The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-03
Camp Otis Forces will Leave By
the Arizona.
AN INTERVIEW WITH DEWEY
Regiments to Be Sent From San
Francisco-Large Number of
ReinforcementS.
FOR MANILA.

WASHINGTON. Sept. Accommodating
General, Department OF California: With
the approval of the Acting Secretary OF
War the Fifty-first Iowa. Twentieth
Kansas, First Tennessee, First Washing
ton and detachment of the Second Oregon
Volunteer Infantry at San Francisco are
hereby relieved from duty i'm the Depart
ment of California and will proceed TO
Manila, Philippine Islands, reporting up
on arrival for duty to the commanding
General United States forces at thai
point. The Quartermaster's Department
will furnish the necessary transportation,
special care being taken to provide suf-
ficient space and the subsistence and
medical departments are charged with
providing ample and suitable supplies
furnished by the respective departments
20 insure comfort. well-being and health
Of the troops en- route. By command OF
III. c. CORBIN.
Adjutant General.
WASHINGTON. Sept. Accommodating
General, Department OF California: All
recruits and detachments now at San
Francisco belonging to regiments in the
Philippine Islands, including the four
companies of the Twenty-third United
States Infantry, are directed to proceed
TO Manila. BY command OF Major Gen
eral Miles.
If. c. CoRBIN.
Adjutant General
There will be sent to Manila 5000 to
5000 men.
FROM HONOLULU.
Officers and men OF Camp Otis Gin the
race track here) have the assurance that
they will go on to Manila.
The First New York remains here.
Cen. Gen. King may go on to Manila
by the returned Arizona about the last
OF this month.
DEWEY'S SENTIMENTS.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 23.-Under
date OF August 18th, Martin Egan. special
war correspondent i'm the Philippines;
writes of interview with Admiral
Dewey, the great man of the war, in
which the Admiral expresses "A fervent
desire that Old Glory will forever wave
over all the Philippines. MIR. Egan
writes.
standing on the quarter deck Of the
Baltimore yesterday and gazing at the
American flag over Fort Santiago. with
i'm the walled city. Admiral Dewey said
II hope il floats there forever, forever.
1t is strange that We have wrested an
empire from those people. and that with
the loss of only "A few men. Our navy
did most remarkable work. If were "A
religious man. and hope i am, should
say that il was the hand of God L re-
member when we engaged the fleet seeing
shells fired directly at us, and / do not
understand under heaven why we es-
capped. Then we came up here in the
Olympia and sent them an ultimatum-
In three letters that were written bE
Consul Williams told them IL they fired
another shot / would destroy their city;
| demanded the surrender of some small
vessels that scurried into the Pasig and
which / believed were torpedo-boats, and
| asked the joint use of the cable We
were close in and alone, but they uid
not fire. and never did.
II am proud OF these men under me
and proud to be their leader. They are
all efficient. / gave up the Olympia and
sent her TO Hongkong and came on the
Baltimore. Here L find everything as ef-
ficient as on the Olympia am send
and have asked for a battle ship and an
armored cruiser. i do not intend TO go
home unless IL is absolutely necessary,
for there is much work still TO be done
here. do not want to 20 until IL - ali
over. The truth has not been told abou
this place. II is not so hot anc TN;
weather is much better than has been as
serted. In the fleet We have les SICK
ness than on an ordinary cruise
WANT INDEPENDENCE.
MANILA. Sept. 23-The Filipino Ma
tionai Assembly has decided to request
the Americans first, TO recognize the in
deDendence of the Islands: second, 70 es-
tabliSh a protectorate over their external
affairs. and to induce the powers 70
recognize their independence: third. 10 s-p
point a Joint commission Of Americans
and Filipinos for the arrangement u de-
tails 10 "reciprocate the American ser
vices
HOMESICK.
MANILA. Aug 2s.-NIerritt's arrDy Is
| homesiCk and there has been rush o'
| apDlications for relief. Garrison duty doe:
| not seem to serve TO keep the enthusiasm
OF the troops up TO the proper point anc
when il was announced that Merritt haf
been summoned 10 Paris and that Gen
| Greene and several others had been givei
| permission to return to the United state:
| the was a flood OF applications for reliei