Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-22
LIST NOT MADE OUT
Regiments to Be Mustered Out Yet
to Be Selected.
MAY Be COMPLETED TOMORROW
Case of Small Arms Surrendered
at Manila.
WORK OF SIGNAL CORPS


of the service, but has been in constant cor
respondence with various sections Of the
country upon the subject. At first 1t was
thought that the demand to remain in the
service would prove embarrassing to the
department, as so many troops desired to
continue in service. 1t is now believed that
there has been a change of sentiment, and
the officers and men Of regiments that see
no possibility of further fighting are willing
to go back to their vocations. Some want
to go to the new possessions, but others, it
is said, see no glory in policing Santiago
and other captured points where there Is
nothing to do. Some of the troops are also
becoming very weary Of camp life. The LIST
Alabama, it Is understood, has been select
ed for mastering out, at their own request.
Order May BE Made Tomorrow.
An order for the mastering out of be-
tween $1,000 and 100000 volunteer troops
will be issued by the Secretary of War to-
morrow in case the selections now being
made are completed in time. The names of
the organizations are as yet an official
secret. There is reason for the belief how
ever, that the 1st Regiment Of United
States Volunteers Col Roosevelt's Rough
Riders) will be mustered out among the
first, and that the District regiment is not
included in the list now in course Of prep
aration. They will be disbanded later in
the year.
Ordnance officers Relieved.
Ordnance officers are really relieved thai
they will not have the care and repair of
the small arms captured at Manila, which
by the terms of surrender are to be re-
turned to the Spanish soldiers when they
aya TO f|n III = tp faI b,yn
of experience that 1t would not be profit
able for the United States to secure am
munition supplies for a different kind Of
gun, where there were only a small num-
ber such as those captured at Santiago,
which might have been captured at Ma
Mia. If fifty or one hundred thousand
stands of arms were taken, then the United
States might work profitably in the matter
of supplying them with ammunition diff
ferent from the regular arm which has
been adopted fo> the troops and which are
now in use. The ordnance bureau had an
opportunity to select the Mauser when the
Krag-Jorgensen arm was chosen. The CT
ficers who made the examination found de-
fects in the Mauser which gave the other
gun the preference. They believe that the
introduction of a small number of small
a,ms into the army of different make and
caliber would do more harm than good, and
III the end the expenses would more than
make up for the temporary saving that
might follow the use of the captured arms.
Repairing the Manila Cable.
The Manila cable was repaired and oper-
ated by the signal corps of the United
States army. The first intimation that the
cable was again in working order was in d
dispatch from Lieut. Col. Thompson, who
telegraphed Gen. Greedy that he had re-
paired the cable with the materials which
he had taken to Manila with Gen. Mer-
ritt's army. A cable repair ship left Snga-
pore to repair the cable, but it was put in
working order by the United States officers
before the cable ship arrived. Two days
after the message from Col. Thompson, a
message was received from the president
of the Gable company, announcing that the
Manila line was again in working order.
The signal corps has sent with every de-
tachment ordered to the front complete
outfit, so that when the army landed at
any place it was prepared to at once begin
operations to place the government at
Washington in communication with the
officers in the field Outfits were carried to
Santiago, and also to Ponce, although the
landing at the latter place was unexpected.
Yet with the materials at hand an impro-
vised cable was put In operation until sup
plies could be obtained from st. Thomas.
OIivette's Sick Going to Boston.
The Olivette, hospital Ship which has
just arrived at Montauk Point with two
hundred sick on board, has been ordered
to proceed to Boston. The sick soldiers
will be taken to hospitals in Boston, which
have volunteered to Surgeon General
Sternberg to take care of them
Paymaster General Stanton has ordered
three paymasters with funds, to go at
once to Manila to pay the troops there.
hey will sail from San Francisco In a day
two.
Adjutant General Corbin has cabled Gen.
Merritt to send list of the wounded at
Manila
Ordered to Camp Meade.
Capt. Frederick W. Hyde, commissary of
subsistence, United States volunteers is
relieved from duty assistant to Maj.
John Littlo, purchasing and depot commits
sary at Dunn Loring, Va, and will pro-
ceed. accompanied by three civilian en-
ployes. to be designated by Maj. Little, to
Middletown, Pa, and report in person to
Lieut. Col. James M. Allison, chief COM
missary of subsistence, United States Vol
unteers. for assignment to duty in the sub
sistence depot there.
Acting Assistant Surgeon William L. Ste
vens. United States army, will proceed
from Orange, Va, to Camp Meade, Middle
town, Pa, and report in person to the COM
manding general. United States troops, at
that place for assignment to duty.
Acting Assistant Surgeon Edward Lyon
jr., United States army, will proceed from
this city to Camp Meade, Middletown, Pa,
and report in person to the. commanding
general. United States troops, at that
place. for assignment to duty.
Lieut. Col. Joshua w. Jacobs, chief quar-
termaster, United States Volunteers, now
at Santiago, will report in person to Mai.
Gen. Henry w. Lawton, United States
Volunteers. commanding the Department
of Santiago. for assignment to duty as
chief quartermaster of that department
Leave for Lieut.. Weaver.
Leave of absence for one month on ac-
count of sickness is granted First Lieut..
Clarence A Weaver, assistant surgeon 1st