The record-union., 1898-06-22
Prospect That the Next Expedition
Will Be Delayed.
GOyeTnor Budd Selects Eleven Companies
Of the National Guard Which Will Be
Included in the New Regiment
to Be Formed.

SAN FRANCISCO. June 21.-Despite
all announcements, General Merritt has
not yet decided whether he will go with
the next fleet of transports or not.
There have been rumors that the Cen
eral would sail on the Indiana, the
Newport and a Pacific Mail steamer
| to Hongkong; thence to Manila, but
no plan has yet been adopted. 1t IS
| intimated, however. that he will be
taken to the Philippines on the cruiser
| Philadelphia, should she be ready for
! sea within a reasonable time. One
thing is certain. the General is pre-
pairing to depart. and if he should con-
| clude to sail with the next fleet, he
will be ready. The transports cannot,
however, get away before Saturday.
| The loading of the vessels with
Quartermaster's and commissary
stores is going forward as quickly As
possible, and some of the more en-
thusastic Of the officers at work on
| them say that the ships may be ready
to sail by Thursday, and not later than
Saturday. at the farthest. The general
opinion, however, among the leading
authorities is that it will be ten days
before we can salute another outgoing
fleet Every effort will be made to
get them off sooner if possible.
Under orders from General Merritt.
a board of army doctors to-day eX-
amined the Pacific Mail steamship
Newport, which arrived last Saturday
from Panama with the view Of the
vessel being fitted up as a hospital ship
for the Philippine expedition The
Newport is one of the finest vessels
on the coast and would well serve the
purpose of being turned into a float
ing hospital.
Another story is being circulated to
the effect that additional troops viii
be assigned to the third expedition,
and that General E. S. Otis has been
requested to recommend another COM
mand for immediate transportation to
Manila and in consequence of this ru-
mored request for additional troops the
Seventh Californians are again very
hopeful of going with the third expedi-
ton.
1t is likely that the Newport will be
ready for sea as soon as several other
about 900 men. If the recruits to
come from Los Angeles are left behind,
the Seventh Regiment will just fit
snugly into the Viewpoints berths. She
is practically a new vessel, as she was
but lately thoroughly renovated at the
Union Iron Works. Her boilers and
engines are new. and she has had many
improvements made on her. 1t is said
that it would not take long to fit her
up With berths. The removal Of her
cargo began this morning.
The surgeons are doing everything in
their power to stop the spread of diph-
iberia. Notices have been sent to all
regimental surgeons to try to head off
the dread disease. The sanitary con-
dition of the camp is very bad, and
in the present circumstances could be
little improved The only salvation as
it now appears is to hurry the troops
to the transports, and away from
Camp Merritt.
To-day 1870 recruits arrived for the
Tennessee regiment raising the muster
to JOG men per company. Two hum
bred recruits arrived for the Twentieth
Kansas With the 100 who arrived
last night, the recruits complete the
regiment.
The Monadnock arrived in the harbOr
this afternoon from Mare Island. Her
consort. the Nero, is being coaied, and
will be ready for sea within a few days.
1t has not been definitely given out just
what part these vessels will play in the
war, but it is generally believed that
they will accompany the next eXpedi-
ton to the Philippines, or leave with
in few days after the third fleet sails.
Governor Budd, Colonel Park Hen
shaw and Lieutenant Colonel +. de L.
Darlington, of the new regiment of CAL
ifornia volunteer infantry, were in
consultation almost all day to-day in
regard to the organization of the regi-
ment. The companies of the National
Guard to be mustered into the new reg
iment have been assigned as follows:
Company E of San Jose, c of Petaluma,
d of San Rafael, F of Oakland and G
of Alameda of the Fifth Regiment.
and A of Chico, b of Colusa, ID Of
MarysyilIe, F of Woodland. H of Red
ding and of Grass Valley of the Sec
ond Regiment To these eleven compa-