The Progress., 1898-10-01
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
DOINGS IN WASHINGTON, GOVeRNMEN.
tai AND OTHERWISE.
General Miles Is Preparing an Extensive
Report of the War.-.An Increase of the
Navy Planned---Col. Bryan Ill with Ma.
laria---Other Items Of Interest.

The war department gives out this:
Volunteers who were not paid for the
period between the date of enrolment
and date of muster in are now ordered
to be paid at the next pay roll at their
command.
Instructions given by the navy de-
partment to Capt. A. S. Barker, COM
handing the battleship Oregon and
senior officer Of the squadron which is
under orders to proceed to Manila, re-
quire him to sail during the present
week for Honolulu.
The authorities have reached the
conclusion in view of the spirit shown
by the Cubans, as reported to it, that
it will not be necessary to have nearly
so large force to garrison the island
as was at first anticipated; and it is
thought now that no more than 25, 900
men will be required.
The war department has ordered
that at least two medical officers shall
always be left on duty with each vol
unteer regiment, including surgeon
with the rank of major and all regi-
ments will be allowed four hospital
tents and field furniture to equip them
for the regimental hospital for each
regiment.
Col. W. J. Bryan, Of the Third Ne
braska regiment, was unable to leave
Washington Monday for Jacksonville.
81 have touch of malaria he said,
"and my physician told me today that
| would have to remain here for two
or three days" Col. Bryan was in
bed, where he passed most of the day.
His face was flushed with fever, and
he remarked that he guessed he was q
little tired out.
WAsH1NGToN.-Senor Rivera, the
Cuban sub-agent at Tampa, has been
visiting Secretary Quesada, of the Gu
ban delegation here, for several days.
He brings word of extreme distress
among the Cubans in and about Tam
pa. He says that about 5000 of them
are anxious to return to Cuba and be-
gin work, but they are destitute and
unable to make the move.
For the benefit of American COM
merte, steps are being taken by the
navy department in accordance with
the recommendation of Commander r.
B. Bradford, chief of the bureau of
equipment, to make thorough survey
of the more important harbors of Cuba
and Porto Rico. The yacht Stranger,
under the command of Lieut.. G.. L.
Dryer, is being fitted out at Norfolk
with surveying instruments.
When Secretary Long returns to
Washington within the next few days
he will receive the recommendation of
the board of construction with refer
ence to the increase Of the navy to be
asked for at the coming session of
congress-. The board, after careful
consideration of the matter, has deter
mined to recommend that the secre-
tary ask authority for the construction
of fifteen sheathed vessels, divided in
this way: Three tirst-class sea-going
battleships each of 10, 500 tons; three
armored cruisers each of 1900 tons;
three protected cruisers each of 5000
tons, and six unprotected cruisers Of
each $500 tons.
Since his return to Washington, Gen.
Miles has been busily engaged on his
annual report, which he Las now near
ly completed ready for the public
printer. 1t promises to be the most
interesting public document printed
by the war department since the close
OF the civil war. It is customary for
the commanding general to make
yearly report to the secretary of war.
This report ordinarily includes only
few pages in the report of the war de-
partment. This year, however, will
prove an exception, for Gen. Miles will
review the operations of the army of
the United States in the past year, and
his report will therefore be practically
history Of the war from a military
point of view.
Emperor Abolished Pig Tails,
LoNDoN.-The Daily Chronicles
Tien-Tsin correspondent says: The
emperor provoked the existing cr;s;s