The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-05-20
Expected to Be on the Way to Man
lila in FOrty-Eight Hours.
Orders Received From Washington That the
First Regiment Must Start for the
Philippines Tomorrow at
the Latest.

| cruiser Charleston returned to Mare
Island this morning. 1t anchored in the
| bay for the night and went to the navy
yard early this morning. The ships
! condensers are out of order. The acci-
| dent to the Charleston is not regarded
here as serious, and it is thought with
in forty-eight hours she will be far ou6,
on the Pacific on her way to Manila
When the ship left the navy yard yes
| terday everything went well until the
! bay was reached. Then it was that the
condenser tubes began to leak slightly.
! They were repaired, but soon COM
menced to leak again. While the dam
| age could have been repaired at sea. or
when the ship reached Honolulu, Cap
| tain Glass thought it best not to risk
damage to the boilers, and consequently
returned to the navy yard, where the
facilities for quick repairs are more
complete than at Honolulu.
| The cause of the trouble is attributed
to the work of the navy yard mechan-
les. There was no opportunity to test
| the condensers before the ship left the
yard, and it was only when the vessel
was being forced through the water at
/ full speed that the defect was made
manifest. Captain Glass is authority
for the statement that the accident,
while annoying, is not serious, and that
repairs can be made in a few hours.
THE DEFECTS NOT SERIOUS.
VALLEJO (Cal), May ia gang
of machinists from the Mare Island
Navy Yard is working day and night
upon the condenser tubes of the United
States cruiser Charleston, and as the
defects proved upon closer investigation
to be much less serious than were anti
| cipated before her return to the yard,
it is very probable that she will start
afresh upon her long run to the Philip
pines within forty-eight hours.
The return of the cruiser naturally
occasioned a good deal of comment as
to the cause of her having put back
They were however without founda-
/ ton, the sole cause of the delay being
that although a test had been made in
the yard before the Charleston sailed.
some of the tubes, owing to defects in
the material of which they were con-
structed, were unable to stand the extra
strain entailed by the run to Red Rock
and the subsequent maneuvers while
swinging for the purpose of adjusting
! compasses and sprung leaks At the
| time the defects were discovered their
| extent could not be ascertaned, for the
reason that there are 2,49S tubes in the
two condensers, and the exact location
/ of the leakages necessitated the taking
apart of the whole combination.
The gossip to the effect that the dam
| age to the Charleston was the result of
design, and that a member of the crew
was suspected, is denounced by Captain
/ Glass as absolutely unfounded
TROOPS TO START FOR MANILA
TOMORROW.
| SAN FRANCISCO, May 19-Nebras-
ka's contribution of men to the army
which is to be sent to the Philippine ISL
ands arrived in this city tonight There
are thirty carloads of them, numbering
6S2 men and officers. Another train
load, comprising 360 more soldiers from
that State, is detained at Reno, New,
owing to the wrecking of another train.
The Nebraskans began to arrive at
the Oakland mole shortly before =
O'Clock this afternoon, but the third d.
vision did not arrive until 4 o'clock. 1t
was decided that the men should enter
this city in a body, so the first two di-
visions were compelled to await the
arrival of the third.
Finally, when all was ready, they
marched on board the great ferryboat
in perfect order, and were taken across
the bay to San Francisco. AS they
neared the city the dull 1ead-colored
upper works Of the monitor Monterey
appeared, and mighty cheer went up
from the men gathered on the decks of
the ferryboat. 1t was the first fight
ing shin that the majority of them had
seen and their curiosity was greatly
| aroused.
The men were met at the foot of
Market street by band and commit
tees from the Red Cross Society. A
cold lunch was served to the tired SOL
diers, and after a little delay the march
for their camping ground commenced.
The streets were crowded, and the
fine appearance of the men aroused the
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