Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-04


Months Rations and 400 Rounds
- communion to the Man Will
Be Taken.
o9r Francisco, June 3.-Major Gen
.,t otis has issued an order directing
IL, Tenth Pennsylvania and First Col
47 volunteers to embark on trans
mart fer the Philippines next Thursday.
rse news reached the camp about mid
rga. and was received with nantes
cations Of the greatest delight by the
NH chosen fer the second Manila ex-
,slit;on. There are $40 men from the
Tws-rra State and the Colorado regi-
ns7t is l0S strong.
Tba order Of General Otis read sim
Nv that the colonies CT the regiments
wmld take their commands on beard
chin an Tuesday with 400 rounds of
smmupitiOn to each man and six
mont rations. More definite instruc-
tiops will be published within a day or
80 10 statement was made of when
The ships would leave the harbor. 1t is
no. expected, however, that the trans
norris will sail before Thursday. 1t is
stated that the Zealandia will be ready
bv this evening, but tie China and Co.
I'm viii not be IL condition to receive
the men for several days, and then
stores will have to be taken on board.
These vessels will carry mere troops
named and there is a strong probability
that the Twenty taird regiment of
United States regulars will form a part
Of tile expedtionary force.
Both the Pennsylvania and Colorado
regiments are excellently drilled AMI
equipped organizations. Col Hawkins,
Of Pennsylvania, and Col Hale, of CO..
orad0. are experienced soldiers. Hale
graduated at West Point with the high
est horrors ever known at that institu-
ton and Hawkins is veteran CT the
civil war Both regiments are to be
inspected to-day.
Supplies for the Manila f1otilla are
bang boug1t in immense quantities
and the stocks of some merchants here
have been exhausted General Merritt
is using every effort to collect reliable
Information regarding the Philippines
as a scene OF military operations. Data
Of every kind is being collected and
books and maps are purchased daily.
A bureau of military information has
been established at headquarters and
Placed in charge of Major J. F. Bell, Of
the engineer corps.
Three new cases of serious illness are
reported at Camp Merritt to-day. Pri-
tate Vernon Edward Company G,
Twentieth Kansas Infantry, and Pri-
gate Brown, Seventh California Infan-
try, are down with pneumonia. and
Lieutenant Bates Company A, Seventh
California, is afflicted with malaria!
lever. All have been removed to the
French hospital.
Kun Shu, editor CT the Chinese news
paper in this city, has opened a sub
icrption list for the Red Cross Society
among his countrymen and has already
occurred 500 from the Sam Yup Com
p2ny. He is writing up the work Of the
Red Cross in his paper, and is confident
Large amount of money can be raised
lmong the Chinese here.
The Nebraska regiment has been pre-
tented with fourteen large flags by the
Red Cross ladies of Oakland. United
states Circuit Judge Morrow is taking
Inc lead in move to organize society
10 board the families of volunteers dur
ing the absence of the troops in Ma
Mia
Instructions have gone forward to
ADMIRAL Miller to secure the immediate
return Of the gunboat Bennington from
honolulu in order that she may be
Nernaued at Mare Island navy yard
PRIOR to her permanent assignment to
Dewey in the Philippines. Every eff
lore will be made to have her ready to
convoy the third fleet of transports car
Fng troops to General Merritt's de-
paF'ment, She is expected at San Fran
CISCO next week and should be ready to
say week later.
meantime the Monterey will get away
'A1 spend week at Honolulu, to be IN
|h relieved there by the Monadnock,
"a order that the presence of American
""Sllps in Hawaiian waters may be
l'aelealy continuous, the idea being
'l"' me Philadelphia will remain there
"e succeeding six months.
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