The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 27, 1898, Page 1

the | Call . SRen tFgRy ! \ra-",\". +343 = TVOLUME LXXXIV.—NO. 27 SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1898, PRICE FIVE CENTS. CAMARA’S SQUADRON ARRIVED AT PORT SAID REACHES ENTRANCE OF CANAL But the Vessels May Not Be Permitted to Go Through. There Is Also a Probability That the Fleet Is Not Destined for the Philippines. from Port Said says: o o ° °© o o o g San Francisco. 0000000000000 00000000000000000000 NEW YORK, June 26.—A cable to the Tribune leads to the belief that the true objective point of Camara’s fleet is not Manila, but Hawaii and finally [ © © Trustworthy information g © © © © 0000000000000 C0O00000000C0C0C0C0C0000000 Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. PORT SAID, Egypt, June 26.—A Spanish squadron, con- sisting of the battle-ship Pelayo, as flagship, leading, followed by the armored cruiser Carlos V, the armed cruiser Patriota, late the Normania, carrying twelve guns and a few troops and marines; the Buenos Ayres, with two guns and a- few troops; the torpedo boat destroyer Audaz; the armed cruiser Isla Panay, of two guns, carrying stores and a few troops; the Rapido, late Columbia, of twelve guns, carrying a few troops; @vhich has no guns or troops and looks like a store torpedo boat destroyers Proserpina and Osada, the Covadonga, which has no guns, and the coal ship ®San cisco, entered the harbor this morning. the Colon, ship; the transport Fran- Except the Carlos V, Patriota, Audaz and Proserpina, all have very foul bottoms and apparently are in an untidy condition. They will coal forthwith from a supply belonging to Cory Brothers. The following is a list of the ships, commanders, crews and cargoes: Pelayo, Rear Admiral Camara, Jose, crew 565 men; Carlos V, Captain Jose Jurez, 561 Fernandez men; Captain Audaz, Captain Guilletino de Avila, 73 men; Proserpina, Cap- tain Sances, 72 men; Osado, Captain Shimera, 72 men; Rapido, | Captain Compagon, crew 238, troops 200; Patriota, Captain Barrier, crew 230, troops 200; Buenos Ayres, Captain Grau, crew 198, troops 1044; Isla de Panay, Captain Baste, crew 103, troops 703; Covadonga, Captain Prestely, crew 117, cargo coal; Colon, Captain Louis Campos, crew 120, cargo stores; San Fran- cisco, Captain Morrosig, crew 68, cargo ammunition. A rumor is current that four more warships are expected. LONDON, June 26.—A dis- patch from Alexandria, Egypt, says the Spanish squadron, with transports, has arrived at Port 4Said. Port Said is at the Med- jterranean entrance of the Suez Canal. CAIRO, June 26.—Admiral Camara has not yet asked per- mission to coal at Port Said. MADRID, June 26.—The ar- rival of the Spanish fleet at Port Said caused no surprise here, Ad- miral Camara having announced that he was going to the Philip- pines. The threat of the American Government to attack the Span- ish coast has had no effect. A third squadron is preparing for the defense of the coast. A member of the Cabinet in an interview to-day said: “Let them come. We will receive them as they deserve.” CAMERA’S SHIPS May NOT p@ass THROUGH THE C@ANAL NEW YORK, June 26.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: In some circles a doubt still exists that the Spanish vessels are going to the Philip- pines. “It is my belief,” said a prominent naval officer with whom I talked, “that the canal commissioners will refuse to permit the Pelayo and Carlos V to go through the Suez canal on the ground that their draft is too great. Then these vessels will return to Spain, and the people will be told that it is impossible to go to the relief of the Spanish army in the Philippines because the water way is closed to them. Or it may be that Spain hopes that before the fleet reaches the Philippines that peace will be declared. This means that she will save the only two iron-clads she has. She doubtless appreciated that the dis- patch of the vessels to the West Indias would mean their prompt destruction or capture. Public opinion requires that they leave Spain, and therefore she sends them to the far East for the reason that before their arrival at their destination peace may be secured.” WASHINGTON, June 26.—The notice from Spain that the Government of that country has succeeded in purchas- ing three powerful armored cruisers gains not the slightest credence here. ATTENTION GIVEN THE CHAPLAINS WORDS. | | T THEFLAG PRESENTED To us.$. | CHARLESTON BY THE | DOWAGER QUEEN KAPIOLANG =« D “ == =B HOSPITABLE PEOPLE FIRST MANILA EXPEDITION. OF HONOLULU. |SCENES AND INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE OF THE CALIFORNIA AND OREGON VOI:UNTEERS AND THEIR RECEPTION BY THE DRAWN BY PIERRE N. BOERINGER, SPECIAL ARTIST FOR THE CALL WITH THE Although Admiral Camara's squadron is at Port Said, there is still doubt that the vessels are bound for the Philip- | pines. Rumors reach here that the only | ironclads in the squadron, the Pelayo innd Carlos V, have left the squadron |and have returned to Spain, so that | Camara no longer possesses a force | that would threaten Dewey. If this be 80, either the Spanish have realized the | folly of leaving their home ports un- | protected or they have received infor- | mation from the British Government | that the navigation of the Suez canal | cannot be jeopardized by allowing such |deep draft, unwieldy ironclads to at- | tempt the passage. . Some attention has been attracted by a speclal from Madrid to a British | paper saying that Camara's purpose is | not to attack Dew but to seize and | hold with ships and troops another |island in the Philippine group. It is | suspected if this be so that the object |1s purely diplimatic, the Spanish Gov- | ernment being anxious to truthfully assert in the event that peace negotia- | tions are forced upon it that the United | States is not in such complete occu- | pancy of the Philippines as would jus- | tify a demand for their retention as | one of the terms of peace. |DEWEY WILL SOON BE AT HEAD OF NAVY Coming Retirements That Will Cause the Manila Hero to Take First Place. NEW YORK, June 26.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: By far the most important naval register is- sued since the civil war is the forth- coming midsummer volume which is now in proof. The register is being prepared under the direction of Cap- tain A. S Crowninshield, chief of the Bureau of Navigation. It announces the active list of the navy, and has a grand total of 1776 officers, of whom 781 are line officers (including 65 cadets at sea), 161 medical officers, 111 pay offi- 00 engineers (including 21 cadets at sea), 24 chaplains, 11 professors, 37 constructors, 15 c engineers, 190 warrant officer and mates and 216 cadets about half of whom are te sea. There have been since January 1, 1898, among which were those of Rear Admirals L. A. Beardsiee and T. O. Selfridge Jr., and 22 deaths. Rear Admiral W. A. Kirkland is still senior officer of the service, but he will hold this position only three days after July 1, when he will be relegated to the retired list, being succeeded by Rear Admiral J. N. Miller, now commander- in-chief of the Pacific station. Rear Admiral Miller will only hold the posi- tion of senior officer until November 22, when he will be retired and Rear Admiral F. N. Bun commandant of nporarily at 28 retirements the Brookiyn Navy Yard, wiil succeed | him. Rear Admiral Bunce's takes place a month later, and then Rear Admiral George Dewey, com- mander-in-chief of the Asiatic squad- ron, will assume the coveted office of the ranking officer of the service, which he will hoid for ¢ne year. Commodore F. V. McNair is the senior officer on the list of commodores, and he will be pro- moted to the vacancy which will be caused by the retirement of Rear Ad- miral Kirkland. His promotion will advance Captain W. T. Sampson to the grade of commodore. Although Cap- tain Sampson now ranks as rear ad- miral by reason of the gunboat com- mission’ given him by the President, he receives only the pay of captain, which is his actual rank. Two hundred and ten naval vessels are in commission. according to the new register, the greatest number in active service since the war. JAPAN'S PREMIER RESIGNS, Marquis Ito Requests the Mikado to Form a New Ministry. LONDON, June 26.—The Tokio spondent of the Times says: Ito, the Premier, has resigned. In ten- dering his resignation, he advised the Mikado to accept the principie of party overnment and to instruct Count Okuma h‘;ugenabo%!amli‘: M(mmaklln to form a imstry. The Emperor will probably acf on Count Ito's advice. S The. Ito Cabinet was formed last Janu- ary. retirement corre- “Marquis I LIFE ON BOARD THE TRANSPORTS ON BOARD THE TROOPSHIP CITY OF PEKING, at Honolulu, June 16.— The day we sailed from San Francisco the quays were lined, from the Potrero to Meiggs Wharf, with thousands upon thousands of weeping mothers and wives, who had gathered to bid god- speed to their dear ones, and who, when the transports had passed be- yond their immediate range of vision, returned to their lonely homes over- looking the Western seas and contin- ued their sorrowful vigil until the dark mantle of night descended upon the ocean and hid from view the three slen- der columns of smoke ascending to mingle with the shadows of the distant horizon. I suppose ever since our departure those same mothers, sisters and sweet- hearts have been anxiously awaiting some word from the boys in blue. Let them know that, as far as the First is concerned, they need have no anxiety. All's well—more than well, in the civil- jan's acceptation of that term. There is not a man in the entire regiment, from the exceedingly common private to the magnificent officer and the still grander member of the staff, who is not physically perfect from the bottom of his regulation-clad feet to the top of his closely cropped head. 'Twas not thus from the very incep- tion of our trip, however. Hardly had the bar been reached before half the regiment—officers and all—were leaning over the side casting their bread upon the waters and not caring a cuss whether it should be returned to them after many days or not. Gold braid and shoulder straps will do a good deal toward making life on a transport bearable, but in the case of seasickness it availeth not whether a man is a ccok or a colonel. Our colonel, adjutant and medical corps vied with line officers in their efforts to make a clean breast of it and the non-com. for once in his life forgot the tremendous importance of his three stripes and groveled on the deck with an abjectness that cculd not be surpassed by the most timorous re- crult among us all. . The limit, however, was reached within thirty-six hours or so, and then came a change which showed we were not out on a summer holiday. The reins of discipline were gradually tightened until they reached a tension that was never dreamed of in our camp life at the Presidio. They were hauled so taut that even old regulars among us opened their eyes in amazement and wondered what it all meant. But the boys were made of good stuff and as yet I have to hear the first complaint against a general order. True, there have been some murmurs, but they have orig- inated in only a few cases where it was thought that undeserved favors were granted and an unjust discrimination shown. Let this not be misconstrued as REAL CRISIS OF THE WAR IS NEAR AT HAND NEW Yf)RK, June 26.—The Herald’s Washington correspondent telegraphs: ers the real cr All official Washington consid- is of the war is near at hand, and the present week has been the most important in the history of the pending strife. Santiago is sure to fall at an early date, and with it must come the destruction or capture of Admiral Cervera’s fleet. Fhe exact date when all of this will happen cannot, of course, be safely predicted, but the joint work of Admiral Sampson's fleet and General Shafter’s army during the present week will, if not entirely complete, show progress toward the finish. The result, whether it comes this week or next, the officiais generally agree, will have an important bearing upon the future of the war, both as to the duration and plans of operation. It may work a revolution in Spain, resulting in foreign intervention for peace, or Spain may voluntarily sue for peace. There are some who believe in the possibility of early peace. On the other hand, the scope of the general war situation may be enlarged. \‘lh Admiral Cervera’s fleet disposed of our fast and formidable battleships and cruisers will be available for- organization into a flying squad- ) ron for attack upon Spain’s home ports. This, in turn, may result in Spain recalling Admiral Camara’s fleet now headed for the Philippines for the protection of her own coast. So, any way you look at it, many important con- tingencies hinge on developments at Santiago within the next few days. A dmiral Cervera’s ships may yet be the prey of American ironclads. It developed to-day that the plan under which General Shafter and Rear Admiral Sampson are operating contemplates the bombardment of the batteries protecting the harbor, so later on as the American troops are in a fosition to storm the. fortifications and wrest.them from the Spaniards the latter will be demoralized by the navy’s fire. The mines in the outer harbor will then be removed and the American ships will thus be enabled to get into a position where they can discharge their guns at the Spanish vessels, which will assist the batteries by lying broadside on just back of Cayo Smith. It is positively asserted by naval officials that Rear Admiral Sampson vesssel. 5 -will not attempt to'force the 5 entrance of the harbor as it is not desired to risk a single armored against our colonel. Both he and nine- tenths of his officers are as ‘square” a lot of men as were ever placed in command of a body of troops. At the commencement of the trip considerable trouble was occasioned by the manner in which the men were fed. 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