The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-18
SENATOR SAILS
WITH TROOPS
FOR MANILA
The Valencia to Leave
Tomorrow.
THEY ARE TO GO BY RANK
GEN. MILLER WILL REMAIN
HERE TILL THE LAST.
He Will Finally Sail on the New
port, Accompanied by Bat
talon of the Tennessee
Regiment.
THEY ARE TO GO BY RANK
GEN. MILLER WILL REMAIN
HERE TILL THE LAST.

It was about $50 o'clock yesterday
morning when the 500 troops designated
for the Senator marched from the Pre-
sidio. AS has been stated in The Call,
they were the Third Battalion of the
Twenty-thtrd Infantry, the recruits of the
Second Oregon Regiment and q detach
ment from the California Heavy Artillery.
lrhe line of march was down Lombard
street and thence by the water front to
Pacif1c-street wharf, where the SEN
ator lay, and this accounted for the as
appointment of those who had gathered
along the streets to witness the march
ing away of the soldiers. The troops were
all aboard by noon and about o'clock
the Senator cast off her mornings and
slipped out into the stream, and then as
she started on her long journey to Ma
Mia she was saluted by a blast from the
whistles of all the tugs and steamers in
the harbor. Major Goodale of the Twen-
ty-third Infantry was in command of the
Senator.
Orders were issued from department
headquarters late yesterday afternoon by
General Merriam changing the pro-
gramme as mapped out for the sailing Of
the Valencia The troops were to have
gone aboard of this transport to-day. and
she was to have sailed this evening. This
was the prevailing order up to o'clock
Yesterday afternoon, and in compliance
with 1t the California Heavy Artillery mad
got their heavy baggage aboard When COZ
onel Long was informed that the Valen-
cia could not land at Angel Island for the
Second Battalion of the First Washington
This necessitated a change; me . ar art IL
board until tomorrow morning instead OF
to-day This delays the sailing OF the
ONE d4SS e beaTy baggage Of tee
Washington troops and tomorrow the
battalion will be brought over Just as
soon as it is got aboard the Valencia
U,ii sail The remainder of the Washing
ton regiment and all, except ninety men
of the California Heavy Artillery, VIII
get away on the ONO, winch may os-
One important thing has been deter
mined in regard to the sailing of the three
regiments which remain. The regiments
are to 60 according to the seniority OF
their colonels This will take the Twen-
tieth Kansas first, the Fffty-hrst Iowa
TALON of this regiment will go, on the
Newport with General Miller, who is to
remain until all of the expeditionary
the transports are nearly all here. General
Merriam does not think that 1t will be
very long before the last Of the troops
they would be sent away just as fast as
the vessels were ready for them. A
month at the very outside will be Suffi-
cient time to get all the forces off.
For the benefit Of those who wish to
forward packages to their friends among
the soldiers at Manila, the department
that all packages not exceeding Il by Is by
10 inches will be received UP to the 3lst
Inst. They must be delivered to the depot
quartermaster, all charges having been
paid, and will then be forwarded on the
first transport to the islands. Perishable
goods will not be received.
Private II. Hersberg, Company E, First
Tennessee Regiment, who was tried by
a general court martial and found guilty
of conduct prejudicial to good order and
military discipline, was fined SO and SEN
fenced to two months confinement at
hard labor under regIlImIental guard.
Light Battery, having been found guilty
of larceny BY, general court martial,
was sentenced to be dishonorably dis
charged from the service and to be con-
fined at hard labor for six months at AL
Colonel Middleton, surgeon in chief of
the department, stated yesterday that
plans for the general military hospital
warded to the War Department for ap-
proyaI He said that they would be
doubtlessly approved by telegraph, and
that lust as soon as they were approved
the work OF oundlng the hospilaI would
Captain Thompson, chief quartermaster
of the Department OF California, will
shortly be promoted to his majority In
division to go to Manila with General
Major Eugene T. Wilson, commissary
of subsistence. United states volunteers,
partment to enable him to comply, with
The orders sending nirn to st. Louis.
Major Wilson left for that city, last night:
Mrs. Colonel Evan Miles, the wife of
years stationed here in command of the
Preside, has received news of her hus-
bands promotion to be brigadier of
volunteers. Colonel Miles was In COM
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