the company who enlist in the United States service will have thelr dues remitted. ‘At a regular meeting of U. S. Grant Council No. 19, Junior Order United Am- erican Mechanics, it was resolved to remit dues of members who enlisted. BOUND FOR MANILA. MAJOR C. V. GANTENBEIN, éommanding First Battalion Oregon Second Volunteers.