Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-02
MEXICAN DOLLARS.
The Manila Troops Will Be Bene-
flied by Being Paid in The m.
Balloons for Locating CerVera-Dispatches
Said to Have Been Received at the Navy
Department but Not Given Out
President to Review Troops.

New YORK, May 2s.-One of the most
interesting preparations for the out
fitting of the Manila expedition has
Just been announced. The govern
ment has purchased $4,000 Mexican
silver dollars, which Gen. Merritt will
take along to defray the expenses of
the expedition. This amount is not
expected to last long, but more will
be sent him from time to time. BY
purchasing Mexican dollars great
saving is made 1t is possible to OBJ
tain Mexican dollars at 40 cents each,
thus obtaining for one American dol
lar two Mexican ones and leaving
eight cents toward the purchase of
third. In other words, Uncle Sam
was able to buy $4,000 Mexican
dollars for S11, 800 They were bought
in San Francisco. In the Philippines
a Mexican dollar will buy more than
an American dollar, and the expenses
of Gen. Merritt's expedition after it
once lands in Manila will be less than
one-half what they would otherwise
be. AS to the soldiers, they will fare
excellently under this arrangement,
for they will, of course, be paid, ac-
cording to law, American money. The
paymaster will give each soldier two
Mexican dollars for every American
dollar due him on pay day.
BALLOONS FOR LOCATING CERvERA.
New YORK, May 2s,-There were
shipped to Governors island from the
pier from the French line of steamers
two big balloons and equipments
which the government has purchased
for use in army operations. They were
obtained from the French manufacture
er of balloons and proprietor of the
captive balloon in Paris, Maurice NAL
let M. Mallet is also in this country
with Antony Varicle, both of them we'll
known aeronauts, and it is likely their
services will be secured in connection
with the use of balloons in military
operations in Cuba and Porto Rico,
and possibly in the Philippines. The
plan has been proposed of sending one
of the balloons now at Tampa on a
trial of high speed to join Commodore
Schley's squadron and to use it in see
ing just how the alleged Spanish feet
is hidden away in Santiago harbor.
The balloons will be shipped to such
points as the officers of the signal serv-
ice determine.
DISPATCHES FROM SAMPSON.
WASHINGTON, May 2S.-There is rea-
son to believe that the naval officials
late last night received dispatches
from Admiral Sampson, although at
1880 p. NJ. no bulletins had been made
public. The Associated press an
nounced that at two o'clock yesterday
morning the dispatch boat Dolphin, of
Commodore Schley's squadron, ran
alongside the flagship New York, which
was then off Havana, and informed her
that she bore dispatches for Admiral
Sampson from Commodore Schley. 1t
is considered probable these dispatches
contained information of the precise
whereabouts OF the Cape Verde squad
ron and, quite naturally, the informa-
ton would he sent to the naval au-
thorities here as soon as boats and
telegraph wires could carry it. That
the naval officials have received infor-
nation is not doubted, but as yet they
have not admitted the fact
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY TO REVIEW TROOPS.
WASHINGTON, May 2s. President Nc
Kinley and Secretary Alger, accom-
panied by Maj. Gen. Miles, commander
general of the army, and his entire
staff, will review this afternoon the
$4,000 troops now concentrated at Camp
Alger, Va 1t promises to be an i'm
posing spectacle, not only because of
the magnitude of the force reviewed,
but also because of the presence of the
president in the capacity of command
er-in-chief of the army.