The herald., 1898-04-17
LONG LEFT ALONE
BY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
THE NAVY
ROOSEVELT RESIGNED
s TO FOLLOW THE FORTUNES OF A
BOLDER LEADER
STATE NATIONAL GUARDSMEN
10 Be Called on to Take the Place Of
Presidio Regulars-Spain and
the Coal Question
Special to The Herald

Special to The Herald
. WASHINGTON. April 16.-Theo- .
. dore Roosevelt has resigned his posi-
ton as assistant secretary Of the
navy to become an aide-de-camp on .
General Lees staff.
Mr.. Roosevelt was moved to resign .
for two reasons:
One is that he is the only man in the
. administration who has red blood in
. his veins. The other reason is that
he is very much ashamed of his chief,
the secretary of the navy.
Secretary Long is an exceedingly .
. timid, cautious man, while Roosevelt .
is bluff and frank Several times .
. since the Cuban question became crit .
ical, Roosevelt talked very emphatic .
. ally about the way things were being .
conducted in the navy department., .
. and it was reported at one time that .
his resignation had been called for .
This report proved to be incorrect. .
. but 1t has been plain for some weeks .
that Mr.. Roosevelt was not satisfied .
. with his position.
Miss Long. Oldest daughter Of the .
. secretary of the navy, who several .
. months since decided to give up the .
-
. and go to Baltimore for the purpose .
. of undertaking a course of study in .
. medicine at the Johns Hopkins insti-
. tute in Baltimore, has announced to Q
her friends her intention of volun- Q
teering her services as nurse in the Q
. event of war.
The National Guard
SACRAMENTO, April 16.-(By Asso-
ciated Press.) Colonel Peeler, assistant
adjutant general, in speaking of the war
situation this afternoon, said:
I'm all probability the state troops will
be called upon to take the place of the
regulars at the Preside. This was the
course followed during the war Of the re-
bellion. and I presume will be done
Just as soon as war Is declared 1t will
certainly be necessary for the state troops
to take an active part, when the time
comes. and while the war department will
no doubt leave a sufficient number of
regulars at the various barracks along the
Pacific coast, to man the heavy artillery
our National guard will be placed at va
rious points to resist any attack that may
be made along the coast"
In speaking of the order of General Shat
ter. directing the location Of heavy bat
terry at Santa Cruz, the colonel said:
1T seems to me that such an order was
most important and essential one, for
the reason that at the present there is no
defense of any kind at Santa Cruz, and in
case of an invasion our vast powder supply
at that point would fall into the hands of
the enemy.
Eureka and Santa Barbara are also
exposed, and have no doubt that a por-
tion of our state troops will be stationed at
these points.
mo business of an extraordinary nature
is pending in the office of the adjutant
general, but as soon as the order comes
from Washington to move state troops a
speedy and active response will be made"
The Coal Question
y WASHINGTON, April 16.-Senators \
= Of all shades Of opinion on the Cuban 4
4 question regard as very important the \
= announcement that Great Britain has \
= decided to treat coal as coutraband of \
+ war in her West Indian poss essions in \
+ case of war between this country and \
4 Spain. While the decision is apparent \
4 ly impartial, the sena tors say that the \
4 effect necessarily Will be entirely in \
\ the interest of rhe United States, be- y
4 cause of the fact that this couutry is \
= near where the seat of war will be \
4 and therefore will not be compelled to y
= ask favors of the other nations, while \
\ Spain will have only her store at \
4 Porto Rico to draw upon. She has \
= been making all the purchases she \
= could, but the stock is necessarily \
+ slender, and senators generally think \
4 that one of our first attacks in case \
+ of war will be upon Porto Rico. They \
+ expect that point to be captured early \
4 In the war and think this capture Will \
4 have the effect of soon terminating y
= hostilities, as 1t will be impossible for \
4 Spain long to maintain conflict in \
y waters so far removed from her base \
y Of supplies. i
The Spanish Flotilla
SOUTHAMPTON, April 16.-A vessel
which arrived here today reports having
seen a Spanish torpedo fotilla in the Rrit
ish channel
Was Sea Serpent
FALMOUTH, Eng, April 16.-The skin
pers Of all the vessls which have arrived
here during the day dscred!t the South
ampton report Of Spanish torpedo flotilla
having been seen I'm the channel Tugs
which have been cruising in the channel in