The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 5, 1898, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL NDAY, JUNE 5, 1898. MONTEREY IS NOW READY TO SAl Seventh California Receives a Stand of Colors. | New Brigadiers Take the Field---Transportation for lowa Troops. The story wired from the East yes- | was subject to the orders of General terday that Major General Merritt had | Merritt. ; : 2 telegraphed to the War Department _ In his party were Major W. A. Wads- that he would sail from San Francisco | Worth and Lieutenant W. G. Bates. S , B § They were given accommodations at Sunday has no foundation in fact. | g ®p WO General Merritt has not fixed any date | Major George H. Penrose of the reg- for sailing, as he does not know when | ular army also r ered at the Pal- | the fleet of transports will be ready to | ace, ha g come to this coast in charge sail. of thirty recruits from Fort Douglas, It was ascertained last night that | Salt Lake City, Utah. It was understood last night bv Ad- miral Miller and other leading officers of the navy that the Monterey would leave this harbor to-day on the long voyage to Manila. It was figured that there had been several conferences on the subject of holding the Zealandia and China until three more ships were ready to join the fleet. Should this plan be adopted more organizations than | the monitor could steam faster than those already designated will be di- | her companion, the collier Brutus, so rected to embark. The conflieting ru- | 3¢ 06 P8 OO 1T P eather be fa- mors regarding the dispatch of a Span- | voraple, cut loose from the collier-and | ish squadron to the Orient and the un- | gpeed ahead to Honolulu. certainty as to the whereabouts of Cer- At a meeting of Court Magnoli s ips have cut some figure in | O. F. of A, held May 27, it W the calculations for the second Manila | expedition. Until within the last | twenty-four hours there has been just iow of doubt in Washington as exact location of Cervera’s that all doubt on this ed, orders may come tc Gene tt to make all possible haste to dispatch the second expedi- tion. General E. L. Otis, the organizer of W the on at Camp Merritt, remark- ed yesterday that further orders re- garding the preparation of troops would come from the headquarters of | the Department of the Pacific. The offic of Major General Merritt we busy enough yesterday and work- ed at headquarters in the Phelan n til a late hour. The chief announces that all the trooy be paid before they leave 4 As far as can be one in authority at headquarters expects the fleet to sail far distant as | 3, as the date flicers familiar with the | thought, will be in shape to be boarded It is known that the expedition will not be got ready by that time. A board of survey from General Otis' headquarters amined the transports yesterday and ascertained this fa vhich they report- ed to General Ot The ships, it is by the troops the last of next week. Yesterday Colonel Hughes and Captain Mallory inspected the First Nebraska, he two Utah Light batteries and the Utah troop of cavalry. To-morrow the Thi nth Minnesota will be inspected at 9 o’clock in the morning and the Seventh California probably on Tuesday. The in- ections have been excellent, and in view of this fact and also the probability that the five Government transports will be completed about the same time, there is good reason to believe that the First Nebraska, Seventh California, Utah Cavalry, Thirteenth Minnesota and Twen- Merritt as assistant to the chief of com- missary. Two cases of measles were reported in the Twenty-third yesterday, and both| were quarantined. Colonel Hale, Iirst Colorado, put his| regiment through an extended order drill and sham battle yesterday on the Pre- sidio grounds. The men of the regiment were vaccinated yesterday, and also the soldlers of the two Utah batteries. Colonel McC. Reeve had his camp thor- | oughly watered yesterday. The camp looked much cleaner and was certainly very much cooler than any other. Captain Young has been notified that he will be expected to mount one of his guns upon the forward deck of the ship in which the batteries sail. —_—— Washington Volunteers The First and Second battalions of ! command. He has pneumonia, but was slightly better yesterday. D e CQLORS FOR THE SEVENTH Colonel Berry’s Regiment Pre- sented With a Stand by the Chamber of Commerce. Proudly the gallant Seventh California marched out of Camp Merritt yesterday | morning and over the hills to the Pre- sidio, where it was presented with a mag- nificent stand of colors by George A. Newhall on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce. Very handsome the regiment looked, the men wearing their new uni- forms for the first time and carrying can- irs of the quarte s depart- In the ev ressing emer- or great per ritt could ge three ships with troops and sup- | rd on the way to Manila | 1t hours. There seems 1 the situaticn at pres such haste. 1 bring four b s tteries ird United £ Presidio 0 of the ort Poi of the the parad batterie > s are at pres at Alcatraz Island at Lime Point. Gen- | Miller has taken command | Brigade of the Philippine for d Major Kinzie, | ‘ ds the Third Ar- 1t and the defenses of harbor. The adjutant 1t is Lieutenant Rum- ain Sedgwick Pratt and utenant R nmand were h expected to join | r duty at Manila, but | >d for that ser- | not designa vice by the powers that A company of the Sixth C: olunteer Ir fantry go n “the rock, known as at Captain Hay's ba of California Heavy Infantry Vol- unte; rs may be ordered to Lime to man the high-power twelv breech-loading rifles which constitute the highest battery in the world. Major W. A. Simpso nited States Volunteers, chief of artiller Merritt's staff, will y of ordnance o n addition to rform the dutl r until further orde duties. | s King and Greene, | who _are to command two brigades of | __ the Manila expedition, are expected to ive in San Franc rly this week. | The steamships Ohio and Centennial the nickel plate is this inscription: the Employes of the San Francisco C all upon to mously ‘resolved that the dues of members of that court called chartered as troopships, are to be |enlist during the present war would be thoroughly inspected as to their s kept paid up by the court. tary condition by a board of m The dinner in compliment to Major officers appointed t der of General Merritt will be given at the Merritt consis: Major R. Pacific-Union Club next Thursday White, surg; and Captains B. R , assistant sur- | geons v will report on the ca- | pacity, the changes deemed necessary and other matters connected with the | vessels. 6 | 9 OWATER WAS It s said that about 50 per cent of USED EXTERNALLY the men who have applied for enlist- ASWELLAS ment in the Signal Corps have been INTERNALLY © © o rejected on the ground of physical de- fects. About seventy-five more men | are needed, and Major Thompson, chief has been obliged r a number of expert linemen, etc. The fol- Jowing have been commissioned in the Signal Corps Lieutenants Perkins, Gordon and_Kilbourne, and Captains Martin and McKenna. First Lieutenant Charles G. Wood- ward of the Third United States Artil- lery, having resigned h tment | ;’;gin‘é‘:‘?fl‘gu as regimental ¢ , has 1 i attached to Battery T of that regi- | S AND REGISTERED \IGE e Q) ment e o P General Merriam, commanding the | * WERE LuCKY ENOUGH TO MEET spartment of California, was ay advised that the quartermas department had engaged transportation | for the Fifty-first Jowa Volunteer In- fantry from Des Moines to San Fran- cis Towa furnished from 1861 to 1865 000 volunteer soldiers, of infantry, ar- | lery and cavalry. The regiments be- gin to number now where the regi- | mental numbers ceased in the Civil 7% War. The Fifty-first, destined for ser- QAJVD THE BAND PLAYE INCRE 204 vice in the Philippines, is made up of ASED THAT ™M troops from Des Moines, Council Bluffs and other placés. There are so many lowans in San Francisco that the vol- unteers from that State will receive a cordial greeting on their arrival here. IT WAS SOL’S NES WHICH NG FEELING voeoo ~ L v v a/y/jmz//a%m&.}@’/&?& SOMETHING THAT MAY BE NEEDED AT MANILA. When the Twentieth Regiment of Kansas Volunteer Infantry arrived in San Francisco the regimental equipment for active service in the field was not complete. Among the important equipments lacking were sur- gical instruments. Yesterday the deficiency in this respect was supplied through the patriotism and en- terprise of employes of The Call. A full set of the finest instruments, inclosed in a nickel-plated case covered by leather, was presented to the surgeons of the regiment through the colonel commanding. “Presented to the Twentieth Regiment Infantry, Kansas Volunteers, by all. San Francisco, June 3, 1898.” Engraved on s will be included among the h Kan ps to ve San Francisco this week. > only doubtful proposition on the < , if there be is the U troop. It is known positively that General Mer- | ritt 1 »d with Captain Caine the | ady ility attempt to t 3 the horses to Manila. The general does not believe the animals can make the | trip, and it is very likely the troop will | be sent infantr: id the Unit- | Yy, as it ed States Government will be unable secure the necessary horses in the Philip- | pines. Colonel Hawkins, Tenth Pt-nnsflvnn&a‘ Regiment, ted that his men would go on the Zealandia. The stores are now ard. | Yesterday was a day of great suffering | among the officers and soldiers at (,amni Washir ton volunteers will be completely armed and outfitted in a day or two, and are living in hopes of being sent to the Philippines this week. They are drilling two hours every morning and two hours afternoon and are making splendid progress. Lieutenant-Colonel Fife, com- manding, is very proud of his men, and s they can make as good a showing regiment now b They are not ruits by any means. They have raw ! been in the Natfonal Guard of Washing- re ton for years, and were well up in all that pertains to military drill before com- ing here, and now having been in camp several weeks they are well disciplined. They are all anxious to go to the front, FOR ONE MORE DROP= DAY TO SHINE. Brigadier-General V. Greene arrived in town last night, having come straight from Tampa, Florida, by way of Chicago. The general said that he was colonel in command of the Sev- enty-first Regiment, New York Volun- teers, and that he received the ap- pointment of brigadier-general and was ordered to report to General Merritt here. His regiment, which is now sta- tioned at Tampa, was put in command of Colonel Wallace A. Downs. The general says that he ranks as first brigadier, first division of the regulars, His was the first regiment of volun- teers to be sent to Florida. He is a handsome, soldierly appearing man and is president of the Barber Asphalt Pav- ing Company in New York City. When | such a thing is highly probable. There asked about his movements he replied | are several facts that lend to the rumor that he knew nothing whatever, but | the color of good faith. evening. Mayor Phelan is directing the preparations for the function. INSPECTION OF TROOPS. Five Thousand Men May Be Embraced in the Next Expedition. Great excitement was caused in Camp Merritt late yesterday evening by the re- port that five instead of three transports will compose the next expedition to Manila, and that 5000 instead of 2500 troops would be sent. From officers who are in a position to know it was learned that Merritt. They were uot prepared for the | sudden heat, which, with their military made camp life exceedingly irk- Fortunately there were no sun- r cases of prostration, but it was clearly illustrated from the way the soldiers were inconvenienced by the sud- | den rise of temperature, that canvas uni- forms will be necessary in the Philippines, | Captain Langfitt, of the engineer corps, | who._was ordered to be prepared to sail | on Tuesday, has been formally notified that his corps will not accompany the next expedition. The captain will open up a recruiting station in a few days, as the corps is about sixty men short. Lieutenant Alfred Hasbrough Jr., of the Fourteenth Infantry, who has been on detached service in New York, and who was recently ordered to join his regiment, Teported to Major Robe yesterday. Lieutenant B. C. Morse, Twenty-third | Infantry, has been detailed by General LADY FRIENDS WITH FANS e© ©THOSE ON GUARD, DUTY KEPT THE LANDSCAPE and think it is but just to allow them to be among the first. One of the soldiers at Fontana barracks fainted yesterday while on drill, having been overcome by the heat. Private Howard D. Madsen, convicted of using obscene language to an officer, has been turned over to the Presidio officials. There is only one sick soldier in the l Y riloeil. teens and haversacks with one ration for their noonday meal. Line was formed in column of battal- ions on the slope south of the old camp site of the First California, the band and field music on the right of the First Bat- talion. At 10:30 o'clock Major-General Dickinson and staff and Adjutant-Gene- ral Barrett of the National Guard, with Captain F. de L. Carrington, U. 5. A, joined Hugh Craig and Mr. Newhall of the Chamber of Commerce, the entire party then taking station in front of Colonel Berry and his staff. The colors, a beautiful silk American flag and the regimental colors, a blue fleld, on which was embroidered the State coat-of-arms, were brought up by the color sergeants, escorted by the senior company, B, Captain Dodge. and the band. Taking the banners and removing the oilcloth covers Mr. Newhall addressed Colonel Berry as follows: Colonel Berry, Officers and Men of the Seventh California United States Volunteer Infantry: I can hardly speak when I see be- fore me the flower of our young men from the southern part of this our glorious State. Our honored President, Mr. McKinley, has called forth the armies of this our country, and you, my men, I am proud to say, were among the first to respond to this call at a time when our country needed all its sons T have been twice honored, first, in being se- lected by the Chamber of Commerce to present a stand of colors, and second, in being se- lected to present this stand of colors to you, our well-beloved Los Angeles regiment. 1 am, as you know, a Los Angeles man my- self in part. My interests are there, my love of people is there, but in this war we recog- nize mo North, no South, no East, no West— we stand together as a unit for right and liberty. The time has come when California has shown the other States how soon they can raise a_regiment at the call of the President I will not say to you, be first in all things, because I know that every man in this regi- ment goes forth to do his duty regardless of cost. 1 will not say to you. think of vour homes, because when I look around Los Ange- les and see it studded with the finest homes in the State, I am more than ever convinced that Californians are home-lovers. 1 will not say to you, think of your sweethearts and because I know that when the band is playing “The Girl I Left Behind Me" in far Manila, there will be many thoughts turned towards the orange groves of Riverside and’the shady walks of Pasadena. But, turning from hearth and home to sterner things, I now hand you these glorious colors. Keep them sacred; when shot and shell are screaming in the air, think, men, of the colors of your country. Defend them with your last drop of blood, and when you all come march- ing home we will be here to recefve you bear- ing theke colors we now entrust to your keep- ing. Colonel Berry received fhe colors with a graceful reply. pledging his own life and the lives of his officers and men to their defense. The colors were then escorted to Com- pany C, Captain Longworthy, the color company; the battallons wheeled into column of companies and the regiment marched in review before the assembled officers and citizens. After this ceremony the Seventh moved down upon its former camp ground, arms were stacked, accoutrements unslung and the men began the prosaic work of polic- ing the spot that had been their home for two weeks and more. Quickly the straw and rubbish were gathered up and set on fire, after which the men broke to_ the sheitering trees and in the refreshing shade ate their scanty meal. The regi- ment retired to Camp Merritt at 2 p. m. — REGULAR ARMY SERVICE. Numerous Advantages Offered to Able-Bodied Unmarried Men of Good Character. The regular army now offers opportuni- ties for unmarried men, who are earnest in their purpose, able-bodied, and of good character, to get a falr start in life by serving their country for a few years. The regular army possesses numerous ad- vantages. The term of service is three years, but men who enlist now can secure a discharge at the end of the war by mak- ing application. Original enlistments are confined to persons who are citizens of the United States or who have made legal declaration of their intention to become citizens thereof, and who can speak the English language. The usual require- ment of being able to read and write English has been abrogated during the present war. In addition to their pay, all regular army soldiers receive rations, clothing, bedding, medicines and medical attend- ance free, and during war an increase of 20 per cent over the pay given in time of peace. The pay of a private is $13 per month, but during the war 20 per cent will be added to this, making $1560 at least per month while hostilities con- tinue. By care and economy a soldier can save from his clothing allowance a considera- ble sum, payable to him on his discoarge. He can deposit his savings in sums of not Hoes than 5 with any paymaster, and for sums_sc deposited for the period of six months or longer the soldier on his final discharge will %e pald interest at the rate of 4 per cent per annum. These deposits are non-forfeitable except for desertion. Whenever a soldier is honorably dis- charged at the expiration of his enlist- ment or on account of disability not caused by his own misconduct his travel pay is ample to carry him back to the place of enlistment. For an instance, a soldier discharged fn the Philippines, {00 miles from San Francisco, would receive one day's pay and one day‘'s commuta- tion (In money) of his rations and cloth- ing for every twentt; miles of the dis- tance—twenty miles bein~ counted for a day’s march. Therefore, he would re- ceive pay and commutation for 200 days from Manila to San Francisco, and the amount of money—several hundred dol- lars—would be largely in excess of the cost of transportation. In case the soldier decides to remain in the army after the war he will receive §1 per month increase for the third year of enlistment. Soldiers re-enlisting within three months from date of discharge re- p | i v . F he steam is supplied by a twenty- A e wer portable boiler - placed on . 'The machine is of the Vulcan ver- | duplex cylinder, single acting type, so arranged that either cylinder may be cefve a further increase of pay for the fourth and fifth years of servi and a still further increase for each five years of continuous service. For soldiers who serve honestly and faithfully for twenty vears or who are discharged for wounds | used alone in case of accident to . the received or disease incurred in service, a other. : i comfortable home is maintained in the | The Vulcan ice machine is in use on of the Philippine of Peking, City of landia. city of Washington. After thirty years’ service enlisted men are entitled to be retired, and upon retirement they receive three-fourths of the monthly pay allowed by law to them in the grade they hold when retired and $9 50 per month as com- mutation for clothing and subs Furthermore, there is post in the country a librar room, in which is kept a good assortme of literature. There are also post schoo where overy soldier can acquire, free of cost, a fair English education, and there are facilities for gymnastic exercises and proper games and other amusements. The purchasing act, by which a soldier the following steamer: xpedition, vi Cit ydney, Colon g T SIXTH CALIFORNIA. The Regimental Camp at the Presidio in Excellent Condition. The th California Infantry is to be broken up temporarily at least and the carious companies stationed at points in can buy his discharge at the end of his o harbor and vicinity. Coms first year's enlistment upon the payment any F will go to Santa Cruz Monday, of a stipulated sum, $120 being the m: and yesterday General Merritt ordered mum price, is void during the war. AN | company to Alcatraz enlistment at the present time therefore s e e means for the war at least and three SIS o izt piEarsEau Mol 1esday t of supplies have A man to serve in the Infantry or artil| ;o)\ been issued to the resiment, and lery must be not less than 5 feet 4 inches | &iready been Issued (o L€ Tt iven to high, his weight not less than 127 mnor (1‘\' ;nr: - be ur 8 g more_than 180 pounds; for cavalry, not ; e e less than 5 feet 4 inches nor more than a t 5 feet 10 inches, weight not more than 165 pounds. ¥ Lieutenant Fisk and Lieutenant Whit-| worth have opened a_recruiting office for the Eighteenth Infantry in the Examiner building, Market-street side; Lieutenant Franklin for the Twenty-third Infantry | Will pro in rooms 6 and 7. 23 Kearny street; Lie pany e poed ve been issued for the re- tenant Abernathy for the Third Artillery | FA0 O7HCF Y tes, but one will probably in room 229, Phelan building; and Captain | maining comparies, bUE CHF X o L Keefer for the Hospital and Signal corps | 80 to Angel Isiand and one each to at room 219, Phelan building. Recruiting | gl 1 Vas S o Sffices have also been established in all | San Disgo and Vancouver, = o o the principal cities and towns of the he Sixth Ca T L L Nob aven State. At all the offices numerous appli- the Rrurteenth S catlons are being received, and as a rule the applicants are of a good ¢ earnest and determined men. Lieuter Abernathy, in the Phelan building. ve terday received about forty appli for the Third Artillery Licutenant as any Franklin at 23 Kearny street, who opened a Xh; i("v(ri(- his office yesterday morning, receiv sEuladg i about a dozen applications forthe Twenty- R he third Tnfantry. : 5 “The regular army has trained officers and it therefore stands to reason that the men will have the fullest (unlul-*ncu“(n them,” sald Lieutenant Abernathy. “If a man riges in the regular army he se- Light Artille: War Inciden & something that he can depend upon. s . e e Cfs "ot thrown out at the end of th thesNarksty Srost [Falway Cont. ‘war. The newspapers to the contrar: ne commen '_E 2 ay o e notwithstanding, a search of the army , for t of accommodating register shows that the Civil War a | passengers v Camp Merritt, trans- greater proportion, although not greater | fers will be i ubject to the rules of freater DD #rom the ranks In the| tho reupsctive lines, as follows: | North- Yegalar army than from the volunteer Ggait, By ) westbound McAll “The fact that the regular army soldier is better fed on the same ration than the Volunteer is another thing to be consid- McAlister southbound sthound nsfér to street eguiar army cooks make the Fill e T e e tlon, aithough they may be| C s, a retired sol- Mo better cooks than those of the volun- York or Ellsworth feers. Private Fox, the cook of Battery ¥ invites any old sol- L. Third Artillery, to which I belon, ind the regular army sol- year ¢ volunteers in camp in ‘San been in the service fifteen to visit his beauti- makes a ration go farther a taste better than most cool could do. Owing to the supe x. = of his supply officer the regular army s AR A Qler is more sure to get his full ration an ings requests his gue Another ntitled to. all the clothing he is thing that may have some weig among the volunteers men more through their popula thing else. Of course there are excepti to this. In the regular army, howeve men must rise almost entirely on their merits.” 3 “Although an applicant is not n quired to read and write Englis ‘amp of the arranged a who are w volunteers will take place W re- but only to speak the language.’ Lieu- ””-“n. g tenant Franklin, “I_found during a|gco month’s recruiting in Texas only one man who could not read and write, and he was an American born. “Now, as to the pay of soldiers, T have a man in my office here who draws $21 60 a month, and there are a great many in znit : & my regiment who are receiving larger | l‘ttl;llf\l;ild“r{:flfix‘u:l;‘ i l‘r«\r’srrx‘x‘ pay than that ece a private receives $468 | Railroad Company continues to mulct tor s Phree vears of service, and If 'he | them of their nickels while their com- is careful he can save nearly every cent Pr EdRfIsesnr e of it. In time of war his pay will amount fo much more. So you see a man can. if he manages correctly, lay by a neat sum of money."” | WILL HAVE ICE IN MANILA Uncle Sam, one of the very best em- ployers on the face of the earth, is de- termined that his soldier boys will have ice to cool thefr parched tongues in Ma- naugurated a schen n. out to hear tt > railroad c the corporation does not see i to let the men in uniform ride g terday several hundred people listened to nila. For the purpose of supplying the | the concert of the Neb 1 band from 2 army with brand new made ice, the mili- | ., all of Whow hiad 6 patrouts tary authorities in_this city have given D o g at instructions to the Vulcan Iron Works of | camp Merritt, Some of the command this city for an ice making plant with a | put in their full drill time— hours— capacity of 5000 pounds of ice every twen- | but as a rule drill was confined to the morning hours, and after dinncr the men ty-four hours. The specifications provide + liowed to cool off. that the ice must be of the very best| “prigadier General M..er is ready to en- quality and chemically pure—that is to| tar upon his new duties and will estab- say, made of distilled water, for which |, quarters at Camp Merritt to- ish his head Ypose & distilling and puritying appa- | e e was intended that he ratus to be provided. With the aid of and of the First Brig- this latter apparatus pure and whole- ing ( onel Ovenshine, but it some ice is insured, no matter what may | is now consider: 1 at he will de- be the quality of th» water supply. The | vote his entire o supe plant will furnish the ice in blocks eight | the prep yarture by twelve by thirty-six inches, and weigh- | second expeditio 1 include ing about 100 pounds. 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