The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-20
TROOPS FOR MANILA.


40 ESIesnsy nai Asissl, has me order
wasis.aod in asroTtlAnss ss''h ths ss'u-
sraI Pian RssartiIps a Carlton Asr IN ?
PhiiiPpinsa
WASHINGTON. p. C.. sept. is.-Ehe
var department. las ordered the follow
ing reginents to Manila:
Fie,y-hrs, IoKa. Twentieth kansas
First Tennessec. First washington and
a detacAmeat OF the First OREGON.
1t vas stated at the war department
that TO e1lseEcy had arisen which
made +, necesslrr to send the tFo2Ps
row Al san Franciaco to Manila. but the
order Issued to-day was In accordance
with the general plan OF the department
regarding a garrison for the Philippines.
Thar plan OF garrison duty included %
600 men for the Philippines 1850 Tor
Porto Rico and eo.opO for Cuba. Tie
tpoops 70 be sent 10 Manila under to-
DAYS orders, viii oil the complement
Tor that station. Tho troops would nave
been sent before. Il vas said, except
that the Department was awaiting me
return OF transports. II Is not expected
ina; troors noT at Honolulu VIII ae-
cotnnery those to be embarked a. san
Francisco, but that more troops VIII oe
sent 20 Honolulu In the near future Ine
foilowInc Is the order directing the
nsoyemefi; Of troops from san Francis
IpJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE.
WASHINGTON. D. c. -,
c,,rmandina General, Department OF
California, san Francisco, Cal.
With the approval OF the acting secre-
.tarr OF war. the Flfty-first Iowa, TTen-
uatb kansas. First Tennessee. First
washington, and detachment OF Second
! Oregon Volunteer Infantry, now at san
Fra3clsco, are hereby relieved from
duty IN the Department o. California,
and VIII proceed TO Manila, Philippine
islands. reporting upon arrival for
dufv 10 the commanding general Uni
ted states forces, at that point;
The duartermaster's department VIII
Furnish the necessary transpoFtaton,es-
perIaI ISare being taken to provide SUI
ficIent space; and the subsistence aud
nedicaI departments are charged with
providing ample and suitable supplies
furnished by their respective depart
ments to Insure the comfort well being
and health OF the troops en- route.
BY command OK Major General Niles
II. C. CORBTN,. AdJutant General
The war department this afternoon
amended the orders relative 70 the dis
patch OF achievements to the Phillp-
pines 50 as 10 increase the number by
i.Iel privates and thirty-stx officers.
These are made up OF four companies
OF the TTeptH-third infantry ana re-
crui;s for the Tenth Pennsylvania, First
Nebraska, and First Colorado These
troops made up the expedition under
General King. which recently left San
Francisco on the Arizona for the Philip
pines. but was stopped By tne depart
ment's orders waen two days out and
returned to port.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept is.-The
news received from Washington to-day
to the effect that FIVE regiments now
encamped IN this city had been ordered
to Manila created much excitement
The Associated Press bulletin an
nouncing the decision OF the department
a. Washington said that arrangements
for the transportation OF the troops
were in progress. A call on the meT-
chants exchange elected the informa-
ton that the only vessel available for
the transportation purposes, not al
ready otherwise engaged Is the steam
er Centennial and she has been reject
ed by the government on two occasions,
The steamers City OF Peking and the
City OF Sydney former transports, are
here, but nre being prepared for their
former commercial duties The Sydney
IL scheduled TO sail for Pepama Sep-
tember % and the City OK Picking IS
slated 70 depart for China October !.
The steamer Australia Is due 10 ar
rive here to-day from Honolulu. The
Australia has already made one trip to
the Philippines In the service Of the
government and was but recently re-
turned to her run between this citF and
Honolulu. The Zealandia. one OF the
original transports, IS now at Sagasa-
kI. Japan. having met with an acci-
dent while on her waF from Manila to
this city.
The steamer Alameda. large steam
or in the Australian tr9da, Is due here
from the antipodes on Wednesday and
the steamer Queen Is expected TO arrive
here from Alaska and northern points
some time Tomorrow