The Holly chieftain., 1898-05-27
MAIL SERVICE FOR CAMPS
The Post Office DEPARTMENTS Ar
rangements for Having Work
Accomplished Satisfactorily.
HOUSE FAyoRs HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION.
Poll of congre.a shows 80 Vote. for the
Annexation Resolution. Giving . Good
working Majority In Its Fnvor-A Di-
piomAtist is London Thinks Europe viii
Interfere Before Loux.


WAsHINGTox. May a5.-The post
Office department is deluged with let
ters from persons who wish to obtain
appointments in connection with the
military post ofice service at the diff
ferent camps and headquarters By
an understanding entered into be-
tween Postmaster General Smith and
First Assistant Postmaster General
Perry Heath, however. this service
VIII be supervised entirely by the ex-
isting force of the post office depart
ment and the active work of collect
ing and distributing mail matter to
forces in the field will be managed by
the officers and enlisted mon of the
army. without added expense to the
government The routine work of
establishing the different camp post
offices will be directed BY the special
agents of the rural free delivery serv-
Ice and the regular corps of post office
inspectors; the regimental chaplains as
rule will be commissioned postmas-
ters and the transportation of the
mails to and from the different camps
will be performed by the army ambu.
lances; and the corporals and privates
Will act as mail superintendent and
carriers respectively. 1t is Mr.. Heath's
opinion that very efficient servi<e in
this way can be established without
taking on additional employees. The
public are asked to assist by carefully
naming company and regiment in the
addresses of their letters to the dif-
ferent camps, as for example: John
Doe, company ID, Sixteenth Illinois
infantry, Falls Church, Va
House Favors Hawaiian Annexation.
WARRINGTON, May 25..-A careful
poll of the house has beer made, which
shows 100 votes in favor of the Ha.
waiian annexation resolution. This
gives good working majority in its
favor. Speaker Reed promised that If
1t was plainly the desire of the great
body of the republicans in the house
that the resolution should be acted
on he would lay the matter before
the committee on rules. This fact
having been demonstrated to his salts
faction, nothing remains but to set
the day. Pressure is being brought to
bear to have vote on the resolution
this week. If the senate makes good
progress on the war revenue bill this
may be done. President McKinley
would like to have annexation take
place before the second expedition
leaves for Manila, thereby securing all
the advantages to be derived from
halfway house at Honolulu. Senti-
ment in the senate is veerinp strongly
in favor Of annexation.
Thinks Europe May Interfere.
NEW YORK, May a5.-A dispatch to
the World from London says: A vet
eran diplomat, who represented a con-
tinental power at various capitals for
many years, but is retired from active
service now, though well informed on
current international affairs, said:
expect European Interference In this war
but not at the present stage, because the con-
tinental powers can ind nc pretext for stepping
in rs long rs Spain holds out gameiy / have
reason for supposing that Austria IL only walt
ing for IN opportunity TO do something for
Spain. But the Austrian emperor feels
that he cannot 20 against the inter-
est Of the triple alliance by playing
too much into the hands of France and
Russia or attempting to lead Italy and Ger
many to pick quarrel with the United States
Then again the emperor OF Austria knows that
France md Russia have many interests them
selves TO make them hesitate about causing an
open rupture with America or increasing the
already visible tension OF their relations, conse-
quent on too public show Of sympathy with
Spain In the Russian and French press. The
continental powers will interfere the instant
events will give them IN opportunity of up-
pealing to the better. nobler feelings OF the
American people and president asking them to
show forbearance and generosity and not In
sist upon making use OF their superior power
and resources to make Spain feel too heavily
the consequences Of her gallant struggle"