The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-15
Utah RECRUITS GOING
Sail For the Philippines With the
Fifth Expedition.
GEN. OTIS SAILS TODAY
DEPARTURE OF THE FOURTH
EXPEDITION.
Utah Artillery Recruits Will Leave
In a Week Or Ten Days-Mon-
tana Regiment Cues az the Same
Time-Big Reception For the New
York Regiment.
GEN. OTIS SAILS TODAY

San Francisco, July 14.-Major Cen
eral Otis today issued an order desig-
mating the Troops to sail for Manila on
the second section Of the fourth expe-
dition. or the fifth expedition, as it may
be called. The order came somewhat
as a surprise, IS it had been stated
that the troops of the expedition would
not be selected until after the cepar-
ture Of General Otis and the steamers
Peru and Puebla tomorrow The men
have been assigned as follows;
To the steamer Pennsylvania: Inc
First Montana volunteers and recruits
of the First California volunteers.
To the steamer Rio de Janeiro; Two
battaliOns Of the First South DAKOTA
volunteers. recruits of First and Sec
ond battalions Eighteenth infantry,
signal corps detachment consisting OF
three officers and 80 enlisted men; re-
cruits of the Utah light artillery
To the steamer St. Paul: One bat
talon South Dakota volunteers, re-
cruits Of the Colorado volunteers, re-
cruits of the Thirteenth Minnesota vol
unteers, signal corps detachment, con-
sisting of two officers and 20 enlisted
men.
OTIS SAILS TODAY.
The transport steamers City Of Pu-
ebla and Peru received their compile
ment of troops today, and tomorrow,
unless contrary orders are received
from Washington. the two steamers
viii sail for Honolulu and viii arrive
here in time to participate in the cere-
mony of annexation. Major General
Otis, commanding the fourth fleet of
transports, win make the Puebla his
flagship. Brigadier General Harrison
C. Otis viii also sill on this vessel.
The officers and troops which will
7ra ba T1f1nE1a a. . Cen
eral E. S. Otis and his staff, Brgadier
General II. G. Otis, all of the remain
ing companies Of the Fourteenth Unit
ed States infantry, recruits OF the First
and Second battalions of the Eight
zenith and Twenty-third regiments en-
listed men of the First North Dakota,
First Wyoming and First Idaho, medi-
cal officers and members of the hos
pital corps, a total of S43 men.
The troops to go on the Peru con-
sist OF q squadron of the Fourth
United States cavalry, light batteries
of the Sixth artillery, a detachment of
the Third United States artillery, a de-
tachment of the signal corps under
Captain Russell, detachment of vol
unteers, medical officers and members
OF the hospital corps. In all there will
be 1,763 officers and men to embark.
1t is generally understood that the
Pueblo and Peru viii remain at Homo
lulu after coaling, to await the arrival
of other vessels of the fourth fleet, the
Pennsylvania. Rio de Janiero and ST.
Paul, though from present Indications
the last three vessels of the feet can
not get away for at least week or ten
DAYS in which case the Pueblo and
Peru will sail from Honolulu for Ma
Mia in command of Brigadier General
Otis. Major General Otis stopping off
at Honolulu to take command of the
second section on its arrival there.
RECEPTION FOR NEW WORKERS.
Six more companies of the First New
York volunteers arrived on this side
of the bay from Oakland this morning.
They We're escorted to the Red Cross
headquarters, where breakfast was
served, after which, headed by a re-
ception committee, a platoon of police
and the Tennessee regimental band,
the soldiers marched TO the Mechanics
pavilion, where a public reception was
held in honor of the regiment. The
New Workers who arrived here yester-
day spent last night at Camp Merritt
and this morning marched to the pa
vilion. where they Joined the men who
arrived this morning.
One of the features of the reception
was the singing of America The
Tennessee and Seventh California
oaDds consolidated, and everybody
stood up and sang America" A few
patriotic airs were played, and the re-
ceDtion terminated with AUD Lang
Syne" and Home, Sweet Home''
The gunboat Bennington left her an
chOrage this afternoon and proceeded
down tho bay, amid the footing of
many whistles and the dipping of the
flags on the merchant vessels. It is
generally supposed that she is going
to Honolulu. but nothing positive as
TO her destination can be stated at this
time.