The Jersey City news., 1898-09-12
THE PEACE COMMISSION
Secretary Day Has a Long
Conference With the
President.
WILL SAIL ON THE cAMpAEIA
Getting the Oregon and Iowa
in Shape for Their
Long Voyage.
WILL SAIL ON THE CAMpAEIA

WASHINGTON, Sept. II, 1S9S.--Secre-
tary of State Day arrived in Washington
from his home at Canton on an early
train today. As soon as he had break
tasted he repaired to the White. House,
where he had a long conference with the
President which is presumed to have had
special reference to the nature of the I'M
structions to be given to the Peace Com
missiomers Nothing has been heard OF
the State Department recently, from the
other members of the Commission, and It
is quite uncertain whether there will pc
a majority of the body here tomorrow 10
hold even the informal meeting Which Is
desired in order to arrange for the de-
parture of the Commission on the 1Ith
inst
Mr.. Macarthur has just returned TO
Washington from New York, where ne
completed all the details of the trip, and
it is now settled that the American COM
Inissioners will take passage on the cam
pania, leaving New York next Saturday.
it is not expected that the instructions
to be given to the members of the Com
mission will be made public, as in the
view of the Department the Commission
ers will be placed at considerable dis-
advantage in conducting their negotla-
tions were their case made known fully
in advance
of the officers on the battleships Oregon
and Iowa preparatory TO their departure
from New York on their long cruise to
Honolulu by way of the Straits OF Ma
gellan. The department has just selected
from among the fleet of colliers acquired
during the war, four of the best and
largest to accompany the battleshlps on
their long run. These are the Cassius.
Scindia. Alexander and Aberendia, and
their coal capacity is sufficient to insure
a full supply for the big battleships, as
well as for themselves, without subjectins
the fleet to the refusal of any OF the
South American Republics to take on coal
on account of the technical existence of
the state of war between the United
made to drive the big ships SO as to equal
the famous run of the Oregon coming
eastward. the need for the ships on the
Pacific side not being SO pressing as to
the boilers or machinery by keeping up
full speed. 1t is expected that the bat
tleships with their colliers will be able
to start from New York about the end
of this month.
Orders were issued from the War De-
partment today ordering two regiments
from Camp Wikoff, Montauk. They are
the Twelfth Infantry which is ordered to
Jefferson Barracks, Mo-, and the Twenty
second, which goes to Fort Cook. Neb..
the station it occupied before going to
the war. The Twelfth was formerly sta
toned at Fort Niobrara Neb. 1t is
hoped that all the regular regiments will
be away from Montauk by the end of the
week
Surgeon General Sternlberg has received
the following telegram from Surgeon
Forwood in charge of the medical estab-
lishment at Camp Wikoff, Montauk, re-
specting the improvements being made
at that place.
THE few patients remaining here tenn
porarily under treatment. will be perfect
ly comfortable in the altered wards now
being prepared. The TENTS are taken off,
the floors, widened two feet, and the
plate raised two feet. Their are Sliding
windows and good ventilation and three
medium base burner stoves in each. Two
of these are well under way. There is a
large force of carpenters and plenty OF
lumber. Everything is under way and in
three or four days, four of these wards
wiH be occupied. They will accommodate
so patients each and four will be, l think
more than enough.
The Shinnecock took about 3G0 today.
The Relief will take 300 from the division
hospitals tomorrow. and the Shinnecock
will be ready for 300 more al one o'clock
Tuesday. Ebert said this evening he had
less than ZOE patients left and he is di-
rected not to receive any more from any
source. The only influx of sick win be
from the camps and the general hospital.
where all typhoid cases have been sent
/ enquired in many wards and was told
that patients were comfortable last night
during the cold storm