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THE CENTENNIAL BARRED.
Last Touches on the Trans ports = The Next
 Fleet

The pilots were all aboard the trans ports last night and will be ready to take out the vessels when the order Is given. Captain F. w. Jordan is assigned to the China. Captain von Schmidt to the Colon, Captain Freeman to the Senator, and Cap tain McCulloch to the Zealandia
 As soon as the Zealandia leaves the Oceanic dock the Indiana will take her place and the work of getting her ready will begin at once The Ohio Is now at Lombard street wharf. the Morgan City will go to section of the seawall the City of Para will be fitted out at the Mail dock and the City of Puebla at Broad way wharf on her return from Puget Sound It will be ten days or fortnight before this third fleet Is ready to get away.
 The Government finally decided yester- day that the steamer Centennial was not fitted for transport. so she will not carry troops to Manila Her owners demanded a resurvey after she was rejected the first time, and an examining board was sent from Mare Island to look her over. As the result of their report Uncle Sam de- cided that he did not want the vessel.
 The coast defense steamer Monadnock and the collier Nero Gate the WhitgifD
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IN LINE AT SUNRISE.
Early Morning Scenes When the Troops Marched From
 Camp Merritt.

With the first refulgent rays of the rising sun melting through the mist crowned summit of Lone Mountain, 4000 brave boys in blue yesterday morn ing shouldered their arms and marched away from Camp Merritt to the stirring music of many bands and the cheers of many comrades Right royal was their departure and sincere were the good by" and God bless you" of their less fortunate comrades who must remain until the order of Ion to Manila" releases them from the chaf- ing inactivity of camp. Those who were left are envious but not jealous, and in the 'godspeed" that they have those who departed they best expressed the longing of their soldierly hearts the desire as it were-"to be up and at them"
 Impressive to that degree that leaves an ineffaceable picture in ones memory were the scenes and incidents attend ant upon the leaving of the second ex- petition from Camp Merritt. It is such scenes that we treasure, 1t is such memories that remain green when time has laid its killing blight upon our keener mental faculties. AS l watched
  camp with that firm and confident ex- pression upon their countenances, I knew that they went to do or die. There was no doubting the purpose of their resolve-it was indelibly stamped upon everything they did-and as the long, blue columns marched away with their standard proudly fluttering in the breath of the early morning, l knew those same men were going to make rich the future annals of history. They went, nay, they have gone, as older men have told me their predecessors went in bygone days, and whether the fortunes of war accord to these soldiers victory or defeat, some of them will leave behind them an honored and priceless heritage to those who shall come after Yes, they will leave be- hind them, mark 1t. such deeds as may be told around the family hearthstone- deeds that fire the hearts of the young. that incite to emulation and that will mold our country's future patriots.
 The cool chill of night still hung over
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CHIEF LEES REVENGE.
The Military Not Likely to Cut Him Off From Leading a
 Procession Again.

This is an incident of the departure of troops, yesterday, and tells of Chief Lees mode of revenge for General Otis refus- ing to turn over the command of Camp Merritt to the Chief and his further slight in not ordering a consolidated parade of the warriors, thus depriving the over-ripe Chief of an opportunity to exhibit his in- firmities to suffering people.
 Major General Otis lack of considera- ton for Lees, when he issued his orders for the authorization of the Second Manila expedition, amounted to more than a slight: 1t verged on an insult In the first place, the troops were ordered to break camp at a. m., and to arrive at the ships by oclock. This In itself was not at all to Lees liking, for not half the people could get down town so early in the day while the residents of Alameda towns were entirely shut out from witnessing the display.
 But to make matters worse, General Otis, by accident or design. failed to des- ignate any line of march to the docks. and as a last affront to the Chief, gave the commanders of the regiments, battalions
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and were rolled up and packed away, while none the less systematically each soldier prepared his kit in heavy marching order. Then the camp lug gage and the effects of the officers were packed and placed in piles to be re- moved later in large drays. Quietly the men partook of their last meal, and this over there was a short space of time in which their comrades, and the brother officers of those departing, came to say good-by and to wish success and safety. Exchanges of good fel- lowship were cut short by the first call," and the fighting machines un- hesitatingly fell into ranks. Then the officers, the men who are to lead and direct these soldiers, assumed com mand and the final roll was called by the sergeants, and the guns dropped automatically from the right shoul- der" as the men answered Here" in a way that meant that they were there, yes, there to stay, and if need be to die. 1 felt the fever of patriotism run hot through my veins at the ominous opening and closing of the gun cham bers.
 There was a suggestive music in the metallic rattle that painted in no un- certain colors the battlefield, the roar of musketry, the clash of arms, the charge, the laying down of life for country, and above all the victory won. There came the command to march, y and the various companies formed in columns and filed from their camp. First the two battalions of the Eight eenth and Twenty-third, then the First Colorado Regiment and next the Utah Light Artillery. Later In the day the Tenth Pennsylvania, First Nebraska and the detachment from the Corps of Engineers followed, they being detained in their departure because their trans ports were not ready for them to go aboard.
 As the columns filed out on to First avenue the drum major tossed up into the air his baton, and the morning sun kissed its bright, silvery head and threw a kindly glint of pure rays In all directions-and then there was a crash of cymbals, a long roll of the snare drums and blast from the horns-and to the stirring strains of a lively two-step those proud soldiers swung off with measured and quick ened step, while from every camp there burst mighty wave of cheering that grew and swelled in volume until even the music of the band became a softer monotone that ran like the vein of some sweet refrain between the waves of those honest, soldierly cheers. Down First avenue and up Point Lobos ave nue those long blue columns of men and guns marched away, and as they climb ed the hill and then were hidden from sight by it's crest the dust of the march, like some sacrificial incense. bore above the prayer that God would go with those men and keep them safe and bring them back to US In health and happiness and that for what they have dared they may some day have all due honor. and by right of the laurels they may win reap the reward of a sweet and deserved peace.
 JOSEPH ALLEN WHEAT.
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of tents After the departure of the troops their camp sites were thoroughly polced and put in excellent condition for the reception of the incoming regiments.
 The Tennessee boys will arrive to-day and occupy the camp vacated by the First Colorado Regiment.
 Colonel Fred Funston of Kansas, com manding the Twentieth Kansas Reg1- ment Is expected to arrive to-day and as- sume command of the regiment, relieving Lieutenant Colonel Little.
 Brigadier General King will establish his headquarters to-day in the same lot with the large tent of the Catholic Truth Society Brigadier General H. c. Otis will establish his headquarters this week just as soon as he can secure the neces- sary tents from the quartermaster's de- partment.
 Lieutenant A. W. Bradbury of the Sew enth California. Company A, has been ap- pointed an aid upon the staff of Brigadier General H. G. Otis. The recruiting detail from the Seventh Regiment left for the SOIth last night.
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FOURTH BRIGADE.
The Commanding Officer Is- sues His First General
 Order

Brigadier General Arthur Macarthur made his official bow to the officers of his brigade yesterday afternoon and caused to be issued the first orders from his de- partment. They read as follows: Headquarters Fourth Brigade. Independent Di- vision, Philippine Expeditionary Forces. General Order. No. l.
 SAN FRANCISCO. June 14 1ssS In pursuance of General Orders No 5. from Headquarters Independent Division Philippine Islands Expeditionary forces. the undersigned hereby assumes command of the Fourth Bri- gade consisting of the following organizations: First Regiment North Dakota Infantry. U. S. V: First Regiment South Dakota Infantry, U. S " Fifty-first Regiment Iowa Infantry. U. S " ARTHUR MACARTHUR, Brigader General Fourth Brigade. United States Volunteers
 Brigade headquarters will be erected to-day in the big sage covered lot be- tween the field hospital and the camp of inc First North Dakota. General Mac Arthur has not yet selected his staff of ficerS.
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the tented field when the clear and mellow toned notes of the bugle awoke the echoes with the "Reveille" call. In the uncertain light of the morning I saw the dim figures of stalwart men emerge from their tents and form In silent lines to answer to their names for the last time at Camp Merritt. The roll call over, these same men began their systematic preparations for de- parture. Like so many well-regulated machines they busted themselves here and there, and as the light grew stronger and I could see them more dis tinctly recognized the wonderful force of perfect discipline; l appreciated the power of the ceaseless drill. Every man had something to do and he was doing 1t. Each soldier was doing the right thing at the right time, and in the right place. These soldiers, by virtue of the laws of the art of war, have resolved themselves into so many perfectly made cogs in perfectly made machine.
 With precision and grace. at the bu- gle call, the white tents f1uttered down
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cut off from their battalions, and the ut most confusion reigned. Groups of wo- men rushed in among the soldiers and marched with them to the dock, nor heed ed the intellectual protests of the com manding officers.
 Down town trucks and express wagons blocked the way, halting the troops, while the drivers jeered at the soldiers efforts to get past Near Fourth street a citi- zen proclaimed his right to perform the functions of a peace officer and led an express wagon out of the way. The driver threatened to assault the citizen for in- terfering, but declined to accept the lat ter's offer to get off his wagon.
 Men, women and children were pitched about and that nobody was killed by cars or teams is not due to police protection. The soldiers reached the docks in an ex- hausted condition after their battle with the crowds. Altogether it was a disgrace to the city, but Chief Lees has taught General Otis not to overlook him again when there is a parade of troops
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IN THE IOWA CAMP.
Two Skeletons UncOvered-A Sure Sign That the Ghost
 Will Walk

I.ieutenants Dull and Wilson, Company c, Fifty-first Iowa, uncovered a grewsome find in their quarters yesterday. Lieu tenant Dull was trying to figure with a toothpick in the sand floor of his tent just how much time had to elapse before pay day The toothpick came in contact with a hard substance of some sort and the curiosity of the officers was aroused.
 Investigation developed a coffin slowed away not half foot from the surface and in a bad state of decay. With a bayonet for @ prod a well preserved skeleton, clad in heavy boots and the desccated rem nants of blanket, were unearthed. The regimental surgeon was hastily notified and hurried to the scene of the discovery.
 Meanwhile another but not so well pre- served skeleton had been unearthed just outside the tent. Both subjects were too L1az a9tedated for the Coroner to sit on.
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COLON
SENATOR
SHIPS IN THE STREAM AND
 NOW READY.
Continued from First Page.

culated by an air blower in the for'ard part of the ship, and other pipes, of which the scientific name is take-ups, carry off the heated air in another di- rection. Electric bulbs, full of promise for the immediate future. twinkle in the light from huge bulkhead lamps which cover the present necessity.
 The men slept, lounged, arranged their personal belongings and were strangely still. The business of war has begun for them. Even to youth courage and confidence that thought must be sometimes grim. And they are far from their own. Perhaps there was something in the cordial, cheerful patriotic good-bys we gave them that made them hunger for the good-bys of Colorado, of Pennsylvania, of Utah, of home.
 The steerage proper has no patent Turner beds, no patent air blowers, no electricity. The men sleep on the old fashioned canvas stretcher which may be ripped from its iron supports and put through the wash. They have port holes to both sides of them and take their cold air straight from the sea. They seemed content with such modest delights as these and on my soul, l, too, would prefer them to all the mod ern improvements which go to mitigate the dark peculiarities of the banana deck.
 By the way" I asked the captain, "why is it called the banana deck?"
 Because" said the captain, 1t Is where we carry bananas"
 But who would have thought of so simple a reason? Especially now. with half of eight hundred and seventy one soldiers slowed away in it.
 Boots was among them.
 Boots" is the mascot of his regi- ment. with his name and number stitched upon his left sleeve. It is the sleeve of a soldier and the heart of soldier beats away under it. He stood about to my belt in his little stock lngs and he had marched the foot out of one of them and dug his five little boy toes into the banana deck as he talked.
 Why did you come, Boots?"
 "Cause I wanted to-
 Wanted to fght?"
 Boots smiled. T wanted to stick by the boys"
 Have you known them very long?"
 'I joined four years ago. I went with em to the strikes"
 Has he got a mother?" I asked.
 "Oh, yes," said one of the men, but she couldn't keep him. He's ours"
 The upper deck swarmed with girls girls in sailor hats and coats glitter Ing with military buttons, and an air of following the army. They flirted fecklessly, glanced killingly, clung ten ierly, parted regretfully when the hour ,f parting came-wept tear or two, genuine, I dare say. For a handsome soldier is something to weep for, isn't
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however, and the surgeon had to content himself with an investigation into the probable sex and race of the skeletons.
 Judging from ornaments found In the collins and from fragments of clothing the remains are those of two of the many Chinese al one time buried at the present site of the camp.
 Lieutenant Dull says that it Is a, certain indication that the ghost will walk before the next moon and he has succeeded in quieting the superstitious fears of his men with this promise. Yesterday was payday in the camps of the First Battalion of California Heavy Artillery, the Hospital Corps, the Four teenth Infantry, First Troop Utah Cav airy and the First Wyoming.
 Paymaster Mcclure, accompanied by the customary guard, off1ciated at this most happy ceremony.
 The First Montana will be paid off this morning at 10 o'clock.
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ae? even if you have known him only [ week.
 A lghtsome eye, a soldiers mien
 A feather of the blue.
 doublet of the Lincoln green,
 No more of me you knew,
 My love!
 No more of me you knew. And gilt cross swords are as good as blue feather any day, and the color If the doublet doesn't really make any Inference.
 On the Broadway wharf was neither ,aiety nor grief. Only the grind to get .eady and the bitterness of hope de- ,erred. Not only was everything late Or the Senator, but early in the day ,er ice machine broke down and ma .hinists were called from the Union iron Works to make the necessary re- pairs. It was night before the refrig- rator was repaired and the ship ready o go out into the stream. The Ne ,raska men arrived at the dock to find
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in San Francisco since the war began.

in San Francisco since the war began
 Among the nominations sent by Presi- dent Mckinley to the Senate on Monday Virginia to be chaplain of volunteers. The new chaplain is devout Baptist He was a captain in Colonel Mosby' 8 command during the Civil War, and the colonel classes him among the best fight CTS in the Confederate cause William A. Chapman, freight clerk on the steamer Belgic, Is son of the Virginia chaplain.
 The order of Knights of Pythias, through the local lodges, has established headquarters on Point Lobos road for the purpose of assisting the members of that order who are in the regiments at Camp Merritt. The committee in charge wifi furnish writing material, postal cards, stamps and pipes and tobacco to the sol ders who may need such. It Is estimated that there are more than 800 Pythians in the ranks
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George F. Conway, Who Will Be Chief Postmaster of the
 Philippines.
Philippines.

6 George F. Conway, Edward NJ. C
 6 Kelly and F. w. Waffle went on c
 @ board the big ships of the Manila C @ expedition yesterday. They will es- ( q tablish a United States postoffice at C 6 Manila as soon as the United States C e troops shall have made such a [.
 q thing possible. MT. Conway is head ( 2 clerk of the expedition and will lose {. 2 no time in getting his p"stoItice in z Q order. They take with them Sever ( e al tons of postoffice supplies in the (
 Q shape of blanks, stamps, envelopes, C 6 account books, money orders regis C q ter blanks, postoffice boxes and (
 ~ other office necessaries. (
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A SOLDIER SHOT
 AT CAMP MERRITT
Private Reid of the Twenty Third Infantry Accidentally
 Wounded in the Lea,

w WOunCed m the Leg.
 The effect of bullet from the Krag- Jorgensen army rifle was painfully H. lustrated at Camp Merritt yesterday afternoon when Private Reid, Com pany K, Twenty third United States Infantry, was shot through the left leg by Private Tullis of Company I of the same regiment. Tullis and Reid are among the number of new recruits who have recently joined the regiment. Tullis was examining his gun and slipped a cartridge into it, when in some way he discharged his weapon. The bullet passed through six tents and a haversack filled with clothing It then struck Reid in the left leg below the knee, passing entirely through the bone and shattering 1t in a horrible manner Reid was sitting in his tent at the time. He was carried at once to the hospital and there is very little chance, in the surgeons opinion, of amputation being avoided. Tullis was placed under arrest, and he will be severely punished.
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PRIVATE HENRY DAMANN
A Pathetic Story of Army Life
 and Death.

Henry Damann, private, Company K. Fourteenth Infantry, United States reg ular army, died of pneumonia Monday evening at o'clock at the French Hos pital. He will be buried with the usual military honors at the Presidio to-day.
 It Is grievous thing that Private Hen ry Damann should die He was one of those few who hold his country and his country's honor first before his own. rom his clattering army boots to his slouchfng army hat he was a patriot: to the deepest depth of his heart he was. a patriot; in his physique, his morals and hls relations with men he was a soldier: 1t was bred in every line of him.
 Not two years ago he left mother in the little town of Fairbolt, Minn, to make his way alone His support hung heaVy on her meager means, and though he had left but eighteen years behind him he saw his duty and would do his utmost in it's fulfillment. Living how he only knew he finally cast his lot in San Fran cisco.
 At this and at that he occupied his time until the time came when his coun- try needed him. Casting everything else behind he presented himself at the first recruiting station. His physique was standard, his morals the best, but-he lacked year. Broken hearted he turned away. but soon returned. He entreated he cajoled, he fought for every point in his favor, but there were plenty coming In who had that extra year and they senf him out.
 Again he came, this time with smile of triumphant happiness and a guardian. He had learned a trick and he made it win. Henry Damann after two weeks of hard patriotic fighting had earned and won the right to fight and not a day since then has he let slip a chance to fit himself for 1t.
 When his sickness came upon him he hid 1t; resorted to his own unskiled rem edies in fear that his regiment would dis card him and his chances to fight be lost. They took him to his last bed, in a cheer less ward, where, Monday night in a spasm of dread lockjaw and fearful lung pains, he died unconscious
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CAMP MERRITT TROOPS.
Space for Tennessee Volun- teerS-COlOnel Funston of
 Kansas Due To-Day.

The chief event of interest at Camp Merritt yesterday was the departure of the second expedition to Manila Nearly 4OO0 troops were withdrawn from Major General Otis army, and their going away left quite gap in the wbita eQysge9 dsld
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A CHANCE FOR FAREWELL
The Ukiah Will Take Out
 Friends Of the Soldiers.

FTI6TlOS or InS SOIQlGPS. The following letter to the president of the Patriotic Home Helpers is self-ex- planatory:
 San Francisco and North Pacific Railway
 SAN FRANCISCO, June l4 1898 Hon. W. W. Morrow San Francisco Cal.- My Dear Judge: I have to-day issued the fol- lowing notice:
 ''The San Francisco and North Pacific Rail- way Companys steamer Ukiah will leave Tiburon ferry tomorrow Wednesday, the 18th inst, to accompany on the bay the transports leaving With troops for the o Philippines To pre- sued. Price, 50 cents each Total receipts will be donated to the Patriotic Home Helpers Time of departure will be announced as soon as official information be obtained Very truly yours, A. w. FOSTER.
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are ready for their long voyage to Manila and will probably come down from the navy yard to-day. If nothing delays them they may get away with the transports, but will not reach Honolulu with them, as the Monadnock will take her time and the Nero will have to accommodate her speed to that of the coast defense vessel.
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 !, MAIL FOR THE PHILIPPINES.
All Letters to Go by the Transports Leaving To-Day Should Be Mailed
 Before 10 A. M.

Mall will the transports leaving to-day
 to sailors Manila should have same Addresses should be definite the State which the if q he belongs The United
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War Incidents.

Triest & Co.,. 116 Sansome street, have furnished to the Government. under con- tract, 25,O00 hats for the volunteer troops. This is one of the largest contracts given
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Nevada Cavalry dere.

A troop of Nevada cavalry volunteers arrived last night at Oakland and early this morning will arrive on this side of the bay and proceed to Camp Merritt.
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Read "A Busy Day With Secretary of War Alger at the White House" in next Sundays Call.
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ent officers will be cared for by the Gov ernment until the necessary transporta- lion arrangements can be made.