Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-12-14

Will at once TepldCo tuo oneVo'S IL Wan
position it occupied during the war,
and will erect historical tablets at i'm
portaut points. 1t will be left to the
several states whose troops were en-
gagged at this point to erect monuments
and memorial tablets.
The Kansas City Journal thus
quotes the letter of a soldier IN Homo
lulu to his friends: "The New York
regiment here want to go home very
bad. They are dying off very fast,
there being a funeral from their camp
almost every day. 1t is mostly their
own fault, as they won't take care OF
themselves; but drink and carouse
around all the time. The natives
make a kind of beer called SNAKE
If a white man drinks it, it will make
him crazy and probably kill him. One
of our soldiers went TO town yesterday
and drank some Of this SNAKE. 1t
didn't do a thing to him but make him
crazy. They had to keep him in irons
most of the night. He is all right to,
day; but walks around with a guard
over him all the time."
- The National Cycling Racing asso-
citation WAS organized at a meeting OF
track owners and managers in New
York last Thursday. 1t is the aim oi
the association to control bicycle rae
ing. professional and amateur, in all OF
the states east of the Mississippi river,
except Louisiana. An alliance will be
made with the Western Cycling asso-
citation and California association OF
Cycling clubs, and the Southern Cyc-
ling association. These officers were
elected: President, c. A. johnson, OF
Buffalo; vice president, o. D. Bloemck,
Vailsburg, n. Y, and F. House, Har-
lem, wheelmen chairman of District
A, embracing all of New England,
4. F. Kelsey, of Hartford, Conn. /;
chairman of District B, embracing
New York and New Jersey, w. Will
son, of Buffalo chairman of District
c, embracing the middle states, }. r.
Dasley chairman of District d, en-
bracing the southern states, G. Cahl,
of Jacksonville chairman OF District
E, embracing the western states, Chas.
P. Root, of Chicago.
- General Miles expects to appear
before the house military committee
in few days to set out personally the
reasons why he thinks the army bill
should be passed. The most urgent is
the fact that Immediately upon the
formal announcement of peace between
the United States and Spain, the United
States army may be suddenly reduced
almost a third, and at time when the
need for troops for garrison purposes
is still pressing. This statement does
not apply to volunteer troops. AS
stated by the president in his message,
they, having enlisted for the war, must
all be discharged. But when the war
department, acting under the author
ity conferred by congress at the last
session, sought to recruit the regular
army to war footing, to stimulate
enlistments it pledged itself in formal
order to discharge upon his own appli-
cation any recruit who wishes to leave
the service upon the conclusion OF
peace, although the nominal term Of
enlistment was for three years. Gen
eral Miles will refer TO the present
prospect Of conclusion of the nego-
tiations at Paris and the signature of
the treaty of peace as all evidence Of
the necessity for speedy action. He
will also urge that provision be made
for the fortifcation of Manila.
- Chicago Record: A demonstra-
ton in force for moral effect has been
planned by the war department against
Havana. Fitzhugh Lees Seventh
corps is to be landed in Cuba almost
en- masse. The movement is to take
the form of an expedition under hos
tile conditions. The appearance of a
whole corps of troops, 10000 strong,
at Havana, the war department be-
lieves, will have a good effect on the
population, and will be greater thing
in the way of practice in embarkation,
transportation and debarkation. 1t
will be much larger than the force
General Shafter took to Santiago.
The plans as perfected by the war de-
partment, contemplate rapid embarka-
tion from three ports next week.
Transports will be collected at Charles
ton, Savannah and Fernandina. Regi-
ments of minimum strength are to be
transported to Charleston and Fernan-
dina. Regiments of maximum num-
bers will be held at Savannah. The
intention is to see how quickly and
smoothly corps can be put on board
transports and moved at sea and
landed. Staff officers, to whom this
experience will be valuable, will 60 to
the three ports to observe the actual
work.
The annual 6-day champion bicycle
race came to a close in Madison Square
Garden, New York last Saturday night
at - O'Clock. Thrty-two men started
in the race the week before; but when
the pistol shot announced the end,
there were only II still in the compe-
tition. The winner was Charles w.
Miller, of Chicago, the same man who
won the race last year, with Frank
Waller, of Boston, second. During
the six days Miller rode 2,007 miles,
beating his last years record about
2 miles, and Waller by % miles. At
ter the race, Miller was married to
Miss Genevieve Hanson, Of Chicago,
amid the loud cheering and generous
good wishes of between 1000 and
10000 spectators. Miller gets from