The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-03
TROOPS FOR HONOLULU
Expected That Some of the Vol
unteers Will Be Sent There.
THE SECOND EXPEDITION
Il Cannot Possibly Sail for W. Weeks
Yet-Not Known Who Is to Blame
for b Delay = Pennsylvania
Troops without Shoes.

San Francisco. June 2.-The repor,
from Washington hat the annexation
Of Hawaii 10 about to be consummated
is given much credence by the officers
at Camp Merritt and they are already
figuring upon an order to send troops
to h islands to look after Uncle Sans
interests and some of the volunteers
who fear that they will not be sent to
the Philippines are counting upon be-
ond choice.
, General Merritt is arranging the de-
tails OF the second expedition TO the
Philippines. but has not yet made pub
lie the assignment of roops for the ex-
pedition, and he will not make the or
Ger public until the date of the sailing
Of the feet has been determined. 1t
Is stated in some quarters that the ex-
petition cannot possibly sail for two
weeks yet, and II is even semi-oficially
stated hat the vessels will not be
ready for 10 days yet. Just who is to
blame for the delay Is a mystery. The
of the vessels say that they
nave not received any hurry up or
ders from Washington and that they
can perform their share of the contract
at short notice as soon as definite or
ders are received.
The Brutus, the collier recently bought
by the government, viii be ready to
go to sea next Saturday. Her altera-
tons have been completed and she is
now receiving stores. A spare propel-
Ter for the Brutus and six spare blades
for the Monterey's twin screws will be
included In the freight. The Monterey
is taking coal on in sacks and her mag
azine Is well filed. She. too. will be
ready by next Saturday. The Monad-
mock Is expected shortly from Puget
sound. 1t is the belief in naval circles
that the Monadnock will be kept in
Honolulu.
Four batteries of heavy artillery,
now stationed at the Preside, Will go
to Manila with the next expedition and
their places at the Preside will be filled
by men from the ranks of the heavy
artillery volunteer force now In camp
at the Preside.
The present formation OF brigades at
Camp Merritt Is only temporary and
made only for administrative purposes.
A reorganization Will be effected when
the second expedition reaches the Phil
lippines.
The scarcity of water on the Preside
reservation has thrown the men now
encamped there in a serious predica-
ufeHt. lnt Supply III tht eAc
reservoir is about and the
pumps which supply the water are not
powerful enough TO keep the reservoir
filled. Stringent orders have been is
sued c~autioning the men stationed at
the Preside against any unnecessary
waste of water. The culinary depart
ment has been ordered to use only
enough water for actual cooking pur-
poses and the men have been ordered
to discontinue bathing until the situa-
ton can be remedied. General Merriam
has issued an order directing troop +.
4th u. s. cavalry. 10 proceed here at
once from Vancouver, to join the four
troops now stationed at the Preside.
The troop Is expected to arrive I'm this
city within a week. Battery c of the
heavy artillery battalion of volunteers.
now stationed at the Preside, have re-
ceived orders to proceed to Fort Candy
next Sunday.
The Pennsylvania volunteers are In
a serious plight. They need shoes so
badly that the regiment is seriously
crippled for lack of them. Many of the
men cannot drill on account of the d.
lapidated condition of their footgear.