The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-02
ORDERS TO RUSH WORK
MORE MEN ARE NEEDED
Unless Their Il Creator Activity II Will
Be Impossible TO Get Expedi-
ton on Before the Md
die OF the Week.

San Francisco. June l. Orders have
been received from Washington to rush
the work of preparing the second feet Of
transports for dispatch to Manila. The
work on the steamers Zealandia. Colon and
China is progressing more rapidly under
specific orders issued by General Merritt.
but unless larger forces Of men are put
to work on the vessels they cannot posi-
bly, be ready before the middle Of next
week. A great deal depends upon the gov
eminent whether or not the vessels get
away even by that time. The stores for
the expedition will have to be brought
from the Mare Island navy yard and 1t
will require some very active work to get
the supplies aboard the vessels by the
middle of the week.
The steamers Centennial and Ohio will
not arrive from Puget sound for some
lays yet. and they will nave to undergo
repairs before the carpenter can begin
the work Of arranging the hunks for the
troops.
1t is doubtful IL these vessels can sail
with the other vessels of the fleet. The
army officers are inspecting several other
vessels which may be utilized for trans
ports. The steamer Cleveland was inspect
ed to-day and the ship Roanoke was also
examined.
The Roanoke Is a four-masted vessel of
enormous carrying capacity, and 1t is un-
derstood that should she be chartered she
will be used as a hospital ship. 1t will take
her about 81 days to sail down to the Phil
ippines. The Roanoke can be turned over
to the government in a few days II neces-
sary.
There are several cases of measles
among the Dakota volunteers. who ar
rived yesterday, and the Dakota camp
has been temporarily located at a dis
lance from the main body. The health of
the North Dakotans does not alarm the
officers. Gut the isolation was made as a
precautionary measure.
Major General Otis this afternoon issued
the following order. which thoroughly es-
tablished the division and brigades at
Camp Merritt:
Headquarters Independent Division.
Philippine Islands Expeditionary Forces,
Camp Merritt. San Francisco. June 1,
1898.
General Order No. IL
"First-In obedience to General Orders,
No. 2. from headquarters United States
Expeditionary Forces and Department of
the Pacific, the undersigned assumes
of all troops here encamped.
and they will constitute a provisional d.
vision. TO be officially designated indie
pendent Division Philippine Islands Ex-
peditionary forces.
The following named officers will oon-
stitute the staff: Captain John l.. Zohn.
assistant sdjutant general and aide. adj
uld thtfdis hs W
Sladen. 4th infantry. aide: Captain George
Ruhlen. qu~artermaster's department,
Captain Charles Mcclure, 18th infantry,
acting Judge advocate; Captain ]. s. Nal
lory, I'd infantry, acting inspector gen.
eral; First Lieutenant ]. r. Bell. 7th cav
airy. acting engineer and ordnance ON
Ger.
Temporary commanders of the second
brigade are as follows: OF the first brig
ade, consisting of regular troops. Colonel
Samuel Overshine. 23d infantry; OF the
second brigade. consisting of the Mime
sofa, Kansas, Idaho and North Dakota
troops, Colonel c. McGrove. 18th Mime
| sofa infantry; of the third brigade. con-
sisting of Pennsylvania. Colorado and
Utah troops. Colonel irving Yale, LIST Col
orado infantry, u. 8. volunteers; of the
fourth brigade. consisting of California.
Montana. South Dakota and wyoming
troops, Colonel Harry Kessler. Montana
infantry, u. S. ""
No troops arrived here to-day, but to-
morrow 1000 men from South Dakota will
reach this city and take up their resi-
dence at Camp Merritt.
The sum collected by the Red Cross So
ciety up to noon to-day amounted to
s33. 6se. The society Is working night n
day to prepare abdominal b~andages for
the expeditionary forces to be sent to
Manila, but the ladies OF the society md
it impossible to supply the demand at
such short notice and have been COM
PEELED to call upon their Eastern sisters
for aid in this regard. The bandases are
absolutely necessary for the preservation
of the health of the men sent to Manila
and commanders Of all brigades will In
sist that the men under their
wear them.
lieutenant Garcelon, adJutant Of the
Minnesota regiment at Camp Merritt. was
severely injured to-day while rying to
ride a fractions horse, which fell on him.