Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-07-12

other. 1t is. he said, matter Of will.
a man who Wills to be g soldier can
viii 10 he a Christian.
Lieut.. J. &. Beach. who has been
in command of the monitor Jason. ly
ing off Fishers island in Long Island
sound. has taken command Of the
monitor Montauk, in Portland harbOr.
succeeding Lieut.. Rcamey, who has
been transferred to the converted
ferryboat East Boston. Chief Engi-
neer ii. W. Spangler and Lieut.. ]. s.
Brown Of the Montauk have been or
dered to the East Boston. Some Of
the other men expect to be transferred
this week.
Stephen f. Barton, chairman of the
Central Cuban relief committee a New
York, received cablegram. Monday,
from Miss Barton. announcing that she
had caused to be landed in cuba, Sunday.
u tons of miscellaneous relief supplies
from the steamer State of Texas. The 1st
New York Ambulance Equipment Aux
Hilary has already authorized Mr.. Barton
to purchase 40 mules Arrangements by
Mr.. Barton have been made for the par
chase of the mules in a Southern live
stock market, and an order, it was said.
had been issued by the secretary of war
from Tampa.
Major General Otis is authority for the
statement that the regiment to be sta
toned at Honolulu has not yet been Sc
lected. Rear Admiral Miller, as the naval
representative of the United States will
take formal part in the raising of the flag
at Honolulu. The United States ship Mo-
hican and the gunboat Bennington. with
the cruiser Philadelphia, will participate
in the demonstration. The admiral eX-
Tel, !, l.1t, M
The cruiser will carry no troops. After
the ceremonies of annexation the admiral
expects to return to San Francisco to re-
sumo charge of the naval establishment
on the Pacific coast.
1t was reported in Auburn Monday. that
Capt. Barney of the Auburn Light ln-
fantry was seriously i'll at Chckamauga.
and that Mrs. Barney had been sum
moned there To care for him. A Journal
reporter investigated the rumor. and so
far as he could learn, it was without
foundation Mrs. Barney was at her home
in West Auburn, sunday, and her neigh
bors had not been informed of her hus-
bands illness. 1t is true that Capt. Bar
ney has not been very well while in camp.
Several weeks ago he had lost is pounds
in flesh, and his wife has worried consid-
erably about him. but there seems to be
no foundation for the report that Capt.
Barney is seriously in.-Lewiston Journal.
A steam launch from the United States
repair ship Vulcan. which, with the Mar
blehead's launch, has Deen doing patrol
duty in the narrows leading from the
lower to the upper bay at Guantanamo
bay, ventured too near the Spanish fort.
just before daylight Saturday, and ran
into hornets nest AS the result of the
mems anxiety to locate the small Spanish
gunboat Sandoval which is known to be
in the vicinity of the fort. the Americans
went quite a distance beyond the patrol
limits and the Spanish pickets located
along the bluff suddenly opened fire on
the launch with Mauser rifles. which was
at once followed by voleys from the sol
diers in the fort The launch replied with
her 1-pounder but the firing was too
heavy for the little boat to contend
against and she beat hurried retreat.
Although the launch was under fire for
10 minutes, she was not once hit