The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-23
70 RETAIN MS COMMAND
Sampson Will Remain in Control
Of the North Atlantic
Fleet.
sCALEY WILL NOT BE- CHANGED, ElTass
tered Out-Department Making Out
List-ordnnnce officers Glad Arms
Are to BE Given Back to sDnninrds
at Manila.

Washington, Aug. 22.-Rear Ad-
miral Sampson will retain command
of the North Atlantic fleet, notwith-
standing his service on the Cuban mil
itary commission, and Rear Admiral
Schley will continue in his present
naval command, although serving
temporarily on the Puerto Rican com
mission. This statement was made
authoritatively at the navy depart
ment. The list of naval assignments
posted contains that of Admirals
Sampson and Schley to the Cuban and
Puerto Rican commissions respective
", but no reference is made to any
change in the feet commands.
There was much interest about the
navy department in connection with
an expected official visit from the two
read admirals, who have been ordered
to report here. They had not reported
up to midday and officials were not
sure of the time of their arrival. While
here they will receive from the presi-
dent their commissions as rear adj
miral.f
Won't Assemble in Hampton Roads.
Washington, Aug. 22.AOrders were
issued by the navy department Mon
day which will prevent the assemblage
Of any large feet at Hampton Roads.
The large warships will be, sent to
New York and Boston and torpedo
boats at Newport, r. I. The only
ships to remain at Fortress Monroe
are auxiliary cruisers and tugs. These
orderswere issued owing to complaints
Of steamboat companies that large
feet in the harbor at Hampton Roads.
would interfere seriously with navi-
cation.
tAnxious to Ie Mustered Out.
Washington, Aug. 22.-The war
department. has not yet made out its
list of regiments to be mustered out OF
the service, but has been in constant
correspondence with various sections
of the country upon the subject At
first it was thought that the demand
to remain in the service woald prove
embarrassing TO the department. as so
many troops desired to continue in
service 1t is Eow believed that there
has been change of sentiment and
the officers and men of regiments that
see 10 possibility of further fighting
are willing to go back to their ayoca
tions. Some want to go to the new
possessions, but others, it said, see no
glory in policing Santiago and other
captured points where there is moth
ing to do. Some of the troops are also
becoming weary of camp life. The
First Alabama, it is understood, has
been selected for mastering out at its
own request
Don't Want the Guns.
Washington, Aug. 22.-Ordnance of
fcers are really relieved that they
will not have the care of the small
arms captured at Manila, which, by
the terms of surrender, are to be re-
turned to the Spanish soldiers when
they evacuate the city, 1t is stated
by officers of experience that it would
not be profitable for the United States
tc secure ammunition supplies for a
different kind of gun, where there were
only small number such as those cap
tured at Santiago, or which might
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600 or 100000 stands of arms were
taken, then the United States might
work protitably in the matter of sup
plying them with ammunition differ
ent from the regular arm which has
been adopted for the troops and which
Is now in use. The ordnance bureau
had an opportunity to select the Mau-
SER when the Krag-J g-Jorgensen arm was
chosen. The officers who made the
examination found defects in the
Mauser, Which gave the other gun the
preference. They believe that the in
PRODUCTION of small number OF
small arms into the army OF different
make and caliber would do more harm
than good, and that in the end the
expenses would more than make up
for the temporary saving that might
follow the use of the captured arms.
Sick Soldiers nt pIattsburg.
Plattsburg, n. u, Aug. %. Nineteen
sick and wounded soldiers have ar
rived from New York and are NOW COM
fortably settled in the new quarters
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