The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-19
STILL INSIDE THE HEADS OF
GOLDEN GATE
TRANSPORTS FOR THE TROOPS
Will Be Ready by the Time Merritt's
Picked Force Has Been Fully
Prepared
Associated Press Special Wire


4 Salutes were fired at Mare Island navy 4
4 and the employees of the yard and citi- 4
4 zens of Vallejo. who were assembled 4
= along the shore, vigorously cheered 4
4 the departing vessel. The compasses 4
\ of the Charleston will be adjusted as 4
4 she proceeds down the bay, and no 4
= stop will be made at San Francisco. 4
~ On board the Charleston are num- 4
+. 4 Der of newspaper correspondents. 4
y among them Mr.. q. Langley Jones, 4
4 who has been ordered to Manila to re- 4
n port operations of the United States 4
\ forces there for the Associated Press.
The Charleston had not passed through
the Golden Gate at o'clock this evening
although she left Mare island shortly af.
ter 10 o'clock this morning, bound for Ma.
: nila. 1t is generally understood that hel
compasses are being adjusted near Ange
island, but there may be other reasons fol-
the delay. as this operation usually re-
quires but two or three hours. Her com.
mander may be waiting further instruc.
tions from the department at Washington
as his vessel is within easy reach of the
government boat which plies between this
city and the garrisons at Angel island and
Alcatraz island.
Troops for Manila
Mai Cen. Otis who arrival fror, Da,,,o,
last night. today assumed command of the
organizing. outfitting and the sailing OF
the troops bound for Manila. Gen. Otis
held long consultation with Gen. Mer-
RAM this morning and the first step de-
cided upon was the inspection of the City
Of Picking. which is scheduled to transport
the first regular troOps to the Philinpines
Her aceommoda+,ons u,oro thoro,,ri,,,, ~.
amined and a few a1tera t,ons vii, ho -
which will dalo,, +ha aa,,a 49, 80 ~, 49,.
co, unt;, soturdo,, 49, VIZ, -. 81.
sea the Pek,np will Garry four fo,r-no,,nd
Hotcbk,ss ran,d-6re Guns two ho,no
pIaced IN -ber how md tu,o T., har stor,,
Ebe ia heinz nren.rod for 49, raoo,,.,,s, -,
i4OO enlisted man 70 army of,oars ,o,,,
officers and 10 soi,ors rha ,ot,ar LII,
their officers are n man tho snon,sh .h,,,s
captured nv Admiral Dewov
There a;re row raa-,,, 400
1T the Presidio ana noor,y nc ,,,.r,, ~,
will be here nv the middle ~ nox+ yao,
AfooPs arriving
: Inc second battalion OF the Oregon vol
. unteers, under command of Col. Summers
arrived mere today from Portland and
{ were received with great enthusiasm. They
are a me pody or men and are better
equipped tnan any or the soldiers that have
: arrived mere from other states. They were
met at the Terry depot by the Second artil-
lery Dand ana headed by platoon of police
the soiuiers. VINO showed few signs Of IA
.tigue after their long journey, marched UP
+ Market street to Van Ness avenue thence
TO the Preside, where they were enthusi.
astically received by the soldiers already
encamped there. There We're 600 men and
ofncers IN the second batch of men from the
Webfoot state.
Work on the transports City Of Sydney
snu 4Ausuaha - proceeolns IN very le's-
urely manner Inc former vessel Is being
ua'et anu p a., ana iew carpenters
Unless force Of n,echonics 10 MT ~ 49,,
On her ~ onca tho vessel nil, :, -. ,,a wv a,
II, Ieave for a week ~, r,ora T;tt,a e. ~
ine done An tho Aus,ro,,o MI 6, So e. ,os.
In need of renairs md alteration tha y ~.
other vessal a. will NOT +oLa co Love 20 q,
herfor service when orders a re orce ,ss,,ad
to get her Randy for danar ture
The health of the men CANNED at the
Preside Is penerallv GOOD IN snita ~ 49,
hardshins and exnosura nat tho MOI, ba W.
had to endure. There are ono or two "a ses
of incipient pneumonia and a few cases q,
fever, but that is all. On man from Nc.
Minnville, Or, has been stricken with some
disease resembling measles but the arm,
physicians are not at all sure that this Is
his malady. He has been ouarantined as q
matter of precaution.
Special notices to Pacific coast mariners
were issued today by the hydrographit
service to the effect that all the principa
ports on the Atlantic seaboard have beer
mined with torpedoes and warnings are
given to captains of vessels that infrac.
ton of the law may result in the shore
au,pn1,ur ar, no arr su,uado ss,,,,,.o
vessel
A Piclxed rorc.
- l,t,,cAco n,au 20
A.aS specia' IRON
II was ofticially announced At the wa,
Department today that General Merit,
wifi have the strongest division Of *. ON
men that 1t is possible to raise in tn,
United States Besides the 1000 rer,,,a rs
which have been assigned to his comma nd
he win be given the pick of the troops in