Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-09-01

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Rico, but the instructions to the Cuban
military commission settle any question
regarding that island and means that, for
the present at least, the United States will
assume the government and control of the
remainder of the island, as has been the
case in Santiago.
sCHLEY AND SAMPSON.
An order was issued at the Navy De-
'partment detaching Rear Admiral w. S.
Schley from command of the second squad
ron of the North Atlantic fleet, and order
ing him to Porto Rico as member Of the
evacuation commission, during which time
he is authorized to fly his flag on the
cruiser New Orleans, which will remain in
those waters until the commission is ready
to return to the United States. Admiral
Schley will be accompanied by the follow
ing members of his staff now attached to
the Cruiser Brooklyn at New YORK: Lieu
tenant j. B. Sears, Lieutenant B. W..
Wells, ir., and Ensign Edward NcCauley,
jr.
The order for Admiral Schley to fly his
flag on the New Orleans is made in order
to keep him constructively on sea duty
while serving on the evacuation commits
sion, thus emitting him to the highest pay
of his rank, viz, $4,000 FER annun. 1t
was for the same reason that the Navy
Department decided to keep Admiral w.
A. Sampson in nominal command Of the
North Atlantic fleet while he is in Ha-
vana as a member of the Cuban evacua-
ton commission. His flag will be dis
played on the auxiliary cruiser Resolute,
which will take the members Of the COM
mission to Havana.
General Butler, one of the members Of
the Cuban commission, wes at the De-
partment today in conference with the au-
thorities regarding the duties of the coln-
mission.
The Cuban commission will sail from
New York next Saturday on the cruiser
Resolute, which will proceed direct to Ha-
vana. General Wade will act as president
of the commission. The Porto Rican
commission will sail from New York next
Wednesday on the army transport Seneca.
General Gordon arrived here today from
Huntsville, Alabama, and received his in
structions from Acting Secretary Moore, Of
the State Department, and Secretary AL
ger, of the War Department.
CAMP FACILITIES OFFERED.
Hon. Hoke Smith, ex-Secretary of the
Interior, and Representatives Livingston
and Bartlett, of Georgia, were at the War
Department today and offered the Atlanta
Exposition buildings and grounds for
quarters for the troops. They told the
Secretary of War that the buildings were
in good repair, that there was plenty OF
water and lake of twenty acres, and that
the buildings would accommodate from
ten to fifteen thousand soldiers. The
buildings and grounds were rendered free
to the government if they could be made
available. General Corbin at once directed
an investigation of the place to be made TO
see if it could be made available for the
government.
Representative Bartlett said that land at
Macon and Brunswick, Ga, would be
placed at the disposal of the government
for camp if it was desired.
TO BE MUSTERED OUT.
The following troops have been ordered
mustered out:
Ninth Massachusetts, from Middletown,
Pa, to South Pennington, Mass, where
they will be mustered out; Seventh Hi
nois, from Middletown to Springfield; First
Illinois. Lexington, KY, to Springfield;
Fifth Illinois, Lexington to Springfield;
Sixty-fifth New York, from Camp Alger to
Buffalo; Fifth Ohio Infantry from Fernan-
dina, Fla, to Columbus, Ohio; First Wis
consin, from Jacksonville to Camp Doug
lass, Wis; Third United States Volunteer
Cavalry, (Grigsby) at Chickamauga;F Fourth
Texas, at Austin, Texas.
WILL WHITE ACCEPT?
There is still possibility of change in
the personnel. of the American member
ship Of the Peace Commission. Up to
this moment it is not yet definitely and
absolutely known whether Justice White
will accept the appointment rendered him,
and efforts are making by the President to
learn his intentions in the matter. Mr.
Macarthur, the assistant secretary of the
American commission, is now in New
York making arrangements for the sailing
of the commission on the 18th of Septem-
ber.
1t is suggested that Senator Lodge, o.
Massachusetts, is being considered to fill
the vacancy that would result should JUS
tice White decline.
Today for the first time in the history Of
the American army woman was ap