Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-19

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The secretary Of war has ordered the
9Th Regular Infantry. now at Tampa, 10
Santiago.
The Catania, with 375 convalescents.
left Santiago de Cuba for Montauk,
Thursday.
Lieut.. John J. Pershing, 10th Cavalry,
has been promoted to be major of volln-
teers. Lieut.. Pershing was highly COM
mended in the report of Gen. Wood for
gallantry and courage at the battle Of
FL Caney.
The President. Thursday. made the
Trode of Ohio to be receiver of public
moneys at Circle. Alaska and LIST
Lieutenant Charles A. Doyen, u. s.
Marine Corps to be captain.
The steamer Berlin left New Orleans,
Wednesday night, for Santiago with
Cranes colored immunes aboard as
well as some Of Hoods white immunes
which were left behind. Richs Texas
Regiment left, Thursday morning, for
Galveston.
The war department is receiving Official
reports which indicate that some Of the
immune regiments now at New Orleans
are not In ut condition to proceed to Gan
ttagO. One of these reports says that IA
single regiment has some $50 sick. includ-
ing 30 cases of malarial fever, and that
the sick list includes the colonel. lieu
tenant colonel. major and adjutant of the
regiment. III $50
Surgeon General Sternberg received the
following, Thursday: Santiago de Cuba.
Aug. 18 Surgeon General Washington:
Catanda left for Montauk; all bedding
should be burned; cots might be saved
ship should be sent back for more pa
ttent9 OF same class. Yale arrived, yes
terday. and supplies landed. Will cable
what else may need. No more doctors
or nureeg wanted. (Signed) Harvard,
chief surgeon
The firm of Deford & Co., Of Boston,
has been designated by the President,
until otherwise ordered, the fiscal
agents of the United States in such
ports of the island of Porto Rico as are
now or may hereafter come under the
military Jurisdiction of the United
States. The bonds required is in the
sum of $25O.0O0.
The Madrid correspondent of the
Paris Temps says: Little importance
is attached to the Chauvinism prevail
ing in the United States with regard to
the Philippines. 1t is believed that the
mixed commission will have full lber-
ty of action to consider aspects of the
question which will assume a grave
international character"
Steamer Argus of Boston. which left
Halifax. N. g., Tuesday. for New York
with wrecking pontoons for Santiago
in tow has arrived at Shelburne, 100
miles west of Halifax. in distress. hav-
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night. and lost one pontoon in the
storm. The steamer has landed q
man at Shelburne sick or injured. The
missing pontOon is adrift or sunk.
A dispatch received at Berlin from
official, says: ''The Kaiserin Augusta.
which left Won Diedrichs after the fall OF
the city, returned here. Thursday. Cen
erai Augustin and his family arrived on
board the cruiser. Admiral Won Diedrichs,
at the request of General Augustin. haN-
ing given them passage by an arrange-
ment with the American communicable
chief. General Augustin has left Hong
Kong en- route for SPAIN"
The latest advices received at the
war department in regard to the trans
fer of the 5th Army Corps from San
tiago de Cuba to Montauk Point, l.. l.,
is to the effect that the movement is
progressing satisfactorily, and that the
last organizations in Cuban territory
will have embarked in a few days.
There are now four transports at San
tiago in readiness to SAIL
No orders have been prepared or are
in contemplation at present looking to
sending an army to Cuba. The war
department is just now too busy with
other matters to take up the question
of organization of any army to be sent
to Cuba next October. In fact little or
nothing will be done regarding troops
for Cuba save what actual necessity
demands until the committee has made
a report.
In response to cOngra. ulatiOns from
the Women's Veteran Relief Union of
Binghamton, N. Y, Gen. Shafter wrote
from Santiago a letter in which he
said: II have seen something of hard
service, but never during the Civil
War was there 30 days that tried me
as the 80 days beginning from the time
we landed on the island of Cuba until
the surrender of Santiago. and it is to
the gallant soldiers who uncomplainly
bore every privation that the country
Is indebted for its victory"
burg, Pa. received word from the war
department, Thursday. approving his
recommendation that the new camp
near Middletown be named in honor OF
Sen. George Gordon Mead. The Sd
Battalion of the 10th Pennsylvania
Volunteers and attachments Of the Sd
Missouri, list. Rhode Island and I'd
Tennessee arrived, Thursday, and went
into camp. Things are rapidly being
put into shape under Gen. Graham and
before the close of the month it is ex-
pected that all the troops Of the I'd
Army Corps will be comfortably in
stalled. s
Gen. Wheeler arrived at New York,
Thursday morning, from Washington
on his way to Montauk Point, where
he will relieve Gen. Young of the COM
mand Of Camp Wikoff. The physi-
clans in charge of the camp detention
hospital report no increase in yellow
fever cases cases since Wednesday.
There are in the different hospitals 300
patients under treatment for various
maladies. Two cases Of scarlet fever
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