The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 23, 1898, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISUU CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1898. ARTILLERY TO GO ON THE NEWPORT ELEGRAPHIC confirmation of the announcement of the forma- tion of the Eighth Army Corps was received from the War De- 1t yesterday at military headquarters, and in accordance with the accompanying instructions Major General Merritt at once assumed com- mand of the new corps, which includes all the troops assigned to the Philip- pine Islands. This army corps has been formed to allow General Merritt to have more time to devote to his duties as Governor General of the Philippines, as he is em- powered, whenever he thinks it neces- to place Major General Otis in liate command of the expedition- rces. This he will probably do either before his departure from San Francisco or soon after his arrival at Manila. All the details of the plans of the va- rious expeditions have been about com- pleted, and now the attention of Gen- eral Merritt and his staff is directed almost wholly to the embarkation of the troops, which will begin to-morrow. It is expected to have all the troops on shipboard by hday and have every- thing in readin to sail on Monday next, the intention of General Merritt now being to follow on the Newport on Wednesday ¢ vertake the fleet be- par fore it reaches It is said, howev by a well-informed officer that after all the departure of the fleet will be p d until Wednes- day so that Gener Merritt can sail with it The troops to occupy the extra room forded by the addition of the New- t have not been desig- e taken from the a Li zati organi Satisf: in the pre of the fl is being made n of the six transports | all will be ready on tion of the troops will be transported to | N Manil irly 6000 mer in this expedition. General Merritt yesterday | held a long conference with | General Otls, with whom he dis- | i the course to be pursued after | the departure of the third fleet Acting istant Surgeon James B. Cutter ha; n ordered to report for duty to the commanding officer at the camp near Fort Winfield Scott. Acting Assistant Surgeon Robert E. Williams h been ordered to change station to Fort Baker upon the arrival Angel Island of Assistant Surgeon M. Van Patten of the First Wash- n Volunteer Infantry. jor Edward Field of the Second ing inspector general, has | pect public property 1 W- esterday at the the Bighth Army Laura Williams of| was en route to this city to | ds and say a few words of cheer to Major General Merritt | fore his departure for the Orfent. | ial to The Call from | £ the rumo | — Miss Laura | Merritt's fiancee, had no idea of | itt in San Fran-| s will leave Chicago to-mor- | for Bear's Head, Me., where she | spend the — TO GO ON THE NEWPORT. | row will Two Batteries of the Third Artil- | lery and the Astor Inde- pendent Battery. Major General Merritt yesterday afternoon sent to Major General Otis, at ( np Merritt, a t showing the capacity of the steamship Newport and its general arrangement, and re- questing that he designate the troops to occupy the extra rcom afforded by the addition of this transport to the third fleet of the Manila expeditionary forces. Outside of the reservation for General Merritt and his staff, there will be accommodations for nearly 600 troops on the Newport. At a late hour last evening, after a conference with Major Hess, command- ing the Manila battallon of the Third Artillery, General Otis decided to as- sign two batter of this regiment to the Newport. This will make four bat- te of the Third Artillery that are going on this expedition, the other two being G and L, which ve been as- signed to the Ohio. The two additional batteries will be selected to-day by Ma- jor He General Otis has also de- cided to send the Astor Independent Battery of Artillery on the Newport. aa ol EIGHTH ARMY CORPS. Troops to Compose the Three Divisions —Important Promotions. As an immediate result of the forma- tion of the Eighth Army Corps to be commanded by Major General Wesley Merritt, U. S. A., several important promotions are announced. Lieutenant C. L. Potter, Corps of Engineers, U. S, A., has been appointed by the Presi- dent lieutenant colonel of engineers. Colonel Potter is chief engineer on the staff of General Merritt, and will go to Manila with the next expedition to sail trom this city. He s regarded in the army as one of the ablest young engi- neers in the country, and was earnestly recommended for promotion by Gen- eral Merritt and by General Wilson, shief of the corps of engineers. As an sngineer officer Colonel Potter was en- gaged for seven years in the construc- tion of the fortifications of San Fran- cisco harbor. At army headquarters and at the Presidio yesterday he was rordially congratulated on his well tarned promotion. The adjutant general of the Eighth Army Corps is Brigadier General John B. Babcock, who has had an extensive term of service as adjutant general of ihe Department of California under the pdministrations of Generals Forsyth and Shafter. General Babcock has a record of gallant service at the front during the war of the rebellion. He was brevetted for gallant and meritori- sus conduct in the Red River and Port Hudson campaigns of the West, and was subsequently transferred to the Army of the Potomac, where he par- ticipated in the engagements of the Shenandoah Valley and the operations around Petersburg. Every step of his promotion from sergeant to brigadier general has been gained by consclen- Hous and soldierly devotion to duty at all times and under all circumstances. posed of three divisions. doubtless comprise the first division, to General Greene. | her ou | by next Wedn: | to follow the fleet | have to be moved. | dlers can be prepared, so that a fortnight The Eighth Army Corps will be com- The first ex- pedition due at Manila to-day will which may be added the brigade of the second expedition, commanded by General MacArthur's troops of the third expedition will probably constitute the second division, and the brigades -remaining in San Francisco under the command of Major General Otis will doubtless be placed in the third division. ‘When all the troops reach Manila a readjustment of brigades and divisions may be made to equalize the commands and give to each a proper representa- tion of artillery. A division is usually commanded by a major general, but in the absence of an offieer of that rank the senior brigadier is placed at the head of the division. Aot MAIL FOR MANILA. Letters for the Soldiers to Be Carried by the Monad- nock. A malil for Manila and the Philippines closes at the Ferry Depot Postoffice at 10 . m. to-day. The mail for Honolulu is a general one, but that for Manfla is con- fined to letters to enlisted men and of- ficers of the army and navy. W sel will carry the mail the postal 2 but the genera sion is that it will be the cc st :r Monadnock, now in t! waiting for her consort, the collier The latter vessel was to vesterday, but as all her aboard the s & had to be postponed. Captain Miller, the pilot detailed to take , went down in the morning, but finding the longshoremen still at work on her went to in another vessel. Captain Scott will pilot the Nero out of the harbor to-day. Unless something unfore ero ave been ready coal was not een happens, | the Monadnock and Nero should get a 1fternoon 0 o'clock. That about the same about 1 Honolulu v of for the troops ready If all goes well, the on unday, and on Sunday night the | steamers will_drop out into the stream, then at high water a start and paraphernalia | Merritt require is | being put the steamer Indiana, | while prov and camp equipmen are being rushed aboard the Ohio, Morga: City and City of Para, All these ves have been coaled, and to-night or early to-morrow will all the carpentering work completed. A full crew will be shipped on each transport Saturday morn- that everybody connected with the will have settled into his place \diers get aboard. are that the s and V eamers City | alencia 1 ¢ themselves, and leaving ys after the Ohio, indiana, Mor- and City of Para will catch up with those vessels at Honolulu. The City of Puebla finished discharging her Puget Sound cargo last night and the work of coaling her will begin to-day, simultane- ously with the work of putting in the bunks for the soldiers. The Newport went on the drydock erday and will come off to-day, while the work of coaling the Valencia has already begun. The | tter's boilers have to be overhauled, but ¢ they should be reaay scheduled to sail on Monday. The vessels composing the lat- ter will go to Honolulu at the rate of ten knots an hour, while the Puebla, Newport and Valencia can easily m: thirteen knots, so that if they can get away next Wednesday they would not be many hours behind the Ohio, Indiana, Morgan City and City of Ps at Honolulu. Four fine American steamers are due here almost in a bunch and all of them can and probably will be pressed into ser- course it will entail great hard- vners, but then the troops The Peru will be due here from China to-night, the Alameda from Australia and the Acapulco from | Central America on the 29th inst., while v of Rio de Janeiro is due here v b. All these vessels can be got ready as quickly as the soi- vice. O ships on the o after the Newport, Valencla and City of Puebla sail they could be under way. That would mean that in about two months the United States Government haa equipped and dispatched from San Fran- cisco alone elghteen vessels with 18,000 troops with all the ne: y munitions of war to assistance of Admiral Dewey in Manila. o+ Sl DIVISION HEADQUARTERS. Additional Batteries of Heavy Artillery May Be Assigned General MacArthur. No orders were issued vesterday from division headquarters assigning troops to the Newport. It was given out, however, in a semi-officlal way, that the 600 troops that will go on this transport will be com- posed of regulars, and the heavy artillery will be given the preference over the other branches of the service, so that when the Newport safls there will probably be sev- eral batterfes of regular artillery aboard of the vessel. From what can be learnea General Merritt is desirous that the forces in the Philippines shall be thoroughly supported with all the necessary artillery and there is little doubt that the ar- tillery will be included in the next expedi- tion. An order was issued from division head- quarters late yesterday afternoon detaii- ing Major Diggles, First Lieutenant Clark and Second Lieutenants Tenwords, Snow, Grant, Scott, eight sergeants, twelve cor- orals and two musicians, all from the hirteenth Minnesota Regiment, to re- main here for the purpose of Instructing and taking charge of all the recruits that | have recently arrived at Camp Merritt and that are to arrive in the future. This or- der will not affect the strength of the regi- ment, as a draft will be made upon the re- cruits already in camp to supply the va- cancies. Captain Lee Linn was vesterday assigned as commissary of subsistence and ordered to report to Major Bartlett, division commissary. An order was issued yesterday by Major General Otis Instructing the commissaries of the next troops going to Manila to draw rations not later than the 5th inst., and that If the troops were not ready to get away at that time for the commissa fes to draw their rations by the day in- stead of for ten days at a time, as they have been doing. Colonel Funston of the Twentieth Kan- sas has received a very handsome sword, resented to him by the citizens of Iola, <an., as a token of their high regard for the colonel. The men and officers of the First Tennessee Regiment had to submit to vac- cination yesterday in compliance with or- ders {ssued from division headquarters. The remains of Private James F. Laf- lin, Company E, Twenty-third Unitea States Infantry, who died at the field hos- pital yesterday of pneumonia, were laid in the National Cemetery at the Presidio yesterday afternoon. Colonel Berry of the Seventh Californta Regiment expects about 260 recruits from the south to-day. The men will arrive here under.the command of Lieutenant Colonel Schriber. The special train co veying the troops left Los Angeles yes- terday morning. ey CO. G., FIFTH REGIMENT. The Alameda Boys All Ready to Respond to the Call to Be Mustered In. ALAMEDA, June 22.—Early this morn- ing Captain M. W. Simpson of Company G, Fifth Regiment, of this clty, recelved orders from the Governor to hold his company in readiness for mustering imo the Eighth Regiment of volunteers. Ac cordingly, notices were at once printel and served on all the members of e company within reach to report at tne armory this evening. It is understoud that this call is for the purposeiof the preliminary examination and to take at- count of the equipments possessed Ly the company. In some respects the company is well lot, and other things are needed before it will be ready for a campaign. The list of members and volunteers made up when the call for volunteers was first made is as follows. There have been a number of additions made since, how- ever, particularly from Hayward: Captain, M. W. Simpson; first lieutenant, G. Wethern; second lieutenant, E. R. McDonél.; sergeants, H. E. Harvey, A. Born, J. M. Mas- ten; quartermaster, F. S. Crandall; corporals, L. J. Cordes, V. M. Green, A. F. Huff, B. H. Elliott, R. B. Hopps; musicians, George Wui- zen, P. H. Chittenden. Privates—Frank Browning, W. Canning, A G. Coffee, J. F. Forderer, (v M. Edegr Groom, J. E. Hadley, C. L. Helmstein, C Kittridge, B. Lang, O. Meyer, B. Okerlund, J. A. P. Stietvater, W. T. Steinmetz, A S . _F. Thompson, J. H. Wittich. Sam Witt, A. Vogel, Chris Wessel, — Brown, F. J. Campbell, W. M. Cr H. A. Floyd, F. H. Gifford, E. C. Harvi . H. Hardman, H. P. Jacobson, O. Kriete, A. Loring, F. H. Morton, E. B. R: W. Reinhold, R. P. Stevens, F. Pritchard, A. P. Smiley, L. Wessel, R. W. Weeks, F. A. St. Sure, E. H. Cardinet, A. H. Jaquith, The auxiliary or volunteers’ roll has re- celved the following names, and ewery signer has done so expecting to be called out for service at any moment: sa Perkins, Will H. Hopps, Ernest Webber, S. Marshall, Louis Schroeder, Charles sardner, George Hand, W. F. enthal, D.’Gilbert, Kline. J. H. Love, J. 3 Borgstrom, 3 Me- L. Murray, Harry Ne L. Ga Laughiin, E. Colonel Fred Funston of the Twentieth Kansas Volun- &)ravlded, but the rifles are a poor | | eral, L. Hood, George Elias, Theo. M. Putzman, Charles H. Kleupfer, E. Mayrisch Jr., Percy Heise, Philip Mikel, Charles Neame, Willlam Tulley, Willlam Love, George Wolfe, Charles A. Gréen, A. C. Diete, F. E. Fort. Olaf John- son, C. S. Burns, H. Heritage, T. Lambert, Marshall, D. Gluck, Albert Wilbur, A. Burr- man. —_—— SUPPLIES OF COAL. Large Shipments to Manila and Honolulu—Wyoming Light Artillery Coming. The quartermaster’s department of the United States army has made extensive contracts for coal to be delivered at Cavite and Honolulu. It is sald by an officer who is familiar with the facts that 55,000 tons of coal have been purchased recently and contracts made to deliver the fuel at the points named. In regard to prices, it is said that the army obtained figures lower than the navy secured, but the point is considered that the coal re- quired for the transports is not of as high a grade as that required for the cruisers of the navy. Since the notification of the Chinese Im- perial Government regarding the neutral- ity of China and the refusal of the Chi- nese authorities to harbor one of Admiral Dewey’ vessels the authorities | of the tes have decided to send | colliers and supply ships to the Orient. General Ludington, quartermaster gen- wires from Washington to the De- partment of California that the quarter- master at Denver has been directed to eorge ipru\'flde transportation from Cheyenne to HE FOUGHT WITH THE CUBANS. teer Infantry. Infantry. Philippine expedition. army. interesting reading. to Cuba. feteaedeudedatotetogetatateteatutatutugutatetatatusaudagatagataatutetn] 08 108 106 308 06 30¢ 308 30% 108 30K 306 30 108 308 308 308 306 308 30 308 30% 306 08 24 80t One of the least obtrusive officers stationed at Camp Merritt and at the same time a man with a record many of his superiors might envy is Colonel Fred Funston, late chief of artillery of the Cuban. patriot army on the staff of General Garcia, and now in command of the Twentieth Kansas Volunteer Since the breaking out of the war with Spain Colonel Funston has been attached to the staff of General Nelson A. Miles, but at his own request he was relieved from staff duty to accompany his regiment on the Colonel Funston is rather small of stature and does not look to be the man who has braved the hardships that have fallen to his lot. Colonel Fun- ston had experfences and faced dangers far more terrifying than Spanish bullets and Cuban fevers long before he became an officer in the insurgent In 1891 he penetrated the interfor of Alaska 1000 miles inland from the mouth of the Yukon and up the Porcupine River. To accomplish this and to gain camping groung during the closed season he and his Indian guides were compelled to work waist deep in slush ice for two day: changing their garments or partaking of anything but spirits. Colon=! Fun- ston made this trip at the instance of the Agricultural Department of the United States Government, and hidden away in the archives of that de- partment are the reports of the colonel that would make most exciting and He was also a member of the famous “Death Valley” @xpedition across the Yuma desert, wherein so many officers and men per- ished from sunstroke and lack of water. Colonel Funston secured his commission in the Cuban army and went to the front despite the protestations of his most intimate friends and associ- ates. Through the influence of General Sickles he received the promise to be taken to the front upon an expedition which was soon to start. later Me received a telegram telling him to be at a certain place on the Vir- ginia coast, and the next heard of him he was at the front with Garcia. Speaking of the Spanish soldiers, he says they will fight as long as they have a leader, but as soon as a junior officer is put in command they seem to lose their nerve and apparently go to pieces. Colonel Funston participated in twenty-four battles and skirmishcs while with the Cuban army, and it was while on a scouting expedition on the outskirts of Havana that he was taken prisoner by the Spaniards. Soonafter he was captured he was permit- ted to return to the United States on parole on the promise never to return never in that time Six weeks 30806108 CF 08 L0200 30808 £08 10808 £ 10F 308108 QO 108 CF P OH R QE OO LRI X 08 F 0P CRCH IO E 306306 X0 106 208 308 306 06 X 3% San Francisco for Light Battery A, Wy- oming Volunteer Artillery. According_to advices recelved by the Southern_Pacific Company, the train bringinfi 270 recruits for the Seventh Cali- fornia Regiment will arrive at Oakland at 9 o’clock this morning, Three carloads of volunteers for the Colorado regiment left Ogden yvesterday. It is also announced by the Southern Pacific that 100 recruits passed through Mojave yesterday, to ar- rive in this city early this morning. The board of army officers appointed to inspect the nineteen horses belonging to volunteer officers at Camp Merritt has found only three of the animals suitable for the cavalry service.. The others were either under weight or size or blemished in some way. The rejected steeds will probably be sent back to the places from which they were shipped. e il STRAYED FOR TWO DAYS. Lieutenant T. F. Barry Now Under Arrest at Camp Miller. Thomas F. Barry, formerly colonel of the Third Infantry, N. G. C., and now first lieutenant of Battery A, First Bat- talion, California Heavy Artlllery, is un- der arrest and confined to the lmits of Camp Miller. where his battery Is sta- tioned. Major Hess has considerately re- {ralned from ordering him to his quar- ers. Lieutenant Barry has been acting as quartermaster since the artillery went into camp on the Presidio drill plain, and won _the good opinion of his superfors. last Monday, however, he left camp with- out the consent of either Major Rice or Major Hess and remained away until yesterday. What happened in the interim can only be conjectured, but the lieutenant must have had a royal good time, terminatin in the usual period of melancholy an penitence, for when he returned to camp vesterday he was armed with a document, duly signed, pledging himself to abstain from the use of all intoxicants during the remainder of his service in the army. It was through the medfum of this pledge that he announced his return to camp, sending it by an orderly to his command- ing officer. The major looked at the docu- ment and asked if Lieutenant Barry was in camp. The orderly replied that he was, and the penitent was at once ordered un- der arrest. Later charges of being ab- sent from duty without leave and intoxi- cation were filed, and there Is every pros- pect of an exceedingly tortuous time ahead of the offender. None of the officers at Camp Miller will discuss the matter further than to admit that Lieutenant Barry is under arrest, but there seems to be a disposition to be as lenfent with him as army regula- tions will permit. In view of this, and the fact that he has pledged himself not to touch stimulants again, the matter may be dropped, or, at most Barry be permitted to resign instead of facing the ordeal of a court martial. His superiors are inclined to lenlency, as it is his first offense. —_— FOURTH U. S. CAVALRY. Troopers Now in Tents on the Lower Parade Ground at the Presidio. Yesterday morning Troops C, K, T and L of the Fourth United States Cavalry received thefr tents, and soon after went into cawmp on what Is known as the lower parade ground at the Presidio. This squadron is in command of Major Sanford T. Kellogg. Troops E and G are camped near the brick barracks. There is also at the Presidio a troop of Nevada cav- alry. These seven troops will go to Manila with the fourth expedition, and each troop, except that from Nevada, which is_unmounted, will take fifty horses. The loading of the property of Batterles G and L, Third United States Artillery, on board' the transport Ohio was begun yesterday afternoon, and will be complet- ¢d this morning. It s expected that this battalion, in command of Captain Birk- himer of Battery L, will embark to-day. The battalion will consist of .33 men, seventy being left behind owing to lack of room. These artillerymen are com- pletely equipped as infantry with the Krag-Jorgenson rifle, and have been well drilled in Infantry tdctics. The batteries will take with thes volving cannon, two 5-inch siege guns and two 7-inch howitzers. It is the intention to drill the battalion in gunnery on tane way to Manila. It is thought at Camp Miller that two or three other batteries from Major Hess® Manila battalion, as it Is called, will sail on the Newport with this expedition. Last evening this battalion lacked only five recruits to reach its maximum strength of 800, Those batterfes left after the de- arture of the third expedition will sail or Manila with the fourth fleet. DIPHTHERIA IN CAMP. Four More Cases Reported. Treatment Administered at the Hospital. Four more well-developed cases of diph- theria were added yesterday to the sick list at Camp Merritt. Though Major Owen and his assistants at the field hos- pital are doing their utmost to stamp it out the disease seems bound to get a foot- hold. The prospect of an epidemic of this frightful scourge at Camp Merritt. il drained and damp as it is, Is almost too frightful to contemplate. There are 13,000 men in Camp Merritt, quartered on a few acres of damp sand, cooking, eating, sleeping and dumping scraps and waste from their camp kettles practically in one spot. The odors that are every minute emanating from regimental Kkitchens is nauseating. The few garbage wagons detailed to gather in the refuse are not equal to the necessity and heaps of disease-breeding refuse lie for days at a time in the streets unless swept back by the wind in the meantime over the camps and into the eyes and lungs of the ho}aeless asser-by. Camp Merritt is ripe for a dread epi- demic, and an epidemic will surely come unless the stringent measures now being enforced by Major Owen are pursued un- remlnlnglf’. The anti-toxine treatment is heing ad- ministered to the nine patients now suf- fering from the malady and they all give every hope of recovery. —_—— SMOTE THE SERGEANT. A Volunteer Soldier Becomes Insubordinate, Abusive and Violent. A bad case of insubordination is re- ported in Battery B, Heavy Artillery, California Volunteers. The battery was recently sent from the Presidio to take station on Lime Point, relieving Captain Birkhimer's battery of the Third United States Artillery. The insubordinate soldfer is Private Frank Bryan. It appears that he refused to obey the orders of Sergeant Babb and gave vehemence to his diso- bedience by addressing the sergeant in vituperative and vile language. Accord- ing to the charges and specifications, the aforesaid Bryan not only used unmilitary epithets, but he smote the sergeant on the head with a stone. Not satisfied with hurl- ing epithets and stones at the sergeant, he dislodged his superior from the com- mand of a span of mules and a wagon and took charge of the outfit himself. A regular officer of high rank, who is noted for his military conservatism, pro- nounces the offense as one of the worst cases of insubordination that has de- veloped since the war began. Private Bryan will _ be tried by court- martial, and if he is found gullty of all the offenses laid at his door he will prob- ably pass the next year at hard work on Alcatraz Island. i HOSPITAL CORPS. m four Hotchkiss re- | Details Made for the Third Expedition to the Phil- ippines. The following medical officers have been detailed by Major Owen of the field hospital as the hospital corps of the next sailing Philippine expedition: City of Para—Privates Thomas F. Tier- ney, Frank H. Seawell, John A. Wyatt, :090000000@0Q@9@@@000@00@0@09@@@0@0003 C R R4 command is now complete. headquarters. should provide himself with a pair o haversacks, in camp. canteens, Jection. you bring none such with you. of the companies. and Surgeon Stone to Marysville. PPPPPVPPPPOPPPP9PPPPDPPOPPO0POO P0G O OGO G OO when the regiment is turned over service in the Philippines. army, when he and his company had hoped for. taimey of one of the companies. given that command. hardship. candidates for assistant surgeons. R R R RO RO OR R ROR R RO RO R ORCRCRCRCRORCRORCY You will bring serviceable uniforms for your men as far as possible. Each man serviceable shoes and a change of undercloth- ing. Also bring arms and ordnance equipment, meat cans and such other camp equipage as can be utilized You will have Invoices made out of all State and Government property you take into camp with you, and furnish this office with duplicate copies of same. The maximum number of enlisted men will be 106 per company. You will have a preliminary physical exarsination made immediately for your men and bring only such as pass a physical examination. re-examination by the United States surgeons when rendezvoused in camp. take with you from 6ix to ten men extra to flll vacancies that may be caused by re- Men leaving families dependent upon them for support are not desired. be very careful in the selection of your men. All minors must obtain the consent of their parents or guardians, legally attested by a notary public. Preparations were at once begun for the examination and mustering in Blanks were sent out for the physical examin men, which began last night, Assistant Surgeon F. W. Dudley being dis- patched to Woodland for that purpose while Surgeon Grey went to Colusa Local surgeons will be employed at other points in order to hasten the preliminary work so that the commands may rendezvous at Oakland by the end of the week. The camp site has not yet been determined upon, but Colonel Henshaw, Captain Murray and Captain G. B. Baldwin were across the bay again yes- terday and Inspected several choice locations. made to-day and orders will go out at once for the companies to go into camp there as soon as the surgeons gre through with their work amination is not final; the men will have to undergo another surgeons after they get into camp, but it s the Governor's intention to have the preliminary examination so rigld that there will not be a lot of men brought into camp only to be rejected and returned home. All 'the companies have recently been newly uniformed and with the old uniforms on hand, most of which are in good condition, every man will go into camp equipped as a soldier should be. to General Otls, some time next week, it will be the best equipped and the finest volunteer regiment that will see District Attorney Willlam S. Barnes is disappointed because he was not chosen to form a part of the new regiment with the independent company he has organized, but Governor Budd has assured him that he will be given a chance to stop Spanish bullets on the next call for troops and the intrepid official is now anxiously awaiting President McKinley’'s summons for a third will march forth to battle. ptain George B. Baldwin will fare better in the new regiment than he Instead of a staff appointment he will He has been positively assured of this and as the Petaluma company is without a captain Baldwin will It so the men from Petaluma are to be congratulated, for Captain Baldwin, who formerly commanded Company C, Eighth Infantry, of Marysville, is admittedly one of the best drill masters in this or any other State, and moreover, is a thorough gentleman, whose consideration for his men will insure them against many an unnecessary Lieutenant E. S. Heller, Inspector of Rifle Practice of the Fifth Infantry, will be the quartermaster of the new regiment, while Dr. John Yost of San Francisco and Dr. J. B. H. Reed of Stockton are the most prominent Dr. George F. Shiels of San Francisco has already been appointed chief suigeon. @@@@@@@@O@OO@@@@@@ LA A A A R R R R ORORCR R IR RN THE REGIMENT COMPLETED: Santa Rosa to Furnish a Company for§ Colonel Henshaw’s Command. Company E, Fifth Infantry, of Santa Rosa, as it was announced ex- clusively in yesterday's Call it. would be, has been selected by Governor Budd as the twelfth company of the new regiment and Colonel Henshaw's The following circular order was sent out to the captains of the various companies yesterday: You will have the men of your company who desire to enter the United States volunteer service ready to leave your armory upon receipt of orders from these tents, Buzzacott ovens, blankets, These will be given a rigld You can You will Investigate this carefully, and see that The age limit is 5. ion of the A selection will probably be This ex- t by army The Governor is determined that be given the cap- probably be armly 990000000600 0000009090309000093000600000009¢00609090000000000000000000¢900600 ¢ ort to Major R. J. Fitzgerald, sur- Feon Thirtcenth Minnesota Volunteers. Steamer Ohio—Steward Howard Juck- and Privates Charles H. Craw- fora, | H. Hassard, James M. Has- sard, Albert Hutaff, R. Lang, John E. T.yon, Willlam Spencer, Thomas F. Sar- jeant, to report for duty to Assistant Sur- on’ Keefer. B teamer Indiana—Privates A. J. Berger, T. F. Barton, B. Britton, A. M. Dykes, George W. Graham, H. W. Jones, J. D. Kelly, S. B. Lowther,” F. Gunther, E. Baker, to report to Assistant Surgeon Titus. i Acting Assistant Surgeon Broedeck will report to acting Assistant Surgeon F. H. Titus. el et AIDING T'HE. VOLUNTEERS. Two New Booths Opened at| Camp Merritt by Catholic Ladies. Two new bpoths have been opened at Camp Merritt by the Catholic Ladies’ Aid Society. The site is on the lot ocupied by the North Dakota troops at Common- wealth avenue and California street. The ladies in charge will there welcome friends and cheerfully receive donations. The booths were thronged yesterday, and the ladies were busy writing letters. In the field other members were visiting the sick, eastag the pains of the sufferers and dealing out delicacies to_the conval- escent. !\fany donations of delicacies, bandages, magazines and other needed articles were diu-eh‘ed (lurlng“[he ¢ he donors were: Mrs. O. é«::‘l:i‘lg. lllrs. M. Murphy, Mrs. Hicks, Mrs. Fehn, Mrs. Burke, Mrs. Knorp and Mrs. Stewart. The cash donations were a: low Mrs. J. Shea, $; h Catholic Ladies’ Aid Society, $5; Mr: O'Neill, §2 50; Mrs. M. Deane, §1; Mrs. McCormick, $1. Christian Endeavorersin Camp The California Christian Endeavor Union supplied the ships of the last expe- dition with writing material, hymn books and games for use among the boys bound for Manila. Voluntary contributions are coming in from different parts in ald of the work being carried on at the camp by the Christian Endeavor. The young people’s socleties of Wheatland gave a social in aid of the work a few days since. ew departure will be made at the | CRLRE ven each evening at | soclals vii'h:C a;:e ¥ he Christian Endeavo: thet ot having some time set apart in which to hold a short praise service. Ata service held the %n:e{ ‘evening about forty to confess Christ. : T omeort-bags are still being distributed to the:boys at the camp and also to the soldiers on the warships. Sl s War Incidents. Colonel Kessler, with the officers of his regiment, last evening called formally upon Major General Otis and upon Brig- adier Generals King and H. G. Otis. The excellent band of the regiment followed and serenaded the several headquarters. Colonel Frost yesterday recelved official orders directing him to take temporary charge of the Fourth Brigade. As was stated in yesterday's Call, Colonel Frost was on Tuesday unofficlally aware of his elevation to this important ll’:‘omxx;lm"n]. but ot until yesterday that the neces- ls‘s:"“n:te came )from Major General Otis telling him to take up his duties. Lieutenant Colonel Lee D. Stover will act as temporary commander of the First South Dakotas while Colonel Frost is filling his more important command. Ad- jutant Lien has been made adjutant gen- eral of the brigade. Dr. Henry Brodek, who is to accompany General Merritt to Manila, has been com- missioned as first lieutenant. He was born in California, but has for many years lived in the Spanish countries, where he has earned a high reputation as a physi- headquarters: clan and surgeon. He was the physician | f Carlos Ezeta during his term as Presi- ?ient of San Salvador. Dr. Brodek has been through many of the plagues and epidemics that have visited the Spanish colonies, and has thus become thoroughly versed in the treatment of the ailments prevalent in tropical climates. It was upon the recommendation of Colonel Mid- dleton, surgeon general, that Dr. Brodek was summoned from Mexico to go to the Philippines. He is a brother-in-law of A. T. Barnett, an attorney of this city. Frank H. Seawell, son of Sheriff S well of Healdsburg and nephew of Sen- ator Seawell, has joined the hospital corps of the regular army and will go to Manila with the next expedition. Dr. Mack Stone, having passed the ex- amination for assistant army surgeon, has been_assigned to the Nero, which salls for Manila to-day. and Benevolent | the bride | guests, | tokens, nual picnic at the Germania Gai next Sunday and the procecde wint fe o nated to the Red Cross Society. The committee announces a number of valu- alle‘E gate prizes. To-morrow night Seven Pines Ci No. 3 Ladies of the Grand Army of thg Republic, will celebrate its twelfth an- niversary by a grand ball in Native Sons’ Hall, and the committee of arrangements has extended an invitation to every man in Camp Merritt who wears the blue to attend. ' Every soldier wearing the uni- ‘fg;n;agxrp: nelé Sam will be welcomed by s and by veterans {he il e veterans of the War of Last evening Dr. Max Magnus - tained Wyoming Volunteers' afficers at a banquet. " There were many noted guests present. among them Governor Richards Major Foote, Captains O’'Brien and Mil- ler, Dr. Morrison, Major Harney of tne Harbor Commission, Dr, Ragan of the Board of Education, and quite a number of prominent physicians. Governor Rich- ards of Wyoming made an excellent | speech, which enlisted enthusiasm. The banquet was a highly successful tion, func- CUPID'S LATEST TRIUMPH. Marriage of Adeline Henderson and Edward Brown Last Evening. Amid the tinkling of mariage bells and the good wishes of a host of friends Miss Adeline Henderson and Edward W, Brown were united in marriage last evening at the home of the bride's parents on Point Lobos avenue. The ceremony was performed under a huge marriage bell of La France and white roses by Rev. Father Coyle of the Star of the Sea Church, who, after pro- nouncing the sacred words of the church extended his blessing and good wishes to and groom. Many beautiful presents were given the bride by admir- ing friends and relatives, among them l)elnT costly jewels and many useful requisites that go toward the % bellishment of a home. S Upon the conclusion of the ceremonies a wedding supper was tendered the after which the bride and groom storm of rice and “good-luck y drove to their future home at 1462 Page street. The groom's marriage gift to his bride was a magnificent sya burst of gold ornamented with di. and various other preclous sm“gs.amonds amid Among the prominent guests wi present were! - George 1. Bowen’ S Ella Bowen, ' Miss Eva Kyle, Thomag Martin and 'wife. Mr. and Martin, 8. Brizzolara, Mr. and “:aéns}; Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse E. Marks. Miss Belle Brown, D. Coultv. Miss Sarah Kelly, Thomas Burgoyne, 'Mrs. Sarab McClean and two daughters, the Mseen Josie and Catherine; Louis M. Jacobs, the Misses Ella and 1da Murray : bauer, Mrs. A Andrews. s Bizatcis Andréws, Richard O'Connor, M ek Mrs. M. J. Haverty, Marl Catherine Haverty, John l(('nlxzéalr:afi'w L;fi; Mrs. V. Neubauer, George MeCor. mick, Mrs. Lynch, Miss Catherine Lynen William Welsh, Miss Jennie MeCormici Frank J. Murray, A. J. Coulty, Mrs. T Kelly. Sigmund M. Bettman, Mrs. B, Kyle E. Kyvle and Mrs. H. Mcuoughlir maid was Miss Sarah Kejy, ¢ Drides- frisiiianls S S AN CHUNG YUEN IS DEAD. Gee Tai Arrested and Identified as His Assailant. Chung Yuen, the Chinese merchant w was shot on Washington street at :fi early hour yesterday morning, died at about 6 o'clock last night at his residence. 310 Washington street, where he had been removed from the Ferry Hospital. Yes- terday afternoon Detectives Gibson and Wren arrested Gee Tai on the suspicion of having committed the murder and :zx:-gu'gn);lnh(vlvnhinlo the ipresence of the dy- , who recogn! B snlllaxln. S gnized him as his as t is believed that Chung Yuen killed at the instigation of %he Gin EZ: Tong, a soclet?' of overall manufacturers, and their employes. About a month ago, when Chung Yuen cut wages, he was ex-~ Kelled from the tong and a price put on is head. Since that time he has seidom ventured forth without a body guard. Monday night he went visiting in China- town, and thinking the coast was clear dismissed his guards about a half block from his house as he was returning home Tuesday morning. His negligence was fatal, as his guards were hardly out of sight’ before the shot was fired. He was a nephew and former business associate of Little Pete. —_— On to Manila! On to Manila! Pictorial history of the ‘Volunteer Camp and expedition. No read- ing. Magnificent souvenir to preserve u‘nd it to friends. Sold every-?vhem 5:2