The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 27, 1898, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1898. MASSING TROOPS FOR THE ORIENI. Transports Chartered for the Next Manila Expedition=Three Reg: iments Selected. | CCORDING to advices received yes- s army head- A € . m. yester- @ay, and should arrive in this city early to-morrow morning. y arrive at Oakland regiment c is coming on a train running in four s tions. Th rst section, with 13 officers and 233 enlisted m is under Colonel Kessler; the second, with 14 officers enlisted men, is under Major cers and 245 the fourth, , under Lieu- v volunteers from arrive in army e regulars the officers because S0 recently brigadier-gen- at headquarters tully made up selecticn of troops to the Philip- is belteved by X de- least—First and Fir officers e regimer lifornia wh s at who t the inspect- upon the merits in making | Roanoke (left yesterday | ons, 860 men. evening there will be ten | sen in the camp at Richmond, problem now confrontir the horities is to provide transport- ation to move them to Manila. Before the lapse of another week California’s | quota under the cond call may increa: the army there to twelve thousand men. | The ships for the second expedition are | in sight, but the third and fourth expedi- | tions may have to wait a considerable length of time, perhaps until the vessels | comprising the first fleet return from the | O | t The fact begins to dawn on the minds of many farseeing men that the opera- tions at the Philippines may take first rank in the confiict with Spal More ta and more ba hi ulti- required re now ered necessary now to nd of the ary observer that a | mistake was made in sending the away from this coast at the time Jordered to Key West. the suggestion of friendly side to surrender Cuba and co sion of the Phili the operations in the east would surpassingly rtant. GENERAL MERRITT IN CHARGE OF THE CAMP. The Gallant Soldler and His Alds Arrive in the Clty and Take Command. the mi pine come | Major General Wesley Merritt arrived | in ty from the st last evening. The ded soldier will make but ) then continue he where troops now on the high seas and camped in this city awaiting transports to take them M and will also take the office f 3 ands. General by his alds, Major H. C. Hale The party was the people are satisfled that the pup will be hrl\'kn from the land it long held, or will be forced to dwell there the com- batant of no man. {dea, however, has been given out, and | Any resistance that | may be met will be overcome by the arms | of Merritt and the huge guns of Dewey, the power which the Spaniards so well know. Speaking of his trip to this coast, Gen- eral Merritt had no complaint to make of the treatment he recelved along the route, and was pleased with the many ovations given him at various stations in California. At Auburn a cheering crowd stood on the platform when the train ar- rived. One tumult of applause and cheer- iny eted the general and his | aids from the time of the train’s arrival at the station until departure, and many gifts of flowers tossed through the open windo private car in wh the office seated, and they were ac ant words. Colonel Otis of Los An- g joined the party at Auburn and pro- ceeded to this city with it. When General erritt was a general of volunteers Colonel Otls was _captain of a company in his command. They fought together in Shenandoah. They fought together in Yesterday was the first time they had met since that historic engagement, but a friendship was soon re-astablished. At Newcastle another patriotic crowd was met. The people, eager to get & glimpse of the man in whose hands such a great responsibility rests, swarmed into and around the car and heaped fruits and flowers within it. General Merritt, in answer to repeated appeals, went to the platform and thanked the enthusiasts for their patriotism and their generosity. “We will put all these good things to as good use as you have contemplated,” he said in conclusion, and retired within his car. At Sacramento, and, in fact, all he line until the Oakiand mole was he was met In the same enth ay, and always in some way sted his appreciation. the general was cers, prominent them _Colonel pe, and was driven to the Palace Hotel. Until his de- parture he will probably make the Palace Arriving in this city met by par | his headquarters, and there will receive his orders on which the campaign for the occupation of the Philippines will be built. Major-General Wesley Merritt has probably seen more active service than any other surviving officer of the Civil Besides taking a prominent part in t battles fought by the army he was a leading figure in every fight under Buford, Pleasanton and Sheridan—over seventy in P 1 in New York in 1836, h rank for He was com- missioned brevet lieutenant of dragoons, and in 1862 was made captain of the Second United States Cavalry. At burg he commanded the battle of Getty Brigade, and for the Reserve Cavalry Form No. 168, THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH GOM 41,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. SAGE, a tran 0 i deiiverad by request of th THOS..T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. - INCORPORATED ¢ CABLE SERV s only oo back (o PANY. ICE TO ALL THE WORLD. . of the followlng messags Lseif liabie for errors or dolays ok 111 WriCg withiia sixty days asented T bY th ny will gt bol tlie claim 5 0ot presta RECEIVED at san Francisco, Cala. w5054 -CH-EB-MF 28 Paid. 9115 A ML BO-PHILADELPHIA, /Standard Time Pa., May 26, 1898. HERMAN HEYNEMAN, 117 Pine st., San Francisco, Cal. Arrange to pr to Manila, and to each soldier inc one two-ounce bag of Durham. esent with our compliments to each soldier going amp at San Francisco and vicinity, Blackwells Durham Tobacco Company. simply oment for pa ac- auty rving in Bell, who w vas on \ Washington expedition_for s put- tir ible cay of t week. The Zealandia. « 1 have been chartered for the second expedition, but the Zea- 1 1s the only ship of the four that in readiness without dela. eamer was towed to the Unic where she will be - four ships men- me: nd the might ~take 300 ane carry (collier) measures Govern- . 800_men 500 men; St. Paul (v (collier, could t Briston_(collier, it is | and although wea in the best of h from the ride ac the plal fessed that the trip not enjoyment. Major James G. | wa 1lso on the train that bore ( Merritt and his aids to this coast. Al- though one of the officers on the staft of the general who will invade the Philip- pines, Mr. Wlaine was not of the party occupying the private car, but had state room in one of the Pullman ers. The rea he did not compo: regarding | to one of the military party was owing the fact that although he is here for the purpcse of taking charge of his com- mand, he has not as yet reported for | duty. | General Merritt was extremely uncom- municative regarding military metters, but was not reticent regarding his trip overland, and the friendly, patriotic man- ner in which he was received after he had Califor line. *‘Regarding | crossed the ia military matters and the war, I have | | nothing to say,” he said. “I am here on | my way to Manila, but what course I| shall pursue in the future I know not Regarding orders, I have none bearing on operations for the future, and do not know whether or not 1 will sail on the next transport, or when I will leave for | lippines.” 1 Merritt’ of aversion to invading »my with the tr of cay- s port to join e oW Fre of the t is ma ula will- | tter mo s among the volunteer army, but it is also evident t he has de- | termined to make the best of the situa-| tion. The course that will be pursue nder, enemy’s lands i the authoritie: allantry was bréveted major July 1, 3. At Yellow Tavern, Va., he fought heroica breveted lieutenant- onel , 184, General J. E. B. t, the famous Confederate cavalry ! recelved his death wound in the St le same battle, in front of Merritt's brigade. At the Cavalry fight at Hawes Shop May 1, 1 Merri earned the brevet of col- For distinguished services at the onel. Opequan, Cedar Creek and Fisher's Hill, Va., he A major-general of volunte: ecial bravery at Five Forks, § “reck and the final surren- tox Courthouse he was He was appointed su- West Point Military In 1887 he was commis- of the United s v. His present rank is major- general in the regular army. An ex-cavalry officer, Captain J. N. Flint, residing in this city, who served directly under Sheridan from the Rapidan to Appomattox Courthouse and saw him every day in the saddle for two years, 3 old chief: “Merritt s most _trusted lieu- from Fiv perinte |.{. For] dent demy in 1882. ned brigadier-general Ac - could be relied on in any In battle he was conspicuous and intrepidity. He never h ead. At the decisive battle of Forks Sheridan’s cavalry, with the of the Fifth Infantry corps, was h iv help | called upon to dislodge the Confederates from some strongly constructed entrench- ments. The task was by no means an easy one. Merritt fought his division for all it was worth. At a critical juncture the commanding officer of a New Jersey cavalry rode up to Merritt and informed him that his men were entirely out of carbine ammunition. ‘Go at them, then. with your pistols and sabers. Forward!’ he commanded. In the Shenandoah Val- here, when Merritt ordered , if one of his bashful about 10{ n all Would place himself of front squadrons and led the charge in person. ritt also has a splendid record as an A more capable man to Me Indian fighter. epted with | eral of volunteers, dating | THE UTAH LIGHT ARTILLERY. CAPTAIN R. W. It is ackuowledged by officers of the terfes of light artillery from Utah now very efficient organizations. made known that the Utah artillerymen were supplied with the latest proved rified breech-loading guns of 3.2-in spect Is equal to that of any battery in Utah did not draw anything from the Government to maintain a military organ- ization and the result was the accumula the credit of the State. Influence was cure eight of the improved 1891 breech-lo: two_batteries. Light Battery A is commanded by F. A. Grant. ( emy and formerly served in the Fifth prise therefore to military men that his of effictency. It is likely that General light artillery highly acceptable for imm posted people fancied that the War Dep: rected the two light batteries of the Thi Chickamauga Park. It is particularly the artillery arm of the service at this tin YOUNG, Commanding Light| Battery A. | Much surprise was expressed when the fact was ptain Young s & graduate of the West Point Military Acad- United States army that the two bat- in camp in the Richmond District are im- The equipment in this re- For many years ch caliber. the regular service. tion of much money at Washington to exerted and the State managed to se- ading fleld pieces—four for each of the Captain R. W. Young and Battery B by United States Artillery. It is no sur- battery should rank so high in the scale Merritt may find the Utah batteries of ediate service at Manila. Many well- | artment made a mistake when it di- rd Artillery to leave this station for fortunate that Utah is able to reinforce ne. command the Manfla expedition it would | be hard to find.” i RS A GENEROUS GIFT. Tobacco for All the Boys in| Blue on Land and Sea. A generous gift, and one that will be appreciated by all the men who serve the country on land and sea, comes from the head office of the Blackwell Durham Tobaeco Company in Philadelphia. Her- man Heyneman, the agent of the com- | pany in San Francisco, was yesterday ad- vised by wire of the management's pur- pose to present every officer and listed man of the army and navy and every member of the militia in camp with a two-ounce bag of tobacco. | Immediately 3300 packages will be pre- | pared and sent forward by the Red Cross Society for the soldiers and sailors who started for Manila day before yesterday. The company expected to make the dis- | tribution before the ships salied, but the fleet got away before the firm was ready | | | with the tobacco, hence the goods will be forwarded on the next steamer going out. In order to supply all the men on the | Monterey, Philadelphia, Mohican and other vessels of the navy and also to sup- ply the regulars and voiunteers now here | And others coming it may be necessary for the company to procu: applies of Durham from their own California and pay the goods of the firm ac fure. Mr. Heyneman will make some a: rangement for distributing the packages | of tobacco to the men in camp and on board ship. —_————— UTAH MOUNTED MEN. Arrival and Reception of the First Troop of Cav- | alry. With the arrival of the First Troop of | cavalry last evening Utah has contributed | detachments from two branches of the | service—artillery and cavalry—for the | Philippine expedition, and it s a Qifbeult matter to say which is the finer body of men. The cavalry crossed the bay on the freight steamer Transit at 5 p. m. and Troopers From the Valley of the Saints Cheered on Their Triumph- ant March to Camp. | equipped | Guard had a fine troop of cavalry located | at Salt Lake, and when the call for vol- | landed at the foot of Second street, eighty-four strong, under command of Captain J. E. Caine and Lieutenants B. X. Smith and G. M. Kimball. The troop is splendidly mounted, well and armed with Springfield carbines and sabers. The Utah National unteers cameé most of the guards en- listed. The uniforms and camp equipage | were turned over to the volunteers, and | when they rode up Market street it would | puzzle an expert on military matters to | tell them from regulars. Thé horses were passed upon by a board of army officers before the treop left home and are a| handsome lot of animals. They stood | the forty-eight hours’' journey across the desert remarkably well, arriving here in excellent condition. All day yesterday the members of the Red Cross Society worried about the Utah cavalrymen. As they brought their horses it was impossible to land them at the Market-street ferry, so finally the ladles arranged to send a supply of pro- visions down to the freight depot. A | committee accompanied the load and as | soon as the men had unloaded their | horses and camp equipage from the cars, which had_been brought across the bay, the Red Cross corps served coffee an edibles in abundance, which were greatly appreciated, as the soldiers.arrived so late that there was every prospect of their going to bed hungry but for the thought- fulness of the ladie After their meal cheers were given for the Red Cross Soclety and ‘“boots and saddles” was sounded. The troop quickly | formed in line and started for Camp Rich- mond, arriving there at 8 o'clock. | The advance of the troop was heralded by saluting guns from the dome of the stately Claus Spreckels ‘buflding. Hea ng the guns, vast throngs of spectators astened to Market street and cheered the passing troopers. It was quite dark when the troop reached camp, but the troopers, after icketing their horses, pitched their tents n short order and ess than an hour a guard was established and the men en- tered upon the routine of camp life. Their camp is pitched to the west of the light battery and next to the French Hospital. It was expected that the horses for the battery would be shipped with the cavalry mounts, but for some reason this was not done, so the artillervmen will not be able to have mounted drill for a few days longer. R e A BIG MANILA HAWSER. A Rush Contract Accepted by the Tubbs Cordage Com- pany. Uncle Sam’s representatives were treat- ed to a surprise by the Tubbs Cordage Company vesterday. Three manila twelve- inch hawsers 200 fathoms long were re- quired for the warship Monterey, and Admiral Kirkland was of the opinion that it would take five or six days in which to make them. When the matter was laid before the cordage company and the manager was asked to specify a time for the delivery of the hawsers, he took a | few minutes to consider and then agreed to deliver all three of them in forty-eight hours. In order to do this the works will have to run night and day, and every man will have to do his best, but the management is perfectly confident that the works will sustain thelr character for prompuitude and good workmanship. Nothing but the very best material is to be used, and only the market rafe for such rope will be charged. The turning out of this 3600 feet of twelve-inch man- ila hawser in forty-eight hours will be the quickest job ever done on the Pacific Coast, and there have been few to beat it in the United States. The making of these hawsers settles all doubt as to the manner in which the Mon- tercy is to reach Manila. She will go to Honolulu under her own steam, and after coaling there will proceed to Manila behind her manila hawsers. Her supply of coal will be husbanded so that she can cast off. her tow lines at a moment'’s no- {ice and shift for herself should an enemy iieave in sight. The collier Brutus (late the Peter Jeb- <en) and probably the Iroquois (late the tug Fearless) will accompany the Mon- terey, and either one of them could pick her up and tow her along in an emer- gency. The Brutus, having 5000 tons of coal aboard, is the vessel that will stay closest to the Monterey, and it will be she that wil! take her in tow at Honolulu, while the Iroquois will stand by to act in an emergency. S sl . Will Navigate the Brutus. PR R R R R R R P R R R R R P R R R R R P R R R P R P R R S R R SR R R R N RS R P R R R R R R N R R R PR R R P PR R R R R R R R P PR RN R PR R PR R R R PR R P RV P PRV R PR RPN PR PR R RBP R R R R RS , PORTLAND, Or., May 26.—Ensign Francis R. Wall of this city to-day re- celved orders from the Navy Department ta regort to the commanding officer o THE EMPORIUM. THE EMPORIUM. ?!i’iiiiiiiii’i PRRRFRTRFRRR iii’?)”i?i’“’% ToP& on time. 12 price To-day’s 9 to 12 price... CNING SA O ol Zocct At these morning sales the store gong rings at precisely g and again at 12 o’clock. offered cannot be obtained at the sale prices one minufe before the bell rings or one minute after. Our Best Fancy Ribbons— At About Half Price— To-Day, 9 to 12. Tr_uey are NOT a joblot, bought for a speciai sale. ends, broken color lines or poor patterns that bright, beautitul regular stocks—at these absurdly prices for three hours only. Five-inch Parlsian Striped Duchess Satin Faille Fancy Ribbon—rich in color- ings—heavy in quality- 50¢. Four-inch Delicately Woven Jacquard Weave stflpe——elegam light summer colorings— se! pric Three and a half inch Bayadere Stripsd Liberty Sil assortment complete—exquisite quality—sells for soc. Several kinds of five-inch Blocked Moire Bayadere Stripes—Satin Striped Chahzeable Taffetas—Inter- woven Broche Taffetas—all the good colors. Five and six inch neck, sash and scarf widths—o lots and styles double faced—Self-woven Bayadere Stripes—Blocked Ombre—Moire Foral Embroidered Persian Stripe—Hai Calored, Solid Colored Reversible Milano—sel O-Clock. The goods Be They are NOT odds and we want to get rid of, but the Fancy Ribbons from low ells To-day’s ¢ to 12 price e25¢ Fancy Ribbons—raised satin for soc. To-day’s g to 129y 25¢ k Ribbons—color To-day’s 9 to 25C nation gauze— 35¢ Ribbons—comt To-day’s 9 to 12 price... | Taffetas— striped Taffeta Sublimé Ottoman Is for 7sc, (Saturday) only. Ghirardelli’s Cocoa—34-1Ib tins.... 9 Ibs good Rice for. Imported Sardines—i4s: Grocery Specials Saturday. These five greally reduced prices are for to-morrow Direct Grocery Telephone—South 59. Pearl or Flake Tapioca—regularly 4c—8 Ibs. Go'den Rule Coffee—regularly 3oc Ib—for Saturday.. “*asplendid article’”—regularly 1oc can--Saturday.. 7c 19c to us. week : knot patterns, etc.— Special price per piece..... with nail head effects. ment of colors. Per yard.. width 25 inches. Our third Price, each. Dress Trimmings. Always some new novelties being received in this department. Soon as anything new or pretty appears in the market our New York buyer sends it Here are four special bargains in Trimming for the balance of the Spangled Blouses on net—jet and colored In the latest designs—low bow, Black, $1.50 and upward ; Colors, $1.75 to $4.50 each. Black Real Mohair Trimming Braid—size 2—24 yards to a piece. Jet Bead Trimming—34 and 8 inches wide—6 new patterns—some Price per yard.. s Mohair Gimp Trimmings—34 inch wide—black and a full assort- lOC Dress Linings. Here’s a big value while the lot lasts. 25 pieces Black and Gray Moire Taffeta Dress Lining— Price per yard for this lot. The Yvetic. Ornaments just received. The demon- strator in the notion section will do up your hair with one of these Combs and Ornaments combined and show their practical usefulness and beauty. 25¢ 10c 5¢ shipment of Yvette Hair e e T L L L L L LT rrrrryyrrryees 50c¢ B The Emporium and Golden Rule Bazaar. Kb A A BSAREASS AESASSESAEESA PG IS SEEAELE AR EEE, § - e e e em - the collier Peter Jebsen (renamed Bru- tus), purchased in San rrancisco yester- day by the Government. He will probably go to Manfla as navigating officer of the Brutus. Ensign Wall graduated at the Na- val Academy in 1880 and resigned from the navy in 1888. He has been connected with newspapers in Tacoma and Grays Harbor, and for the past four years has been on the editorial staff of the Port- land Oregonian. - MAIL FOR MANILA. Letters and Papers for the Sol- diers Go on the Doric. All mail for the following organizations will be forwarded by steamer Doric, leav- ing San Francisco Saturday next, May 25. It should be at Station D at or before 11 o'clock a. m., that day. The superin- tendent of mails advises that mail for troops in_the Phillppines should be ad- dressed ““Mantla, Philippine Islands.” Steamer Australia—Géneral Thomas M. An- derson; Major S. R. Jones, quartermaster; Cap- tain H. P. McCain; Lieutenant S. A. Cloman: Lieutenant E. W. Clark: Mr. Davis, reporter for the New York Sun; headquarters N. C. S, band and companies A. k D, K United” States Second Oregon Infant Lieutenant Holcombe, United olunteers; States Navy. Steamer City of Peking—Headquarters N. C. s.. band and companies A, B, C. D, E, F, G, H I, K, L and M, First California, 'United States Volunteers: Commander Gibson, eight officers_and seventy-six enlisted men, 'United States Navy. Steamer City of Sydney—Band and companies A, C, D, B, F, Fourteenth United States In- fantry; detachment Batteries A and D, First Pattalion_First California Heavy Artillery, United States Volunteers; Lieutenant-Com- mander Phelps, United States Navy; Chlef Engineer Chalker and twenty seamen revenue cutter service; Major P. G. Eastwick Jr. and compantes F, I and M, Second Oregon Infantry, TUnited States Volunteers. GOING INTO COMMISSION. The Philadelphia and the York- town Being Rushed Into Service. Orders have been received to rush the Philadelphia and Yorktown into commis- sion as quickly as possible and to trans- fer the apprentice boys from the Mohican to the Pensacola; also to fill up the va- cancies in the training-ship with seamen and ordinary seamen. ' The following are the vacancies on those vessels: Philadelphia—i chlef machinists, 4 first-class machinists, 3 carpenters’ mates, | blacksmith, 1 shipwright, 28 seamen, 30 ordinary seamen, 1 bandmaster and 4 musicians, 1 printer. Yorktown—3 chief machinists, 3 first-class machinists, 2 blacksmiths, 2 carpenters’ mates, lumber, 16 seamen, 16 ordinary seamen, 1 wright. ohican—1 shipwright, 1 carpenter’s mate, 13 ordinary seamen. A No landsmen nor coal passers are. wanted. The enlisting of the members of the na- al reserve is to begin at once at 10 Call- fornia street. The men will all get their discharge from the State and then they will be sworn in to serve the United States for one The troopship alandia will not be ready to sail as soon as expected. She was to have gone on the drydock at Hunters Point yesterday, but the repairs to the Starbuck took longer than was ex- pected -and the alandia will not be docked until to-d Then she could not secure coal at thé refinery, so the. sup=- ply_for her bunkers and hold will have to be brought to Pacific-street wharf in carts and transferred to the steamer from there. It will probably be the latter part of next week or maybe even later than ”I\lal before she is ready to start for Ma~ nila. e SECOND MANILA DETAIL. It Is Expected That It Will Sail From San Francisco Inside of Three Weeks. General Otis, who has had charge of the dispatching of the first expedition to Manila, will to-day move his headquarters from the Phelan building to Camp Rich- mond, where tents were erected yesterday in the southwest corner of the grounds for the accommodation of himself and staff. He will go to Manila with the second ex- edition, which it is expected will sail rom San Francisco inside of three weeks. How many or what troops this expedition will consist of is not vet known definitely. This matter will be decided by Major Gen- eral Merritt, governor general of the Phil- ippines, who arrived in San Francisco last evening and registered at the Palace Hotel. All future movements of the Phil- ippine expedition will be subject to the orders of General Merritt, who will act upon instructions from Washington. Colonel James W. Pope, chiel quarter- master on General Merritt's staff, accom- anied by his chief clerk, Captain T. 8. hea, arrived in the city yesterday and at once set about the work of perfecting plans to equip the troops destined for the Philippines. The Eighteenth and Twenty-third regu- lar infaniry regiments are expected in San Francisco within a few days from Tampa, Fla. These regulars are being sent to. the Phillppines in accordance with the suggestion of General Merritt, who seems to have appreciated the importance of the Manila venture and to have seen the nec- essity of having a fair proportion of well- disciplined and hardened regulars among the ln\'z\din§ army. Colonel Tenth Pennsylvania Regiment, received a telegram yesterday informing him that the sum of $10,600 had been deposited in the First National Bank of San Francisco to pay the troops of his year. regiment. The Scventh California Regiment has recetved all the supplies necessary to complete the regimenial equipment. Detachments of Batteries A and D, California Heavy Artillery. will take sta- tion at Camp Richmond to-day. Twenty- five men from each of these batteries went with the first expedition to Manila. Lieutenant Martin, U. S. A., to-day leaves for Tucson, Ariz., to buy, hone\' /