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1t Will Take Forty to Sixty Days for These
Vessels to Reach Samoa, but They Will Ar
rive in Advance of the German Ships.
J. N. Huston Nominated and Confirmed
as Treasurer of the United States.
Ellis H. Roberts to Be Assistant Treasurer at
New YOrk-Surmises About Public Print
er and General Land Commissioner.
SHIPS ORDERED TO SAMOA.
The Nipsic, Vandalia and Trenton Will b
Replaced by Other Vessels.

The Nipsic, Vandalia and Trenton Will Be
Replaced by Other Vessels.
Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-Secretary Tracy,
when asked this evening what further
news he had from Samoa, replied that
nothing had been received since the dis
patches which had appeared in the news
papers of the country, and he did not ex-
pect anything definitely until the arrival
of the official report of Admiral Kimberly,
which he supposed is now on the way.
Three vessels were ordered to Samoa to-
day." said the Secretary, Ito take the place
Of the three which have been wrecked.
The Alert sails from Honolulu. and will
arrive at Apia in about forty days
from this time. She will reach the
islands before any of the German
vessels can get there. The Richmond
has been ordered to sail at once
from Montevideo. She will sail round
the Horn, and will reach Samoa i'll
about sixty days. The Adams is at San
Francisco, where she will be detained, in
all probability, for twenty days OF more.
She is now on the docks. and instructions
have been give to hasten the repairs and
get her ready for sea at the earliest possi-
BILE moment. She will make the trip from
San Francisco to Apia in about forty days.
The Monongahela, which sailed on the 21st
of February, will arrive in Apia in about
ten days from now. She has an ample
cargo of coal, stores and clothing. and will
be prepared to take care of the seamen who
still remain in Samoa"
''How many American seamen are on the
islandT' was asked.
''There are about seven hundred in ALL
was the reply; ''of these three hundred are
probably on their way home now. and four
hundred are still on the islands. The Mo-
nongahela will bring back those that are not
needed for the other vessels which will ar
rive there. cannot say. just yet, how
many of them will be then brought back"
Have you any official information con-
cerning the policy of the German govern
mentw
Nothing more than we have seen in the
newspapers. 1t is reported that three Ger
man vessels have been ordered to proceed
from the bloekading squadron now at Zan-
zibar. 1t will require fifty or sixty days
for these vessels TO reach Samoa"
lis it the intention of the government to
maintain fleet at Samoa constantine"
For the present. at least, yes. But I do
net think 4ae vessels will bo needed. !.
have every confidence in the ability of tbs
gentlemen who have been sent to Germany
to represent the United States in the con-
ference, and l feel sure that all the differ
epce of opinion between this country and
Germany i'll the matter OF settlement of the
Samoan question will be settled and that it
will be but short time after the conference
adjourns before we shall be able to order
our vessels elsewhere. In the meantime
however, we will keep q small fleet in the
vicinity of the islands"
There will be no new orders in regard to
Samoan affairs given to the commanders of
the vessels. Admiral Kimberly will re-
main at Apia, and will continue in COM
mand of the squadron. He had instruc-
tiOns issued to him before his departure,
and the situation has not changed since
cretion vested in him, and may, to a con-
siderable extent, exercise his own judg-
ment in regard to what shall be done. Should
anything occur to render new instructions
advisable they can be prepared and sent to
Samoa long before the war vessels get there.
The thing now needed there is ships, not
instructions.
Sympathy from English Ohicers.
WASHINGTON, April Ia graceful trib-
ute from English naval officers was con-
tanned in the following cablegram received
by Secretary Tracy when he returned to
Washington this morning:
GIBRALTAR, March 81.
To the Secretary of the Navy, Washington.
pathize with the American navy on the terrible
loss of life from wrecks at Samoa.