The San Francisco call., 1898-06-11

\ IL the officers connected with the N work of getting the second Ma H nila expedition ready for de- 4 4parture next week are having
 their hands full, and are exert Ing every effort to have the men on board the transports on time General !. B, Babcock, General Merritt's chief of staff, states that the programme as announced has not been changed. The troops will embark next Tuesday and pn the following day the fleet, composed of the China, Colon, Zealandia, Morgan City and Senator, will sail for the Phil lppines, touching at Honolulu
 Major J. F. Bell of General Merritt's staff will sail for the Philippines with the second expedition next Wednes- day.
 Iieutenant-Colo Potter, chief en- gineer on General Merritt's staff, will probably remain in San Francisco un- til the general sails for Manila.
 Majors Ruhlen and Wadsworth of the United States volunteers, and Lieuten- ant Lopez of the navy have been ap- pointed as a board to make the pre- liminary examination of all vessels se- cured in this port for the transporta- ton of troops. Majors Ruhlen and Wadsworth are also assigned to the duty of having the ships put in proper condition for the reception of the men.
 Lieutenant Quan, whose recruiting office for the Third Artillery Is in the Phelan building has received tele- gram from the adJutant- general of the army. stating that loss of teeth does not disQualify a man for enlistment in time of war About twenty appn- cants have been rejected on this ac- count by Lieutenant Quan, and If they will apply again their cases will be con- sidered. Most of these men were otherwise qualified to serve in the army.
 First Lieutenant Chance has been as- signed to duty in the office of Major Thomson in command of the Volun- teer Signal Corps.
 Paynasters Mcclure, Whipple and Kilbourne will this morning begin the work of paying out to the Philippine evolutionary forces the sum of $94O,- 900, which pays the entire command now in San Francisco up to July l.
 At army headquarters yesterday the information was given out that Camp Merritt would be abolished gradually and that the troops would not be moved in a body from the Richmond district. The expedition which is scheduled to sail for Manila next Wednesday will take nearly four thousand troops from the camp and another expedition to fol low a week later will take four thou sand more. Then the remaining or ganizations will be transferred to the Presidio Troops arriving thereafter will be placed on the reservation. The recruits arriving to-day will probably go to Camp Merritt, but all other or ganizations that may be ordered to the Pacific Coast will be quartered else where.
 The officers of the Fourth United States Cavalry have been officially in- formed that at least one squadron of the regiment will go to the Philippines. No orders have been received to pre- pare for the second expedition, hence if is believed that the troopers will be ordered to join the third expedition. The decision has been finally reached that horses must be taken. The experiment must be made some time and General Merritt, therefore, decides to make il with the horses of the Fourth Cavalry It is said that a ship will be specially fitted for the accommodation of the