The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 22, 1898, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY .22, 189S8. 7 TEN THOUSAND TROOPS IN CAMP ‘N\or)terey Ordered to Join Dewey’s Fleet. Cruiser Charleston Off Red Rock Adll Ready to Sail. ANY messages passed over the wires between Washingtonand San Francisco yesterday. It is known that General Otis, U. 8 A., wired a plain statement of facts and recelved additional instruc- | tions, but the news in this respect was closely guarded. Last night it was said that the Peking would not sail in ad- vance of the City of Sydney and Aus- tralia, but that the three vessels would go as a fleet under proper convoy. The regiment of Oregon volunteers now encamped at the Presidio stands & fine chance of going with the first expedition The Call ascertains that the troops already assigned for the Manila expedition are the Oregon vol- unteers, the First and Seventh Call- | Bee the Charleston pass out. Hour af- | ter hour | gan to settle down, and finally, when the entrance to the harbor was cov- ered with a dense pall, they gave it up | in despair and returned to the city. From here the Charleston goes to Honolulu, where she will await the ar- rival of the troopships City of Peking, City of Sydney and Australia. During her stay &t the islands she will lay in a supply of coal and the machinery | will receive a final overhauling. Then | when the troopships arrive and are fitted out it will be again “Ho! for Manila!” According to advices received by the they waited until the fog be- | formidable monitor in the world, yet she combines with the enormous effen- sive and defensive qualities of the mon- itor type a seaworthiness that is al- most phenomenal. The Monterey is | described technically as a barbette tur- ret, low free board monitor of 4000 tons displacement. She is 256 feet long by 69 feet beam and 14 feet 6 inches deep. She carries in two turrets, surrounded by barbettes, two 12-inch and two 10- inch guns, while in her superstructure between the turrets are mounted six 6- pounders,. four 1-pounders and two Gatlings. ’ The turrets are 71% inches thick and surrounding the barbettes are 14 inches | and 113 inches of steel, and against the | armor all the batteries in Manila might thunder away without effecting an en- trance. The Monterey's personnel is 19 offi- | cers and 172 men, and once she is in the entrance of Manila harbor nothing | in the shape of a navy would be likely | to budge her from her position. Her | dispatch may have an important bear- | ing upon the Spanish Government so ! openly published of sending re-en- forcements to Manila. The only doubt as to the feasibility | of sending the Monterey is her small nRREIRIIUINN MONITOR FOR THE PHILIPPINES. WASHINGTON, May 21. — The Navy Department at 4 o’clock post- | g+ ed the following bulletin: ““The U. S. S. Monterey has been ordered to Manila to relnforce the Asiatic squadron.” b sRLLLLULRLILLLRN | coaling capacity. She has bunker room for only 200 tons of coal, and | though more might be stored on her decks it is doubtful whether she could | at the utmost carry more than enough coal to take her to Honolulu, one-third %8 @ 8 88 8 RN | delay, | mendation. I thank you in behalf of the | Navy Department Zor your valued ser- | Hoes in this emergency | KANSAS AND MINNESOTA FRRR AT ARRERRREXE XL RRE XL XXX RERERRL XX RRRE SOLDIER GUESTS AT kin streets. credentials. country. cars, or by a pleasant walk. will be crowded to-morrow, and it i freedom in the matter of leave fro IR E R EE R E R R R R EETE R R R ] KR KRR A RE KRR RN X KR soon as possible Mr. Scott sent to tAh’:e navy ynrdp 3500 new tubes, and after repairs were made the Charleston had 1000 tubes to spare in_case any more leaks should be found. Mr. Scott says that there is not likely to be any more trouble with the machinery of the big cruiser. Yesterday he received the following let- ter from one of the prominent officers of the navy yvard, which is self-explanatory: | “T have to acknowledge the receipt of the condenser tubes. * * * e accom- modation in furnishing these tubes at such great inconvenience to yourself and the promptness with which they were de- livered enable the Charleston to proceed upon her trip to Manila with but little | and the energy displayed by tle Union Tron Work merits the highest com- ——— Arrival of Stalwart Troops From the Middle West. With the arrival of 3000 more troops | from beyond the Rockies yesterday, 10,000 troops of the Philippine invading army | One gracious courtesy which the soldiers will appreciate has been extended by the management of the Lurline Baths at Bush and Lar- To-morrow this institution will be open without charge to the boys wearing the uniform of Uncle Sam. Suits, towels and the freedom of the place will be theirs. From 7 in the morning until 10 in the evening they can have full sway. Naturally, a swim will be a luxury to the boys who have been sleep- ing in tents or are still cramped as the effect of long rides across the The baths are easily reached by the Larkin or Sutter street There is no doubt but the great pool partake of the benefits offered, but permit their men more than ordinary THE LURLINE BATHS. They will need no other s hoped that officers will not only m camp. ERERK K KRR KR KR Ky n 0 ¥ EEEEEEEEEEEE R R R R RS H. Friedrich, E. 8. Bean and A. M. Dig- gles; Major R. J. Fitzgerald, surgeon; Lieutenants Law and Ritchie, assistant surgeons; Captain C. A. Cressly, chaplain; Lieutenant Ed. G. Falk, regiment adju- tant; Lieutenants Mead, Garcelon and Conrad, battalion adjutants; Lieutenant W. H. Hart, quartermaster. Company A—Captain, W. S. McWade; first lieutenant, Roy Pearse; second lleu- tenant, John Donaldson. Company B—Captain, Frank B. Rowley; first lieutenant, Henry Keiler; second lleu- tenant, Donald Fitzgerald. Company C—Captain N. C. Robinson, First Lieutenant C. G. Brulk, Second Lieutenant J. T. Inow. Company D—Captain Charles E. Metz, First Lijeutenant M. L. Merrill, Second Lieutenant H. W. Tenvoorde. Company E—Captain C. T. Spear, First ILieutenant Charles A. Clark, Second Lieutenant C. R. Trowbridge. Company F—Captain W. A. Carlton, First Lieutenant C. N. Clark, Second Lieutenant C. L. Stone. Company G—Captain O. F. Subach, First Lieutenant F. A. Morley, Second Lieutenant E. S. Mellinger. Company H—Captain A. W. Bjornstad, First Lieutenant F. G. Sauler, Second Lieutenant D. H. Whitney. Company I—Captain F. F. Corriston, fornia regiments of volunteers and the | Fourteenth United States Infantry. It tely decided that the Sixth ia and the Washington volun- teers are to remain here for Pacific Coast defense. The Fifteenth United Infantry ordered to this city e expedition to the Philip- s. The Government will accept eight companies of the Sixth Cali- ja Volunteers as a regimental or- .ppiest men in San Francisco were the crew of the Mon- :n the news that the coast nade known the men for- rentarily and gave It will take about the Monterey and the long ge to As soon as she has ate start will From the lat- vessel will . monitor to Manila in or- vesterday ey. Wh her ready f ippines. her bunkers supplied on vay s said that th is ne- r the Jebsen. way here with al, and should to a head to Honolulu ally she and go down in com- present com- gned to the command of the hold an impor- > monitor. He is the Monterey, stimate on the fig With fleet manned by al Dewey entire § The Monterey coal to steam to directly from this y to coal g from this har- nd recoaling at the run_can be made to ordinary stor: of Honolulu to Manila the would require a tow or a col- the and Ameri- would panish U. S. N, and Barrett held a con- in accordance with a the Sece nge of views six hundre for any duty that may be are Island for M m. When R top made in order to com but before the half accomplished the fog and the officer who had been sent askore to tally the observ tions had to be recalled. It is expected that at § o'clock this morning steam will be got on the cruiser, and that shortly after that hour she will be under way and speed- ing toward the Golden Gate. Early yesterday afternoon nearly B000 people gathered at Point Lobos to had been ordered to | —— e AT TR e, — "SOON TO BE SLIPPED ON THE T e, g 5 — e A THE POWERFUL COAST—DEFENSE MONITOR MONTEREY, Ordered to Proceed to Manila to Re-enforce Admiral Dewey’s Fleet. SPANIARDS. SEam T e Southern Pacific two trains, bearing light batteries, from Utah, will arrive this morning. One train carries s and horses and the other brings the artillerymen. A battalion of troops from Boise City, Idaho, should arrive early this morning. The train bearing the bat- talion left Portland last Friday night. The Tenth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers leaves Ogden to-day for San Francisco. THE MONITOR SENT TO MANILA. Official Orders Which Add a Tower of Strength to Dewey’s Fleet. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, May 21. | The news event of the day with the Navy Department was the dispatch of the order for the Monterey to proceed | to Manila to re-enforce Admiral Dew- ey’s squadron. The Monterey is a tower of strength in herself, and her addition to Admiral Dewe force, to- atch of thousands ample evidence gether with the d of troops to Manila, that the administration has assumed no | half-hearted attitude toward the Phil- ippine question and is determined to ‘l&ke no chance of dispossession until such time as the United States itself has arranged for the disposition of the islands. | The Monterey is probably the most |of the way to the Philippines. Tt is| probable that the Monterey will go in | convoy, and after exhausting the coal that she takes on in Honolulu she must either be towed about 2000 miles | of her trip or perform the difficult op- | eration of coaling at sea. > . CHARLES’}ON ALL RIGHT. No More Fear of Her Machin- ery Getting Out of Order. | The publication In the Bulletin a few | evenings ago of an uncalied for and un- just criticism of the cruiser Charleston s brought to the front any number of reliable men who are willing to make oath that the is one of the best of her kind afic nd that only the best of 1 in_her construction. | eris s used One of these is BE. H. Forst, who at the time the ship was being built was in the employ of the Government, and he tested article of material that was used. ires that better material could | not be found than is iz the ship. Bging | the first the kind turned out by the Unjon Iron Works, the Scotts were in- v should be used. sistent Henry received several let- | ters from at_Mare Island navy yard relative to the Charleston put- | ting back after making the start for | | Manila. | "One of the officials_stated that the bad | condition of the condensers, the cause of | | the return, had been exaggerated. Thers | were only eleven tubes that leaked, six on the starboard and five on the port side. | These tubes come from the East, as no | | work of this kind is done on this coast. | | equipped regiment that has reached are now located in this city. They be- gan to come in by the first boat from Oakland, and 10:30 a. m. the last detach- ment was landed at the foot of Market | street. They reached Oakland last eve ing and during the night, o it was merel a matter of running the trains down the Mole and marching on the boats in the morning. This was accomplished as ex- peditiously as the Southern Pacitic can accomplish anything in the way of transportation it undertakes ihe first to arrive was a battalion of the Thirteenth Minnesota, the best re w Francisco 8o far, and they i es agal and anxious to match themsely nst ) ing | | s Tenth Pennsylvania, which v here. as the hour m.—the of the Red | v to i were waiting them, a S 7 the men w room, where they were served »ffee, sandwiches and the like in abund- anc The next boat brought over the Third | Battalion of the Twentieth other Kansas, the | two battalions having gone into These were followed f the Thirteenth Min- o'clock the last of them had been fed. Line was formed with the Thirteenth Minnesota and the battalion from Kansas, and headed by the Merchants’ Association band and’ the fine band of the Minnesota troops, the march to the old race track was begun. Companies A, B, C, F, I and L, of the Thirteenth, are from Minneapolis, C, D, E and H from St. Paul, G from Red Wing, K from Stillwater, and M from St. Cloud. Including its band, the regiment numbers 1038 officers and men. The officers are as follows: Colonel C. McC. Reeve, lleu- | tenant colonel, F, W. Ames; majors, J. READY AND EAGER FOR THE ENEMY. UNITED STATES CRUISER CHARLESTON in the Ban Off Red Rock, Readn to Sail A t Lieutenant W. J. Byrnes, BSecond itenant J. F. Chambers. Company K—Captain Joseph P. Master- son, First Lieutenant J. J. Walsh, Second Lieutenant George H. Graft. Company L—Captain A. B. Morgan, First Lieutenant H. D. Lackore, Second Lieutenant H. R. Scott. Company M—Captain James McKelvey, First Lieutenant L. D. Bruckert, Second Lieutenant H. J. Linperch. The officers of the Kansas battalion were given in yesterday's Call. At e, THE FIRST COLORADO. Volunteers From the Centennial State Join the Column. Scarcely had Kansas troops started up Market street than the first detachment of the First Colorado Infantry landed at the ferry. This regiment is about as well equipped as the Minnesotan, and every man a born fighter. While the First Battalion was being cared for by the Red Cross Society, the Second Battalion, headquarters and band arrived. They, t00, were amply provided for, and by that ast of the regiment was on the a. m. the regiment was ng. The baggage came through with the regiment, and all but the tents was landed at the ferry. As it threatened to rain, the officers did not care to expose their men needlessly, so they were held at the ferry until nearly 1 o’clock. Final- ly the tents were located at Second and Townsend streets, having been sent across on the freightboat. Trucks were dispatched for them, and the regiment started for camp. Including the twenty- six members of the band, the regiment numbers over 1000 officers and men. The roster of officers is as follows: Colonel Irving Hale, Lieutenant-Colonel H. B. McCoy, Majors C. M. Moses and Charles H. Anderson; Major Clayton Parkhill, surgeon; Captain J. F. Kemble and Lieutenant . E. Locke, assistant surgeons; Lieutenant A. McD. Brooks, adjutant; Lieutenant Charles S. Howard, commissary; Lieutenant W. B. Sawyer, quartermaster; Captain David L. Flem- ing, chaplain. Company A—Captain J. 8. Stewart, Firet Liettenant W, I, Doartenbach, Sec- ond Lieutenant S. E. Thomas. Company B-—Captain F. W. Carroll, First gdeutenasnlflt‘hnrles Lewis, Second Lieutenant C. S. Hooper. Company C—Captain B. B. Booth, First Lieutenant William H. Sweeney, Second Lieutenant W. P. Bidwell. Company D—Captain J. D. Taylor, First Lieutenant George Borstadt, Second Lieu- tenant Albert Luther. Company E—Captain, Kyle Rucker; first lieutenant, C. W. Lothrop; second leu- tenant, R. W. Mearis. Company F—Captain, S, Ha R. G. Comings; ughwont; second Company D. P. Howard, first lieutenant, T. C. Brown; second lleu- tenant, W. P. Burke. Company H—Captain, Charles Eastman; first lieutenant, C. H. Wilcox; second lieu tenant, F. L. Perry. Company I—Captain, Willlam R. Grove; first lieutenant, C. H. Hilton; second lieu- tenant, C. O. Zolla: Company K=—Captain, William A. Cor- nell; first lieutenant. W. J. Vannice; sec- ond’ lieutenant, Ralph Listev. Company L—Captain, David La Salle: first ueuten%‘nt I«I?“k O'Keefe; second lieutenant, F. N. Bellou. Company M—Captain, C. C. Spouter; first lleutenant, Charles’ H. Sleeper; sec- ond lieutenant, W. H. Gowdy. Closely following the First Colorado, came txe battalion of four companies from Wyoming, typical plainsmen, every man of them, whose boasf is that the; can ride the meanest bronco ever saddled, C. gs. 7'//6?% for Manila. Tope more cattle in a day than any other crowd in the army; sleep on the open rairie and cook their own meals—if they ave any to cook. The battalion is commanded by Major Noble Men From the Middle Volunteers Frank M. Foote; adjutant, J. D. Gallup; | Lieutenant Morrison, surgeon. Company C, Buffalo—Captain Millar, First Lieutenant J. D. Second Lieutenant L. Cheever. Company F, Douglass—Captain John D. O’Brien, First Lieutenant J. Coburn, Sec- ond Lieutenant J. D. Rouse. Company G, Sheridan—Captain C. D. Wright, First' Lieutenant H. B. Howe, Second 'Lieutenant Johnson Morgarsidge. Company H, Evanston—Captain 8. B. Holtenhouse, First Lieutenant J. R. Ohl- denkamp, Second Lieutenant G. F. Fast. Fully equipped and with plenty of fleld | ration, the battalion finisned breakfast | provided by the Red Cro and_ready to proceed to camp, following the First Col- orado out Market street. The line of march was filled with people, who cheered the strapping mountaineers and plains- men to the echo. Officers and men spoke Thomas Gallup, Red Cross Society, and in _fact, every company that has landed at Market street has expressed its appreciation of the noble efforts of the ladies by giving them rousing cheers. - SIGNIFICANT ORDERS. Troops Getting Ready to Break Camp at the Presidio. It Is talk among the volunteers that to-night will be the last night of the First Regiment in camp at the Presidio. The First California, the Oregon regi- ment and twenty-five men each from | Companies A and D of the Heavy Artil- lery, under the command of Captain Geary, may break camp to-morrow morn- ing and sail from San Francisco Monday night on the City of Peking, the City of Sydney and the Australia, with the Mon- terey accompanying them a convoy. The two detachments from the Heavy Artillery and Colonel Summers of the Oregon regiment have been unofficially informed that they are expected to break camp to-morrow morning. The official orders will doubtless be received by | Colonel Summers and Captain Geary to- ay. Colonel Smith, while he has not been of- ficially ordered to do so, expects and is prepared to go aboard the City of Peking to-morrow. All day yesterday he w busy seeing to the hauling of supplies to sel. All company property was ved from camp, and it is known that the fleld orders of the First have been called for. General Otis_all along has been fight- ing o have the three transport vessels sall together, and it now looks as if he had carried his point and that the three commands named will sall to-morrow nl%hl, Major Robe of the Fourteenth has re- ceived no orders as yet as to when he must_leave, but he said yesterday that he thought his battalion would be or- dered to leave to-day or to-morrow. 1t is impossible to get accurgte infor- mation from the various commanders, for | they do not seem to know what the Gov- | ernment’s intentions are, and the only fact they are conscious of is that the | | in terms of deepest gratification of the | g West. Minnesota and Colorado in the Rain at Richmond. be cruelty to place cattle in. Their fleld rations are exhausted, and except for the Red Cross Society, they would be com- pelled to march to camp on empty stom- achs, pitch camp and cook beans and cof« sefore they could break their fast. More heroic work was never done than that performed daily by the committes at the ferry depot, but their labors must cease unless contributions are sent in and at _once. Three thousand men were fed yester- day between a. m. and noon, and a hungrier lot—or more grateful—could not be found. Several times provisions ran short and hurried raids had to be made on neighboring restaurants. The latter responded promptly, and the ladies managed to feed all the troops. Had an- othe giment come in during the day, however, it would have fared poorly. More troops are to arrive, ang must be ed. People living acrocs the bay, ae well as San Franciscans, can ald In the good work by sending sandwiches, coid meats, cake, pies, etc., to the Red Cross Society at the ferry building. |CARE OF SICK SOLDIERS Drs. Bunnell, Hill, Hartley, Zabala and Diggins were kept busy with sick soldlers at the Harbor Receiving Hospital yester- day morning. Many of the men were suf- fering with a fever, and were sent to the French and St. Luke's hospitals. Steward Grau of the hospital corps that came along with the troops was treated for a lacerated wound of the finger, and O. S. Taylor of Kansas for a contused wound of the left hand. The others who were taken care of were: Roy Kenyon, Her- bert Hull, J. J. Hickman, E. W. Lazell and George Darrell of Colorado; Paul Irvine Zimmerman, Fred Holmes, J. A. Fisher, J. H. Fides, W. G. Reid and John Johnson of Minnesota, and Thomas| Brown and E. Bowker of Wyoming. Duncombe’s ambulance was placed at the disposal of the Red Cross Soclety and m,t‘nl\l nearly all the patients to the hos- pitals. Jack Tracey, the driver of the Harbor Hospital ambulance, refused to cross the n order to bring over some of the patients. Dr. Diggins, from motives of patriotism and humanity, turned driver, as well as doing duty as surgeon, and assisted in moving the sick men. When Tracey was good and ready to do somse driving he wanted to teach the surgeons who accompanied the sick soldiers how many should be put into the ambulance. If he had been given his own way, all the sick men would have been packed in like sardines, and he would then only have had to make one trip. During the altercation that Tracey got so abusive that Captain Petzsenger of the State tug Governor Markham interfered and knocked the driver down. For a time the hospital was more like a prize-ring than anything else, and peace was only restored when Tracey| promised to do his duty in a manly way.| An examination at the Receiving Hos- followed, FLOWERS FOR THE BRAVE. . N 1A NG Decorations Bestowed by California. signal of “On to Manila” may come at | any moment. Colonel Smith held a final | inspection of the regiment yesterday af- ternoon, in heavy marching order. The band of the Seventh Regiment re- ceived its uniforms yesterday from Gen eral Barrett, he having made some ar- rangements with General Merriam for is- | suing the same. | Private Charles Tripp of Company B, | Heavy Artillery, was knocked down by a | car of the Unlon-street line yesterday, | and suffered an abrasion of the head. He was treated by Captain Rottanzi and sent to his command. — . — LY BRING ON SUPPLIES. More Provisions Needed Maintain California’s Re- cord for Hospitality. ““More provisions” is the cry sent up by the Red Cross Society, and the cry must be heeded by the citizens if they would retain California’s fair reputation for hos- to pitality. Troops arrive here after a trip across the continent in cars that it would 4. | pital by Dr. Bunnell showed that Hick- | man was suffering from nausea, Hull from rheumatism, Lazell, Darrell, John- son and Bowker from tonsilitis, Kenyon from earache, Holmes from bronchitis, | Brown from neuralgia and Reid and Zim~ merman from pneumonia. b L i A The Staff of General Otis. i According to general orders the follow- ing officers are announced as constituting the present staff of General Otis: Captain John L. Sebon, assistant ad- jutant general and aid-de-camp. First Lieutenant F. W. Sladen, Fourth | Infantry, aid-de-camp and acting chief | ordnance officer. | Mln.)or Thomas H. Barry, adjutant gen- eral. Major Francis Moore, Fifth Cavalry, acting chief quartermaster. Major Robert H. White, surgeon United | States army, chief surgeon. i Captain John S. Mallory, Second Infan- try, acting inspector general. | First lieutenant Charles L. Potter, corps of engineers, engineer officer. i Conttyned ot Fage Aeurtess