St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-08-17

in Cuba or Porto Rico" The text OF
Gen. Skaters reply was:
SANTIAGO, August IL.
ADJUTANT GENERAL, WASHINGTON: -
Telegram received. Message as to peace
negotiations being about concluded. Will
notify Spanish at Holguin by courier to-
morrow and Manzanille and Cienfuegos
by wire, and will try to get Havana.
Will also notify Cuban forces | can reach.
SHAFTER.
Wade's Orders Revoked.
The secretary OF war has stopped the
despatch of further reiniorcements to
Porto Rico Gen. Miles reported by
cable that the force at his command was
ample for the purpose of completing the
conquest OF the island.
This leaves all of Gen. Wade's provis-
ional corps of IS regiments still in the
United States. 1t is believed that all OF
Gen. Wilson's division, except the Sd
Kentucky and the 5th Illinois. have al
ready sailed and they will be allowed to
proceed. The two regiments above
named are at Newport News and will be
detained there until the department has
arranged for their further detail.
There are six brigades under the COM
n,and of Gen. Wade.
The LIST brigade is composed OF the list
r. l., 4th Mo. and 22d N Y; the second
brigade of the LIST N. c., LIST Ala, and LIST
Ark. the Sd brigade of the LIST N. H.,
1st VT, and the so Ia; the 4th brigade
OF the LIST N. j.. LIST w. ", and Sd Va. ;
the 9TH brigade of the 2nd Texas, LIST
Conn, and the LIST DEL; the 9th brigade
OF the list Me-, Sd Tenn, and the LIST Md.
None of the troops under Gen. Wade
have yet started.
The department has not been accu-
rately informed as to which OF Wilson's
troops would be held up under this new
order, but it is believed that the 9th Ill.,,
which has been four times disappointed
by the revocation OF orders to the front,
is among those which have not yet gone
on board the transports.
Troopship on Fire.
The correspondent of the New York
World with the third Manila expedition,
writes of an exciting experience in mid
ocean. His dispatch was dated at Ma
Mia, August A, and is as follows:
The third Philippine expedition is
here, twenty two days out from Homo.
lulu Never did an expedition encounter
more dangers or endure more perils. On
the voyage six men and one offer died
and fifty more were taken sick. Typhoid
and meningitis played havoc on the trans
ports. Two fremen went insane and
leaped overheard. But fire was the
worst peril of all. The fleet of trans
ports and their convoy, the monitor
Monterey, were three days out from
Hawaii when fire was discovered aboard
the transport Morgan City. One OF the
crew reported to Capt. Dillon that there
was blaze in the coal bunkers.
Get out the h )se!' whispered the cap
tain to the first mate.
At midnight, when all the troops were
ASLEEP, Capt. Dillon assembled the crew
and told them the news. Every man
was pledged to secrecy. To let the SOL
diers know that they were over raging
fire would be to precipitate panic.
+ Silently the men coupled on the hose
and the steam pipes. Then they began
battling the flames in the hold. Next
morning the fire was as fierce as ever.
Night and day the heroic crew fought
the fire, but with little success, And
still the troops aboard did not know
that fire was burning beneath their
| feet.
The Morgan City fell off in speed and
the whole fleet was delayed. Capt. Dill
lon did not signal the flagship. He kept
his men at work fighting the flames in
the bunkers while the troops went about
on deck all unconscious of their peril.
The bunkers were still burning when
the Morgan City arrived here. Then for
the first time the troops learned of their
danger. The flames were extinguished
after the ship had been in port few
hours"
Dewey is Grateful.
Congressman Livingston of Georgia
has received the following letter from Ad-
miral Dewey:
Flagship Olympia,
OFF Cavite, Philippine Islands,
June II, 1898.
My Dear Sir: l have just learned from
the last papers that l am indebted to
you for the introduction in the House oil
Representatives of the resolutions ex-
tending to me the thanks of congress for
the naval engagement of Manila bay
May /.
need hardly tell you that l am most
sincerely grateful to you as the author Of
that resolution, bringing, as it does, the
highest honor that can come to an
American naval officer in his professional
career. But it is a great pleasure to
acknow Wedge my debt Of gratitude, and
to thank you in unstinted measure for
the part you took in obtaining for mt
that greatest distinction.
1t is a source of additional pleasure to
me, Vermonter, that the mover of the
resolution was not man from the
North, but one from the far South. This
is one OF the good signs of the times. III
the hour of danger there is no South, nc
North, but one united country, May we
never hear of sectionalism again.
There are no lines drawn in the navy
need not say it may interest you to
know that my flag lieutenant, Lieut.
Brumby, is Georgian by birth and ap
pointment.
Again thanking you most cordially,
remain, very gratefully and sincerely,
GEORGE DEWEY.
A Prize Steamer In New York.
The Spanish steam tug Humberto Rod
riguez, with prize crew on board from
the United States cruiser Badger, and
commanded by Lieut.. Peters, arrived in
New York last week from the blockadine
squadron off Havana, sailing August 4