The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 2, 1898, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATUVRDAY, JULY 2, 1898. ARMY MEASURES TO CONDEMN "UNIFORMS MADE BY CHINESE HE' known ‘fact that the First Unijted States Infantry was en- gaged in.yésterday’s baftle near Santi caused the gre the rela- ed talo to get the American tives'an n dwelling at th lest det losses in the e When ‘the F' antry boys. last April marched f: . Presidio along Van Negs Market stréet to in ferry honor wé since har stonel officer 1 4 comr nd children easant cot- e had been in peace ng the soldiers in the / married men who p .arest and 1 at the reservation. e anxiety at U sidio of the casualties last r of the The :s to the wton's div Corps and acc must have be try be- ade of General the Fifth Army hg to the dispatche 1g the troops oper erday n of d considering the ris avoided los The regi- yued here for ve consecutive y depart for theé . front. od that the regi nded Lieuter a3 Colonét Evan Mil ained leave from the War Department to-return.to.San Francisco »n account of the alarming ifiness of troaps at the Presidio and Lime were all caliéd out yesterda hing ade in Chinatown ed a board of g recently is- ¥ HOT WAVE anci AT CAMP BARRETT Eighth California to Fight in Cuba—Work of the Ex- amining Surgeons. July ng and:} nent comes from | |'the continent for service in the Philip- | sembled a well-soaked rag. pines, and at the same time move the | California command East and to Cuba, for much cloth for the girth o | trousers that there was not quite enough left for the legs, which accounts for his wearing them at wading length. How- ever, Captain Barnes has already won the esteem of his men and will soon be one the transportation” of 1200 men 30y | is an expensive affair; but the ad- tration is justified in the undertak- for npumercus reasons. In the first place it is the belief that men from dit- [ Of the most populdr officers in the regi- Terent .sec ol ment. He has passed the physical exam- rent sectl will fight better side by | ICRE B i “,n{’ be mustered in with the side than a division or a brigade composed | entirely of men: from one State would, for the reason that each regiment would strive all the harder to uphold the glory of its commonwealth and outdo the deeds of the others, while, on the other hand, if one force suffered. severely, the others would lose heart at seeing so many ot eir own fellows falling. | Moreover, it gives the heads of the | army a bettér chance to study the fight- ing Qualities and discipliné of the various sections when almost every State is repre- 8 d in one battle and under practically onditions. So 1o e, among other reasons, the gallant Eighth, the picked command of the California 'volunteers, will sustaln t honor and glory of the Golden State on Cuban battlerields, while the others go | ade the Eastern territory of the | others. A complete guard was mounted this IN ALL HIS GLORY. me > for t | nd the steady progress made by xamining surgeons there has been | e doing in Camp Barrett to-day. The | wave struck camp with full force, the officers have shown much cons tion for the men, two hours' squad ompany drill early this morning be- 1i that was required of them. furfous northwester set in about 1 a'clock this morning which for a time t ned to demolish the camp. The of tents, snapping of atter of tin plates awoke flappin s and the c rs and me for half an hour | everybody making things snug. Sever hlown down, and but | of Captain il- | the temporary commander, and As 2t Smith a_great many more would by the board. The wind died | ter an hour or . but when the turned out at reveille thi found quantities of hats, blouses, dishes equipage banked up against on the south line of camp, had been deposited by thé med to sweep from a | almost suffocating. be formed m. the tem- men kitchen: w assumed command of v and will sleep under He has not taken the | yet and is in no-| will: be the last | s in. . Lleutenant ere “arfington -and- Majors - Whition have been examined, but will be mustered in until the line officers | ‘All thelr commissions will date m to-ddy,: however. 1jor ~Forbes left on to-night's train ico to settle-up his-business affairs. il return . Monday- morning. the companies ‘were ordered to vous here no provision w made | their sustenance, the orders being bring two+days’ field rations, which, thought, would -suffice until the iment commissary department | be drawn or out, however, that no stores until the men enter the ould It turns issued CAPTAIN W. S. BARNES Appears at Camp Barrett. ment serviee, consequently some of | on short. ration Captain s céme to their relief as far as in his power, llowing the com- |afternoon for the first time, with Captain sénd in'requisitions for ratlons | Eliiott as officer of the day and Lisuten- ant Wethern as officer of the guar, So far the camp has been remarkably free from sickness. An efficient hospital corps has_been detailed from the Fifth and Second Infantry, for temporary duty, but so far all the attendants have had to do has been to treat a few minor cases of stomach' trouble. n as they are -examined, ead of ng until they are mustered in. In y the me nning to dra But several the eir stacks of pies are getting low of Santa R ch delica Until to-night has subsisted nd the citizens . rais purse of several rs for their boys. It will not | vever, as the company was | ¢ and drew rations to- cie War Incidents. Lieutenant Colonel Little, Twentieth It took so the captain’s | Kansas Regiment, who is sick at the Wal- | other artillery forces at the Presidio, and orders for the Alger Battery to move will probably be issuec. to-da e phegie “ICHEAP JOHN UNIFORMS.” Colonel Smith of the First Ten- nessee Asks for a Board of Survey. There is a protest from the First Ten- nessee Regiment. It is not the wail of the men because they have not a table d’hote dinner every day, nor is it the old-time ‘complaint of a lack of blankets. This timé it is Colonel Smith, who has gone to Major General Otis and asked for a board of survey to pass upon the Chinatown-made uniforms that were re- cently issued to his men. These uniforms ivered to the Tirst Tennessee veek ago, and to quote Colonel uniforms the garments are The entire regiment is com- plaining, and it has a right to, for after ten days’ wear the uniforms issued are in almost-a worse condition than the old uniforms that the regiment had when it arrived here. The uniforms were made under Gov- ernment contract by Hoffman & Roth- child, and these particular uniforms that were Issued to the First Tennessee Regi- ment were, according to Colonel Smith's statements, sublet by the Hoffman & Rothchild firm to Chinatown merchants, by whom they were made. (b ey A TENNESSEE NIGHT. Nellie Holbrook Blinn and Gen- eral Barnes Entertain Vol- unteers at the C. E. Barn. Last night was Tennessee night at the Christian Endeavor barn on Fifth avenue. It was one of those special nights that have been so successful under the skillful management of Mrs. Néllie Holbrook Blinn. Over 700 of the Tennesseans were there, headed by their commanding offi- cer, Colonel Smith. The entertainment was well selected and appropriate to the evening. Mrs. Blinn's recitation of Robert. Ferrall's “Welcome to Tennessee,” was replied to by Colonel Smith. The colonel spoke. with all the delightful cadence and diction of the southland, and he was applauded to the echo. General 'W. H. L. Barnes followed in a Music by the gpeech full of patriotism. regimental band, by Captain John Leale and his Hawaiian quintet, and by num- erous vocalists passed away a.pleasant hour until refreshments in the shape of nuts were served. BEWILDERED PIGEONS Belated Birds Arrive With Mes- sages From the Secoand Manila Expedition. After battling against strong winds and | impenetrable fog, another of the four car- pigeons liberated from aboard the transport China. two weeks ago reached the lofts of its owner, E. D. Connolly of | Alameda, on Wednesday, with the fol- {lowed messages inclosed in the aluminium tube, which, although late in arrival; are still interesting. Colonel - Hale, . com- | mander of Colorado’s volunteers author of:the communication, which was | written in ink on a piece of tissue-paper three and a. half inclres long .and two inches wide: To the People of San’ Franclsco: Troops on | Chira_send last ‘farewell. greeting and. thank 1 for_all ‘you have done to make our encan ment, with you pleasant and our. departure inspiting, _We_carry with .us loving remem- brance of San Francisco. IRVING HALE, Colonel. First Colorado Infantry. pNSIA T A A (I IRE TS = \? f\g« SATHER mmoségg Plan of Camp Barrett, the Home of the Eighth Cal i LEUT COL, oL HENSHAW . SERG'T M, MAJOR - SERGT @tEnsAN LEANDRO ROAD stimues “ment, at Fruitvale. ifornia Regi- W. S..Barnes who, to-day, quoted he of -Ad Geéneral. Corbin’s ormant. With such a be no doubt of the ac- statement, for it is through 5 vements of froops and- all assignments- made. The statement eyven went so far as to in- 2 the reinforcements cted spatched to G al Shafter, but 5 be that Shafter ‘will not:need re- Inforcements by- the time. the regiment Is rea for service, iif which event it wilt probably. be - used against Havana, 5 To many it. seems nonsensical and u foolish waste of money for the Govern- ment to send a New York regiment across in the operations deck Hospital, has a bad case .of malarial fever, with stomach complications." Lteutenant Kobbe, Company K, Twenty- third United States Infantry, who has ‘been ill at thé Occidental Hotel with ton- silitis, will report for duty to-day. Private Lucien Sfrong, Company E, First Tennessee, who was taken {ll on night. Other companies are in a simflar predicament, but all: will.be reliéved by to-morrow night. i S The examining surgeons finished with Company M this morning, examined all .of Company E and- got well along with. K to-day. -So. far 6 men have goné héfore thé surgeons, and of the first 338 21 were |. I rejected, while 9 have been sent home ot | of-the last lot of 312. -Of 125 men in Com- | pany E-only 5 were rejected. The com- | moved to St. Luke's Hospital. Private | pany brought 140°int6 camp and has given | Hamilton, Compnns' D, same regiment, 124 to cther companies, a splendid record | who died on Thursday of pneumonia, was for the Santa Rosans. - - % Captain W. S. Barnes struck camp this morning in all the gorgeousness of this new regimentals; and took command of Company C. The warm'weather had a wilting effect on the warrior. Captain | recruits for the two batteries. Barnes discarded his vest early and his ajor. General Otis has under consider- flowing blouse disclosed a wide expanse of | ation the sending of the Alger Battery shirt front, topped by a collar that re-!an& Wyoming Light Artillery to join ! burfed in the National Cemetery at the iPrescho yesferday. - 5 First Lieutenant E. A. Edgewood, Bat- tery B, Utah Light Artillery, arrived at Camp Merritt'at noon yesterday with 106 Thursday with_pneumonia, has. been 're- following messige, with Instriic forward it to Mrs. Colonel Hale Twenty-eight miles west of Golden Gate, - _P. m., June 15, 188. S Sailed from’San Francisco 1 p. m. ‘Tremen- dous dvation by people on vessels and shors. Whistles, foghorns and guns. Beautiful weather but fog settled after- passing . Moderate swell. *Some- officers and men looking dublous, but nothing. serlous. -Am personally O. K., but not boasting yet. General health and spirits excellent. Received Governor Adams' farewell telegram. We will endeavor to do Coloratdo honor. good-by. . tions to. Love an IRVING HALE. Of the four birds placed aboard the out- oing transport but two have returned. .The first to be heard from was captured in an interfor town by a lad, who.wounded it with a slingshet.” It carried am ortant comntunication to Major:General erritt from Brigadier General Greepe, e |.commander of the troops en route, W | good hot coffee And home-made. dough- was the, On the reverse side 6f the paper was the | | | COMPETING W | mittee. | was called to fhe fact:that. Neustadter | | some of -the baldersspirited. ores, and ‘|| that it the girls insisted the goods would: ‘b€ sent’ “gome | ceiving but 75-cents for:a bundle of twen: -t considered ‘a day’s” work, of the-girls who took-a leading part:in | the consequences of calling the affairs of | was sert on to Washington and then | cabled tu Dewey. The birds were liberated late in the | evening and in a heavy fog, and this ac- | counts for the long time it tosk them to | arrive, Three other birds were placed aboard the Sydney, but were not released. | owing to the climatic conditions. They will be taken to Honolulu, and Mr. Con- nolly .expects to receive them by the next| steamer. Mr. Connolly is an’ent! jasist in this | line, and is always . working out new schémes to test the efficiency of h pigeons. dozen down to Honolulu in the of this year, so that the; aboard fhe transports ret charged or injured soldiers, leased when within 13 miles of this city to apprise the peopie of the homecoming | He intends shipping some half- latter part taken can be In the case.of the Mal Jharter vessels flying take'the place of any of its steamers tak- en“by the Government, but if the Wal Walla, Umatilla and Santa Rosa are tak-| en there Is nothing to put in their place. As matters stand the only steemers that the Government has are the Puebla and Peru..and as before stated; the chances are that these two will go out together on the 10th inst. The ship Tacoma, a large vessel and a fast sailer, was inspected yesterday. after- noon, and will be used for the transporta- tion of horses and mules to Maniia for the use of artillery and for other pur- poses, and if possible the horses of the Fourth Cavalry will go on this ship. There are 300 cavalry horses to be sent to GIVEN A MILITARY APPOINTMENT. Edwin: A. Forbes Named by the Governor as Major of | the Eighth California Regiment. Governor Budd. on-last Thursday by. Colonel Henshaw, and n Major: Forbes {s a wéli-kn 1s ‘highly e his profession and his h 4 novice in milit] A ff as major is a Very -cfeditable oneé. THEEEEEEE LA A4+ +HEP PP IE A+ of the majors of the new Californta regiment, the. Eighth, commanded W in the field ‘at lawyer, pected by all ‘who' know him, beth on ‘account.of his ability in h character as a citizen. as he has Natiohal Guard af California, being a. member of the Sécond Regimeént, which:he has always taken'a deep interest. appointed Edwin A: Forbes as one Camp - Barrett, residing “at Marysville, Fruitvale. where he He is by no means seen’ eight” years’- service in. the in The appointment of Mr. Forbes + o + + + + + + + + + PY + R n s o e SR e S A S S S S of fhe soldiers; This, he thinks, will give them ar opportunity to-prepare a suitablé reception. . - S ITH CHINESE'| weatshc‘{p ConditionsExisting Amgng Local: Garment “Workeérs. ' At the meeting ‘of .the Labor Coun last night the mattér of. unifo: soldiers which-has -received notoriety of- late was-.discus the -actions of-Labor Commissioner Fitz- gerald fully’ jndor: A’ .new, phase of | the ‘matter was developed when-S." L. Robbins reported for the organizing com- About -a- wéek-"ago his ‘attention efl | S Bros, proprietors of thé Standard Shirt | Factory, - weré manufaeturing soldiers” blouses and ‘there w: tion among the girls at the rate W received. . A.mild protést .was maide by | théy were informéd that .the firm 1 ‘ot” afford to pay any. higher wages; and tured. Thi; omeyvher: stood" as’ meaning- Chiidgtown:" . Mr. Robbins at -ohce made an’invesi- | gation ‘and found“that .the girls weére i was | . W He inforimed ‘the -girls that if thelr demand of $1 per bundle were refused he would procure a hall, meet with ‘them, and -organize | them in the name. of. the Labor. Council. The, girls readily agréed -to theé prapost tion, but it was found unnecesSary to | .strike, ag the firm agreed to raise their. ‘wages. The next mofning, however, one ty-five ‘¢oats, and that.twenty-five the affair was cailed into. the superin. tendent’s_office; ‘and after- being _ques. tiohed was told that. she might surmise | the estaplishment ‘to ‘the attention- of | union men, as.the firm wouid not toler- ate an investigation. by representatives ot organized labor. Shé said she was will- | ing to take-the consequences, and ‘was accordingly paid off.. - 2 3 This . started Mr. Robbins and Secratary. Rosenberg; of.the Labor. Council, to maks ing an investigation, and they find that many girls.working . in establishments similar to” Neustadter Bros. are actually forced into competition with the Chiness, and they ha determined to organize the -garment workers. A little careful souna- ng has been done, and it is expected that within ttvo or three weeks there will be{ an organization of.1000 workingwonien in the cliy. e 5 DR. FITZGIBBON GOES." The Popfilar Police Sfirjeon Will. Accompany the ‘Eighth. Dr. F. Timothy Fitzgibbon, assistart po- lice surgeon, rceived a: telephone message from Army Surgeon Hopkins yesterday afternoon, ordering him to report for duty with the Eighth California Volunteers. at Camj arrett at once. . E R = ell, boys, I may never come_back,” lugubriously remarked the’ Bill Nye of the hospital, addressing several of his as-' soclates; “if I should fall pierced with a bayonet or a-stray shot, remember I die in the defense of my country and flag.”” “Fitz,” as he is familiarly known, was warmly congratulated by his fellosw prac- titioners on beéing called te minister to the sick angd wounded who fall in the midst of battle. . THE FOURTH FLEET. Owners of the Umatilla_and Acapuleco Object to the - .Impressing of Them. The Umatilla and Acapulco ‘arrived from Puget Sound and Panara yesterday, but the Government has done’ nothing so far toward pressing them into service. Goodall, Perkins & Co. say they will not give up. either the Walla Walla or Uma- tilla without: a struggle, and if the. Aca- pulco is taken there is sure to be a roar from the Mail Company. Goodall, Per- kins & Co. reason that it'will-be d pe- culiar hardship on them, as their vessels | from and my heart.ls: with. you. S O S B e R T i A d e A TR R S ol T o S o o S o o o o slnnfl& The ‘Tacoma :will.sail within ten ays, - HERO OF BAXTER SPRINGS Major: James-'B. Pond of Ly< ceurmn:Renown Writes of General ‘Merritt: Captain John ‘B: ‘Jeifery, quartermaster of the ‘First.Brigade.and-attache upon: the staff’of: Brigadier. General- Marcus: Po Mjl- i terday. of the ‘fol- 4jor- James B :Pond, ich he pays Geheral Weésley ‘Merritt My.Dear 0ld: Friend—Aécidentall account of yeur appolitment to. assistant: quars tormaster general upon tho staff’ of ong_of theé greatest- leroes—General Westey - ompany you e Whea you thinle of 1t please remember me to General | M .. Had he been at the head of our army and X say Cuba would have been con- a E | quered. long ago. Your sincere friend, 1 J. B. POND. Major Pond is as well known in_San Francisco as he is all over the United States..- He was last here with Marion Crawford, the novelist, whom he was conducting upon his tour of lectures. Ma- | Jor Pond has just received from Secretary |-Alger a Congressional medal of honor, Presented to him for most distinguished | gallantry in action at Baxter Springs, | Kans.; October 6, 1863, when as a first ;licmmmnl of the Third Wisconsin Cav- alry Volunteers, commanding two com- | panies of cavalry, he was attacked by | several times his own number of the enemy’s guerrillas, whom he successfully resisted. o Transferred to Angel Island On next Tuesday a party of ladies, who are members of Buena Vista Parlor, N. S. G. W., will take an outing to Angel Island and present a beautiful flag to Captain Chester Miller of Company F, of the First Battalion of First Washington Volunteers. This company has been sta- tioned at Angel Island for about two weeks. Yesterday the other three com- panies of the battalion under Lieutenant Colonel Fife were transferred from Fon- tana Barracks in the steamer McDowell to the island. P i Sword for. Brig. Gen. Otis. A handsome sword will be presented to Brigadier General Otis to-day by a dele- gation of his friends who have come all the way from Los Angeles for the pur- Among ‘those of the delegation are 1 Allen, Major Clarke and Messrs: | Clawson and Newberry. Last evening General Otis entertained his’ friends at the Columbia Theater. Up a Spree and His Life in a Cheap Lodging-House. Jobn Jefferson, an attorney at law, was found dead yesterday afternoon in bed in a cheap lodging-house at 57 Sacra- mento street. The deceased formerly had an office with ex-Superior Judge Levy In the Nevada Bank building, and had been on. a spree for sevi ys before his death. Among his s“was a letter from Will Jefferson, & private in Company G of the st Colorado Volunteers, dated June 25, and ting that he had made | atligent search for the deceased, who was| his uncle, but had been unable to find him. He is said to have been.a relative of the American patriot,, Thomas Jefferson. —_—————— ACROSS THE BAY TO. PRISON. Sentences Imposed. on’ Several Crim« inals by Judge Carroll Cook: It was senténce day in Judge Cook's department of the Superior Court yes- terday. JoSeph Murphy, convicted a few days ago of robbery, was sent to the penitentiary for a_term of twenty years. The convict. stood up a young man named Bert Cubitt and relieved ‘him of money and jewelry of -the William Woods, convicted of burglary, was sent to San Quentin for ten years. Terence McCabe, for an assault with in- tent to commit murder upon John Reidy, received a sentence of tem years' “im= prisonment in San Quentin. Raymond Marion, who suffered conviction on a charge ‘of burglary in the second degree, was sent to San Quentin for two years. Yee Kee, a Chinese thief, was the last on the . .He was sent to the County Jail for four months for petty larceny. ———————— PATRIOTIC HOME HELPERS. Many Donations Forwarded in Aid of the Good Work of the Society. Contributions: to the ‘increasing fund of the Patriotic Home Helpers: are rapidly assuming larger proportions as the object of - the society - becomes’ more. generally known. ‘The. list of recent donations in ald of the -destitute families ‘of enlisted soldiers .gone to the war is as follows: bert - Mackenzie, $2 50 ‘a month; R Willlam _Alvord, Sagieson & Co.; $5; IS, A B iim, $150:. Mrs. Charles Keeney, rberchip.: §1 505 Levi Strauss” & Co., mation, $55; Mrs G. W. Grannis, e e California Reopens To-Night. 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