The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-05-09
Everybody Active in the Navy De-
partment.
Officials Feel Little Doubt of the Success
full Outcome of SIMPSONS Fight
With the Spanish
Fleet.

State, War and Navy Departments,
and SO many of the officials and clerks
were engaged at their desks that one
OF the officers was compelled to re-
mark, apologetically: I'VE are not
working on Sunday; this is Simply an
extension of the executive day of Sat-
urday''
secretary Day spent a good part of
the day in his office, going over tele-
grams and mail and consulting with
Second Assistant Adee, SO that the de-
partment was fully prepared to deal
with any advices that might come by
cable and require immediate action
In the Navy Department Roosevelt
was at his desk, while the Navigation
Bureau had almost full force at work.
The Bureau of Yards and Docks was
also open, and Captain O'Neil, Chief
OF the Ordnance Bureau, had a good
deal of business on hand No word
came in during the day by cable or
otherwise to supplement the account
received of the engagement at Manila,
but the officials are perfecting all ar
rangements for sending him the sup
plies and repair outfit he may need.
| If any news has been received from
Admiral Sampson it was not of a char
acter that could be made public with
out endangering the successful working
of the plans of the Strategy Board.
1t may be stated positively, however,
that SO far the department has heard
| nothing of an engagement or of any
thing approaching one, between the
fleet and the Spanish forces. 1t is ex-
pected by the officials that there will
in the case of the Philippine fight in
hearing from Admiral Sampson in case
of an engagement in the West Indies.
Without in any wise admitting that
Porto Rico is SIMPSONS objective
point, it is pointed out that, even al
lowing the Spanish the retention of
cable communication from that island
to the outside world, there is an indie
pendent cable connection from ST.
Thomas that cannot come under Span
ish control, running as it does through
| the chain of French and British islands
southwark from ST. Thomas and thence
to Hayti, where different cable connec-
tons can be had with New York. From
the character Of the ships under Samp-
sons direct command the officials feel
little doubt of the successful outcome
d
Spanish flying squadron.
Outside of the flagship New York,
which is partly armored, all of the YES
sells with Admiral Sampson without ex-
ception are full ironclads, and more
over, their armor, being full nickel
steel, Harveyized, is so superior to the
armor of the Spanish cruisers that it
is calculated that nine inches thickness
ELL ,,f.@sx
to twelve inches of the unhardened and
older armor of the Spanish ships
In the War Department both General
Miles and Adjutant Corbin
were hard at work. There are out
ward evidences of a change of plan for
the Cuban campaign that cannot be
described at present, but which prom
Uses to be very acceptable to the thou
sands of people who are waiting for
developments. MajorGeneral Wilson
spent some time in conference with
General Miles, going over the ground
with great satisfaction. A lot of pins
capped with colored bits of paper rep
resenting the different arms of the
service are lying in readiness in the
Generals ante-room to pin to maps in
following out the progress of the troops
in Cuba.
Adjutant General Corbin was one of
the busiest men in the city to-day
kilograms were pouring in on him
from every part of the country, most
ly in reference to the assembling of the
great volunteer army now in progress
in every State and Territory of the
Union The Acknowledgement was
disposing of these with true military
promptness, debating to his stenog-
rapher rapid answers and orders and
handling from his desk the fate of
thousands of men as coolly and easily
as if he were simply giving orders for
the disposition of so much merchan-
disc Yet with all of the rush of work
he found time to talk with the uni
formed officers who were constantly
dropping into his office to report prog
ress in arrangements or seek further
orders. The Adjutant- General is
highly gratifed with the splendid re-
Spouse that has come to the Presi-
dents call for volunteers and at the
amount of work being done by the
army mastering officers as evidenced
by kilograms he was receiving from
them.
Here are some of those that came last
night from various State rendezvous:
NEW ORLEANS, May S.-Examined
lila; accepted GAL: mustered 10. Two
new companies will be organized to-
morrow. EDMUNDS.
MOUNT GRETNA Pa), May s.
Seventeen hundred and fifty passed
medical examination to-day. Total to