The San Francisco call., 1898-06-02
War Incidents.

Seventh California Regiment; to be Cap
 tain and assistant quartermaster of VOL
 unteers, was confirmed by the Senaep
 yesterday. Captain. Kimball will prop-
 ably be assigned to. duty with one of. the
 brigades of Major-General E Merritts ex-
 petition, He is one of the most active
 and capable officers in the service. .; The Secretary of War and the quarter
 master and adjutant generals. of. the Uni
 ted States army have :indorsed the work
 of the army department of the Young
 Mems Christian. Association Permission
 has been: granted for the free transporta-
 ton of tentage and necessary camp eoufp-
 age belonging. to representatives detailed
 to accompany the troops to the front. The
 subject was referred to the War Depart ment and received official. sanction. H J.
 Mccoy, general secretary of the assoeia-
 tion, says that two representatives, will
 accompany the Philippine forces After
 reading the letters from. the Secretary of
 War and artermaster-generaI, the fol-
 lowing was written to. Major Oscar F.
 Long, depot quartermaster, by Major
 General Merritt: ':'.>. it.'.. .@.: .:.
 Major Long: I approve most heartily of the
 object of this: expedition, and wish you would
 do everything possible to make the way easy
 The within letters are an ample authorization
 WESLEY MERRITT, Major-General June L1Sss. ~-. <...5.5
 There is to be a. flag presentation in the
 Richmond camp at 10:30 o'clock this morn
 ing. The donor" is the San Francisco
 Chamber Of Commerce and the recipient
 will be the Seventh Regiment of Eos An
 geles. Soon after the. First Regiment was
 called into the field and the Seventh ar
 rived from the southern part; of the Stat .
 the members; of the chamber decided to
 show their appreciation of the soldiers of
 both regiments by presenting each with
 their reginlental colors. The First has al
 ready. received it's flags and as stated, the Seventh will to-day. It Is likely that
 the presentation address will be made by Hugh Craig the: :presidente-e of the cham
 Der, who has the: happy -tacultys of saying the right thing at the right time:. =. = :. E Dr. Ira B.: Laad was. yesterday sworn
 in by Captain Darlington as assistant sur
 geon. of the Seventh. California Volun-
 teerS. = 5: i. :<.. -' F. t-S
 Captain. Darlington. has received a tele- gram directing him to :jotp his regiment, l:the First United States Infantry, at Tam
 pa, as *soon. as. he. can. complete his #du- ties as mastering; officer in San Francisco. The First Regiment of South Dakota
 Volunteers: will arrive at noon to-day and
 VIII at once cross the bay. They will
 march z up. Market: street at about 2
 o'clock. The Tegfment:is composed of t973 Eenlsted men: and: 46 officers. :, :: 5:s
 Fifty more. men are. wanted in the
 United States Signal and Engineer Corps
 Captain Fhonpsonf chief signal officer,
 will reeaiye. eXperienced electricians, op-
 orators, Ifnemen and men. familiar with
 the work of laying and taking up cables,
 etc. Captain ItIompson's s office: Is in the
 Phelans building g. 5s & ;Ff :.s ::.:4r,
 the site of the old City Cemetery @and7the
 fact was brought to: their attention yes.
 terdaX in. a ghastly mia anner. A squad of
 men were digging q: sink. in the sand when
 they unearthed a coffin. containing the. re-
 mains of a Chtnaman: There was no
 mark to indicate the grave and who. the departed, was or how long he had: been
 planted The new City: Cemetery was :es- t tablished about twenty. years: ago and 1t
 was supposed that alI:the bodies. had been
 removed from: the. present camp: site: The
 soldiers dug grave a short distance from the trench: and reinterred the remains.
 2. Lieutenant Melvin A. HildrethT :oI the
 First North. Dakota is one: of the most
 prominent lawyers. in the State and gave
 up a: practice worth many thousands an-
 nualIy to. remain with his s*regiment when
 it was mustered out of the State's service =into the volunteers, Just before: he left
 Fargo the mem berS of the bar presented
 Lieutenant Hfldreth with a magnificent
 gold watch, suitably insortbed, as a token of. their esteen.# He gained a wide repu- tatio1i. as a criminal; lawyer throughout the middle vest through: his defense of E Kent, the wife -murderer, whom MT. *Hil- moment after he had been sentenced. to death four times The: Kent ease was. al-
 most as celebrated as the Durrant trag- edy. 7: ' - .:.: E The officers and men of the First Regi-
 nent, Nehraska Volunteers, and partic- ularly< the hospital corps. are greatly, in PenSeOr .. cal evening paper the day. after their ar | rival charging them with abandonines sey- Eeral invalitfs whom they sent to the liar
 bor Hospital upon. arrival The article asserted that the regimental> surgeons: did
 not go near the men until the following |: day, and that the hospital surgeons. were I 'obliged$to provide for:the. comfort of the invalids nilt of their own pockets. As a matter of fact the regiment arrived late | In. the day. with four. men invalfded one r of whom was suffering from a severe Jll lso.%1 ! tention. The officers did not know where they were to, camp or when. they would have their hosnftal in readiness. to- care for the sufferers, so the: were sent to the [ I4arbor Hospital and Dr.. Hill and hfs as asistants generously offered to let them re-
 main there all. night. which offer; was
 geons. visited the patients. and. as they
 were in excellent .hanas they went: out to camp to arrange their hos-'tal. i: '. The article in. dnsestion- has been: copied in the Nebraska State Journal'' and the officers are indignant that such an un- | founded report of their negligence should be circulated In their home. r. dow of the: First Nebraska Volunteers de- sire to: extend thanks=:to Redington & Go. of this citv for a generous and timely do- ernrmerlt was slow in sending in2ithe nec- essary medicaii supplies. and. the gift of
 Redington & Co-awas most aceeptable.>
 l: The: news from Washington that the |: :Goverrinlent has added: canned salmon to the United States Army ration will be received with special qualification by the iregITTars and volunteers j..
 E :.Captaifi Robert. :Cleafyi: who was con nected3. with the. National Guard for twenty -ei ght years has recruited a com panv whose services he. proposes to ten der. sfo Governor Isudd. He was. ir:fcom- -nianfl Of Company E.:of the Third Regi- l. ment of the: Califorffia National Guards | during the. riots of 1877; :: This company. E known as the Emmet Guard, did good and effic cient service .against the rioters. | Colonel~ Reeve. :; of the: Thirteenth: In fantry. Minnesota volunteers. has. in be- EhaIf of the regiment, expressed in a let ter: 10 the president:: Of the board of di- r rectDrs of. the French Hospital the grati- Etilffe of the men for the urfexpected skind- ness of that institution in caring for the sick soldiers of tfie: command This: feel ing of: gratftude is. shared by: every officer | and man iyl the: Tegiments: a \. :: Troops A and, R Of the: San E'rancisco | Hussarst Light Cavalry, VIII hold a meet; | ing this evening at. s :o' clock sharp. in | Armory Hall :Pytbian: Castle, 9o9 Market street, to elect two caDtains and: four r lieutenaiits, and ,: to .select nop- connmts- stoned: off eersS Reports on uniforms will 1 be received, there will 5be mastering in. and other matters of import tances will come:.iIp After; the meeting. there will be a drill; and on next Sunday a drflj l will be held. in. the First; Regiment ar 1 mofys Tenth and. Market streets, at i :3( |. :. D. m. Two companies have been organized