Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-25
on LA.o AND SEA.
Bits Of News from Our Gallant Soldiers and
Sailors.

About $1.000000. mostly in gold and sill
yer coin. will be carried to Manila on the
Scan.ia from San Francisco. for the pay
| ment of the United States troops In the
Philippines. The coin will be guarded by
Il detachment of soldiers.
Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn of the
war department contemplatcs the estab-
lishment of a line of transports from New
York to Havana, Santiago and Ponce. 1t
! is expected that the new route will be
ready for operation in two weeks.
The funeral of Private Eugene Hackett
of Co. I'll. Rockland. LIST Regiment, Maine
Volunteers. was attended at Mechanic
Falls. Wednesday afternoon at o'clock.
| Mr.. Hackett died of typhoid fever at
| Chickamauga. His home is in Caribou
but when the Spanish-American war
| broke out he was student at the Uni
versity of Maine and enlisted in Co. H of
| Rockland.
A board made up of Naval Constructors
Seactor, Tawersy and Bankers. held a
session at the kittery navy yard.
Wednesday, for the, purpose of examining
Lieut.. Hobson, the hero of the Merrimac
for promotion. The board began its ses-
sion at 1880 and sat all day. Lieut.. Hob
son was not present. but it is thought he
will be promoted without appearing be-
| fore the board.
An enthusiastic reception was given
Secretary Long at the station in Buck
| Held on the arrival of the afternoon train.
| Tuesday. The citizens turned out en-
masse and gave the secretary three rous-
| ing cheers as he stepped from the train
and the ladies showered him with bo-
quets while the national salute was fired
from the hill near the station. Mr. Long
will remain about 10 days.
Commander J. ". b. Blocker. U. s.
| Ine,
navy yard. Passed Assistant Engi-
neer c. H. Manning. retired, detached
from the North Atlantic squadron at
Key West, and ordered home. Lieut.
j. w. Hagenman, retired, detached
from the kittery navy yard and or
| dered home.
Two privates of the fist Regiment Nor
ris d. Kane and Christopher Jurgenson
We're killed while skylarking near West
| bury, L.. L., Wednesday. The battalion
| left the camp. Wednesday. to join the
main body of the list at Montauk. The
! two men were in the baggage car and one
| tried to take possession of "a piece of
watermelon held by the other In a
friendly scuffie both fell from the car and
were cut to pieces.
The auxiliary cruiser St. Louis arrived
| at Cramps ship yards. Philadelphia.
| Wednesday. The work of putting her in
the same condition as for war service will
! begin as soon as the necessary orders are
received from Washington. The st. Paul.
| sister ship of the st. Louis. is already at
| Cramps. 1t is thought two months will
| elapse before the great ocean greyhounds
| will be in condition to be returned to the
International Navigation Co.
Spanish will be added to the list of
| studies taught in the Chicago schools. If
DIR. f. Benjamin Andrews. the new super
inten.ent, has his way. DR.. Andrews says
| that when Cuba. Porto Rico and the Phil
| ippines come under the control of this
government. rich new fields for business
enterprises will be opened to the young
men of Chicago. For that reason, he con-
sidcrs it fully as essential now to teach
the Spanish language as German and
French.
Sixteen Spanish prisoners in charge of
Lieut.. Buckingham Of the United States
-.rtillery, arrived at Portsmouth. N. H..
Wednesday, from Fort Mcpherson. They
| were taken to the navy yard and are con-
fined in the stockade with the other pris-
oners. The men were on the gunboat Ar
gonaut. They are all in good health.
Battery X, Heavy Artillery. arrived from
| Tampa on a special train, at 1.3O p. NJ.
The men proceeded to Fort Constitution.
tnt.r permanent headquarters.
Col. Woodward Of the 9th Mass. Vol
| unteerS, declined to be interviewed.
Wednesday night. on his conference with
Gov. Wolcott. 1t is understood, however.
that after discussion of the matter it
was thought wise not to give the troubles
| of the 9Th Regiment any further publicity
lest any additional statements by the re-
signing officers should draw out the whole
story. as it is viewed by the officers of
the United States forces in Porto Rico
as they have been detailed by Gen. Miles
in il personal letter to Gov Wolcott.
The President has called upon Gen.
Merritt, commanding the military
forces at Manila. for his recommends
tons regarding the operations that re-
suited in the surrender or capitulation
of the Philippines. 1t is the Presi-
dents purpose to promote the officers
who rendered conspicuously meritori-
Gus service in the land fights at
Manila just as was done in the case
Of the gallant officers at Santiago.
Gen. Flagler, chief of the ordnance
bureau. has received further reports
from the officers in charge Of the cap,
/ tured Spanish arms at Santiago. They
show that the number taken will be
about $4,000, with several million"
| rounds of ammunition, the exact num-
| Der not stated. The arms will be sent
to New York and Springfield to be
cleaned and If they can be put in prop
| er condition they will be made use Of
by the army.
The torpedo boats Ericsson and
Cushing are the latest arrivals at New
York. from Southern waters and. both
are at the Brooklyn navy yard. The
Ericsson will be thoroughly renovated
during her stay. Lieut.. A. Gleaves. and
his executive Ensign D. A. Boyd, who
is one Of the survivors OF the battle
ship Maine. are in charge Of the Cush-
ing, which reached the yard. Wednes-
] day No renafraS ara nandod on the