The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 4, 1898, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1898 THE NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS GET ORDERS Five Companies Under Major Chase to Embark at Once for Honolulu. Camp at the Presidio Ready for the Recep- tion of the Kansas and . Tennessee Regiments. 5 watched | master of the fore term THR Phillppine expeditionar; , has been assigned to duty as q,uu‘yv ON( Untll these transperts are ready voyage to Manila Major Ruhlen to act as expeditionary the continue master: q SOLDIERS. Regimental Commanders Will Endeavorto Have Their Men Protect Themselves. r-W. 0. Owen, bri +h | chérge’ of the. Diy Nl .the Pres was | por | guic 1de surgeon in haospital at éd the following im- the information and pine exped; cCmmanding. off equested to e and areful attention to , 50 important to tk ests and to the. to > inte ¢ 2rienced | n to the , bronchit } re. being i to request 0 1t command- ta “compel It.is ing upon blouses selve e not proy for the-cold Pedlar up n the sani- ued of the New Yorkers and the Enginee t will on of his regiment ing from | gnating the surgeon, 1d Hospital at the | | ey =05 THE GALLANT SIXTEENTH. | Sergeant Major Patterson Tells of Its Heroic Conduect at | Santiago de Cuba. | An Interesting.letter has béen receivéd | by .John L.: §lérget. from Samuel C. Pat- | terson of San .Francisco; sergeant major. the Sixteenth United States Infantry, under date of .July 9, in intrenchments in.| front of.Sartiago de Cubd, from which | the following extracts are-taken: “For the past few days we have been under a flag of truce, awaiting the result The he heavy d to-da v not will mer twelve officer 3 . of some kind of pi negotiations. It s S was a great battle, "It lasted from 6:25 THE TRANSPORTS. a. m. July 1 until 11 a. m. July 3. . In looking. ‘over the battle-field we wonder ¥ b ha 2 ) ek S0 y of ‘Fhe ‘Charles Nelson and the |UY ¥hat manner of luck so many ‘of us| For heurs there | lived through the-fight. Lakme Will Sail for Hono- 1 of bullets. Our regiment and | = e e I am proud to say, did ‘the | lulu Saturday Morning. ind Tiest work of the whole army. Tirst: Battaliohof the FMrsC Naw me tell-you that war is .a thing | i horrible beyont ‘all powers of -description ot‘the “If the tates is ?M proud of Volunteer & e luly, will boar: You | '.'V. “)kn:l't' 0-1m( the first great will sail on Saturday. id-fire guns and | , who has So efficiently e moc ons. Quties of )n_the ‘morning of Ju quarter- | s 1 we left camp ADVERTISEMENTS. 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Enxllsh i An - I 4 5 ave a thorough examination made, 8o that 5 1 Hate s thorouch cxemination mad = et | Oonsultation and Advice Free ve you that distress which, com- | - - Dressed into a few months, is equal to a | In regard to any disease, at office, or by also question list and book for. men 2 dinary pains, Ehtary, JE ol Ly s All letters confidential. death: | Eaglsh end Geman Bt Specalis, HOURS—$ to 12, 1 to 5 dally; Evenings, 7 to 8; Sundays, 9 to 1L nd may end in me%men 731 Market Street, San Francisco, s _ ., ———————— ] ster at Honolulu, for which. station wili sail either in the Arizona or Scan- 11y |-the i = — fi‘ T | | HERE was the First Upited tes Infantry This question has been asked a thousand times in San Fran- cisco since the reports of the fighting around Santiago began | to arrive. tters received from the front | during the past week clear up the mys- ;. One letter states that when the \ the regiment ‘was d 1z with the Fourth th Regular Infantry Regi- ommand of Colonel When thé troops itiago General Shaf- am the brigade own immediate st ments d Twenty-fifth, into the and it was. never to lead more gallant men into he. men endured many hard- 1 were- exposed to a severe fire The Fourth sustained a kiiled, three officers ed men killed and e loss of the Twenty- nemy:. i officer killed, three officers: fifth was:¢ wounded, elght enlisted men killed and twenty-seven wounded. ‘The brigade pressed. forward under orders to takKe El - OFF FOR T d the other regi- . Caney and did not halt until the town was captured. A letter received at the Presidio vester- day say The First Infantry was sup- porting Captain Capron’s battery of ar- tillery. They ‘did not lose a man. A majority of the officers and enljted- men of the First would have greatly preferred to have servéd with Colonel Milé The condition of affairs prevents ‘olonel Miles. from recommending any of his own regiment for advancement.” Other letters report that General Shaf-| ter did everything in his power to have| Colonel Milés placed on the Tetired list| before the campaign op d came very near accomplishing his purpose. | When all the facts are brought out, it will doubtless: be fou that Shafter had good groun o holding the | First in reservé as an.artillery support. He commanded the regiment for eleven vears and knew that it could ‘be ‘trusted in the event of great exigenc® in battle. As affairs turned out the regiment did not get under a deadly range of fire, but neverthel: the men perforined the duty which they were directed to perform and deserve credit for that performance. Per- haps General Shafter thought the enemy ‘might mass for 4 determinéd sortie, and, HE PHILIPPINES. | General | ADVEETISEMEfiTS. ADVERTISEMENTS. P e R R e ‘Special Inducements FOR THIS DAY! 100 BLACK ALPACA SKIRTS, full size, will be placed on sale * $1.25 DRESS / - Positively cured by these Little Pills, - : They also.relieve Distress from Dyspepsia, fndigestion and Too Hearty Eating. " A per- fect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsi- ness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue ' Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. - They Regulate the Bowels, Purely Vegetable. Small Pill. Small Dose. Small Price. 2000 b cY yards Horses and Mules for General Merritt in the | Admirably Equipped Ship Tacoma. therefore, deemed it advisable to have his own Tegiment behind €apron’s battery to meet the onset If the first line failed to check t Rare Grants nfers degrees { opportuni .- One hour's ride from San > for catalogue to MRS. C. ent, Mills: College | Postotfice; A al. Thirty-second | 1898, year, Fall te UNIVERSITY ACADEMY, ALAMEDA. FFERS THE ADVANTAGES OF A fined home and & thoroughly equipped “ac- credited” school. T s on August 2. W. SON, -Principal. at4 o'clock ‘and marched along the road leading’ 10 -Santiago, the. ground. being covered with very thick ' brush. At 6 o'clack_we stopped to rest for five min- utes. uming our march, we had not gone more than a quarter.of a mile when the bullets. began-falling among us. On account.of -the brush, we could not see whence th came, You can readily imagine what a position we were in. Be- fore weé 1 time to think our regiment had twe men killéd and ten wounded. As soon-as we realized our predicament we formed a. line of battle on the road, and advanced through the thick brush to ome .cleared land, a_distance of about a mile and 2 half, all the time under a fie fire from the enemy. °When we réached the open’ we found the Spanish strongly intrenched on top of a high hill, Re: | from which they were popping. it into us. © fought our way along: the level plaih, 2g with greaf Joss. Charging up the ill, we drove the Spanish from their po- sition. and compelled them -to retreat down - the opposite side and over another hill to the intrenchments.on the plain below. Weé now took up a. position on the mit of the.second hill “keeping up a dy fire at the enemy all night ard the next day. “In the night 6f July 2 the Spanfards came out of their intrenchments and tried to steal up into us, but they ‘got it in the heck.” ‘At noon.of the 3d a truce was agreed upon. “All of- the regular forces did great work in the battle, but they admit that to the Sixteenth and Sixth must be given the credit for .doing the toughest job of fighting. Our peor regiment was térribly cut up in the battle. OQut of 597 men who went into the fleld sixteen were killed and 118 wounded, one-third being mortal- wound . and seven imissing. “I had a miraculous escape. A piéce of Frapnel penetratéd my hat at one side ind came out ‘at .the other; inflicting a emall scalp wound-and hitting a sergeant behind me in the neck, killing him in- - ON. ALASKAN TRAILS. A Year’s Supplies Sent to. the Troops Who Are Performing Important Work. Major- General Merriam in: performiing the duties connected with the Philippirie expeditfonary forces, the organization of ihe new post at Honolulu. the sending of supplies to Alaska and the transaction of Gther business - of the Department of California; certainly has his time: fully occupfed. in‘ the rush .to the Philippines, the ‘Alaskan country has been almost forgot- ten by the public, but. it has not been overiooked by General Merriam. He or- dered one year's supplies yesterday for various " detachments ' “of 1roops in Alaska to be shipped from Seattle to St. Michael and Dyea. The soldiers now in Alaska all belong to -the Fourteenth | United States. Infantry. Theré is one fompany_stationed at at_Wrang, : : : Three officers and fifteen men are try- {ng-to go up Copper River to make 2 trai to the Belle Isle on the Yukon.River, and three officers. and fifteen men are on Suchitnay Creek, a tributary of Cooks Inlet, endeavoring ta open a’trail across ‘the Tanana River by way of Good Pas ture or Volkmar Creék and Birch Creek to Circle City. Three officers and twenty yea and another men are at St. Michael doing police duty. | Fra i i _Eighth May Drill Here. CAMP BARRETT, Sather Tract, Aug. 3.—The' large tract to the west of the tented city -afforded ample room to-day for the regimental drill which was held this morning. Thé ‘L.iree battalions were easily moved about with comfort, a feat- ure which-is not enjoyed at Camp Mer- < A : Colonel - Henshaw has received an invi- tation from the Army and Navy Chris- tian Commission for a drill of the Eighth to be held at Central Park shortly. ‘he commission has agreed to furnish trans- portation free and otherwise arrange for the comfort of the troops on this occa- sion. ‘It is probable that the invitation will be accepted. . = By orders, all the National Guardsmen v ho are known to be good shots are listed. Those recruits about whose marksmanship nothlnF is known will be tried out at the Alameda Company's shooting range at the foot of High street immediately. Ko Colonel Guthrie of Sacramento was the . Scott Key monument I Eighth to-day. Colonel Guthrie is distinguished guest of the officers of %e the colonel of the Second Infantry, N. G. C., of which siX companies are now at Camp Barrett. - % Captain Howard Ford w! day to-day, -Lieutenant C officer of .the guard and Lieute; Peart supernumerary of the guard. e s 0 SHORT OF MULES. Dezparture of Utah Cavalry De- layed for Want of Pack Animals The Utah Cavalry, Which has been or- dered to leave the Presidio to-morrow and proceed to Yosemite Valley and .the Se- quota National Park in seperate detach- ments, will not go this week. . The delay has Leen caused by ‘he fact that (hl:"n!“ have been- no pack mules furnis Captain Caine for use with the nei wagons. It -will require about fifty mules to move the wagons. s .s00n as tho mules can be secured, which will probably be next week, the cavalry will start: Cap- tain Caine said vesterday that- his .com- mond was ready to move just as soon as the mules were furnished him. The men of the troop are very anxious to get away. The board to purchase these mulés con- sists of Flrst Lieutenant J. M. Neall, Fourth United States Cavalry: First Liec: tenant H. A. Clark, Battery A, Wyoming Artillery; “Second Lieutenant = W. O Wright, First Troop, Neveda Cavalry. The mules are to be purchased within the geographical limits of the department. Hospital Conditions Improving The conditions at the division hospital aré dally improving. While the hospital | mary department for children. K CHURC HOITT'S SCHOOL (FOR BOYS—LIMITED). Large corps. of teachers. Superior home ac- commuodations. . Next term cpens August 9, L FOR GIRLS, August 15.. Certi- asear, Wellesley.and Smith d to the -University of €all- arten in ‘connection with the of house pupils limited. umber THE HAMLIN SCHOOL school (Van Ne ), 1849 Jackson st.. 8. FY Term opens Au 4. Departments _school indergart College Prepara- ten_to MISS SARAH D. .1, POULSO} HaM- Address IRVING INSTITUTE. Select boarding and day school for young Iadies, 2125 California st.,San Francisco. Will reopen August 1. Accredited to universitfes. Seminary and full conservatory . Pri- riage_will A M. 5 call. REV. EDWARD B A—THE LYCEUM PREPARATORY SCHOOL This school prepares students for the uni- Versity, law and medical -colleges; its grad: uates are ‘admitted without exgmination to Stanford University and Cooper College on: recommeridation of the princinal; references, Preeident Jordan or any Stanford professor. helan_building. is filled to its utmost capacity the mor- tality is greatly on the decrease. There | have been no deaths reported for the past two days. The surgeons and’ nurses are working faithfully and since the men have got into barracks the surgeons have been able to dope with cases that would have bLeen fatal in tents. | Sergeant Charles H. A. Brooke, Troop B, Fourth Cavalry, has been appointed sergeant major of the regiment, viee Dis ser, appointed post quartermaster. Ser- | geant Brooke’'s promotion is a deserved.| oné and he Is highly thought of by his | officers. K | —ies | The Owl’s Patriotism. It has lopg been: the custom of the Bohemian Club to sell at auction to mem- bers complete volumes:of American, Eng- lish, French ind German magazinés and | fllustrated journals and to send the hrok- en volumes to State institutions. Last evening the board of diréctors -of the club resolved to.serd to California sol- diers at Manila all the literature-of this | description. The club’s °list embraces nearly all the leading periodicals and.il- lustrated papers of the world, and the donation will surely be appreciated by the | soldiers in the field. - e ey ‘Mail for Manila. The mails for Manila, per steamship Dorie, close at 10- o’clock to-day:. In ad- dressing letters to Soldiers the regiment and. company should be indicated. Let- ters’ to sailors should name the -ship to which the person addressed is attached. THE CRYSTAL SWIMMING BATHS. >hysicians recomménd the Crystal warm ses water tub and swimming baths, North Beach. g —_—— e General Barrett Returns. Adjutant General A. W. Barrett, who has been enjoying a two weeKs' rest at his home in Los Angeles, returned to San Francisco vesterday and . resumed the | duties of his office at State headquarter: Governor Budd and his staff have been invited to attend the ceremonies attend- ant upon the unvellInF of the Francis n Mount " Olivet Cemetery August 8. e . If the lead in your pencil is poo: famous “Koh-I-Noor.” 5 — —e—————— Divorce Suits Filed. - Lulu E. Schloth has sued Edmund A. Bchloth for a divorce, alleging failure to g{rovlde as a cause of action. Eva M. uddy has B.pglled for a_ divorce from Willjam 8, Huddy. The plaintiff alleges cruelty- as a cause of complaint. g —_——————————— Advances made on furniture and planos, with or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission. T, try the b How fo Paint China, + ¢ -In connection with our CROCKERY: DEP'T we are. prepared to give lessons in China Painting, having secured -the “services of Mr. | Rotit. Samisl as teacher. Broken Picces in Dinner Sets matched. 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