The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-08-26
The Order Issued for mastering Out Thirteen
Bodies of Volunteers.
OUR REVENGE ON HAYTIANS
Report of Our Weather Warnings Allowed
Troops the MoveCaptan Duncan's Longs
of Thanks Strategic Board.Washing.
City to Give a Rols
ing Reception Their
From Cuba.

Washington, August 23.-The fol-
lowing dispatch has been sent to Gen-
eral Merritt, at Manila
Merritt, Manila:
The president is glad to know you
have ample force. Keep only such
ships as you may require for trans
portatiOn purposes. Every provision
Will be made for the health of your
command and the comfort of your
sick You are authorized to use any
Of the transport ships for hospital pur-
poses and the naval hospital at Hong
Kong can be utilized for the soldiers
in case of necessity. The troops Of
your entire command should be put
in camp or quarters as you decide. The
question of returning any troops can
only be decided after the ratification
of the report of the peace commission,
which cannot be for some weeks, even
months, yet. All transports not need
ed for the immediate use of your COM
mand should be ordered to San Fran
cisco as soon as possible. The Scan
dia has been furnished as a hospital
ship. The Arizona is the property of the
government and may be retained by
you as long as needed.
"CORBIN."
OUR WARSHIPS TO BE DOCKED
AT HONG KONG.
Ambassador Hay in a cablegram to
the state department received this af-
ternoon says that the British govern
ment has directed the governor OF
Hong Kong to accept Admiral Deweys
application for permission to dock and
clean his ships at Hong Kong.
CABLEGRAMS FROM DEWEY AND
MERRITT.
The following dispatches from Ad-
miral Dewey and Major General Mer-
ritt, acknowledging the presidents
cOngratula tiOns on the fall OF Mania,
were made public today at the White
house:
ITO President Mckinley Washington,
"On behalf of the squadron and my
self | thank you most heartily Tor
the congratulations and thanks you
were pleased to express. 1t VIII al
wavs be a. source of pride to us all
to have received such commentator.
Your cable will be published on board
the ships of the squadron tomorrow:
GEORGE DEWEY
From General Merritt:
Manila, August 23, 1888.
'"TO the President, Washington, ID. c.:
For my troops and myself, accept
my sincerest acknowledgements Tor
your generous praise Of the success OF
our campaign. America may we'll be
proud of the troops.
MERRITT"
OUR PEACE COMMISSIONERS.
It is understood that tn, president
will be ready to announce the person
mel of the peace commission before the
close of the present week, ana, pos
sibIy within a day or two. The mem
bers definitely decided upon are be-
lieved to be Secretary Day, Senator
Davis, of Minneapolis; Senator Frye,
of Maine and probably, Mr.. Justice
White, of the United States supreme
court.
TO DISBAND 10000 VOLUNTEERS.
1t is expected that the order for mus
tering out 100, 900 men of the volunteer
forces will be issued tomorrow. The
list Of troops to be mustered out is
nearly complete, but some changes
will have to be made before the or
der is finally signed. This will reduce
materially the number of troops in the
different camps.
The Third corps. which has been
commanded by General Wade, has
been ordered from Chickamauga to
Huntsville, Ala. one regiment Will De
retained at Chickamauga under Gen
-eral Boynton.
BIDS FOR TWENTY EIGHT NEW
WARSHIPS.
The navy department opened bids
sG noon today for sixteen torpedo boat
d,atroyers and twelve torpedo boats,
IT, cost in the aggregate not exceeding
S6ES00, 600. provided in the last ma
va. appropriation act. These twenty
eigat destrOyers and torpedo boats con-
stieate the largest single addition ever
maaa to the navy. The deStrOyers are
to ;5e completed within eighteen
months and the tOrgedo boats within
twelve months. According to the re-
Quirerlents of the department. the de-
Stroyess are to have guaranteed
! speed Gsf tWenty-eight knots and the
-Orpedo boats twenty-siX knots. The
destrOyeres are to be about 400 toms,
and are to- cost not more than S295 00G
each. while the torpedo boats are to
be about 1JG tons and to cost not more
than $40. OOt each.
These de,StTOyers will be the first
vessels Of thak type added to our ma
Wy, except nose imprOvised from
yachts during the recent war exigen-
cy. The batterise; will be composed of
seven rapid-frins guns. There will be
mounted on the i6fdship line two 20
foot torpedo tubes 30 carry 17fOot
torpedoes. Berthing space will be re-
Quired to accommodate d. crew of six
ty men and four officers, and provis-
ion space for twenty days
no re af ,oh ho