The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-12
Moving Toward Key West.


Jacksonville. Fla, April 12.-Five car
loads of United States regulars and one
company of cavalry from Columbus. o.,
passed through this morning bound for
Key West.
Tampa, Fla. April 12.-Twenty members
of the Seventeenth United States Infan-
try arrived today and left on the Mas
cote tonight for Key West. Several car
loads of powder for the feet at Key
West is at Port Tampa awaiting trans
portation. The powder will not be car
ried on the passenger steamers and a gun
boat is expected to come for ii.
War Regulations.
New York. April l2-war regulations at
the Brooklyn navy yard were enforced
yesterday to the further extent of barring
out the representatives OF newspapers.
Only the representatives OF two news bu-
reaus will be admitted, and they are re-
quired to limit their visit TO a cali at the
Office Of the commapdant, Admiral Bunce.
and will not be permitted to make an in
spection Of the navy yard
Mothers and sisters of apprentices on
the Annapolis were refused admission,
but well dressed strangers who said: 81
wish to see Lieutenant Smith, or Commo-
dore Brown" were passed without ques-
tion.
To end this abuse it will be needful to
establish a scrutiny bureau to issue
passes at the gate.
English Sympathy.
Chicago, ILL.,. April 12.-"English peo-
pie are with the Americans in the Gu
ban trouble so far as sympathy is con-
cerned. IL is not loyal Americanism to
suppose that the United States would
need more than sympathy in case OF
war. The States ought TO be able TO
make the battle with decrepit power
ike Spain and come out victorious or
be ashamed OF the policy which has left
il at the mercy Of a weakling." said j.
W. Southern. president of the Manches-
ter Ship Canal. who has been in Chicago
for several days on business
There is no doubt of wide feeling
that all people of the English-speaking
race should stand shoulder to shoulder
and rule the world in the name of COM
mon justice. England as shown by the
expression in the English papers, is will
ing to stand by the United States in
this crisis and no one in our country
imagines that anything more than SYM
pathy will be needed should actual war
fare be undertaken. We have great
confidence i'm the ability of the American
Navy and the American soldier
Patriotism i'm ST Louis.
St. Louis. Mo. April l2.-At the dedica-
ton here Of the City Hall, the mayor. in
his address, declared that American
honor demanded the avenging of the
Maine. The students of the State Uni
versity are burning for war. Three hun
dred trained nurses will 90 from here in
the event Of war.
Mines i'm the Channel.
New York April I2-The channel be-
tween WHY'S Point and Fort Schuyler
is so planted with dynamite torpedoes as
10 make the passage Of a Spanish war
ship almost impossible. Operations were
hurried yesterday as fast as possible.
Preparations en- the Pacific Coast.
Mare Island Navy Yard. CaL April I2-
The cruiser Charleston Is nearly ready
TO leave the dry dock. On Saturday the
Pensacola was placed in commission,
with Commander Henry Glass in COM
mand. She is to be used as quarters for
a large detachment of marines, who will
be removed from the marine barracks i'm
order TO make room there for a Temporal
ry hospital The task of preparing the
Philadelphia for sea is being expedited
as fast as the mechanics can get ahead
with the work.
Women Cannot serve on ships.
Surgeon General Van Reypen. of the
Navy. is being almost inundated with
applications from women all over the
country for positions as nurses on the
hospital ship Creole The applications
have averaged about twenty a day since
the war excitement began. The law prac-
tically prohibits the employment of wom-
en- on shipboard. Eight male graduates
Of the New York Training School for
Nurses have already been enlisted for
service on the Creole and it will be i'm
possible for women to serve in that ca
pacity. There is nothing in the law,
however which will prohibit the employ
ment of women as nurses at the Army
and Navy hospitals on shore.
Defending New York
New York April 12.-Expert cleo
trical engineers. signal men and
izing under the leadership of Frank j.
Sprague and ]. c. HatzeL to assist in de-
Tending New York in case of war. The
organization will be in three corps-sig-
nal telegraph and electrical.
Sagasta i'm Emgy.
Greenpoint. L. l., April 12.-Sagasta the
spanish premier, was hanged IN eff1gy
in the front door yard of prominent
resident. The town is greatly excited
over the occurrence.
Volunteer Nurses.
New York April 12.-At the Red Cross
Hospital, No. 2S3 West One Hundredth
Street, yesterday, fifty of the one hun
dred and fifty women who have applied
for immediate enlistment under Clara
Barton's banner, had their first lecture
from Or. A. Monal Lesser, executive
surgeon. and a talk from Beotina Hofker
Lesser sister-in-chief of the society on
the duties of the calling of a war nurse. |
1t was not alone graduate-nurses,
fresh from the severe training that wins |
them a diploma. who convened to the |
roll-call, but young society debutantes, |
ready TO pledge their lives. if need be- |
for their country's honor. Among those |
who have entered for field duty are Miss |
Adele Gardiner. daughter. of Charles |
Lyon Gardiner. of No. 6f7 Madison Ave |
hue. and Miss Isabel Ruby who |
though of English birth has recently |
made her home in America. Both these |
Young women are well known in the /