The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 9, 1898, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1898 AWAY TO THE WEST ON WEDNESDAY The First Nebraska Reg{ment,l Colonel Bratt commanding, will leave with the next expedition for Manila. At a late hour last night Major-Gen- eral Otis telegraphed the adjutant- general at Washington, D. C., and 1n- formed him that the Nebraska Regi- ment, eighty-one men strong to the | company, would be sent to the Phil- | ippines. General Otis also asked forl information regarding the detention | here of some of the officers of the| regiment ror the purpose of recruit- ing the regiment up to 108 men to the company. He also asked for simi- { lar advice regarding the recruiting | of the First Colorado up to the maxi- mum strength. It has been an open secret for sev- | eral days that Colonel Bratt had| something up his sleeve, for he has been in constant communication with | division headquarters, and late last| night he had a long conference with General Otis. It is also certain that another de-| tachment of troops, less than a regi- ment, will sail with the expedition on next Wednesday, and the informa- tion is imparted inat in all proba- bility it will be the two Idaho bat- taions under the command of Colo- nel Jones. These troops have been inspected by Colonel Hughes and Captain Mallory and are thoroughly equipped. It is also rumored that af- ter all the corps of engineers will be included in the expedition. The Fifty-first JTowa R started from Council Blu ent which in three s sections is strung out along the road. The first section was scheduled to reach Sacramento last night and there await the cor of other ctior The Iowa Volunteer: ma | else, yet at the same time his rank does v arrive to- | sas, has been appointed by Colonel Little acting regimental adjutant in the place of Adjutant Deford, who has returned to Kansas on recruiting service. The Seventh California inspectec heavy marching order yesterday by Colo- nel Hughes and Captain Mallory. Captain D. C. Willlams, who was axvgo[med quar- termaster of the Seventh California, In the place of Captain Kimball, ordered to General Merriam’s headquarters, reported for duty yvesterday to Colonel Berry. General M. P. Miller, commanding the First Brigade, issued an order yesterday to the effect that all recruits were to drill not less than four hours each day, and old soldfers not less than three hours. ected in S SRR GEN. GREENE AT WORK. He Has Inspected His Brigade and Instituted Target Practice. Brigadier-General Greene, who will command the next expedition of troops leaving this port, is a soldier from the crown of his head to soles of his feet. ery inch of him breathes of mili- and while he is a Mar- mply because he can’t be anything not weigh so heavily upon him that he forgets the natural courtesy of a gentle- man. As far as giving out anything to the press is concerned, he is not different from other officers of high rank, but | whenever a newspaper representative calls at his quarters he Is courteously re- ceived and quietly but politely informed that there is nothing for publication. In there is a marked difference R L S e e T g rs. Greene inspected T n of the Twenty-third and vesterday he Inspected the lion of the Eighteenth Infan- | two battalions will strike nd move their tents to the | t opposite Major-General | He h This is done for the | purpose room in the Bigh- | “third for the new re. teenth and Twenty c hat are expected to-morrow, and Pt of consolldating the | battalions will in np be under the command of | t-Colonel Batley the Eigh- | AABAAR RS S e S R R R R e CALIFORNIA TROOPS. Recruits for the First Regiment—Status of the National Guard. Advices by wire were recelved yesterday from the Secretary of War by General Merriam, commanding the Department of California, and Adjutant General Barrett of the State forces, that Captain Carrington, U. 8. A., has been detailed to the duty of mustering In a sufficient number of recruits to flll the First California Volunteer Regiment of Infantry to the maximum. be required to fill up the regiment. Governer Budd and Adjutant General Barrett desire that active members of the National Guard and ex-Guardsmen shall have the first opportunity The recruits when enrolled will be sent forward to join the regi- ment at Manila. To-day or to-morrow a recruiting station will be estab- tablished in the armory, corner of Page and Gough streets, where applica- In a short time mustering officers will be designated to muster in recruits for the Sixth and Seventh Regiments of Three hundred recruits will to enlist. tions for enlistment may be made. California Volunteer Infantry. lowed. ship in the National Guard confers. and rejoin their old organizations. It is now understood that Governor Budd, In the light of an opinion by the Attorney General, may either reorganize the National Guard by enroll- ing men to fill the vacancies caused by the enlistment of volunteers in the United States service or malintain the existing organization by simply glv- Ing a leave of absence to every man of the guard now serving in the or- ganizations which have been accepted by the United States. It is quite likely that the plan of granting leave of absence will be fol- That course has been pursued by the National Guard of Ohio, Mas- sachusetts and New York, and seems to be eminently fair and proper. 1s contended that soldlers leaving the State to uphold the flag at the front ought not to be deprived of any of the rights and privileges which member- Again, It Is estimated that the train- ing which the volunteers are bound to recelve In active service will be of immense advantage to the Guard when the volunteers return from the war It R S T P OSSP S S e T R T T T T e R e R b R R S e e S R SR S b o o e R R e Y brigade that he will command; in fact, not the smallest thing escapes his notice. e TRANSPORTS FOR MANILA. The War Department Is at Last Vigorously at Work in Securing Steamships. eneral Greene had the First Colorado | The delay on the part of the War De- ining board, c« at as early a day as possible. He recent- 1y lald before the War Department the necessity of more prompt action in the matter of furnishing transports. The re- sult s that the department is now exert- ing itself very vigorously to secure every available vessel on the Pacific Coast for the transportation of the Philippine expe- ditlonary forces Yesterda rfoon the medical exam- sisting of Army Surgeons RE SHIPS TO CARRY MEN. The Steamers Senator, City of Puebla and Ohio, Laden With Troops, Will Follow the China, Colon and Zealandia to ‘Manila. HE work of getting the transports Zealandia, China and Colon ready for sea is rapidly progressing, and it nothing unforeseen happens they will proceed to Mantla, via Honolulu, next lay. The China and Colon are coaled, putting in of the stores began The Chinese passengers who alned on the China have been to the Belgic and the space occupied hag now been filled with for the soldiers. In regard to the coal passers and fire- men on the China there i{s a great rum- pus. Able-bodied Americans and expérts at the work are more than willing to ship for the vo but they assert that “Ideutenant” Schwerin is so enamored of the Chinese that he Is actually paying them double wages to make the voyage to Manila and back. Through the boat- swain, who is a Mongol, the autocrat of e Mail Company harangued the coolles and asked them not to leave the ship. He pointed out to them that the war in Ma- nila was practically over as far as sea fighting was concerned and that the trip would be just as pleasant as the voyage to Hongkong. The Mongolians held a pow-wow at which the boatswain expa- tiated upon the extra pay, and the coolies finally decided, much to Schwerin's de- light, that they would stay by the ship. The autocrat of the Maifl Company then returned to the waiting men who wanted to ship as coal passers and firemen and told them that no more men were wanted. The steamers City of Peking, City of Sydney and Australia went out with an entire European crew. When It came to shipping the crew of the Peking the Chi- nese were removed and Americans put in thelr places. The Colon and Zealandia will also go out with white crews, but the boys who sail on the China will be waited on by Mongols, and the coal passing and firing will be done by a race which Uncle Sam excludes from his country for his country’s good. This, too, in spite of the fact that “Lieutenant” Schwerin can get strapping Americans to do the work at the usual rate of wages. The transports now nearly ready to safl will be barely out of the bay before three other steamers will be well on the way toward being in condition to follow them. The next fleet to sail will be the coast de- fense steamer Monadnock, accompanied” by the recently purchased steamer Whit- gift, the cruiser Philadelphia and the steamers Senator, City of Puebla and Ohto. The work of getting the Senator day, but the hour of arrival has not been announced by the railroad .com- pany. The regiment will join the an- nex of Camp Merritt, taking a block on First avenue near Point Lobos ave- | nue. THE NEXT EXPEDITION. Officers at Camp Merritt Pre- dict That the Fleet Will Sail Next Monday. As published exclusively in The Call of Tuesday it now seems an assured fact that the next expedition to Manila will sall from this port early next week. The information comes from a prominent officer at Camp Merritt that everything except the vessels is in readiness, and that on Sunday the troops will go aboard the transports and anchor will be weighed on Monday morning. It appears that the China has been the cause of the delay. On the vessel's last trip over she brought among her passengers & number of China- men, and the military authorities at a recent meeting held at army headquar- ters deemed it best that the vessel should first be thoroughly disinfected before al- lowing troops to go aboard. Camp Merritt was thoroughly policed yesterday by a large body of prisoners. As a result of thely close proximity to liquor and & surplus supply of cash the guard houses of the Bighteenth and Twenty-third were unusually full. A de- tall from each regiment was ordered to report at division headquarters, from which point they began their work under watchful eye of a strong guard. 1. Penrose, acting assistant surgeon 5 Vand formerly surgeon general of | ! ational Guard of Utah, has been | sttached to the Utah Light Artillery, with the rank of first lleutenant. He reported to Captain Young yesterday and was as- signed to duty. he Utah tyroo? of cavalry ‘and the enth California Regiment were vac- ated yesterday, Private Miles, Company E, Thirteenth Minnesota, was taken to the field hos- ital yesterday. He has pneumonia. arry H. Sergeant, Tenth Pennsylvania, @ nephew of Colonel Hawkins, who has had_an attack of appendicitis, will be el ready began yesterday, and as soon as the Ohio gets in from Seattle, which will probably be to-morrow, she will also be overhauled. Nothing has, as yet, been done to,the Puebla, as her owners have asked the Government for permission to make one more trip with her. If the re- quest be granted the chances are that the Indiana, now on Puget Sound, will take the Puebla’s place in the fleet. The Puebla and the Senator will be fit- ted with the Turner bunk and the sol- diers’ quarters will be on a simi scale to those on the Australia and Zealandia. The Senator is a new vessel and will make a model troop ship. She is a good seaboat, a splendid carrier and a good fourteen-knot vessel. The Puebla has been for years the fastest steamer on the coast, and out of the tens of thousands of people who have traveled on her there will not be found one who has not a good word for the Paclfic Coast Steamship Company’s crack steamer. The Ohlo came from the East to go into the Klon- dike trade, and she has been fitted out to carry passengers to Seattle. She is not nearly so fast as the Senator and Puebla, so the entire fleet will have to regulate its speed by hers. When the third fleet has been dis- patched a fourth one will be well under way. It will probably be composed of the Morgan City, Indlana or Puebla and the City of Para or Alameda, most likely the latter. Some of these veséels could be got ready to leave for Manila in short order, but the Government will not be ready. The men are here, but their equipments are not to the fore, and until they are nothing can be done. In any =vent it is pretty safe to say that, over and above the men who salled on the Australly P;ll;h;’g nndlsirdnm' ten thousand troops will be on their way to Manils il be on the lla before the Of the vessels scheduled to leave In the near future the Zealandia will carry about 90, the China about 600, the Colon 750 Senator 730, Ohio 730, Pusbla 730, Indiana 750 and Morgan City 600 soldiers. A num- ber of vessels mentioned in the dispatches from the East are nuot available, for the simple reason that there is no means of transferring coai from the hold bunkers at sea. TI cen’ and. Sanis sa are both in thi: 0 the Imatilla and Walla W 2 mentioned in the Washington dispa 3 are mot In port, and some of (ARACREE not be avallable until some of the trans- nnsflthut have already sailed return from anfla. and Tenth Pennsylvania over at the Pre- sidio range vesterday morning at target practice. The two regiments will tinue the practice every day as long as they are here. The men who have had the least experience will be given the most attention. General Greene is look- ing after every detail connected with the con- partment in furnishing a sufficlent num- ber of transports for the prompt convey- ance of the Philippine expeditionary forces to Manila has been a sourceé of much vexation to Major General Merri.t, who is very anxious to get the whole army of 20,000 men to the scene of action C000CO0CNO0000000000000000000000000000 Wednesday. aboard the ships Monday and will leave on Wednesday, June to join the expedition. be able to accommodate about one battalion may be added to. ders. discharged from the regiment, as it has been found that he will have to submit to_an operation. Captein F. E. 0000000OQOO0000060000091000‘0000000000 THE NEXT EXPEDITION WILL SAIL EITHER ON TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY. At the headquarters of the Department of the Pacific, Major General Merritt commanding, the information was given yesterday for publication that the next expedition for the Philippine Islands will sail from this port next Tuesday or It was said by the commanding general that the fleet would consist of the Zealandia, China, Colon, Sen- ator and Morgan City. It is believed that the troops will go Since it is definitely announced that the squadron has been increased from three to five ships there is much conjec- ture among officers of the command as to what troops in addi- tion to the organizations already designated will be ordered The Morgan City and Senator will Leading officers of the Seventh California are confident that this regiment will be selected.” The Minnesota and Ne- braska troops are equally confident that they will be added to the expeditionary forces. There is a strong probability that two batteries of regular artillery may be designated. ; Buchan, Twentieth Kan- QO C0000000000000C000000000000 Tuesday, and that the vessels 15. 1500 men. A regiment and () Q () [} [+] [ © () © (] [+] o o [ [+] [+] © o [*] o [+] [} o [ © © the forces already under or- g © © © [+] (] © (] [] o 000000 White, Crosby and Morris, w! the China, Colon and Z au;"‘,fi‘&‘"v’f-fi‘?fffl dered to examine the steamships Senator and Morgan City, now in this port, as to their capacity, Sanitary conditioh ang needed changes. If thase steamers are found acceptable they will be chartered as transports. The board began its work yesterday afternoon. The Indlana and Ohio, formerly Atlantic liners and part of the Empire Steamship Company's fleet recently sent around to this coast to en- fiuge in the Alaska trade, are expected ere any day from Puget Sound. Upon their arrival they will be immediately in- spected by the medical examining board, The steamship Belgic, which arrived here yesterday from the Orient, will prob- ably be chartered by the Government, and also the big Alaska excursion steamer The Queen, running from Seattle to Ju- neau, and owned by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, although it Is claimed that she will not answer the pur- pose of a_transport for So long a dis- tance as that from San Francisco to Ma- nila, 4000 miles. FUN FOR THE SOLDIERS. Direful Tales of Famine Poured Into Willing Ears by Prac- tical Jokers. The soldlers at Camp Merritt do not take kindly to their commanding officers’ restrictions on the indiscriminate distri- bution of pies, cakes and frults by sympa- thetic citizens, and resort to various ex- pedients to secure contributions of pas- try to “top off’’ the Government rations. The plan most in vogue is for a squad to line up against the fence, and when a group of ladies pass begin a narration of famine and general ill treatment that immediately enlists the sympathies of the passers-by. In nine cases out of ten they will stop and question the boys, and then such tales of neglect and abuse by an ungrate- ful Government are poured forth that the very hearts of the hearers are wrung by the recital. Each wearer of the blue spreaas himself to outdo the others in the matter of hard-luck yarns, and soon the horrified bevy of beauties are scud- ding for the nearest lunch counter, re- turning in short order with all the sweets in _the place. * The “God bless you, ladies,” that greet their return ‘is as music to their souls, and they move on through the camp with the consciousness that they have proven Samaritans to at least o few of the poor fellows. | | Presidio. Captain Dasher becomes the :po(g(t) commander at Alcatraz. | mpany C, commanded by Captain George Duncan, and Company G, in com- When they are out of sight the fun |mand of Captain W. H. Cook, both of the commences. May be the successful men- dicants will take a bite or two out of a | nice juicy pie and utilize the remainder to | ornament the rear expansion of some | luckless comrade who happens to have | his back exposed for a target. If !he] guard tent happens to have any occu- | pants a generous supply of the forage | is passed into them through the venti-| lator, as a rule, and at cannonball speed. | This {s one of the favorite amusements | for the boys when oft duty and not al- | lowed to leave camp. Their portrayals of scanty rations, ill-cooked and of poor- | est quality, are certain to excite the at-| tention and pity of the gentler sex, and | the man who can spin the most doleful varn, keeping furthest from the truth, is envied by all his comrades. One_young lady who visited the camp | last Sunday was so worked upon that | she emptied her purse for pies for a crowd of giant Montanans, whose very proportions gave the lie to their stories | of starvation. The usual ‘‘God bless | yous” so played upon her heartstrings | that she took the first car for home, un- | able longer to endure the sight of such | sufferings among the country's defend- | ers. On her way downtown she questioned a voung soldier, a member of the Utah Cavalry troop, and he proved to be a prince of romancers. effect that the only reason the members | of his troop had not died of starvation was because the citizens of Utah had | thoughtfully subscribed $2600 to be used | for their comfort in Manila, but this fund had_already been heavily drawn upon to keep the wolf from their tents. Their horses, though, according to the young | Mormon, had been without fodder for several days, until finally the men had to go downtown and buy hay at $27 a ton, with their own money, to keep the ani mals from starving. This last portrayal of suffering nearly broke the'lady’s heart, and upon reach- ing home she had her escort write a statement to The Call of what she had seen and heard, with the request that an investigation be held. The matter has been thoroughly looked into, with the result that it is apparent the lady has been made the victim of a lot of conscienceless jokers. - CHANCE FOR OPERATORS. United Stat s Signal Corps Will Run the Philippine Tele- graph System. The United States Signal Corps now be- ing organized by Major R. E. Thompson to accompany the Philippine expedition- ary forces will take charge of all tele- graph lines in the conquered territory as rapidly as circumstances will permit. A large number of expert telegraph opera- tors will be needed, and it seems that it is a very difficult thing to find enough good telegraphers in San Francisco or Vicinity who are desirous of enlisting, al- though the pay is more than that o. any other branch of the military servic When the Signal Corps recruiting off was_opened there was room for one hun- dred operators in the organization, vet up to date not more than twenty have been secured. The consequence is that Major Thompson will be obliged to draw on the Eastern cities in order to fill the quota. He received a telegram yesterday that two first class operators arc on the way here from North Carolina. The term of enlistment Is for the war, and upon its conclusion the entire telegraph sy: the Philippines will be in the hana: Americans. It will be seen that eventu- ally very good positions will be open for the right kind of men. It is an opportu- nity that should not be overlooked. In all probability all operators now enlisting will be retained in Government emplc ment_after peace shall have been de- clared. Yesterday afternoon Sergeant Watkins, Corporal Strachauer and Privates Philip and Strachan of the Signal Corps of the National Guard of California, in which organization they nave served for some time at Sacramento, enlisted in the Unit- ed States Signal Corps. They are bright young men, of good character, and will prove a most desirable acquisition. Quite a number of transfers are being made from the troops now here to the Signal Corps, but the great demand is for telegraph operators. THE SIXTH CALIFORNIA- All the Compenies Are Being Ordered to Various Points for Duty. By the first of next week all the com- panies of the Sixth California Volunteers, now at the Presidio, will have been di tributed at various points for duty. They are not vet fully eauipoed, but expect to be completely outfitted before Saturday evening. 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Some of the bo: will have money to burn and propose to celebrate the event. e Was in the Manila Fi ¢ght Another San Franciscan who partici- pated in the fight at Manila Bay has been heard from. Edward Johnson, formerly a pupil in the school of engineering here, but now one of the crew of the cruiser Baltimore, has written to a friend under date of May 5, in which he tle was simply a slaughter of Johnson does not attempt to des fight; he s that would be impossible " ! the afternoon from Alcatraz for him to do. It took but a short time for Dewey’s fleet to destroy eleven ves- sels, capture the Spanish navy yard and force an _unconditional surrender. He advises all_his friends to join the army and shoot Spa ds, sty ARTILLERY TROOPS. The United States Artillery troops now being concentrated at the Presidio under Major Hess, preparatory to embarkation for the Philipp within the next few days, are doing some good and hard work in drill and otherwise getting in fine trim for the long voyage. 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Sold by Druggists. or gent in plain mvw(:; xpress; prel T bobtioa, $2.10. a0t on Teq Take a KODAK with you. It's records wil! recall pleasant incidents of your vaca- tion. Kodaks, $5 00, $35 00. Also Poco, Premo utuer Cameras—$5 00, $30 00. Varicocele, | Oppression, Suffocation, Neuralgia, etc., cured by | STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION AND AFFAIRS OF THE (FIDELITY AND CASUALTY COMPANY New York, In the State of New York, 1st day of December, A. D. 1897, ar ending on that day, as made | to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of | California, pursuant to the provisions of sec- tions 610 ‘and 611 of the Political Code, con- densed as per blank furnished by the commis- sioner: CAPITAL. Amount of capital stock, paid up in cash .- ceeeees 250,000 08 ASSETS. Real estate owned by company. Cash market value of all stock: bonds owned by compan; 1,649,952 60 Cash in company's office. 35,501 00 Cash In banks . 83,019 78 Interest accrued on all stocks and loans . 2,018 67 Rents aceried . 1,640 Premiums in due course of collection 400,221 Reserve relnsurance deposit (cash in company’s possession) ... e 2140548 Total assets +-$2,790,5%0 57 LIABILITIES. Losses known or estimated, proofs not file s 15,470 7 Losses in pre adjustment or in suspense 106,252 45 Losses resistec for the insured 323,043 67 Gross premiums on risks running on year or less, $2,859,874 16; reinsur- ance 50 per cent . .. 1,425,937 08 Gross premiums on s ‘more than one year, §296,817 34; insurance pro rata 162,960 38 Due and accrued for ete.. 3 25,607 00 Total labilities . 077,991 13 INCOME. Net cash actually received for pre- miums 32,944,245 29 | Received for interest and dividends | “on bonds, stocks, loans, and f all other sources Received for rents . Received for profit Total income o EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for losses. Dividends to stockholders . Paid_or allowed for commission o brokerage ...... .. 763,924 04 Pald for salaries, fees and of charges for officers, clerks, etc. 1\ 1 | Paid for State fonal and 1 taxes | All other Total expenditures GEO. F. SEWARD, President. ROBT. J. HILLAR, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 34 day of February, 1888. E. A. RABENER, Notary Public. PACIFIC COAST DEPARTMENT. S, C. PARDEE, Manager and Attorney, MUTUAL LIFE BUILDING. San Francisco. California,