Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-03
TROOPS TO BE SENT.
Decision Reached by the President as
to the Philippines.
MATTERS DISCUSSED BY CABINET
Probable Future of the Islands
After the War.
CALLED AT WHITE HOUSE

would be made an acting admiral by
executive order.
1t is believed that the delay in
sending the advance military expe-
dition to Cuba is caused by the fact
that there is no money at the dis
posal of the War Department to pay
the necessary expenses.
The Spanish statement that Com
modore Dewey used petroleum
bombs at Manila is ridiculed at the
Navy Department, where, it is stated,
no such things are possessed by the
American navy.
Commander J. P Merrill was or
dered to command the Illinois and
Lieut. Com. Cowles to command the
Topeka.
The first troops mustered in were
200 of Col. Woods regiment of
mounted rifemen at Prescott, Ariz.,
yesterday.
w. r. Blanchard, president of the
General Traffic Association, has been
selected to take charge OF all mat
tiers relating to the transportation of
troops and will be given a commits
sion, probably that of a brigadier
general
The Senate not being in session
today the expected nominations for
major and brigadier generals were
not made. The list, it is believed,
includes Gems. Lee, Shafter and
Wade.
Chlckamauga Park and this city
have been determined on as places
where large portions of the volun-
teer army will be concentrated.
The French ambassador has re-
ceived details of the Manila battle,
based on Spanish advices, showing
that two cruisers were DESTROYED by
the Americans, two were sunk by the
Spanish, and the others were dis
abled and fled from the contest
Secretary Gage appeared before
the Senate finance committee to urge
authorization for an issue of bonds
to raise funds to carry on the war.
The President has practically de-
clded to send troops to the Philip
pine Islands to aid Commodore
Dewey in maintaining order there.
The arrangements for this will be
made as soon as word is received
from Commodore Dewey.
The future OF the islands was dis
cussed at the cabinet meeting today.
European Intervention is not an
ticipated
The Notifications appropriations
bill, as agreed upon in conference,
carries total of S9,377,4o4, or over
five millions more than as passed bv
the House.
Representative Grout introduced
resolution authorizing the Presi-
dent to nominate Commodore Dew
ey for the rank of admiral.
The cruisers San Francisco and
New Orleans have gone to Province
town, Mass, to be used with the
katahdin, several monitors, the four
Morgan liners and possibly the Co.
lumbla and Minneapolis, to defend
the New England coast.
President Mckinley has practically de.
c'ded to send 5000 or 5000 western state
troops to the Philippine Islands to aid
commodore Dewey in holding the islands
until TINS country relinQuishes control
Inc understanding now is that California
volunteer troops will make up the greater
part of the force. The remainder will come
ffcm the other Pacific coast states and
from western states.
oruers Tor this force to get ready will
probably be issued at once or at least
within few days. Unless the situation in
the Pacific changes the United States
troops will get away for Manila from san
Francisco within a week
They VIII be sent on the fastest steamers
available and will be accompanied by the
cruiser Charleston, now undergoing repairs
on the Pacific coast.
First Expedition of Its Kind.
The sending of these troops will open the
eyes OF Europe and Asia. The expedition
VIII be the first OF Its kind which ever
crossed the Pacific ocean. and the troops
win be the first ever landed by this coun-
Try on foreign soil 50 far from home
Regular troops would be sent to the
philippines If 1t could be done, but there
are not enough regulars in the west to
make up the force
fhe decision of the government in the
matter has not reached point sufficiently
definite to discuss who will be sent in COM
mand OF these forces, but there is already
talk OF Fitzhugh Lee. who will probably
be made major general tomorrow in the
nominations to be then sent to the Senate
Many Of these nominations have already