The San Francisco call., 1898-08-25
SERVICE OF <: VOLUNTEERS NEARLY ENDED Mastering Out Will Soon Be Begun. HONOLULU TRIP CANCELLED CHARTERED TRANSPORTS ARE TO BE DISCHARGED. The Steamer Scandia, With Supplies and Million Dollars, Goes to
 Manila Without Any
 Troops.
HONOLULU TRIP CANCELLED
CHARTERED TRANSPORTS ARE
 TO BE DISCHARGED.

No further shipment of troops to Honolulu will be made until General Mer- riam returns and reports on composites"
 Such was the telegraphic order from Adjutant General Corbin. received yester- day at military headquarters. AS Gen eral Merritt has cabled that he needs no more troops, and as General Merriam, who is to be absent at least one month. ; will in all probability make an unfaYor- able report upon the probability of se- curing a suitable camp at Honolulu, II IS safe to say that the forces now here WILL never get any further toward the Philip pines that the Presidio. This will prove a great disappointment to them, and the - consequence will be general desire to be mustered out Under the circum- stances it is more than likely that the mastering out of the volunteers will oc- cur at an early day. Among the offlcers " at military headquarters 1t was the ex- pected that happened this time in the re- Vocation of the Honolulu orders, as the :. announcement that nearly 10000 soldiers were. to be landed at the islands was re- Garded as a useless move, and now some do mot hesitate to say that 1t was an in- .tentional bluff ito jelly the boys along" .; In. fact, the revocation was looked for almost any day by some of the wiser heads; and to them 1t was not much of a surprise.
 '"The .Scandia should leave with sup plies as soon as possible, and not take any troops. She will be used hos pital ship, if needed, after reaching Ma Tifla; Inform Colonel Long,"
 The foregoing is the text of another dispatch from General Corbin, and to gain more definite information about the Scan dia, the Arizona and other transports, Colonel Long wired the War Department at once, receiving in reply the follow ing:
 '!The question about the Picking has been referred to the President. Annul the charter of the Navy Department, and If later on you see fit to hire her you may do so. You are authorized to cancel the charters of the Australia and the Syd- ney and discharge the vessels. You are requested to have board of survey or . dered to act in concert with board nominated by the owners of the vessels and determine the amount of damage, If any, that has been sustained by the yes sels. It has been decided that no more vessels shall be sent to Honolulu, and therefore, they are not needed. The Scandia will be sent to Manila with sup
 Nothing is said concerning the Arizona, which. will be tied up at Honolulu until further orders.
 ..'The two and a half companies of the First New York remaining at the Presidio. and (which were scheduled to sail on the SGandla for Honolulu, are, under the or .ders from Washington. left out in the cold and will have to stay there until other Instructions are received A question is 6lsO EtilSeu as 10 Wnetner the lZO members Of the Hospital Corps designated to sail on. the. Scandia for Manila are soldiers or ,neutrals under the Red Cross flag which will fly from the hospital ship upon reaching the Philippines. Information has been asked for from Washington as to all . these questions.
 Among the troops soon to be mustered out: as announced in a Washington dis patch; are the California battalion of Ar tillery and the First Washington Volun- teers. now stationed here, and the extra :battalion of this regiment now in the State of Washington Colonel Wholley, cofnmanding this regiment, does not how ever believe this report
 hi the event that the Washingtonians are mustered out the New Workers now at the. ;Presidio expect to do garrison duty at that post, if they fail in their efforts to join the balance of the regiment at Honolulu. They are making a resperate effort to Induce the War Department to allow them to sail on the Scandia for Honolulu.
 The. Scandia. with her supplies and s1,- QO0,0OO in coin for General Merritt's troops may sail tomorrow