The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 29, 1898, Page 7

THE N FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 29, 1898 A Busy Day Amon Follgwerg of Fife = and e, General M. P. Miller, Com- manding Harbor Defenses, Ordered to Manila. Merritt rested a little | West Point graduate of distinction. He graduated from the Military Academy General while yesterday, but the work of or- s d ) p in the class of 1867 and served in the 3_“““;’,‘(% e second Manila expedi- | o1n\\” chiefly in the cond United tion did not pause. General E. S.| States Artillery, until 1872, when he re- Otis kept straight ahead at the job | sigsned to follow civil pursuits. He and at a late hour last might was Served in California, Alaska, Washing- et | ton and Arizona. Among his compan- pondering over army returns at the | jong of the regular service in the field adquarters in the Phelan building. | were Governor Lord of Oregon and Dr. is regarded now as settled that | George Chismore of this city. General Merss . . At the first signal of the present war g = ritt will take to Manila | \i " Myrphy tendered nis services to on the next expedition the squadren | the War Department and his applica- of the Fourth United States Cavalry | tion for service is now on file in Wash- now at the Presidio and the Eigh- | !N&ton. During his career as an army teenth and Twenty-third United CAMP RICHMOND, | officer he received the highest com- y ed | mendation from his superior officers. States Infantry regiments, due in The United States naval rendezvous, San Francisco to-day. The troopers | NnEi 10 California street, will be open | = to-day and to-morrow, enlisting a gang of the Fourth Cavalry will probably | ¢""N 00\ Reserves for the Mohican leave their horses here and get| The Navy Department is in a hurry to mounts at Manila. Assurance has | put this vessel on some kind of special been given that the Seventa Califor- | uty. nia Volunteers will go with the next expedition. The work of getting the fleet in | All the Troops Abundantly Sup- shape to receive the troops gains| plied With Wholesome some impetus under General Merritt’s | = Rations. direction. The steamship China is| hastily discharging cargo in order rg:‘““"\“:"‘]"“*’ffll(”» O Sols oftas Ans 4 . L s geles, o has just recefved appoint- o join the fleet without delay. The| ment'from President McKinley, visited dia will be the first ship ready, | Camp Richmond yesterday and made an e work of preparation on that| informal call upon Colonel Berry. The w.11 advanced. The Colon | 8¢neral inspected the Seventh’s camp and 4 iq | Visited the others. His visit had no sig- bJ\;nd the Zealandia. | nigeance, and Colonel Berry stated that ts the Centennial and | military matters were not discussed. feloniihalSonnd B of General Otis’ staff ns of the Southern Pa- inspecting the ord- commands; Wi, ol \ =l ! 1 i,v:”. I’;H, et v ]:‘/fi/ »,,n"qr‘\,m,, MONTANA'S STALWARTS ARRIVE. o} ci ¢ 1210 men of the|yor. E nth and Twenty-third United } out for tt S Infantry regiments will arrive | Srection of to-day at noon. T.ie Southern Pacific| General E fi that the two battalions from | ¢ to have definite Wil ¢ Dakota will arrive here to- The South Dakota regi- t is booked to arrive-early in the ek, but no date is given. |1 . Miller, Third Unit- v rth morrow. any hand si himselt is mew - Colonel Lit s determinca s comm. He v requ | tons for instruments, but these were dis- S cently | aPProved by the Government, so Colonel who was recently | Jjttle wired the Mayors of the different and of tl.> defenses of | Kansas towns from which the regiment rbor by order of Gen- | comes asking for donations with which to o dav before vester. | DUY instruments. The replies were quick Wasday e d numerous, and so far the following )y the President briga- | amounts have been received: Minneapolis unteer Yesterday | $20, Abilene $40. ort Scott $9 elved orders by wire | Lawrence $150, f fithe cliensior v of War directing | Kansas is greatly i T L3 | as atly appreciated by the regi- ral Merritt, | ment. rtdgiinde | Merritt is| The Thirteenth Minn f clothing supplie: rst Wyoming Batt of the Twentieth Kansas | al a | I have Ci Major Gen that Gener to du ota recefved a lot sterday, was i tion emergenc tions. 5 . The band of the First Colorado will givi : ; ) olorado give - . a_concert at 2 o’clock this afternoos e Th 1 country. »f the ablest officer Minnesota re gav « n the United parade on Po e y )8 avenue yeste o His record for bravery | afternoon. The recruiting of the Fou: on the fleld of battle\is | SN IRERLY, Sontinues, aulte livel and this fact is well un- | fast as he can have them examinea " °° | el as The colonels ¢ varigus commands | are highly indi over the published report :)\gll the men of Camp Richmond | e arving. of tm> men are sick from being overfed; in fact, they cannot | eat that which Is given them, 8o numer- | are the donations th: dre daily re- celved. Tn addition to what is given the | G 1 Merritt, the | ach o in Civil War. » in which fter be “House of d b M. Young, | soldiers by the people, they are abundant- | Iry, lived |ly supplied with wholesome rations by the | before he was pro- X e te Sharpe of Com- | ment, who is ill in ith A priv o the ill with meningitis e of brigad the premi b Third Artil- I little i w hanged. s taken t the lived in 3 a o . before he received hi President’s call additional | vert to the flannel belt. It is suspected | tenant Colonel Wallace F. it seems to be the opinion of offi- | that Major-General Merrtt's advice to | : Y Statas ATt s that instead of forming new regi- | mothers and fathers of volunteers that | d United Stat 4 will be enls d, | their sol rvice should obey | ouse from Ril al quota from | army commands wear the fannel | passed part of one r nd tt 1 by the pres- | cloth was given to the press by Lieu- 2R Thi | tenant Strother in the absence of any will mean an in- rcase in each company of twenty-five men, | THE HAW RS DELIVERED The Great Ropes That Wil | Tow the Monterey to Manila under »f one day after voluntee Colonel i appoir oh d d not the promotion on over from Angel Isl- ed himse in the | just vacated of east slightest ther & t w Now a star falls on Miller. It is sug Compl=ted. | telling Major Ldward Field, U. il gested in civil circles that Gen The twelve-inch Manila hawsers that | that no soidler should think of going to | Dickinson should apply to the post by Ytk o AT | Manila without a cholera belt, Every | commander at the Presidio for the &re to be used to tow the monitor Mon- | gay for weeks the colonel went to Major privi ceping one night in that | terey to the Philippines were dellvered to | Field's office in the Phelan buflding to the commandant of the navy-yard yester- | explain just how the beit should be Major David H. Kinzie, Third United States Artillery, will succeed General Miller in command of the artillery de- fenses of this harbor. The command embraces the batteFies at Fort Point, mortars, dynamite guns, twelve and | that was capable of turning out such ten ‘inch breech-loading rifles and also hawsers on such short notice. On Thurs- the high-power guns at Lime Point and | day forenoon the officers of the navy- the batterles of Alcatraz. The rapid- | yurq, after it was determined to send the fire guns controlling the mine fields of | Monlerey to Manila, began to arrange for the bay also come under the supervi- | 10" tcwing of the vessel part of the way sion of the commander of the artillery | 1o° (i porc Dewey had succeeded . In The foilowlng order was yesterday is- | €Iaring of Spaniards. Large and speclally sued by General. Merriain. ébmmnand-| Ta0e NEWSErs were required gty moory re department of California: of that day the Tubbs Cordage Company was asked if such work could be done on mmon, assstant 20° | the coast and what time would be re- day. The prompt delivery of the great ropes to the Navy Department was some- | { what of a surprise to the officers of the vard, as they were of the opinion that there was no factory on the Pacific Coast £ s head- | quired to fill the order. With the inquiry port to | wys a special request to the effect that it ment ]"3 would be a great favor If the hawsers | Y Do nesgraphic instrictions from ‘the | could be‘completed by Monday ' nighit, m s 23d instant. Half an hour jater an answer was given The O. & O. steamship Doric, which stating that the work could be done on sailed for the Orient yesterday, will put ' the coast and that the hawsers couid be ake the delivered by 4 o'clock on Saturd. At 2 expedition | o'clock on Thursday the order was given for the ha\:v’srilrs, .xfld )fisxcnmy afternoon 3 y. © Three large : " they were delivered. The great crane a all of Thursday, Friday and Saturday | of the tug Reliance a few minutes before of this week were .10 the ihandn L s o ook ilus theyasmins batr i Eor of the Doric's pu . and the papers : the sailors and marines of the few ves- will be distributed, one of each date, to | sels at the yard cheered the manufactur- every man aboard the Peking, Austra- ers again and again for the prompt re- lia and City of Sydney. Therefore the ;,;mnsc m"lnlllgscmcrguucy order during cers and crlisted men o . Four. | these war G R Gt aiStiion y,n.,,A,r,,‘,hfm]d”;’,"E‘ "Ihe delivery of the hawsers was made Salifornia ‘and antry and the | e oceasion of an excursion by the em- Caliggrmes ge volunteers ac- | pioyes of the Tubbs Cordage Company. compan; dition will have | The factory. was closed for the day. and the privilege of r in at Honolulu, and there ov fleet of the lirst Manila which sailed from this port last Wed- n wding the elaborate | three tugs were employed to take them and cheer at the -1 report of the great “send off” which the all to the nav > ~a it expedition received in the bay of San | delivery of the great ropes that grew out l')’??:fl'mflp"lhe“.}f,‘é;{i“;n"‘“ this Francisco, and also the news of the | of the work f“{ thelr. h;;,’;?,i‘ur"(}‘fl'%&.’([“‘e zood~ 1Is a cork hat contraband of war? world for two days later. The Call threc great hawsers ks eet | "That is @ question that General was the only San Francisco newspaper 1 UEL 8000 X hree’ of them were with which the Doric was supplicd. loaded on the Reliance, and the Sea The number of troops furnished by Queen and Sea King carried most of the Cajifornia under the first call, together | employes of the factory. Most of the of- ‘vith thé number asked for under the ficers and invited friends of the company ccond call of the President, will en- went on the Reuance. and all three tugs itle this State to two brigadier-gen. | Were gayly dressed for the occasion. The officers at the navy-yard erals. It is sald that Bugene P. Mur- | pjcq great fajth in the Mantla hawsers phy of San Francisco stands a fair | For towing purposes manufactured by the chance of gettine a commission of this | Tabhe Cardage Company. In tests they grade, He Is a well-known citizen, a have proved to be superior to anythin, man of character and abllity and a |the navy has yet been able to secure, an B Deserving made. at the Among those in were: A. C. Tubbs, president of the com- | pany; Charles W. Kellogg, secretary; W B. Tubbs, Lieutenant J. Oyster, Peach, W. S. Spinney, Willlam An aptain C. Chittenden, J. D Phelps, John Campbell, Edward Everett, | H. ory Hart, B. C. Walter Scharetg and i L BIG BATCH OF GENERALS. | Men Who Wear Flannel Abdominal F. Fortmann, W. D. B Hawes, harl Bands. One of the biggest batches of brigadler- generals ever created in one day was sent the Senate Friday by The list embraces many of the deserving erving and a few of the yme of the unde It will be noted gratification In the United States army circles that Marcus P. Miller, colonel of | the Third Artillery and the officer defenses of San harge of the artillery Francisco harbor, is in the list. deserving promotion could not have been Lieutenant-Colonel Randolph, Third Artillery, a gallant and | eserving officer of renow: raced in the list. new brigadier who the ficer of volunteers, military intelligenc: T tactician wh man in the quest of s into the accept- | ance of a glowing description of a cholera belt. A man with a genius for this kind | f Lusiness ought to be very ptable dquarters of the he Pacific. A retired colonel of the erved many years in | made and worn and where the materfal | could be procured in Calcutta. construe flannel nternational law may or belting brigadiers as war, and in that event the materfal could not be obtalned in a neutral port. Field has all this information in writing, | and_would no doubt supply it on demand | to Major General Merritt or Lieutenant Major Field was not in his office the British colonel committed the injunctions to writing, hence'the ma- jor is in possession of the original manu- trother. When cript on this important With due regar 2o ver, Major Field is infoi soldier must wear a long strip of thin muslin around the walst to prevent the cartridge belt from chafiing the skin. A little reflection must that it is impossible to take along every- thing absolutely needed to promote com- fort in the tropics, hence there should be an agreement to take only the absolutely The best authorities agree that the cholera belt holds the high- est place In the emergency list. The Cail's British places it first in his ideal requisition. ecessary articles. nformation is that the A _cork helmet is another sald to be requisite for fleld service in the Philippines. that the real thing in this line could be Major Field may have to refer to his Judge-Advocate. Jt was Major Field's judgment that the British colonel’s cork helmet, constructed and braced as the sample shown at the Phelan building, was not to be compared with the light straw hat of American anufacture. There is a great deal of merit In the roposition that troops should obey the in- unction of the Sanitary Corps and never 0 across the street witnout the flannel e was much enthusiasm shown at the | lish as an interview with Major-General | than ten days. mpt delivery of the order. the excursion party E Philippine | doubtless wear the flannel around his ample abdomen. been passed along the line that the belt is 4 good thing for the tropics. Lieutenant Strother of the regular infantry, who was recently promoted to major and engineer | sald to be to the military wis- dom of Major General Merritt and the | aggregatea military lore of all the newly hatched brigadiers It may be contended that our troops for Manila cannot con- form to all the injunctions for the preser- vation of health In the tropical The British colonel tells Major Field that no soldier can stand exposure to the sun of the Philippines without an umbrella. He also declares that the ordinary Amer- ican tent would be useless at Manila, as the sun's heat would instantiy go through it. This being the case the men should be provided with huts and umbrellas. More- of contraband ccustomed to discipline, and are becoming Merritt an elaborate commendation of the | military. flannel belt. - GENERALS CONSULT. ‘s Philippines. derson, | iederost, John | The Work of Outfitting the Sec- ] | ond Manila Expedition to Be tenaial endythelOnle: Vigorously Pushed. Major-General Wesley Merritt spent the | greater part of yesterday In consultation | with Brigadier-General Elwell S. Otis, | who Is to commana the second Manila ex | pedition. The plans of the expedition | were thoroughly discussed and the neces- | radford, Greg- | John Fulton, es Zahn. | plies will vigor, be pushed with will unteer: sary work wag mapped out. There Is a |tering of transports has been done by the | great deal to be done In the way of equip- | Navy Department, but it is intimated that | . ping the volunteers, who, above an | hereafter this business will be attended | to by the W r Department. things, need a large quantity of proper clothing, and many of them must be sup- | plied with arms. The work of equipment | of b will in itself take considerable time, and | Major-General hence the date o. the sailing of the trans- ports cannot as yet be definitely fixed. It Is safe to say, however, that the ex- pedition will not be ready to sall In less | the President. ness incident upon the Merritt, was Wit Sepecial building to Camp Richmond than Monday. in | loaded, The work of getting these vessels in condition and loading them with sup- the China, the Zealandia, the Colon, the Cen- utmost the Intention being to have them |staff. all ready for sailing by the time the vol- | having served for a long time as adjutant are completely outfitted. 3 the present time the purchase and char- | command of the Department Up to Brigadier Elwell Otis, owing to the rush arrival of unable to move his headquarters from the Phelan vesterday, but expects to make the move not later The quarters for himself A more Wallace F. n, is also em- 1s destined for | Islands will | cholera belit | Word has con- | It is a very | re 4 newspaper | department of British army, | India, hag been | Of course | contraband of Major subject. Orfent. rmed that the convince on. S From a Fhotograph by Taber. Admiral Deweu’s Dispatch Boat. colonel article that is was informed | Sume command of Admiral Dewey’s dispatch-boat, the McCulloch. the top of his grade. enue cutter service in 1864 from the State of California, third lieutenant in 1866, promoted to second lieutenant 1868, and to the first lieutenant in 1S70. continuously on the Pacific Coast for the past twenty-five years. He has commanded all of the cutters of the Pacific station, and at agaln erritt fleet. command of the entire Bering Sea fleat. for service. A CHANGE IN COMMAND. Captain C. L. Hooper; Who Will Take Charge of Captain C. L. Hooper of the revenue cutter service and for the past two years superintendent of construction and repair for the service at this port has been detached from his present duty and ordered to proceed to Manila and as- Captain Hooper is one of the young officers of the service and stands near He was appointed an acting third lieutenant in the rev- and commissioned a grade of He was made a captain fn 1879, and has been on duty one time spent seven years on the Corwin, which vessel he considers the ablest in the For the past two years, in addition to other duties on shore, he has had Upon the outbreak of the war with Spain Captain Hooper was one of the first to apply for active duty afloat, choos- ing for his command the McCulloch. He will sail with the second expedition for the Philippines, taking with him twenty extra men from the naval force here Captain Hodgson of the McCulloch, the present captain, having Bt T ere W O saEactty, (200in | excecded the age limit of command, will proceed to San Franclsco upon the am led into ambush and persuaded to pub- rival of his reilef g & & modious-tents are well equipped with fur- Jebsen (now called the Brutus) may be the Philippines thoroughly instructed in able to carry about 300 troops, in addition | their duties. | _toionei o. B. Babcock, who arrived on Friday evening from Florida, yesterday entered upon the discharge of his duties | as adjutant general on General Merritt's ff. He is well known in San Francisco, | on the staff of General Shafter, who had of Cali- H. Crowder, who also came . will be the judge advocate and Colonel Charles McClure will be the | chief paymaster of the expedition. ShiET CALIFORNIA’S QUOTA. | A Rether Puzzling Telegram Received by Governor Budd From Secretary of War. Governor budd yesterday received a dispatch from the Secretary of War sty ing that it Is estimated that It will require 1076 men to bring the California organiza- tions already mustered in up to the maxi- mum strength, and asking If that num- ber of volunteers could be furnished. Adjutant-General Barrett, to whom the telegram was referred, replied in tne af- firmative, adding that many more could be supplied and that they could be fully equipped and uniformed at once. | Under the second call for volunteers the | quota of California was figured out to be 1942 men. The call, therefore, for 1076 is somewhat puzzling. It may mean that the balance of the 1942 will be required, after the 1076 have been disposed of In | bringing up the various companies from 8 to 103 men, although to do this it is | figured out that it will only take §08. Cap- tain Carrington, the mustering officer, has | sworn into the service 3339 men up to the | present time. Adjutant-General Barrett In a later dis- | patch to the Secretary of War assured | that official that California could at once | furnish seventeen companies of Infantry and three troops of cavalry, and that ail | were anxious for active service. — WASHINGTON SOLDIERS- Have Received a Full Supply of Clothing and Equipage. Arms To-Morrow. | The Washington volunteers at the Fon- | tana barracks have received their full supply of clothing and equipage, and they expect to be furnished to-morrow with rifles and ordnance stores from Benicla arsenal. This prompt equipment Is taken by the men to mean that they are to be | sent to the Philippines at an y day. ' wuich will be a most pleasing thing, as they are all anxious to £ The forty-five men of Company G who were made sick by eating deviled ham sandwiches have nearly all recovered. They received every ossible attention from the ladles of the Red Cross Soclety, who furnished trained nurses to attend them, and provided them with an abund- ance of delicacfes. for all of which the volunteers are very thankful. This morning the officers of the com- will take a yacht ride about the bay. The command has been ordered to re- port at the Memorial day parade to-mor- row. 1t is expected that Colonel Wholly and the regimental headquarters now at Van- couver. Wash.. will soon be ordered to Fontana barracks to join the two battal- fons now there. —_— - TROOPS AT THE PRESIDIO. Flag Presentation—Court-Mar- tial at Fontans Bar- racks. . Yesterday afternoon an elegant stand of colors was presented to the First Bat- tery of theCalifornia Volunteers.stationed at the Presidio and in command of Lieu- tenant Herbert Choynski. who was for- merly a member of Governor Budd's staff. The presentation speech was made in a mest felicitous and patriotic manner Hoitt’s School. Hoitt’s School, at Burlingame, still maintains its position in the front ranks of the preparatory schools on the Pacific Coast. It has just closed the most successful year in its history, and graduated ten young gentlemen. No- ‘where are cared for in every The com- | mand, with their wives and lady friends. | five troop transport steamers secured—the ' at the camp as soon as possible, so that | he can inaugurate a strict military disci- | war The collier Peter pline and have all the troops destined for | and J. D. Sulliva: | boys better taught or better | neater respect. Meantime, the troops are 1 and staff at Camp Richmond are about | by Judge J. C. B. Hebbard in behalf of camp life and completed for their reception. E being thor- oughly drilled and otherwise put into good | niture and conveniences, including tele- | ney, condition for an active campaign in the phone and telegraphic connections. Up to date there have been the desire of General Otis to be located | roth, Judge Hebbard, the donors, Paul Oesting, Rudolph Fisch- beck, Charles Newman, Edward M. Gra- Si_Green, Charles Green, Charles F. It is |.Berg, Fred H. Bushnell, James W. Coff- . Hermanson, Thomas H. Williams, R. E. Miller, Ed- d F. Clein, L. M. Hoeffler, A. C. Freese n, all of whom are the warm personal friends of Lileutenant ChoynskKi. A board of officers, consisting of Cn&- tain James O'Hara, Captain Benjamin H. Randolph and First Lieutenant George F. Bartlett, all of the Third Artlllery, has been appointed by General Merriam to meet at the camp near Fort Winfleid Scott, at the call of its president, to revise the general rules and manuals prepared by the board of officers convened by spe- cial order No. 156. There will be a general court martial at the Fontana Barracks, occupled by the Washington volunteers, next Thursday morning at 11 o’clock, for the trial of such prisoners as may be brought before fit. The court will be conducted by Major J. J. Weisenberg, with W. V. Rinehart as, judge advocate. No serious offenses are known to have been committed by any| of the Washington volunteers, and In all probability the few violators of the mili- tary laws will be let down easy with a reprimand. The Sixth California Volunteers, in camp at the Presidio, have now been fully supplied with blouses, shoes and leggings, but as yet they have recelved| no hats, and they are in immediate need of trousers. However, they are being!' equipped as rapidly as circumstances will permit. They are anxious to receive or- ders as to their destination and duties, | and while not expecting to go to the Philippines on the second expedition, they hope to be ordered there eventually. There is some sickness in this command, the most serious cases being caused by pneu- monia. Private Hoffman, of Company D, | who has been very {ll with pneumonia, Is( slowly recovering. but will be confined to | the hospital for several weeks. Private! Roberts, of Company G, Is also a victim of this disease, and his eondition is con- sidered dangerous. — NEEDS OF THE RED CROSS. | Donations of All Kinds Scliclted! for the Boys. The ladies of the Red Cross Soclety are again In need of flannel for soldiers® bandages, their supply having been ex- hausted by the number they have made during the past week, yet many more are ired. re’l‘"k‘fey wish to suggest to those leles‘ forming clubs for the purpose of making them at their homes, that material can be obtained from the woolen mills at whole- cale rates, also that natural gray is the most desirable color, and that instructions or patterns can be had at the rooms of | oclety, 16 Post street. "hAensB.rflcle which might be contributed by those who prefer to make a variety of : donations, I the invalid’s slipper of eider- down flannel, several pairs of which have been sent in by thoughtful ladies. The manner of making these slippers is most simple, and they add wonderfully -to the comfort of convalescents, while many will doubtless find that they already have the material for several pairs on hand. A few other suggestions regarding the articles sent for distribution, and which add so much to a soldler's comfort, may not be amiss. All the old magazines or books consigned to upper closet shelves will, if sent to the rooms of this soclety, e sorted, tied into neat and uniform par- cels for transportation. and heip to while away many an otherwise lonesome hour for our boys. Everything in_the way of hospital sup- plies are needed. and your family physi- cian or druggist will give you a list of what these should be. = In making the useful *“housewifs,” so many of which are required, it is well to remember that, like its owner, it may know long. hard service, therefore, @ strong. dark material {s preferable to the fimsy. though pretty, lighter silk so many are tempted to malke use of. In furnishing them with the many necessary articles which even a man needs when away from the willing fingers of mother or sister, bear in mind that the thread should be coarse. linen is preferable. and have a Jittle roll of both black and white. Let the needles you quilt into the Jeaves of the “needle book™™ be coarse also; they are for men's unskilled fingers, and a dhtning needle and small. soft,’ ball of darning cotton could be added. Have two sizes of the half dozen :amx pins. and three sizes of horn buttons. Prow" or two of common pins, not too small, a tiny ball of twine. for a string oceasionally does not come amiss, and it might be well if some one remembercd that perhaps o man. even. might nuse a thimbls 1n sewing on buttons or darnin; his socks, as some will be sure to do. 1 there is_a small pair of scissors you do not need. or a pair you feel inclined to I'buy, they will be a vast improvement ov{; sawing off linen thread with a knife. the thread is wound flatly on narrow cards it will take less room and present a pearance than in balls, whica give the receptacle an untidy loox A