The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-20
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NATION From Manila.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1o,-one Of the
largest fleets Of warshlpa ever alsem-
bled in anAmerican port viii b brought
together in the next few daSs q Fort
Monroe. Already hfty-ssYln Warshlps
are under orders to rendezvous there,
and the orders stlll to be asued will
bring the total to the neigh5urhood OF
seventy. Naval officials ~ !, 9 diff
cult to realize the extent Of such a ma
rine aggregation in one harbor. The
orders began issuing last llondny, when
five ships were ordered to Fort Monroe.
on the 18th another ship was added. On
the 18th eight more were sent and on
the 18th seventeen ships were added.
To-day's orders include eIghlden more
ships Before the orders began there
were eight warships at Fort Monroe, so
that the total up to date Is atty-leven.
Included in to-dny's ordersars the New
port, Rodgers, Lebanon, Wgmpatuck,
Norris, Grim. Lancaster, MnchIas
osceloa, Peoria, AEassasoit Sioux. chey-
enne, wabana. chlckasaW, Helena. De-
troIt and Yankton. These and the ships
previously ordered are mainly small
craft, although there are a number OF
large cruisers and gunboata, Including
the san Francisco. Helena, Detroit, To-
peka, Marietta and castine. The move
ment Of these ships northward Is due to
the close OF hostillties. and more partlc-
ularly to the desire to get the ships
away from points of possible fever intee-
tlon. They will now be put in thorough
repair and the crews viii be gradually
changed from naval mlllllamen 70 sail
ors Of the regular navy.
ships for West Indiel.
The navy department has not yet de-
termIned what ships viii 90 % Havana,
San Juan and other points Of Cuba and
Porto Rico. There IS felt to 30 no hurry
about this until the authority Of the
United States is fully established
throughout the islands. In the mean
time the matter of policing the shore
points is being considered ana in due
time a number of the light dradght aux
Hilary craft and some of the single tur-
reted monitors will be used for this
coast patrol. It is found, however, that
only four OF the old monitors Of the civil
war are ft for this service in southern
waters. AS many naval vesseh win be
centered about the West Indies from
this time forward the navy department
will send the new floating dock recently
bought In New York down to Pensacola,
FLORIDA, where 1t will be kept for dock
ing the warships. AT that point also
there are good naval workshop5 TO be
used in conjunction with the floating
dock. The dock Is now Aeins e9ppered
and viii be towed to Pensacs'la as soon
as che September gales are over.
No I'oIl-Var DeveiopmehtS.
There were few developments Of I'm
portance in the postwar situation to-
day. The authorities are 6till waiting
for General Merritt's report on he list
OF casualties and the state. var and
navy departments are interested in
knowing the exact terms on which Ma
nilawas rrendered-whether ne city
alone or II all the Philippines were in
cluded. It was stated by ofielais that
nothing additional on this point had
been received up to the close Of office
hours to-day. The efforts to restore ths
Manila cable continue but they have not
proved successful thus far
The claims made in Madrid that the
protocol and not the capltulation, con-
trolls the status OF affairs in the Philip
Ipnes, will not be discussed BY state de-
partment officials. The Aiadrld discus
sion Is looked upon as rather academic
as 1t is taken for granted that claims
will be made on both sides and that the
Paris tribunal will be the anai arbiter
OF the case.
spnin'E commi'''on'
Neither the state department nor the
French embassy has yet received word
that Spain has chosen her military COM
missions for Cuba and Porto Rico and
some doubt Is expressed as to the accu-
racy OF the names given in London. The
names given In these reports are those
of Spanish generals and admirais now
stationed in Cuba and Porto Rico, SO
that II the names are correct NJ time
will be lost in bringing the commission-
ers together. The understanding here Is
that the sessions will begin At Havana
and San Juan about the first week in