The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-24
MASTERING OUT.
Men Of the Naval Militia
Being Released
Today.
ALL HOME In A WEEK.
Urgent Calls From Home
and Business Spur the
Department to Act.
ORDERS Fur IRUUPS lUU
No New Jersey Regiment Yet
Designated to Retire In
to Private Life.
SPANISH CORTES SUMMONED
Denial That Blanco Has Been
Ordered to Renew War
On insurgents.
SCENES AT CAMP wIKOFF
Alger On a visis OF Inspection
--Doldrums Aaoat; Storm
Ashore.
Denial That Blanco Has Been
Ordered to Renew War
On insurgents.
SCENES AT CAMP WIKOFF
Alger On a visis or Inspection
--Doldrums AAoat; Storm
Ashore.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. "a, 1888
Naval officials say that within the next
week all the men called from various
States to man ships of the auxiliary navy
will be on their way home, with the pos
sible exception of those on the four old
monitors around Boston. The department
us deluged with inquiries as to how soon
thesa. naval militiamen can return home
The letters come not only from relatives,
but from business firms. who say that as
the war is over they want their clerks to
return to duty. These influences have
been aided by pressure from Senator's
and Congressman and the department
feels some satisfaction in stating that all
the men will be released by September
except those ON four OF the old moritors.
The discharges are going on today and
will continue from day to day till all are
released. Today the Incas is discharging
her men of the Boston Naval Militia at
Boston.
York and Connecticut militia, has been
ordered from Montauk to New York,
where she will discharge her crew. The
Aileen, manned by New York men, is
under similar orders.
The Arctic. manned by Pennsylvania
men, is discharging today al League
Island. The Elfreda and Huntress.
manned by New York men, will remain
at Montauk to assist in hospital work.
The Chenne and Chickasaw manned by
North Caroline men, are discharging to-
day at Port Royal The California mill
tiamen on the Active, Iroquois and Vigil
liant are being mustered out today at
Mare Island Cal
The Yankee has been ordered north to
Tompkinsville. where she will muster out
265 men of the New York Naval Militia
on her arrival TheBa ltimore men on
the monitor Ajax were discharged yes
terday.
The Rhode Island men on the monitor
Manhattan are being discharged today.
The men on the Nantucket alsa are being
let off today.
Thus the release of the naval militia
men is proceeding rapidly. The four old
monitors will be the last to release their
men, mainly from Massachusetts and
Maine, this delay being due to the neces-
sity of sending tugs to convoy the moni-
tors to the League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia, where the crews will be let
go.
Orders have been given for the two
triple screw cruisers Columbia and Minno-
apolis, which rendered good service in the
operations in the West Indies to go into
"reserve" at the League Island Navy
Yard. Although; their force is reduced
the vessels will not go out of commits
sion. While ins reserve both vessels will
be in command Of Captain r. F. Jewell,
now Of the Minneapolis
Captain J. H. Sands, who has been in
command of the Columbia throughout the
Spanish war was today detached from
that duty and ordered to duty as Gov
ernor Of the naval home at Philadelphia
one of the most desirable billets in the
navy. In this duty he suceessds Commo-
dore John c. Watson, nowtin command of
one of the divisions of the North Atlantic
Squadron.
orders have been issued for the muster
ing III Of the following regiments:-F1rst
Yer ont First Maine. Fifty-second
Iov Sixth Pennsylvania, Fifth Indiana,
Sec New York Second Nebraska,
F'ifi Seventh Indiana all volunteer i'm
FAM; also battalion of Ohio Light Artil-
lers, First Illinois Volunteer Cavalry,
Batteries A and B. Georgia Light Artil-
7
terry and the New York and Pennsyl-
yania cavalry troops now IN Porto Rico.
Other orders to muster out troops will
be announced as soon as definite decis-
ions are reached