The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 10, 1898, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO OCALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1898. A BIG CAMP AT THE PRESIDIO Troops at Richmond Will Be Moved to t ation. Arrival at Oakland of the Fifty-First Regiment of lowa Volunteers—Transports for M On high moral grounds and for sanitary reasons General Merriam, TU. S. A, commanding the Depart- ment of California, yesterday de- cided to abandon Camp Merritt at the Richmond District and place the | soldiers in camp on the Presidio res- | ervation. The subject had been un-| der consideration for several days nd engaged such earnest thought 1at Dr. Lippincott of the medical de- partment was ordered to report on the sanitary condition of the big | camp at Richmond. | The troops designated for the next expedition to the Philippines will re- main at Camp Merritt until orders are recetved by them to aboard the ships. Organizations listed for the nd succeeding expeditions may sferred to the Presidio within | | considered the fact isideration that the | made conven- >d unless light were granted Officers have been experience that pri- e securing a foot- t property, seldom | advantages of occu- | ence Is pow- | prestige be- | military can_only ch of the subject re- ction, but the points | » not deemed of sufficient the advantages from a | terests, « Governr the Heyac I sh the B e e e e e S e R e e e ah b o S R SR SR SR THIRD. "EXPEBITION. or Before The third expedition to Manila wi from to-morrow. Ohfo. F neral Merritt, informing hi t ten ds igade forma st what T was learned that to go. These with additional tre 1 by one of the three briga ms to be that General H. G. Ot Generals Miller and King. P R R R R T T T R YOI D b o o e A e o o e R R o S R = military point of view which would re- | 1t from the encampment of the troops on land wholly under the con- trol of the Government, At Camp Merritt certain regulations not be enforced without violating ordinance against closing the pub- lie ots. On the Presidio the mili- r tary authority is absolute and unques- tioned. Regulations to exclude dis able men and women may be en- It was sa y: ‘“We can exclude lewd women from the camp on the Presidio not do at the camp on the ficer yesterd: ascertained last evening that all the regiments to arrive will be en- camped on the Presidio, and as soon racticable the troops now at Camp itt, not included in the next Ma- nila expedition, will be moved to the | reservation. Hereafter closer atten- | tion will be paid to the observance of | anit rul The action of the medical department | of the army in taking steps to improve | the s tion of Camp Merritt e and timely. If the ct obvious at Camp Merritt should | repeated at Manila the results| ht be appalling. Thé Call yester- directed an expert examination to : of the camp and its drainagei Following is the report of | ry ert: np Merritt 1s without proper sew- cilities. on the boundaries of the | Those in what was | originally the Bay District track are| without sewers. The plan for caring for the sewage of the camp consists | in the construction of vaults for closets | —four for each regiment. These are | dug ten or twelve feet in depth and | sach day are filled partly with sand and | freely sprinkled with chloride of lime. | “In nearly every regiment the cook | tents are close against the vaults and the stench arising from the latter is quite noticeable. Small holes are sunk in the ground near the kitchens into which the dishwater and in many cases the garbage of the camps are dumped. “The detail for disposing of the gar- bage seems wholly inadequate, for in many camps piles of garbage are in evidence, notwithstanding the fact that garbage cans are provided for its re- ception. x‘(‘:lmp Merritt is a city of 11,000 in- habitants, occupying one-tenth the space ordinarily occupied by the same number of civilians. The camp is with- | out sewerage facilities, and this in the midst of homes is a subject for cgnmd- eration by the health authorities. Major General Merritt was a busy man yvesterday at headquarters, Department of the Pacific. When asked if he had re- ceived telegrams from the Secretarv of | War urging hasty departure of the Phil- fppine expeditionary forces, he replied lfxut no such messages had been received. The sailing orders, as announced In The Call yesterday, have not been changed. The squadron to sall next Wedhesday will consist of five ships. Major General Merritt was the chief guest at a dinner given at the Pacific- Tnion Club last_evening, under the direc- tion of Mayor Phelan. The general de- clined a public banquet on the ground | that he had not vet accomplished any-| thing In the present war to justify a pub- lic function fn his honor. 'He remarked to the banqueting committees that he might feel like accepting a public dinner on his return, provided that he accom- plished something at Manila, At the lit- tle affair last evening he mef forty agree- able citizens of San Francisco. a gen- tleman who attended the dinner remarked that it was “dignified and impressive.” et UNDER MARCHING ORDERS Companies of the Sixth Califor- M. Conklin, Herbert C. Lane; z o John Cady, chaplain, Herman nia Stationed at Various Williams; uh::lntmr‘oon. u;#;:“qu, H. surgeons, % Points for Duty. ants Donaid MR and David mnhna;:“ Orders were issued yesterday by Major | coombmnyyhy e e, 1 Burton; oo “eneral Merriam, commanding the De-| pany C, Glenwgod, Stepee; Company. | promptly responded. W ar Department Orders It to Leave on The transports will be the Senator, City of Puebla and the ly yesterday morning, according to reliable advices from head- General Otis recelved a dispatch 's after the departure of the second. tion at Camp Merritt is only temporary, it is very dif- troops will compose the third expedition, but from a sota and Twentieth Kansas would certainly be among the troops se- he Reserv- partment of California, a!flg‘nin% the companies of the Sixth California Volun- teer Infantry, now at the Presidio, to va- rious points for duty. Company A, com- manded by Captain Charles ‘Dasher, has gone to Alcatraz Island, relfeving ‘Bat- tery K of the Third United States Ar- tillery, which has joined the artillery corps 'at the Presidio. Company F, which goes to Santa Cruz to-day to guard the powder works will be taken Up as a portion of the garrison at the Presidio and will be supplied from that post by monthly shipments by rafl. A full refurn of the company will be made to the commanding officer of the Pre- sidio. Lieutenant Colonel W. R. Johnson, with Companies € and A, accompanied by Captain C. A. Rogers, assistant sur- geon of the regiment, is assigned to duty at Benicia Barracks and will proceed thereto without delay. On the arrival of Lieutenant Colonel Johnson and the battalion at the barracks the detach- ment of the Fourth United States Cav- alry, now on temporary duty at that sta- tion, will be returned to their respective troops at the Presidio. Lieutenant Colonel Johnson will be the commandant of the post at Benicla Barracks. Major Gus G. Grant, with Companies E and H, is assigned station at the Pre- sidio to go into camp for instruction as heavy artillery under the commanding officer of harbor defenses. or R. K. Whitmore with Com- M pani B and D has received similar | orders. These four companies will camp | | at Fort Point and there learn how to | handle the big guns. | The officers of the Sixth California ap- | preciate the liberallity and patriotism of Messrs. Steinhart and Lilienthal of the Anglo-California Bank, who advanced them one-half of their first month’s pay, amounting to $2100, without security or | Interest. The request was made to them | by Lieutenant Colonel Johnson, and they | The money was | greatly needed, as the officers had | thrown up paying positions and had ex- pended all their ready cash. June 28. 11 sail from San Francisco two weeks the third from that the W Department expedition must From the fact m the Seventh California, Thirteenth oops will form a brigade, and will be dier generals. The general impres- is will have the preference shown him R R a S R e S o o + + Under the call for additional troops it is expected that four extra companies will be organized and assigned to Lieu- tenant Colonel Johnson's command, thus making it a full regiment. All the other companies will be recruited to the full | slren%lh, 108 men and three officers. Two recrulting details are to be sent out. Lieutenant Walthall and Lieutenant Mixter, each with four men, will visit Sacramento, Stockton, Modesto, Fresno, Merced, Visalia and Bakersfiel In all these places rolls have been opened as emergency rolls, and they will have little or no difficulty in securing the required number of m hese detalls are waiting for Instructions from Wash- ington, which are expected some time next week. Major Grant was yesterday presented with a fine steed by H. O. Haas, a prom- inent business man of Stockton, who came here on a pleasure trip with the h?‘rs » Sixth Californians have not yet re- ceived their full supply of clothing, es- peclally overcoats, which are needed by | the four companies that are going to | Fort Point. The extreme cleanliness of the camp of the Sixth California is noted by every | one visiting the Presidio. It is by all odds the cieanest camp in San Francisco. —_— - | IOWANS AT OAKLAND. | | | Colonel Loper’s Fine Command Will Re-Enforce the Phil- ipplne Forces To-Day. Three long trains of Pullman sleepers bearing the officers and men of the Fifty- first Jowa Volunteer Infantry, together with several frelght cars containing the baggage and horses, rolled into the depot at Oakland pler last night. The first sec- t fon arrived at 8:20 o'clock, the others following at intervals of half an hour. The regiment will cross the bay at 6:30 this morning, and after breakfasting at the Red Cross headquarters in the ferry depot will march out to camp, there to await orders to proceed to Manila. The Fifty-first lowa, which has been in camp at Des Moines since April 26, broke camp last Sunday morning. It numbers 820 officers and enlisted men, including the band and field music, but three offi- cers and twelve men were left behind to recruit the regiment to the maximum, The members are a fine-looking lot of men, big strapping plainsmen for the most part, and veritable demons in a fight, as lowans have often demonstrated. ey are well equipped as regards uni- forms, but are short between 300 and 409 rifies, hats, leggings and overcoats, Tents and mess furniture were issued by the Government while the regiment was in camp at Des Moines, and as the command brought ten days’ fleld rations, in addition to its regular traveling rations, the men will not be inconvenienced by any delay on the part of the subsistence depot here. Durlnfi the trip fully fifty men were made {ll by eating canned corned beef furnished by the Government, and though they soon recovered, a strict boycott has since heen maintained against that article of diet. Six men who were taken sick while in camp are now convalescing and insisted on coming with the regiment. They will be sent to the field hospital ia an ambulance as soon as they are brought across the bay and will be able to report for duty in a few days. The journey was devoid of special features, more than that the regiment received an ovation all along the route. At Council Bluffs, Des Moines, Denver and Ogden there were immense turnouts of people to greet the soldiers. At all those points the members were the guests of the respective Red Cross socie- jes, and at Auburn and Sacramento and other points in California yesterday the soldiers were the recipients of the most lavish attention. The fame of the San Francisco Red Cross Society is entirely familiar to-the Towans and- they turnes in last night filled with nntlclgallon of the welcome ‘awaiting them when they cross the bay. 2 The fleld and staff and company com- manders are as follows: Colonel, John C. Loper; lieutenant colonel, M. Miller; majors, Willlam J. Duggen, John T. Hume, 8. Moore: regimental adjutant, 3. T. Davids battalion adjutants, George | Senator to get her ready. ernment. | ga READY Td START FOR MANILA. The Steamer Morgan City Has Been Chartered to Carry Troops A Corporal’s Guard Was Put Aboard Yesterday to Protect Uncle Sam’s Interests. to the Philippines. “When will the troopships safl?” is the question everybody on the water front is asking just now, and it Is a question that no one seems to be able to answer. In the | early part of the week the China, Colon and Zealandla were expecting to get away to-morrow; Wednesday it was sald that they would not get away until Monday, the 13th inst., but that was con- sidered an unlucky day, so the sailing was postponed until next Wednesdav, and now the general impression is that the aug- mented fleet will not leave before Satur- | day week. The Zealandia and Colon are ready to recefve troops at any time, but the China is still behind hand. All that the two first named vessels require is thelr fresh meat and the few extra Government stores | that have still to be put aboard. The Chi- na has still to be fumigated, and soon as that is completed and the stores and troops are aboard she will go into the stream to take ammunition for the fleet. The Morgan City is ready for stores and men are working night and day on the A corporal's guard was sent to each vessel yesterday and a strict watch will be kept over them untl they sail for Manila. Of the other available vessels the City of Puebla leaves to-day for the Sound. She is due back here on the 2Ist inst., and she will then be turned over to the Gov- The Ohio is scheduled to arrive here from Seattle to-morrow, and as soon as she has discharged her cargo she wiil be loaded for Manila. The City of Para is discharging her Central American car- £o at the Mall company’s wharf, and it Wil probably take a fortnight to get her vay. The Indiana is being fitted out at Seattie and on her arrival here will be ready to sall as soon as the soldlers and storés are put aboard. There are sixteen ocean steamers in port and to arrive which the Government as either chartered or can secure for car- rying the troops to Manila. Their names, oss tonnage, about the number of sol- jers they can accommodate and their avallabllity is as follows | Tons | No. of Steamer— | Gross. | Troops| Remarks. Alas | 1000 [Due 20th tnst. Belgle . 2 | 1500 |Discharging. China . | 120 |Almost ready. Colon % | 70 [Ready. City of Para J 1000 |Discharging. City of Puebla 2624 750 |Chartered. |Due 21st inst. Columbia 2122 | 850 |Due Sunday. Indiana .. 3158 | 1000 (Being fitted at Seattle. Morgan City 2296 650 (Ready. Ohto 3392 | 1000 [Due = to-mor- | | row. Oregon .. 650 |Discharging. Roanoke . | 650 |Awaiting or- | | ders at Se- | attle. Senator . os38 | w0 |Gettingready. State of Californt: 2266 | 650 |Due 15th inst. Valencla . 5 L 650 |Discharging. Zealandia 750 |Ready. With the exception of the Belgic these are all American vessels and first-class steamers in every respect. Should other transports be required and the Govern- ment _find it necessary to charter foreign vessels and give them an American regis- ter for the privilege, the British steamer Victoria, now at Seattle, and the Olympla, due on the Sound on the 19th inst., are avaflable. The Roanoke was examined while she was here a short time ago, but the Gov- ernment took so long to decide whether they wanted her or not that her owners ot tired of waiting and sent her to the jound to go into the Klondike trade. A telegram from Washington held her at Seattle and she Is now awalting orders, It was the same way with the Ohfo and Indiana. The Government hesitated in spite of the favorable report made by the examining boards here, so the owners sent the vessels on their way. Both of ther!n were stopped at Seattle by a charter party. From the above list it will be seen that Uncle Sam has plenty of vessels at his disposal within the next three weeks if he really wants them {n the hurry that Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn makes out he does. The erstwhile Rritish tramp Whitgift has been_transformed into the American steamer Nero. She is being rapidly got ready for the voyage to Manila and both she and the Monadnock will get away next week. Lieutenant J. T. McMillan, who for years made himself so popular in the Hydrographic Office, has been ap- pointed to the Nero and will navigate her to Manila. Asgsistant Engineer Emory Winship has been ordered from the Mare Island navy yard to the naval rendezvous, 10 Califor- nia street. He will examine all candidates for positions as engineers and firemen in the navy. Dr. B. Tomatsuri, fleet surgeon of the Imperial Japanese navy, visited the steamers Zealandia, China and Colon yes- terday. Dr. Lowell showed him over the Zealandia and he was more than pleased with the manner in which the vessel is fitted out. Dr. Tomatsuri has applied to the authorities at Washinton for permis- sion to go to Manila with the troop ships. Captain Birkhimer, U. 8. A., tery L, had a narrow escape vesterday. His battery was being transferred from Lime Point to the Presidio, and while he Wwas seeing the men and their equipments aboard the steamer General McDowell he | stumbled and fell overboard. After a lit- | tle trouble a line reached him and he scrambled onto the steamer again little the worse for his ducking. Lieutenant Coulter of the Tenth Penn- sylvania Volunteers will be the commis- sary of the Zealandia, while Lieutenant Grote, Eighteenth United States Infantry, will perform the same duty on the China. | and Lieutenant Franklin, Twenty-third United States Infantry, on the Col)on. 3 D, Knoxville, Captain Butterfield; Company E, Shenandoah, Captain Mount; Company F, Os- kaloosa, Captain Keating; Company G, Cres- ton, Captain Ickis: Company H, Des Moines, Captain _Worthington; Company 1, Bedford, Captain Widener; Company K. Corning, Caj tain Peairs; Company L, Council Bluffs, Cap- Company Red Oak, Captain M, tain_Pryor; Clark. The Fifty-first Jowa was formerly the Ty Third Inf. Jowa National Guard. During the Ci ‘War that State furnished forty-eight regiments, and when the call | for volunteers came for the present con- flict the lowa regiments were numbered where the first volunteers stopped. The Forty-ninth Jowa is now at Chickamau- the Fiftieth at Mobile and the Fifty- =cond is still at Des Moines. Colonel Loper, commanding the Fifty- first, has been connected with the Iowa National Guard for the past ten years and ie regarded as one of the best sol- diers in the volunteer service. His re ment is as well drilled as any now sta- tloned at Camp Merritt. Attached to the regiment are two news- paper_correspondents. H. A. Sessions of the Des Moines Register is first ser- geant of Company F, while the Des Motnes Leader is reiresented by Private Smure of Company E. —_———— NO HORSES FOR MANILA. Officers May Send Them Home or Sell Them to the Gov- ernment. Major General Otls yesterday Issued the following general order from division headquarters: 1-The commanding general having decided that it is impracticable to sendany horseson the troop ships, the commanding officers of the dif- ferent organizations constituting the First Brigade will notify these headquarters imme- diately whether officers desire to ship their horses back to their station or to sell them to the Government for cavalry service. This does not apply to officers with mounted troops. 2—Every opportunity will be given by the commanding_officers of the different organi- zations constituting the ‘First Brigade to the soldiers of the Catholic faith to attend mass in the tent provided on Sundays at 7:3) a. m. and 10:20 a. m. These soldiers will also be given opportunites to consult the priests on week days at such times as not to interfere with drill and instruction. 3—All bands belonging to the First Brigade will play National airs, 'The Star-spangled Banner” and ‘‘America’ only in their regular forms and not to be mingled in medleys with other airs. It seems to be the general impression among the officers that the Fourth Unit- ed States Cavalry will go as infantry, unless the Government decides to fit up ships especially for the transportation of the horses, which is not probable, as it is not thought that the animais can stand the 0 horses will be car- (%p. Ni ried for the Utah Light Artillery. THE MEDICAL OFFICERS. General Otis Issues an Import- ant Order to the Hospital Corps. The following order, issued by Major General Otis, assigning the various medi- cal officers and members of the hospital corps for duty with the troops on the different vessels about to sail, was given out yesterday for publication: Headquarters Independent Division, Philip- ine Islands Bxpeditionary Forces, oy CAMP MERRITT, San Francisco, Cal., June 8, 1895, Special orders, No. 8—The following-named medical officers and members of the Hospital Corps, permanent and acting, are assij to Quty with the troops about to take Colon for the on the Zealandia, China and Philippine Islands, viz.: On steamer Zeaiandfa—The three regimental medical _officers: the two imentai hos- pital stewards and the elght privates detailed for hospital ; all of the Tenth Penn- sylvania Volunteers, for attendance upon the troops of that regiment; Acting Assistant Sur- geon F. W. Harrell, Hospital Steward Monk- ton Deue, Hospital Corps Privates John W. tery B, Utah Light Artlllery, which will take | leave for Manila next week, but, although passage upon that steamer. On the steamer medical officers, the pital stewards and three regimental sixteen privates de- tailed permanently for hospital corps_duty, and all of the First Colorado Volun: teers, for attendance upon the regiment, and Assistant Surgeon Jere B. Clayton, Acting Hospital Steward John Springer, Hospital Corps Privates Ernest J. Barjarow, Will How- ard, Henery H. Johnson, Clarence Little, Wil- liam B. Robberson and George W. Rohr, United States Army, for attendance upon the two com- panies of the Eighteenth United States In- fantry and that half of Light Battery B, Utah Light Artillery, which takes passage on that steamer. On_steamer Colon—Captain _and_ Assistant Surgeon W. D. Crosby and Paul F, Straub, Hospital Steward Fred Gleseking, Acting Hos- pital Steward Charles F shelton and H. C. Stots, Joseph Anderson, John Carroll, George J. Crisswell, Arthur F.'Sears, Rufus D, Starl- ing and Alex W. Smith, for attendance upon the troops of the Eighteenth and Twenty-third United States Infantry, and Acting Surgeon George H. Penrose and Hospital Corps Pri- vates Wililam G. Hampton, Leroy C. Lyman, Fred Schmale, Benjamin J.'Smith and Samuel C. Smith, United States Army. for attendance upon Light Battery A, Utah Volunteers, all of which organizations 'take passage on that steamer. By command of MAJOR-GENERAL OTIS. JOHN L. SEHON, Assistant Adjutant-Gen- eral, United States Volunteers. igues s The Third U. S. Artillery The arrival at Camp Miller, on the Pre- sidio reservation, of Battery K, under Captain Hobbs, from Alcatraz Island, completes the concentration of four bat- teries of the Third United States Artil- lery, in command of Major Hess. It is not yet known whether this regiment will O0000000000000000 © PAYMENT OF TROOPS $ —_ o One Milllon Dollars to Be Pald at Once to the Philippine Expedi- tionary Forces. By command of Major General Merritt an order was Issued yes- terday afternoon to Colonel Charles S. McClure, chief paymaster of the Philippine expeditionary forces, to pay all the troops destined for Ma- nila up to July 1 as soon as prac- ticable. This work will begin as soon as all the muster rolls are handed in, which will be not later than to-morrow. This payment will include the entire Philippine force now concentrated in San .‘rancisco. Those troops that are to sail next Tuesday or Wednesday will be paid first, and the payment of the re- mainder will be made as rapidly as possible. Colonel McClure is making all mecessary arrangements to proceed with the payment without any de- lays. The sum of $125,n0 has al- ready been pald to troops now here, and the payment of the en- tire force up to July 1 will require nearly $1,000000. To be exact, there will be disbursed, beginning to-morrow, the sum of $940,000. A large portion of this money will be spent in S8an Francisco, and the balance will be sent home to rela- tives by the soldiers. The circula- tion' of this money will make it rather lively for a few days in San Francisco trade - circles, The troops now on the way to the Phil- ippines under command of Briga- dier General Thomas M. Anderson will be paid upon the arrival of Colonel McClure at Manila. 00000000000000000 000000000200 00 2000000C00000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000 China — The regimental | it s rea hos- | i | | of the " it is not ment’s notice. Ninety-seven recruits were secured in Los Angeles by Lieutenant Skerritt, who returned yesterday from a Tecruiting our. Captain B. H. Randolph of Battery B Third Artillery, has received orders to proceed to Manila. He was formerly or nance officer at_the Presidio and I8 ve familiar with San Francisco's fortific tions. As an artillerist he has but few equals, and he is skilled in the science of | high explosives. It was no doubt on ac- count of these rare qualifications that he has been selected for some important duty In the Philippines. i, IDAHO TROOPS REJOICE. Orders Are Issued to Join the Manila Expedition Next Wednesday. There is rejoicing in the ranks of Idaho. Every officer and man of the two battal- fons has a throat bursting with cheers and a heart full of unalloyed happiness. Colonel Jones and his command of Rocky Mountain braves have complete the next expedition Manilaward and the steamer Morgan City has been assigned for their transportation. Brigadier-General Otis conveyed his or- ders to this effect to Colonel Jones at 7 o'clock last evening. For two weeks the Idaho battalions, 684 strong, have been part and parcel of Camp Merritt and every man jack of them has been on the tiptoe of expect- ancy. Since the chartering of the five vessels of the transport fleet it has been known that there would be room for 700 or 800 men over and above'the number originally selected to sail. Rivalry has been keen twixt the different commands and thelr officers have bent their ener- gles and iInfluence toward the selection of their regiments to complete the quota. It was rumored early yesterday that the Thirteenth Minnesota would be cut in half and dispatched to the front on the installment plan. This was accepted as settled up to the time of the receipt of G;_l;lera.l uls‘l orders. e ex) tion as now planned consists First Colorado, gemh Pennsyl- vania, Utah Light Battery, a battalion from the Eighteenth and "another from tge %went -tmi_;ik United States Infantry, the First Nel a and the g talions from Tdaho. ke ere will be room for more on Morgan City. It will be filled by a :11: tachment from the engineer corps. Brigadier General Green will command the expedition, and his arrangements are being rapidly made for an early depar- ture. Colonel Jones, commanding the Idaho volunteers, is a veteran of Gettysburg and Antietam and other of those ttles of the late difference. He is still as anxlous for trouble as when he took com- mand, and is as rojoiced as are his men at a prospect of finding it. Saturday he wiil receive from Boise City for his men as handsome a stand of colors as will be Elmted on a Spanish rampart, a favor to e carried through battle to the honor of the ladies of his State. The equipment of his command, though not complete, will be'made so after em- barkation. Another, thoughlesser, cause jolcing on the.part of the men promise of payday to-morrow. ‘With these two paramount events in prospect there is nothing to question in the wild-eyed joy of the Idahos. INCREASING THE NAVY, Bids for Twenty-Eight Térpedo Boats and Destroyers to Be Opened August 9. _Henry T. Scott, president of the Iron Works, reegleed a dlgpntci "r';?rfl ‘Washington yesterday stating that bids ‘would be opened for the construction of twelve torpedo boats and sixteen destroy- for re- is the ers on August & Mr. Scott will be pres- | from Tacoma and the Indi: vet fully equipped as to clothing | y to go to the front at a mo- | | | | | @iii.?”iiiii)i‘i’;fi‘;fi’;’i’ii,tiii iiir?'iiiii’iii’i’?ii;iiiii),iiii"' PERRPPRPRR PRV VR R PP PP R PR PRV PR PP VLR RR VRO R VRV IV PPPRREI R PPV RRR PP PR RIS | been chosen to| bids for the battle-ships and coast THE EMPORIUM. THE EMPORIUM. &’Dlmtfll’"”) SRR RPERPRRS "7’.”)”',”% Hands, Band Bows and Club Ties. Men's Furnishings Department— First Floor—near Main Entrance. trimmed, most of them the ot lasts. - A Men’s Neckwear Jubilee for Three ' Hours This Morning. A Special Sale, different from any hitherto held. of selecting certain lots of Neckwear and selling them at a spe- cial price, we say go to the showcases and counters and pick from our complete stocks any time between g and 12 o’clock to-day., Any 25¢ Necktie for 17c. Any 50c Necktie for 37c. When you consider that hundreds of our soc:styles retail elsewhere at 75¢; that many of the 25cline should be marked 35¢ regularly—the magnitude of this special reduction from g to- 12 o’clock to-day becomes apparent. The latest productions of the season—Puffs, Tecks, . Ascots, Four-in=+ Choice for $3.45 of Boys’ $5 to $8 Suits. The sale of Boys’ Junior, Middy, Vestee and Sailor- Suits, which began Monday morning, is" attracting widespread atten- tion among mothers. Our new buyers in New York City picked up a great bargain from a manufacturer of the finer grades of 2 Children’s Clothing who needed money, and was willing to make a loss to close out the balance of his season’s product. They are made up in some of the prettiest styles that we have ever seen. They are made from American and foreign worsteds and woolens richly substantially stoutly sewed with silk. The sizes are for boys 3 to 8 years— not a suit in the lot can be duplicated for less than $5— are worth from £6 to $8. The sale price while If for any reason (and you don’t have to tell the reason to us) you are dissatisfied with a suit after getting it home, bring it back and recerve your money without question. Instead lined and 45 On Saturday. only”.. one day 2 for 15¢. For Saturday 2 pkgs for... larly 18¢c tin. For Saturday..... Five-year-old Sherry W day.. Saturday Grocery Specials. The items below are for lo-morrow (Saturday) only at these greally reduced prices. Hunt’s Haywards Extra 3-Ib Solid Pack Tomatoes—regularly toc can. You cannot huy better goods than this brand. sold to each customer.’’ Golden Rule Blended Coffee—regularly 3oc Ib. Welsh Bros.” Vermont Maple Sugar—bricks—regularly 1sc. For the Hires’ Root Beer Extract—never sold in San Francisco at less thai ““Take it with you on your summer Lemon Sugar—the 1-Ib tins—*nice for tourists and campers” Full quarts Famous Yellowstone Whiskey. ine—quart bottle—regularly soc. For Sat Five-year-old Angelica Wine—bottle—regularly soc. For Saturday. 7c “Only one ;0{ on vacation.”’ —regu- $1.25 o 35¢ - 35¢ For Saturday. The Emporium and Golden Rule Bazaar. G AAEBESEAES SBBSSAASEAARSBEEEEE S 6 SR 5004 CREAER AR EEEEREEE R E MR L AT EEEEE G R R S LR R EECEREUR D EH R E R R R R AR SR RN EE G R R SR AR ERERAEEREAB AR E AR AR R R R E R AR SRR R EREEEER R AL d b s pects to be awarded contracts for build- ing several vessels. t when the bids are opened and ex- | tle. The Ohio is also reported on the wa; here from Puget Sound. It is thought was given a preliminary cx:\mlnaufion st;? No date has been set for the opening of | fore sailing. de- fense vessels authorized by the naval bill recently ed, but Mr. Scott is confi- dent that his company will not be over- | looked when they are opened, in view of the magnificent performance of the Ore- gon during her voyage around the Horn. - INSPECTION OF TROOPS. The Inspector Visits the Camps of the Montana and Da- kota Regiments. ‘The day was uneventful in the camps of Montana and the. Dakotas. Inspection occupled the time of the South Dakota boys during the morning. Their condition as to equipment was carefully looked into, and thelr numerous needs will be immediately_seen to. blankets and shoes for every one arrived and were distributed after inspection, and to-day and to-morrow two abdominal bandages to the man will be distributed. They were proffered by the ladies of the Red Cross, and it may be pleasing to them to know that nothing they could send would be more appreciated. They prove to be as great a preventive against cold in this climate as against more seri- ous complaints in the tropics. Lsen THE FIRST CALIFORNIA. Three Hundred Recruits Are Wanted to Fill the Regiment to the Maximum. The order directing Captain Carrington to join his regiment, the First United States Infantry, now on Its way to Cuba, has been suspended to allow him to per- form the dutles of mustering officer in San Francicso. He is to muster in 300 re- cruits for the First California Volunteer Infantry Regiment, now en route to Ma- nila. Captain Carrington will this morn- ing open a recruiting office In the First Regiment armory at Page and Gough streets, and will be assisted in the en- rollment by /Captain Naphtaly. These recruits are qr the purpose of filling the regiment to the limit, and they will be sent to Manila at the first opportunity. s S MANILA TRANSPORTFLEET The steamers Senator and Morgan City, having been found acceptable vy the ex- amining board, will be added to the Ma- nila transport fleet. The steamer Queen has been rejected. The Puebla, the Indi- ana and City of Para are now under con- sideration by the board. The O;i'mmn. Arizona and Victoria, all chartered from the North Pacific Steamshi; will reach San Francisco within the next few days. The Victoria salled yesterday ana from Seat- Another_thousand | | Fort Yellowstone, in the Yellowstone Na- tional Park, to join troops D and H of the same r@glme‘nt. and thirty go to Boise The Fourth U. S. Cavalry. _The troops of the Fourth Cavalry sta- tioned here have been filled to the limit, and there is a surplus of recruits. Forty- two of these extra men will be sent ¥o Barracks, 1daho, to serve with Troop F. g i i A Promotion in Sight. A board of officers, consisting of Major Lewis H. Kimble, surgeon of the Colorado Volunteers; Captain Thomas Raymond, asslstant surgeon, and Captain Charles E. Locke, has been appointed by General Merritt to examine Private Thornton with a view of promoting him to the rank of first lieutenant and assistant surgeon. e War Incidents. The members of Company I, Eighteenth United States Infantry, returns thanks through The Call to the members of tha Young People’s Society of Christian En- deavor and others who assisted at the fu- neral of Willis Jackson on June 5. Captain Charles W. Whipple, ordnance office, United States army, has reported to_General Merritt for duty. Georgia, for the Eighteenth and Twent; third United States Infantry regiments, are expected to arrive here some time this afternoon or to-night. Alice Rix i writes about “The Men They Left Behind Them,” in next Sunday’s Call. LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED. Thursday, June 9. Stmr Point Arena, Hansen, 13 Mendocino. Bovrsitots Schr Nettie Low, Low, § hours from Polnt Reyes. DOMESTIC PORTS. PORT BLAKELEY—Arrived June 9—Br bark rra, from —. s_‘.m'_rrl}szi-A;ITdLAfy\'TIC STEAMERS. (N—Arriv 'une —St N e whingndo s AM—Arrived June 9—Stmr - dam, from New York. Safled Ju dam, for New York. AT Y Aty —Satled June 9—Stmr was] o e (Al IN—Arrived June 9— Bismarck, from New York. Some NEW YORK—Arrived June $—Stmr Cufic, tr;’?n‘ifxebr%?.oéflm—,\rrwed June 9—Stme SN YORK Batied Tune 9—Stmr Michigan, i e e e N UEESTOWN- Satled June $—Stmr Pena | 1and, for Philadeiohia.