The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 26, 1898, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 1898. TROOPS MARCH TO-DAY AND SAIL TO-MORROW RAL ARTHUR MACAR- THUR'S Manila brigade of the Eighth Army Corps will strike tents at Camp Merritt and (hei Presidio this forenoon and march | to the docks. The troops are under or- | ders to leave their several camps at 1| 2. m. with one day’'s cooked rations. The route of march from the camp to the water front will be designated by the commanding officer of each organ- 1zation. To-morrow at 9 a. m., General Mac- | Arthur will report to Major General Merritt, U. S. A, commanding the corps, to receive final instructions pre- liminary to salling. It is expected (Iml; the fleet, consisting of the Indiana, | Ohio, City of Para, Morgan City and | Valencia, will sail soon after the bri- gade commander receives his instruc- tions from General Merritt. THE THIRD SQUADR ON . ¥Four Ships Ready to Receive 'I‘x‘oops—-Aczivny Aboard the Valencia. The Ohlo, Morgan City, Indlana and | City of Para are now ready to receive the troops, while the cargo ‘id supplies are being rushed into the Valencia as| Quickly as two hatches can receive them. The Oregon steamer State of California | was Inspected by Major Long yesterday and Columbia will be looked over as | she gets in from Portland. The | nent has now decided to dally no ith the owners and all the ves- red will be taken willy nilly as they come The vess keeping lter W next T Company’s 29th, il Company's ama on the | here from riposa, due | from Pa Janeiro, du 1 the M on July 2. s fitted out to carry in a very sh re f c d could be got reac s 1t ok o outfit the e GOING TO THE FRONT. Plan of Campaign Adopted by the Christian Com- mission. les A. Glunz and Frank A. Jack- men who are to go to the the third expedition, of Para, as Army Christian ‘ are thoroughly equipped for | t d will practically carry | the church to the front. | rge tent which will ac- | regiment; this will be erect- | army and they have permis- | eral Merritt to travel “‘i'h} of a work army 3 it may move. They | e out with song books, | rch organ thousand sh envelopes which will to the soldiers. They w ervices in connection with t plain and carry on the same line work ith th army as s dnne‘ T Ch an_Commission dur- | ir r. Evangelistic meot- s and song services will n among the soldiers, | | morning by Private Gorovens of the same | power of sufficient mone: | ernment of their services on the battle- funds for the prosecution of the work, which may be sent to the treasurer of the Army Christian Commission, Associa- tion building, Mason and Ellis streets. e A BAYONET WOUND. Private J. W, Terry of the Twentieth Kansas Seriously Hurt by a Comrade. Private J. V. Terry, one of the racently arrived recruits of the Twentieth Kansas Regiment, was bayoneted yesterday regiment and seriously wounded. The af- fair was an accident, but, all the same, Terry now lies in the regiment hospital with'a deep wound In his left side, and the urgeons are of the opinion that the man’s iver may have been penetrated by the bayonet. At the time of the accident Gorovens was doing guard duty and Terry had been detailed to_throw some wood into camp that was just over the guard line. He had just completed his task and was in the act of climbing over the fence when Gorovens halted him. For some reason, evidently because he became alarmed and ‘“rattled,” Terry made a break and ran, and Gorovens went in pursuit. In rounding a tent Terry tripped over a rope and fell, and Gorovens, who was almost upon him, fell over his prostrate form, and In doing so ran the bayonet several iInches Iinto | Terry's back,. The unfortunate soldier was taken to_the regimental hospital for treatment. No blame is attached to Gorovens. Terry's wound may prove fatal. - HOSPITAL AT MANILA. General Merritt Approves a Plan of the Red Cross Society. The Red Cross Soclety will have a ho!--1 pital in the Philippines. The patriotic women who have tendered their gentle care as nurses will be acknowledged by e Government. General Merritt crumpled the anti- nurse edict in his soldier's hand yester- | day and gave his consent to the scheme of humanity that the Red Cross Soclety has been earnestly but quietly working ever since it has had the reckoning The plan of the society is, briefly, to es- tablish a hospital equal to the emergency of the campaign at Manila; to thorough- 1y equip it with all the appliances of the | humane side of modern warfare, and to | provide nurses of either sex, whose ser- | vices shall be voluntary. The society | plan does not contemplate a corps of sur- | geons. The medicines and the gentle care necessary to convalesce it will supply, but the surgeons will be detached from the corps of the general field hospital. This point was among the many conceded vesterday by General Merritt. This will be welcome news to hundreds of patriotic women who, though deeply disappointed at the refusal by the Gov- ground, have labored untiringly for the health 'and comfort of the thousands of men in the peaceful camp. S ol CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS. Their Good Work at Camp Merritt Is Appreciated by the Boys in Blue. The First Baptist Church soclal Friday evening at Camp Merritt was a very en- joyable affair, one of the features belng a touching address by Pastor Woods. Last evening the First Methodist Church of Oakland entertained the sol- diers, and this evening a praise service will be held. 4 the soldiers donating something toward »me for the wounded and | | nd in all possible waya| The entertainments this week will be | ster to the spiritual in charge of the following: Monday, | of the men. | Howard Presbyterian; Tuesday, First | s being manifested in xhaJ Presbyterian; Wednesday, Good Tem- READY FOR ACTIVE SERVICE. and Deep inter | Manila expedition are ready for the re- | | vision the steamers have been put | pedition, which will be prepared to sail CAPTAIN C. E. HAVEN, Commanding Santa Rosa Company . of the Eighth Cal 0000000000000 000000000000000000000 ORDERS TO MARCH. TROOPS WILL LEAVE CAMP FOR THE SHIPS AT 11 O’CLOCK THIS FORENOON. Orders were issued by Major General Otis late yesterday afternoon for the troops comprising the third expedition to Manila to break camp at 8 o'clock this morning, and to take up their line of march at 11 o'clock for the wharves where lie the transports on which they are to embark for transportation to the Philippines. The order was in the form of a circular letter and a copy of the same was sent to the commanding officers of the Second Battalions of the Eighteenth and Twenty-third United States Infantry, Idaho Battalions, Thirteenth Minnesota Regiment, Wyoming Battalion, Corps of Engineers, the Signal Corps and batteries G and L of the Third United States Artillery. No line of march is designated in the circular letter, but the troops will leave Camp Merritt at 11 o'clock and probably proceed down Golden Gate avenue in a body to Market, and from there the different commands will take the easiest and shortest route to their respective transports. The troops act as independent commands in marching to the vessels. The Astor Light Battery and Batterles H and K, Third United States Artillery, have not yet received their orders to break camp. 0000000000000 0ODO0000000000O0O0 0000000000000 00000000000O0OO0 0000000000000 00O00CLO0OODOD0OOOONOOODO0OOO0OO meeting his old commander agaln may be imagined. Captain John B. Jeffery has arrivea from the East and assigned to duty as quartermaster of the First Brigade on the staff of General M. P. Miller. Captatu Jeffery is a veteran journalist of Chicago, and for twenty vears had the manage- ment of the Journal of that city. He 1Is registered at the Palace, but will take up his quarters at Camp Merritt to-day. It Many men call at the Endeavor head- quarters for medicines on hand and do- natlons of these will be gratefully re-| ceived. | The King's Daughters have contributed | $32 toward the work of the Endeavorers | at_the camp. Contributions are coming {n, many of the work which they so much desire to see continued. During the past few days donations have been received from the | was through the efforts of Captain Jet- H. H. Scott Coal Company, Mr. Callagan, | fery that Duncan B. Harrison, the actor- Company L. Eighteenth Regulars; Mrs. manager, secured his appointment in the Thomas R. Hayes and N. McKellar. Mr. | a; that gentleman being accredited to Miner will keep the Kansas tentssupplied | with stationer; CAMP MERRITT DIVISION, Wedding in the Seventh Cali- fornia—W yoming Light Bat- tery Due To-Morrow. Sergeant Major R. I. Falmer of the Seventh California was last night mus- tered into the army of benedicts by Chap- lain A. C. Clark of the regiment, who, in the presence of Colonel Berry and his | officers, married the sergeant major to| comes handy. Once issued, the quarter- Miss Augusta Stoermer of Los Angeles. | m;:t‘;rfl;ioi.:‘r{z?;lpbgg‘!_;rlégkggalr[‘f: afor a Wnen the regiment left its native city | er fit, 0ys 1 sec- the young couple had arrived at a mu. | Uon of the Darktown Rangers until th hit upon a bright scheme. There is a de- tual understanding, and on Friday, MIss | tachment of ladies of the Catholic Truth Stoermer, true to her promise, came to Society in camp, who originally intended San Francisco to make good her troth fo establish a reading-room for the boys, to the man of her choice. The couple re~ Put this has been turned into a free sew- celved many congratulations. Mrs. Fal- r 1 The graceless members of the South Da- kota regiment have found that it is a real pleasure to be soldiers when there are ladies to help them out. The boys have recently been issued a lot of gar ments the conscienceless contractors call uniforms. They are of every concelvable shape and quality, and of dazzling shades of_blue. These uniforms, according to army reg- ulations, must be numbered, which reg- ulation the contractors strictly adhere to, but with no regard for honesty. Pants measuring 42 inches waist will be num- bered 32 inches and No. 1 blouses will be marked No. 4 or any other number that ing circle by the soldiers, who by various 1- | arts and devices have cajoled the sym- mer will remain here until her husband's pathetic ladies into altering their clothes regiment is ordered away. | Into a semblance of a fit. 1t is amusing B 2 = | to see how cleverly the voung scamps Charges have been proferrod by C8D- | manage 0 ket thelr sewine oftionte this tain Caine of tne Utah troop of cavalry | |,qies” who never seem fo realize that against Private Brandt for sleeping on | ({015, Who never seem, to realize that his post while on guard. The trooper Will | than one. But some day, when the boys be tried by a general court martial, zet to bringing in their socks to be Lieutenant French of the First Mon- | §5L (9 REnEing going to be an insurrec- tana has been detalled by Brigadler Gen- | tjon’ eral Otis to take command of the First Private Sweeney of K Company, First Nebraska Regiment. North Dakota, was tried yesterday before Brigadier General King inspected the tha general court of the Fourth Brigade camp of the First Tennessee Reglment on a charge of disobedience of orders. yesterday afternoon. ? The findings will be published to-day. The The Aiger Light Battery of Wyoming, court, of which Lieutenant Colonel Lea 1% men strong, under the command of K Stover is president, will st again to-day Captain G. M. Palmer, will arrive at | for the trial of such prisoners as may be Camp _ Merritt to-morrow. Governor { brought before it Richards sald yesterday that just ten ARSI s days after the order was issued from the War Department accepting the services of the battery, it was mustered into ser- | vice and on ifs way to this city. i The funerals of Privates Moone znd | Greenough, companies B and L, Twen- | MONTANA VOLUNTEERS. Ready to Go to the Front and Meet the Enemy Face tieth Kansas, took place yesterday | afternoon, and nui lx)odleslh of ]\l}he} to Face. men were interred in e a- | S 2 tional Cemetery —at the Presidio,| 11 PO¥S of the First Montana Regi- ment want to get to the front as speedily as possible. Here is an expression opinfon given by Montana volunteers: Editor Call: We volunteered to fight for our country, to engage the enemy face to face, and not stay on any coast to hear about others doing the fighting. We are not afrald to face the enemy, and as for standing hardship our regiment can hold its own with any other regiment that ever came to San Franelsco. Moone died at the French Hospital, of an abscess in the head, and Greenough at the Marine Hospital, of a complication of disorders, caused by measles. Captain Watson, Company L, had command of the four companies that attended the fu- neral. Lieutenant L. C. Smith, quartermaster Twentieth Kansas‘. has been forcfd ;o rielf sign his commission on account o i Pt~ Colomel.- Punston will - appoint | ssseptl}, Gt our, work” ac” home 1o g0 Lieutenant Walter Hull, Company I, to | what money we could get, but to fight 1t we be quartermaster. | had wanted money we would have stayed at Dr. Kirby Smith, a son of the famous | home where we got from $90 to $12 & month, General Kirby Smith of the Confederate | instead of enlisting for $15 a month. army, has been detached from the First | . \We were the first regiment mustered into the Tenncssee and assigned to duty at the | Giicd St SOUNICE Yot we have bad no Field Hospital. (- : : Dr. N. M. Black, who is attached to the | who Foueit Teaions. AN o orana ploncers Field Hospital corps, recelved by wire| to fight the Spaniards. We are also willing last evening that his father, Major John | to donate to the United States six months pay S. Black, had been attached to the staff | for the privilege of going to the front. of General Miles. Major Black was chiet FOUR BOYS OF MONTANA. of General Miles’ staff during the rebel- lion. When the present trouble began he THE SIGNAL CORPS. was tendered rank of major and made =ond chief commissary of supplies. Money in Hongkong to the FOURTH EXPEDITION. Credit of Sacramento SR g Volunteers. Majord Long, (Eroposss (@ A=sl capistn Fredil Marnaor it T ihh semble Another Fieet in tenolr Signal Corsps. formerly commanding fine. officer of the Signal Corps, Third Brig- a Viery:-Shorfilime, ade, N. G. C., at Sacramento, recelved, a Now that the transports of the third | very pleasant gift for the members of his former command from the Red Cross Soclety of Sacramento in the form of a draft from the bank of D. O. Mills & Cc. on Hongkong for $106 05, Hongkong cur- rency, the equivalent of $0 United States money, for the benefit of the members of his former command, With the remit- tance came a letter from Frank Miller, treasurer of the soclety, and incident: ally president of the D. . Mills Banking Company, asking that the money be cx- pended for the beneflt of J. 1. \Watkins, W. Strachauer, Hugh M. Strachan and F. M. Russell, now members of the Vol- R RE SRS T PP WILL MARCH ABOARD TO-DAY Assignment of the Troops to the Several Vessels of the Fleet. Four of the Manila transports will receive troops to-day as fo lows: of ception of the troops Major Long, the depot quartermaster, under whose super- in condition for ..e long voyage, is now making up the flotilla of the fourth ex- in a few days. The sacific Mail steam- ship Peru was secured yesterday, and the Clty of Puebla, which was recently char- tered, will be in shape to receive coal and supplies in a day or two. Several other steamers are in sight and the pros- pects are that tue fourth squadron will be assembled this week. 'he steamers Queen, Columbia, State of California and Oregon, all belonging to the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, will not be im- pressed, owing to the fact that their deck houses make them unsafe in a ty- on. poslxty men of Batteries G and L, Third Artillery, will not be able to sail on the third expedition for Manila, owing to a lack of room. They will go into camp at Camp Merritt and wili_be under the command of Lieutenant Abernathy. Batterles H and K, Third Artillery, to sail for Manila to-morrow, will be under command of Major Kobbe. i AMONG THE VOLUNTEERS. ifornia Volunteers. work of the Christian Commission. The Young People’s Soclety of Christian En- deavor, Epworth League and other socie- ties of Fresno County are arranging for a large entertainment for the benefit of the work of the Christian Commission. The Young People’s’ Society of Christian Endeavor of the First Presbyterian Church, Oakland, presented Messrs. Glunz and Jackson with a beautiful American flag which will be hoisted over their tent when erected in the Philippine Islands. The executlve committee of the com- mission, comprised of Rev. ‘H. C. Min- ton, D. D., president; R. H. Chamberlain, Rev. A. T. Needham, H. J. McCoy, B. C. it, R. V. Watt, D. Edward Collins, W. A. Gardner, Major W. B. Hooper, Rev. George C. Adams, D. D., and Rev. D. C. Miller, will meet at the Occidental Hotel next Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, at which time it is expected arrangements will be made to bring the Christian Commission to the attention of the churches of the State of California. The Christian Commission will provide a large tent for the pursuance of its work in connection with the regiment which is to be located in Oakland. Already ne- gotlations are being made for the tent. ‘)‘lara: Thursday, Westminster and First nited Presbyterian; ‘Friday, Mrs. Hol- | Brook Blinn; Saturday, Third Congrega- onal. At the last meet!n%of the executive committee of the Mothers’ Christian En- deavor Club a vote of thanks was passed to The Call for furnishing papers each morning to the reading and writing room at the headquarters; also to the San Francisco News Company for periodicals. In the past few days over comfort- bags have been distributed by Mrs. Fow- den to the soldiers, and the following let- tar shows how these bags are appreciated: “CAMP MERRITT, June 24, 1808. “To the Ladles of the Christian En- deavor Society: We, the members of the Engineer Corps, thank you for the fine comfort-bags which you so kindly sent. The soldier is an appreciative being if you only examine him closely, and our men A always remember your kind sty while we were at the lerrr and at camp, and if we never have the pieasure of meet- ing you personally you may be assured that™ somewhere—and A)erhnp! around a camp fire—will be sald, ‘God’s blessing on tne mothers and sisters of San Fran- cisco.’” Yours truly, An appeal Is maue to the public for 1; “B. A. KIRKPATRICK, “U. 8. Engineers.” Morgan’ City at Pacific-street wharf—The First Idaho Volun- teers and the First Nebraska re- cruits. | City of Para, at the Pacific Mail dock—The Thirteenth Minnesota. Indiana, at Pacific-street dock— One battalion of the Eighteenth United States Infantry, one bat- talion of the Twenty-third United States Infantry, the Signal Corps and a detachment of engineers. Brigadier General MacAthur, commanding the expedition, estab- lished his deaquarters on the In- diana last evening. Ohio, at Lombard-street dock— First Wyoming Volunteers, Bat- teries G and L, Third Artillery and recruits of the Thirteenth Minnesota. The Valencia, which is taking on coal to-day at the Unlon Iron ‘Works, will be ready to-morrow morning for its assignment of troops—the First North Dakota Volunteers. Colonel Frost Receives a Visit- or—An Array of Misfit Blouses. The members of the battallon of the Sixth California, on Quty at the Fort Point fortifications, are indebted to the Red Cross Society for lavish supplies of medicines and delicacies for the, sick members of the command, and the mem- bers of the hospital corps, through the medium of The Call, desire to express their heartfelt thanks to the ladies for their work. No surgeon is attached to the battalion, and the writer of the com- munication to The Call says the. society has done a world of good in caring for the invalids at the camp for which the soldlers wish to acknowledge thelr deep- est gratitude. The camp of the Sixth is situated near the old fort, but it is not too far away for the samaritans of the Red Cross to minister to. Colonel Frost, of the First South Da- kota Regiment, recelved a visit yester- day that was a surprise as well as a source of much gratification to him. His caller was Captain William Hoffman, U. S. A., retired, who was in command of The Newport on Wednesday will Colonel Frost's company in the Eleventn take on Batteries H and K, Third Infantry years ago. ‘olonel Frost en- Artillery, the Astor Independent tered the regular service as a private in 1381, and was commissioned secogd lieu- tenant in 1884, He last saw CaptaPHoff- man when he was ordered to take his ex- amination for promotion fourteen yvears ago, and his surprise and pleasure at Battery and General Merritt and staff. This steamer is at the Pa- cific Mail dock. tH+tttt o4+ Ranas s s o S R S R R R R e R R e AAASASAAASARSSEAbEs ettt tt et ne et snaRBASABSS S v unteer Signal Corps, former members of Captain Martin’s company. It is needless to say that the gift is ap- preciated, and every boy in the signal corps is willing to swear that Sacra- mento has done nobly on this occasion. TILDEN ENLISTED. First Man of the United Com- mercial Travelers’ Associa- tion to Join the Army. J. C. Tilden, a musician of the Seventh California Volunteers, was the first mem- ber of the United Commercial Travelers’ Assoclation to enlist in the army for the war. His.example created surprise and enthusiasm in th§ ranks of his fellow- travelers. The order was in session a few nights since, when the outside guard observed a man in the uniform of a soldier ap- proaching the door. The soldier respond- ed to the challenge by giving the proper signal. Further along the second guard was encountered, but he was not inclined to accept the responsive signals. The man in uniform, knowing the work and the countersign, insisted on admission to the inner council, and carried his point. Once inside Tilden in his uniform cre- ated a sensation. The drummers in se- cret conclave wondered how a soldier got inside. The president on the throne sus- pended proceedings, left his elevated chair and descended to the floor to test the right of the unexpected visitor to re- main. Tilden was up to the mark in his recollection of grips, signs and responses. The presiding officer, not satisfied with the investigation by grips and signs, made a keen personal observation and then recognizing the face of Tilden ut- tered an exclamation not to be found in the ritual. “Boys, it is Tilden,” shouted the president, and instantly the soldier was the central figure of the assembly. Tilden was congratulated by all and sev- eral promised to emulate his example. J. C. Tilden is well known on the coast as the representative of shoe and leather houses. Since he joined the army other travelers have enlisted for the war, COURT-MARTIAL. To Convene at the Presidio for the Trial of Cases Requiring Immediate Example. A general court-martial has been ap- pointed to meet at the Presidio to-mor- row morning at 11 o'clock, and it is au- thorized to sit without regard to hours as all the cases to be referred for trial require immediate example. The detail of the court is as follows: Major Gus G. Grant, Captain Willlam Bruce, Captain Art 8. Guthrie, First Lieutenant Louis A. Eaton and Second Lieutenant John Parnau, all of the Cali- fornia Volunteer Infantry, and First Lieutenant Henry L. Egell, First Lieu- tenant Edward Erwin, Second Lieutenant George B. Lambing, Second Lieutenant Harvey J. Moss, all of the First Wash- ington Volunteer Infantry, and Captain George H. Fortson, First Washington Volunteer Infantry, judge advocate. i e Hospitality Appreciated. That the courtesies extended the Penn- sylvania regiment have been appreciated by those they left behind themis evidenced by the following letter recelved yesterday by Mayor Phelan: PITTSBURG, Pa., June 20, 1868. To the Honorable the Mayor of San Fran- clsco, Cal.— At a meeting of Lowry Circle No. 27, Ladies of the G. A. R., Wilkinsturg, Pa., a'resolution was unanimously adopted di- recting the secretary to write you expressing the appreciation by the members of the circle of the kindness shown the officers and men of the Tenth Regiment, P. V. L, during their so- Journ in your city. 1t is with great pleasure, therefore, that I now comply with the resolution, and I assure you that the numerous reports which have reached us, both through the press and from private sources, setting forth the enthusiastic and overwhelming reception accorded our boys by your hospitable city have filled us with the utmost gratification. We do not doubt that the future doings of Pennsylvania’s sons in far- off Manila will fully justify the consideration they received at your hands. Again thanking you most heartily, I am yours very truly, RS. ELMIRA V. NULL, Secretary. 52 Brushton avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. —— The State Headquarters. | Governor Budd and Adjutant General Barrett closed their headquarters at the California Hotel last night and will open thelr new rooms at the Palace Hotel this morning. The State headquarters will be located on the first floor, near the Republican State Central Committee's rooms, and hereafter all matters pertaining to the State troops will be directed from there. £ Tyt ‘War Incidents. Major General Merriam, commanding the Department of California, is expected to return on Wednesday next from Fort Vancouver, Wash., where he nas been for the pasttwo weeks engaged in disposing of a lot of accumulated business of the De- partment of the Columbia, which is un- der his jurisdiction. Two batteries of the Sixth United States Artillery Regiment are on the way to San Francisco, having passed Ogden yesterday morning. No information has been received at military headquarters as to their assignment. -An elaborate dinner was given last evening by Colonel and Mrs. Charles H. Blinn to Colonel William C. Smith of the First Tennessee Regiment. Others pres- ent were: General W. H. L. Barnes, Colonel C. Mason h.nne, Mrs. Kinne and Miss Grace Thorne. The mingling of the blue and the gray brought out many stor- ies of the late war, Colonel Smith hav- ing been a Confederate general, while all the other gentlemen served in the Federal army. Though the troops that leave Camp Merritt to-day will not march down to the docks as one body, the individual com- mands will follow practically the same line of march that the Thirteenth Minne- sota will take—out Third avenue to Point Lobos, down_Point Lobos to Geary and then to Van Ness, across by Van Ness to Golden Gate avenue, thence to Market and down Market to the ferry, from whicn points they will find their boats. Two light batteries of the Sixth Artil- lery left Ogden yesterday morning en route to this city. Major Grugan is in command. A batch of 110 recruits from Columbus, Nebraska, will arrive at the ferry at noon to-day. They are in command of Lieu- tenant Colonel J. L. Killain, who will re- main with them at Camp Merritt. GRIDLEY’S ASHES LEFT IN JAPAN BODY OF THE BRAVE CAPTAIN CREMATED. Paymaster Galt of the Baltimore Tells of the Great Battle in Manila Bay on May 1. The steamer Coptfc, which arrived in port Friday night, brought to this city two men who were in the heat of the battle off Manila on May 1. They left Manila with Captain Gridley and were with him at the time of his death. One of them is Paymaster William W. Galt, the other George A. White, pay clerk. | Both were attached to the Raleigh. Pay- master Galt is on“a leaye of absence on account of having poor health. Mr. White accompanied him, his term of sea ser- vice having expired. After the battle of Manila Captain Gridley became seriously affected with intestinal troubles and, much against his will, was forced to leave the ship. Ac- COMMANDS THE FOURTH BRIGADE. COLONEL ALFRED S. FROST, First South Dakota Volunteer Infantry. ¥ One of the youngest and at the same time most promising of the command- ing officers in the Eighth Army Corps s Colonel A. S. Frost of the First South Dakota, who has just relieved General MacArthur of the command of the Fourth Brigade at Camp Merritt. Colonel Frost belongs to the regular army, with the rank of first lieutenant in the Twenty-fifth Infantry. Colonel Frost enlisted in the Eleventh Infantry in 1881, serving as private, corporal and sergeant until August 7, 1834, when he was appointed second :iel;;;;flint of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. He was promoted to first lieutenant n 1891, From the time he entered the army until 1894 he was stationed on the fron- tier and saw much hard service in the Indian campaigns. In the last named year Colonel Frost was placed on detached service and ordered to South Dakota as professor of military tactics at the State University, and af- terward on the Governor's staff as iuspector of the National Guard. ‘When his regiment was ordered to the front on the breaking out of the present war Colonel Frost was ordered to join it and went to Chickamauga, Where the Twenty-fifth was in camp, buf was recalled to South Dakota to take command of the First Regiment of Volunteers. Colonel Frost is reputed to be one of the best drill masters and tacticlans In the army, and is the idol of the men in his command. boarded the transport Zafiro, which car- ried them to Hongkong, where they were to be transferred to the Coptic. On the journey from Hongkong to Kobe Captain Gridley became rapidly worse. Soon aft- er arriving in Kobe he died, the cause of the death being Intestinal hemorrhages. It was expected that Galt would return with the remains of Captain Gridley, but he did not wait over in Yokohama. The body of the deceased naval officer was embalmed in Kobe and carried on the Coptic to Yokohama. There Galt re- ceived notice that he was to take charge of the body and the ecffects of the de- ceased. Later he was advised to have the body cremated. With befitting ceremo- nies this was performed in Yokohama, but the Coptic, leaving in advance of the time for the ashes to be brought to this country, did not carry the urn contain- ing what the incinerating fires had left of Captain Gridley's body. They will be brought over on the Rio de Janeiro,which is expected to arrive here on July The personal effects of Captain Gridley are in charge of Mr. Galt and they will be forwarded to his wife at once. In regard to the battle of Manila, Mr. Galt had little to say. He expressed him- self in general terms about the magnitude of the victory. *“It is still a miracle to me how it happened—that such a battle could have been fought with no damages to one of the Frinclflnl parties engaged. Of course, 1 can never hope to be in such an engagement again. Battles of that kind do not happen often enough for one man to see more than a single engagement of tnat character.” Mr. Galt was about to impart some in- teresting remarks made by Captain Grid- ley, summing up the character of the victory, but recalled his vows of taciturn- ity just in the nick of time, and now the world will have to wait until Mr. Galt writes his account of the battle to hear of the utterances of the brave commander of the Olympia on the most wonderful sea victory of late years. In sgeaking of the ease with which the batteries of Cavite were passed by the American ships, Mr. Galt said that the Spaniards were gnprepared. though they had a superabundance of ammunition and splendid ns. According to the ex-pay- companied by Paymaster Galt and Pay Clerk White he left the Olympia and master of the Raleigh, the marksmanship of the Spaniards is a fitgsubject for gross o f=R=8=3-3-3-%-3-8-F-3-2-3-F-2-F-F-F=3-F-F-3 -3 Fo gttt -2ttt T ] 0306508 0 10850 08 £08 108 108 108 108 X 108 0 308 08 100 08 KR 0¥ =3 ridicule. “They never hit what the: - tempt to hit, and very rarely hit yH.I:'t- thing,” s the judgment of Mr. Galt on the gunnery of the Dons. Mr. Galt will leave to-nigh to recuperate. Mehttonths Hast —_——— AN ANGRY HUSBAND'S FALL, A Wife Beater Foiled in His Pursuit for Vengeance. Louls Hardenberg, a bofler maker, While attempting to cross from one win- dow to another on the second story of the San Bruno House on Fourth street, near Minna, fell to the sidewalk and was ear- ried unconscious to the, Recelving Hos- pital. Hardenberg had quarreled with his wife and by threatening violence had driven her from one room to another on the same floor. She barred the door to pre- vent his entrance. Determined to inflict violence upon her he opened the window in the front of the house, crawled out on a narrow footing and tried to gain an opposite room, in which his wife was. He lost his footing and fell to the ground. Tt | is believed that he has suff | ioanten ered internal —_—— New Signal Instruments. The signal service of the California street police station has been ~eatly im- proved by the addition of a new set of signal instruments made at the fire alarm repair shops from the plans of Superin- (er:ident HIEYHL The idea is entirely new and novel in police signaling, away with thg cumbgrsomg t:‘:fiu df?:f-g merly in use. The several signal lines ‘which were run into the station in a hap- hazard fashion are now combined and led in through an underrround cable to a handsome oak sounding-board. All downtown signal inxu may now be connected directly with the &ty Hall e L e R SO town districts in cl u head of tne department Abs. entrance by means of a window to the