The herald., 1898-05-20
GENERAL coPPINGER AND STAFF AT MOBILE

GENERA
appeared IL tho camp of the troops from
Oregon, and 1t has been decided to isolate
the men from that state.
Arrangements are being made by the Red
Cross society for the enlistment of "a
| purses to accompany the first Philippine
expedition. The nurses will have to enlist
as regular soldiers, but will be exempt from
| military duties.
The chamber Of commerce Of this city
today presented a stand of colors to the
First regiment, which is to sail for the
| Philippines on Saturday on the City Of
Peking
Merritt's Plans
NEW YORK, May 1s.-Major-General
Wesley Merritt will start tomorrow or Fri
day for San Francisco. He will go by way
of Washington and stop there to consult
with President Mckinley and the War De-
| partment in regard to details of the ex-
| pedition to Manila. He does not expect
to be able to get away from the Pacific
| Coast until after June and probably will
go on the cruiser Philadelphia which Is
now at Mare Island Navy Yard. General
Merritt came over to town from Governors
Island early yesterday afternoon to at
tend to some personal affairs before his
departure. The Adjutant-General of his
staff will be Lieut.. J. B. Babcock, who has
been Assistant Adjutant-Gene for the
Department Of California Lieut.. Lewis
H. Stroder of General Merritt's personal
staff has received the rank of Major of
Volunteers and been attached to the EN-
gineer Corps. He will probably be on the
field staff Of General Merritt in the Phil
ippines. Colonel Robert p. Hughes, In
spector-General, and Lieut.-Colonel John
w. Clous, Deputy Judge Acknowledgement,
both of the staff of the department Of the
East, will probably accompany General
Merritt in some capacity.
Regular Troops
| WASHINGTON, May 10.--The regular
troops which are to accompany the expe-
dition to the Philippines were determined
upon at the War Department today and
orders for them to proceed promptly to
the coast will be issued. These. with the
volunteers from California, Colorado,
Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon,
Utah, Wyoming, North and South Dakota
and Idaho make UP the sum total from
which are to be taken the troops who are
to be sent to reinforce Admiral Dewey and
enable him to take and hold the city of
Manila.
The public admission that the occupa-
tion of the Islands Is intended was made
known in an order of the department today
detailing several officers for duty in that
connection. The quartermasters depart
ment reports that the four ships which
have been chartered for the Transpacific
troops should be ready to sail inside of ten
days at the most. The City of Picking,
which will get off first, is almost ready
The commissary department was advised
that such supplies for $1,000 men were to
reach San Francisco today from Chicago.
They are calculated on the basis of three
months time, a ration each day for each
man.
The Last Goodbye
PITTSBURG, May 19.-Five thousand
people, four thousand Of them having re-
mained up all night, greeted the Tenth
Pennsylvania Volunteers when 1t arrived
at the Union station this morning on its
way to San Francisco and thence to Manila.
The members of the regiment are from
the surrounding towns in Western Pennsyl-
vania and they were given an enthusiastic
welcome.
Utah's Artillery
SALT LAKE, May 1s-The two Utah
San Francisco at noon tomorrow by the
Rio Grande Western road.
Work on Transports
SAN FRANCISCO, May 19.-Major Os-
car F. Long Of the Quartermaster's De-
partment says that work on the naval
transports City of Peking and the army
transports Australia and City of Sydney
is progressing we'll and that the former
will be ready as far as his department is
concerned in a short time.
The Commissary Department Is well up
with its work and the supplies are all ready
to be placed on the transports as fast as
they can be stored away. Enough live
stock will be shipped with the expedi-
tion to furnish one fresh meat ration
day for ten or twelve days and this, to-
gether with fresh vegetables, will be taken
on the last thing before the casting on.
Philippine Affairs
VANCOUVER, B. G.. May 1s-It appears
from information brought by the Empress
of india that the Spanish did a little bom-
harding on their own account in the Phil
ippines about a fortnight before Admiral
Dewey silenced their fleet. About the mid
die Of April. says Manila report. Spanish
warships went down to Cebu, where they
bombarded the city. The troops met no
opposition on landing. the rebels having
absconded before shot was fired, taking
with them, 1t is said, $500 900 in cash. Abou.
thirty natives were killed in the bonn
bardment. but no European casualties are
reported. The foreigners in business III
Cebu hoisted their national flags over their
premises and these were respected by the
Spanish Admiral. Cebu, which ranks third
in the cities of the Philippines, was wreck
ed by the bombardment. A massacre OF