Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-09
MOVEMENT IS SLOW.
Great D Dissatisfaction at the Leisure
ly Way of Moving Troops.
Many Regiments Have No Uniforms and
Many Others Are Deficient In Shoes,
Hats and Underwear-Camp
Alger May He Vacated.

WASHINGTON, June 8. Yesterday was
the quietest Sunday at the navy de-
partment since the outbreak of the
war. No dispatches had come over
night, and it was said that none was
expected. The situation at Santiago
is such, in the opinion of the officials,
that no startling developments are to
be expected Immediately, and the next
news to be looked for from that quar-
ter is on the arrival of troops There
is much dissatisfaction expressed at
the slowness of the movements in the
south, owing in large part to the slen-
der means of transportation and the
chronic difficulty encountered in get
ting anything done down there in a
hurry. In army circles it seems to be
expected that Sampson is to furnish a
sufficient force to convoy the troop
transports, but it is not known wheth-
err he is to supply the force from his
own squadron now at Santiago, or
whether he will call upon Commodore
Watson, off Havana, to perform this
work. In the first case there would
be considerable delay, owing to the
length of time required for the war
ships to make the passage around from
Santiago to Key West.
The war department was open for
business in limited way for half the
day and Adjt Gen. Corbin was hard
at work at his desk in telegraphic cor
respondence with army officers in all
parts of the country and particularly
regarding the Spanish military pris-
oners from whom selections will be
made for exchange of the gallant lit
tie band that sunk the Merrimac.
The commanding officer at Fort Nc
Pherson, Ca, has furnished the de-
partment full list of the captives to
facilitate the work of exchange. The
war department officials were sur
prised at the number of Spanish Off
GERS held captive at Fort Mcpherson,
and there is no lack of material, as
was at first feared, for equal exchanges,
VOLUNTEERS LACKING MAGISTRATES.
New YORK, June GA dispatch to
the New York Herald from Washing
ton says: Gen. Miles has intimated in
his dispatch to the war department
that he finds the volunteer forces of
the United States wholly unprepared
for an active campaign against the
enemy. No official report has been
made yet by the general, as he has
not by any means completed his tour
of inspection. The volunteer army is
lacking in the many necessaries that
would be needed in campaign either
in Cuba or Porto Rico. Many regi-
ments have no uniforms and many
more regiments are deficient in shoes,
hats and underwear. Although every
effort is made by the government to
supply the troops as rapidly as posi-
BILE with tirst.class equipment, the au-
thorities find themselves greatly ham
pered by the lack of facilities in the
United States for making clothing for
the soldiers There has also been
some slight difficulty in supplying the
army at such short notice with arms
and ammunition, but this trouble is
being overcome very rapidly. Gen.
Miles will probably recommend
in his report to the government
that three large permanent camps
be established for the volunteer
army. One of these camps
will undoubtedly be at Montauk point,
Long Island, another at Chickamauga
park and third at some place in Flor
ida not yet decided upon. The troops
at Camp Alger will probably be dis
tributed among these three camps.
Already the war department has de-
cided that no more troops shall be sent
to Camp Alger. The Chickamauga ma
tional park commission has been in
structed by the government to provide
accommodations for an army of 1000
men. There is a strong probability
that the camp in florida will be at
Jacksonville.