The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-20
Those who Have Accepted Volunteer
Appointments Find They VIII Lose
Their Former Positions.
NO HURRY TO ARM CUBANS
INSURGENTS HAVE so FAR FAILED
TO APPEAR WHEN WANTED.
Washington Authorities Anxious to
know How Gomez and His Compa-
triOts VIII stand After the War.
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| Special to the Indianapolis journal.
| WASHINGTON, May 19.-1here appears
to be less anxiety than was observable
week or two ago to rush arms and ammuni-
| ton in upon Cuban insurgents Attempts
which have been made to help them in this
way have not been phenomenal successes.
The insurgents do not materialize at points
where they are wanted, and it is expecting
rather much of this government to send
| search warrants along with each cargo OF
| munitions of war in order to locate the con-
signees And then again a suspicion mas
| been engendered in certain quarters that 1t
| might be we'll to withhold guns and cart
| ridges from the Cubans until 1t is dennltely
| known where they will stand after the con-
| quest of the island shall have been ac-
| complshed 1t would be rather a dear joke
| on the United States if the weapons Whlch
we give the insurgents should be turned
! upon our own soldiers after we had driven
| the Spaniards out of Cuba
| An Associated Press dispatch says: with
| every disposition on the part OF the execu-
| tive to make the present war snort sharp
| and decisive. it is beginning to be realized
that the shortcomings of our military serV-
| ice are SO many that delays are inevitable,
and that much work will be necessary 70
put the Nation in efficient fighting shape
Every day brings forth some weak spot that
has to be strengthened or some hidden de-
feet. such as the discovery at this late mo-
ment that every regular army off1cer VINO
accented VOLUNTEER appointment would for-
felt his commission in the regulars ana SO
become liable to be left out OF the service
entirely at the end of the war. Few officers
cared to risk their future in that way, so a
rush was made towards Congress to secure
the necessary corrective legislation. Again,
it has been found that the equipment of the
army, small as it is, in comparison with the
great army of the rebenion' Is saoly IacK-
ing. Nearly a month after the formal dec
1aration of war, the War Department TO-
dav purchased a number of shelter tents.
| and it has Just secured the hammocks that
| experts saw are essential to existence IN
Cuba These preparations involve delay, so
| that il is not remarkable that, in spite or
| herculean efforts of the officers or the
| army no positive start has yet been mace
| towards the goal by the army or occupa-
ton. Probably it is this fact rather tnan
any unreadiness on the part OF the navy
| that causes the campaign to drag In It's IN
ception, for the Navy Department has an
| nounced that it stood ready at any moment
| to furnish conveys for the transports, pro-
| vided they were started from one point
| General Miles had an interview this after
| noon with Captain Crowinshield, chief OF
the Navigation Bureau, and it is surmised
that this very subject was under discussion
| The rumor was afloat that General Miles,
with his staff, was to leave Washington TO-
night for Tampa, but this again proved to
/ be premature.
To maintain the army of 100000 men Tor
six months will cost $50, ,OO0 according to
| estimates prepared by Paymaster General
Stanton, and the leading officials are begin
/ ming to fear that hostilities may run along
/ beHoud this period. The reason is the grow
| ing conviction on the part of some Of the
| officers that they must not reckon on any
| substantial assistance from the Cuban rebels
| in this campaign, and, moreover, must meet
| the Spaniards in Cuba in their strongest
| sphere-that Of the defensive.
The regular troops which are to accom-
| many the expedition to the Philippines were
| determined on at the War Department to-
! dav. and orders for them to proceed
| promptly to. the coast will be issued soon.
| These. with the volunteers from California,
| Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana,
Nebraska, oregon, Wyoming, Utah, North
and South Dakota and Idaho, will make up
| the sum total from which are to be taken
the troops who are to be sent to reinforce
| Admiral Dewey and enable him to take and
|
sion that the occupation of the islands is
| intended was made known in an order of the
| department to-day detailing several officers
| for duty in that connection. The quarter
masters department reports that the four
shins which have been chartered for the
| transport trip should be ready to sail in
| side of ten days at the most. The City of
| Peking which will get off first, is almost
| ready The commissary department was
| advised that supplies for 1900 men were
to reach San Francisco to-day from Chi
cago They are calculated on basis of
| three months, at the rate of one ration
| day for each man.
| Adiutant General Corbin tonight sent
| telesraphic orders to the Eighteenth and
| Twenty-third Infantry, now in camp at
New Orleans. to proceed at once to San
Francisco. They will report to the COM
manding general at that point, and. will
embark for the Philippines as soon as sup
niles and transportation can be furnished
| them.
General Corbin said late tonight that
| the number Of volunteers mustered into
| tbs service of the United States had now
nassed the 100, 900 mark At 10 o'clock the
| actual number reported mustered in was
% s7S. Three-quarters OF an hour later the
mastering of an additional regiment was
renorted. thus swelling the total to a trine
over 100000 The States in which the mus
tering of the quota of troops has been
| completed are as follows: California, Colo
rado, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas Maine,
! MARYLAND, Massachusetts. Minnesota, Mis-
souri,, Nebraska, New Hampshire. Ohio.