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The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-04
On the Transport Mississippi.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.-The following
cablegram from Major General Wilson has
been received at the War Department.:
Ponce, Sept. J.
"Adjutant General OF the Army. Washing
ton:
Mississippi sailed this morning at 6
o'clock, with q officers. 692 men, 1874 horses
and 30 civilians, distributed as follows: New
York cavalry. 6 officers, ITS men; Pennsyl-
vania cavalry, officers, 2S5 men; sundry
officers, 6; Pennsylvania artillery, officers
154 men. Should reach New York Sept 10
or Sept. II. General leaves for San Juan
this morning and will be at Rio Pedras
within twelve miles of San Juan, Monday
evening. WILSON, Major General.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-04

GUAYAMA, Island of Porto Rico, Sept g.
General Brooke, with his staff, escorted by
Troop III, of the Sixth Cavalry, and Com
bany F, of the Eighth Infantry, left this
morning for San Juan, where he will join
the other American commissioners. He
will cross the island by easy stages, the
march consuming three days. Tonight he
will stop at Cayey and tomorrow night at
Caguas General Brooke will not take his
escort into San Juan, owing to the presence
of the Spanish troops, but will establish his
headquarters at Rio Pedras, seven miles
from the city, in the private residence of
General Macias, which has been offered.
General Grant will remain here in imme-
diate command with the Fourth Ohio vol
unteers, the Third Illinois volunteers and a.
battalion of the Third Kentucky volunteers
The Spanish officials have received a cir
cular from Captain General Macias direct
ing them to place the Spanish telegraph
lines at the disposal of General Brooke
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-04

LEAvENWoRTH, Kan, Sept. S.-Pri-
vate Alex. La Duke, Company d, Twenty
second Kansas Volunteers, was placed in
the federal prison here to-day to remain for
life for the murder of Private Thomas
Stafford. of the Thirteenth United States
Infantry, in a saloon row at Ponce. Porto
Rico. La Duke asserts he shot Stafford in
self-defenee
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-04

PONCE, Island of Porto Rico, Sept g.
The United States transport Mississippi
sailed this Saturday morning for the
United States, having on board the New
York cavalry and Pennsylvania cavalry
and artillery.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-09-04
FIVE NEW CASES DEVELOP IN THE
18TH REGIMENT.
Hospital Arrangements and Fresh Air
at Fair Grounds Are Such the
Sick Are Doing Nicely.
RESULT OF THE SICK CALL
sEvENTY-FIvE IN HOSPITAL TENTS
AND les OTHERS ASK MEDICINE.

Those at the Downtown Institutions,
with Few Exceptions, Improving
Private Calls Condition Critical.
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ACTIVITY NEAR BOSTON.
THE GOVERNMENT TRYING TO BUH
TUGS AND Es.

Az Extra Force 70 ne Bupteyea ~ TIE Water
tswn ArsenaI-Guns Ready TO Protect View
Oriosrs-vsrk nisewhers on the Coast.
BOSTON, March ia representative OF the
Government has been in Taunton to-day nego-
tiating with the Staples Coal CompanY for the
purchase of their fast steel tugboats, the Win
throp and tho Poole, each 140 feet long. 81 feet
beam, and capable of making fourteen knots
an hour. The Government also wants the
seventeen s~eagoing barges of tho company. and
is likely to secure the whole outfit tho first Of
noxt week.
Fifty moro machinists will be put at work In
the Watertown Arsenal on Monday, aud night
work will then be started. Although work Is
now being done under war pressure. tho cleri'
col forco is only sufficient for a peace footing.
and Major Reilly, in command. Is further handi'
capped to some extent by the lack of material,
notably steel castings, which come from Penn
sylvania. Major Reilly said to-day that there
was great difficulty in securing machinists who
understand the work done at the arsenal. which
accounts for the small number of mon hired
from the crowd Of applicants.
mediately seems to be well founded. 1t being the
intention, to mount guns on telegraph Hill next
S %sSiE' a IslsP Plrc S,i 4 number fbs next OF m tep drys on hed q
said that troops are 70 BIO placed at Long Island
and Fort Winthrop within the next week.
transferring Lieut.. b.. +. Fuller from the marine
barracks to the cruiser Columbia and ordering
WABASH RS a To 60 20 to Nsisa Orleans ea .n at t once and e snsp
q recruiting station. Commander Eaton of tho
Enterprise Is In Washington and 1t Is believed
that he Is to DO transferred to one OF the cruisers.
Tho American Ordnance Company has closed
a contract with the Government for 10000
shells for the new rapid.fring guns, and expects
soon to close a contract for some large shells.
The works will run tYenty-four hours a day, be-
The torpedo chutes at Fort Warren and
Lovelrs Island are being put in condition for
use as rapidly as possible, and another chute on
to the harbor. will soon be begun and possibly
finished inside of three months.
Shipments of projectiles for the 10 and IL inch
guns at Fort Warren and Long Island Head
have been landed within the past two days. and
more are on the way. Tho powder is on the way
from New York.
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RECRUITING FoR TIE ARTILLERY.
slow work Hero Sc Fnr-A Plan for Leaven-
ing the Now Lcytes.

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slow work Hero Sc Far-A Plan for Leaven-
inE the New Levies.
Out OF 100 applicants for enlistment in tho
army who presented themselves yesterday at
the recruiting station. 25 and 81 Third avenue.
four were accepted. Some of the remainder, IL
they present themselves again tomorrow. may
be accepted. In the course of last week thirty
five recruits for the new Sixth Regiment OF
Artillery have boon sent to Fort Slocum, Davids
Island. The work has been slow. but no one 10
to blame for this but tho candidates ho have
applied for enlistment. There arc now thirteen
recruiting officers throughout the United States
City and in Brooklyn tomorrow. there will DO
fifteen. 1t was said at the recruiting station
yesterday that branches Of the other recruiting
opened this week, and the work would move
along moro rapidly.
One Of the officers at Governors Island has
suggested q method Of making up the two now
perienced men to work the guns. There are
fifty batteries In the flvo regiments OF heavy
artillery now in the service. In the two now
regiments there VIII be twenty batteries. His
batteries now In the service. or 900 men in all,
and distribute them between tho two new reRi-
ments. This would give forty-lve old men to each
battery of the new regiments. Each battery
contains sixty-three men. Therefore 10 make
up the full quota OF men in zach battery of the
new regiments IL would be necessary to add
only eighteen raw mon to each. The rest of the
recruits could be assigned to regiments now in
the service. where they could work with ex-
pericnced artillery men,. The scheme was laid
before Gen. Merritt, and he expressed his mp
proval of it. 1t is quito possible that In the
makeup of the regiments this plan will be
adopted.
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CHARTER DAYS BIG SNOW.
Tho Various Committees Getting tho Plans for
tho CeIcbrntion We'll Under WAY.

tuo - hut
The men having in charge the Charter Day
celebration on May 3, 1 and 5 have received In
formal assurances that the Legislature is favor
able to the plan Of having the entire National
Guard of tho State 20 into camp at
Van Cortlandt Park during the celebra-
ton. The members of the committee also
say that, IL q bill providing for such an encamp-
ment is passed by the Legislature, it will doubt
less be signed by Gov. Black, as the plan has tho
Endorsement of Maior-Gcn. Roe, who is the
Chairman OF the Committee on Military Affairs.
The Committee on Decoration met yesterday
and adopted n resolution providing for the pur-
chase Of 10000 kites, shaped as shields and
decorated with the national colors. Alderman
Goodman, who suggested this. said that his idea
was to distribute the kites among the boys. and
ask them to keep them flying during tho
three days. Police Commissioner Hamilton re.
marked that there was an ordinance prohibiting
kite flying. but Mr.. Goodman and Alderman
Muh both said that they thought tho Municipal
Assembly would suspend the prohibition
during the celebration. The committee
also votsd to buy % 1000 buttons to
sample buttons are Of blue with the inscription,
Charter Day Celebration. Now YORK. May 8.
4. and 8. 1895" The committee raised a big
banner at Fifth avenue and Twenty.third street
hung out at some corner in Brooklyn.
1t Is proposed to expend at least 1915. 900 in
Illuminating the city, the money to be divided
have charge of this intend to light Broadway
from the Battery to Twenty.third street, and
Fifth avenue from Washington Square to Cen
trail Park. Gas and electricity will be used.
mated have not been selected yet. but especial
attention is TO be paid to the Brooklyn Bridge.
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ASSISTANT SURG oxs NEEDED.
AIso Additional EuEineer Omoers fer the ships
or tho Navy.

Also Additional Engineer OmoeFs fer the ships
OF tho Navy.
WARRINGTON, March 1.-THE Surgeon.G lem
eral of the navy has recommended that authority
be granted Immediately for eniisting acting
assistant surgeons for service on ships to be
placed in service and on auxiliary cruisers that
may be impressed by the Government. The
lower grade Of the medical corps, he says.
has already eighteen vacancies which tho
young doctors of tho country apparently
are not overanxious to fill, and In the event
of war the Medical Department would be scri-
ously crippled for lack Of surgeons. AS it is,
there are not sufficient medical officers of the
lower grades to meet the requirements Of the
navy. and the Surgeon-General recommends
that additional inducements be offered for doc
tors to enter the navy, and at the same time
that he be authorized to enlist any number Of
acting assistant surgeons deemed necessary. As
the authority of Congress will be required to in
crease the number of medical men, Secretary
Long has taken the subject under consideration
and may that the Surgeon.General's
suggestion be approved. g.
Chief Engineer Melville has recommended
that authority be given to enlist additional en-
gineer officers. Like tho medical corps, the
engineers are unable to mcintain the quota tho
law allows in the lower grades. and while
assignments from the Naval Academy
graduates have been gradually increased
in the last few years. there arc on
an average between twelve and twenty
vacancies In the assistant engineers grade. Mr..
Melville has submitted n statement to the Sec
rotary showing that such ships as tho Mime
apolis and Columbia will not have the number
of engineer officers they should, and that
other vessels of the navy also require
additional men In the engine room. With
tho auxiliaries in commission the drain upon
the corps. he snys. would he such az to make it
impossible to provide the officers requisite. and
he therefore wants not only to fill the present
vacancies from civil life. but to add to the corps
as many others as may by required.
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asaIqrrzx1s or AarrzIEnH.
Orders Dtrsctfne the p1svessuts ef batteries
to the seacoast nersnees.

WASHINGTON. March lathe assignments of
artillery batteries under tho reorganization plan
md the movements of light artillery batteries
from tho West have not been given correctly In
the reports published here. The orders are as
follows: &c.
Light Battery X, First ARTILLERY. from San
Antonio TO Galveston. Tex.
Light Battery b, Fourth ARTILLERY, from Fort
Riley. Kan. to jackson Barracks, La
Light Battery F, Fourth Artillery, from Fort
Riley to Fort Monroe, Va
Light Battery F, Fifth ARTILLERY. from Fort
Riley to Savannah, Ga.
One battery from Fort Adams to the defonces
OF Long Island Head.
Two batteries from Fort slocum to Fort Han.
cock; one from Fort wadsworth, and one from
Fort Hamilton to Fort Hancock, N. Y. Tho last
two batteries are to retain their quarters at
Forts wadsworth and Hamilton and to drill
and exercise with tho batteries they are OK.
pected to man in case of emergency.
Ono battery from Fort McHenry to Fort
Delaware.
The remainder OF Battery /. Fourth ARTILLERY,
from Washington Barracks to Fort Mott, NJ J.
One battery, Fourth Artillery, from Fort Mon
roe to Sheridan's Point, Potomac River.
One battery, Second Artillery, from Fort Mon
roe to Fort Caswcll, n. c.
Ono battery. First Artillery, from Fort Monroe
to Fort Morgan. 8. @.
One battery, First Artillery, from Fort Mon
roe to Tybee Island.
Headquarters and band and remainder OF hat
tory OF the First Artillery from 81. Augustine
to Sullivan's Island.
Tho batteries at jackson Barraoks will be sent
to drill with the guns at Fort st. Philip as soon
as the guns arc mounted. This will give ono
battery for immediate service.
When guns are up at Fort Point, Galveston.
one Of the batteries at jackson Barracks, Lou.
fsiena. will take station at that point. The
troops will 60 into camp until suitable quarters
arc provided. unless buildings can be rented
for thoir accommodation. Lieut.. Colwell Nc.
Crea will be ordered to Fort Hancock to take
command Of the troops there.
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work IN THE NAVY YARD.
The big Dry Deck SHOULD Ne Ready for Use In
About Thirty Days.

The Big Dry Dock SHOULD no Ready for Use In
About Thirty Days.
The work of repairing the big dry dock No. 8
ut the navy yard in Brooklyn Ia about COM
pleted. and tho contract for tearing away tho
big cofrcr dan across tho entrance has been let.
The dock will be tested to-day, and II the test
10 satisfactory tho removal of the Golfer dam
will be ordered Immediately. The contract
allows thirty days for this work. and a forfeit Of
$3.50 a day for each day over thirty days is at.
tached. The only work remaining for the re-
pairers to do can be finished in a few hours.
and last night. for the fret time since Chief
Naval Constructor Bowles took charge on Sept.
12 last. no ono was at work.
The dock will be flooded at high tide to-day.
then tho caisson will be ioated to the outer
grooves. about twenty feet in front OF where it
now rests. and the dock will DO pumped out. II
no leak devolops the test will be satisfactory.
The removal of the Golfer dam will then put the
dock In readiness for use.
The. torpedo boat Stiletto developed O slight
trouble with the forced draught used In connec-
ton with her new oil burners. yesterday after
by q few changes In the apparatus, and orders
were given to prepare her to leave for Newport
e. At 9 o'clock clio this %orninEi Lieut.; 7; Y. Ryan
assigned to practice duty at Newport.
The boxes for contributions for the families of
the men lost on the Maino were closed yestcr.
where they will be opened tomorrow. One OF
.eset boxes was placed with the chief clerk Of
Zach Of tho eight naval departments in the yard
Barracks, and ono aboard tho rm nmS n%"T TRs
contributions placed in the boxes have been on.
tirely voluntary.
Blk men were enlisted aboard tho Vermont
charged.
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COAL oAPAo1rY At PonrsMoUrH.
The Navy Department AsLs for Important In
rormntion-amal Roats Ordered.

formntion-smni Boats Ordered.
PORTSMOUTH. N. H., March 1.-THE rush of
work hos struck the Portsmouth IN. H. Navy
Yard, and to-day an order was received to con-
struct five steam cutters and eighteen largo
boats, consisting Of two launches, four cutters,
one barge, four whaleboats. and two dingeys.
The engines for the steam cutters will be built
at this yard. 1t is said that the department
will have several largo steam cutters built at
this yard. which will be used as despatch boats.
The Navy Department has also made inquiries
as to how many warships could be coaled here
and how much time would be required to supply
q vessel. The department asked for full in
formation concerning the facilities for handling
coal, the amount that could be received from
GOLFERS an hour, the amount that could be sup.
quality OF coal kept on hand and for sale by the
Portsmouth dealers. The Government also
desired to know tho cost a ton Of 2 ,240 pounds.
portation which would not be subject to inter-
ruption by Q hostile naval force.
and tb es W!os 4 i imtopa anIhor nts oeon va mace ace Up,
formed that four battleships and seven cruisers
could be coaled at the Navy Yard here at one
once. The Navy department was also Informed
that. in all, nineteen warships could DO handled
mere = Al IN & sa a. q ". az % G%IFsPEe ths large coal dealers
Of this city. have received similar queries from
the Navy Department. Coal for NIL, OF the in
Massachusetts is supplied from this port. and
last year over 400, 600 tons were received here,
and i is expected this year that amount will be
To-day Rear Admiral Charles c. Carpenter.
Us, n. retired. left for Washington, and it is
the Navy to consult in regard to the movements
Of the ,Asiatic squadron and other matters.
H b.r of ihe e HdSisSry board RFo OF the E yS Ss2 a 6s %sT:
ment IL he has been ordered there for duty.
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NEW oRLEANs's DEFENCEs.
Guns Ready to Protect the CIty-RocruiinE
once for tho Nnvy Opened.

Onlce for tho Navy Opened.
Il ORLEANS, March 12.--Lieutenant Com
mander John NJ. Hawley OF the United States
Navy reached New Orleans tonight, accompa-
MED by his chief engineer and surgeon. to omen
a recruiting Office in New Orleans. Lieut.. Sem.
in charge of the branch of the photographic
Office. received a telegram several days ago to
make immediate arrangements for opening an
office where applicants for admission to the
navy might be examined. While the recruiting
office is nominally to be for the purpose of secur-
ing machinists. 1t Is believed here that able
bodied eeamen will be recruited as well.
"Since the Maine disaster" said Lieut.. Sem.
u have been overrun with applications for adj
mission to the naval service. have not the
slightest doubt that within tho space of a few
weeks men for ten bittleships could be re-
cruited in New Orleans Alone"
Fort Phillips preparing for the reception of the
company to be sent from jackson Barracks to
tho newly completed Notifications, which are
relied upon to protect New Orleans in the event
Of war. The most rigid orders have been issued
from headquarters that no information be given
out about the status OF the works at the fort
and no outsider he allowed within its bounds.
Every precautlon is being taken to prevent any
Of the plans Of the fort falling into the hands Of
foreign powers.
Tho transfer will be made oarly next week
and the fort will be garrisoned within ten days.
The 1O-inch rifles are ready for use. Should the
necessity arise the fort could be garrisoned at
ten hours notice and ready to defend New Or
leans against hostile forces. Gen. Glynn. COM
could be got ready for service in twenty-four
hours.
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BOUTWELL, WANTS PEACE.
He Says Spain Will He a Retter Fighter Than
We Think.

BOSTON, March 1.-the Hon. w. Claim. one
Of the four living ex-Governors of the State, 80
years old. was to havo been honorcd tonight by
a dinner and reception by the Massachusetts
Club. He is the second of the two Presidents
who have served tho club since It's organization
in the carly f~orties. Unfortunately Mr.. Clahin
was confined TO his home on Mount Vernon
street to-day by illness. A. w. Beard. First
Vice.Prcsident OF the club. presided. and on his
right and left respectively sat ex.Gov. George S.
Boutwell, and ex-Gov. J. Q. A. Bracket. Among
those who sent letters OF regrets were Secretary
Long and Senators Hoar and Lodge.
Eek Gov. Boutwell, was tho chief speaker. and
after paying tribute to the long and honorable
career OF Mr.. Claim, he spoke upon the trouble
with Spain and against war. saying that Spain
was far stronger than the people In this country
believed she was and would be ablo to hold her
own in war for q long time. He thought tho
country was foolish to figure on war at all. He
Grant that the men who shouted loudest for
war were on hand when tho time came. but left
the fighting to be done by those who did not de-
sire war.
Mr.. Beard. touching upon the war question,
spoke in much the same strain as Mr.. boutwell,.
counselling a conservative course to avoid war,
II possible.
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RED VAR EXTRAS
Got Out by the World Last Might and Recalled.
Some or Them. in n Hurry.

Got Out by the World Last Might and Recalled.
Some or Them. in n Hurry.
WAR" in scarlet letters three inches tall,
with nothing under them to indicate that war
was any nearer than 1t had been half an hour
before. was the adornment of the Worlds "Edi-
ton No. o last evening
War in fifteen minutes!" yelled the news
boys who were selling extras at the bridge.
Presently cmissaries Issued from the World
office. and collaring tho smaller boys who were
peddling war at n cent hauled them back to tho
office. The bigger boys they begged to come
In q few minutes a new Edition No. 10" was
out, with no red WAR" in it. Thereupon the
newsboys WHO had refused TO give up their red
war eVtras put up the price to 5 cents on the
stock they had left.
A large and distinct thud heard exudinR from
the windows on the twelfth floor Of the World
building was taken TO indicate that somebody's
bloodthirstiness was being glutted up there
about the time the red extra was called in.
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M~ARBLEHEAD At TAMPA.
The Cruiser Takes on u BiE. Load or Ammuui-
tion for tho Fleet.

TAMPA. Fla, March 1.-the cruiser Marble
head arrived at Port Tampa to-day from Key
West and Tortugas. where she had been dis.
tributing supplies 20 the warships. She left
Key West on Wednesday morning for Tortugas,
and from there came directly here. Capt. Nc.
Gala said that the object of the cruisers visit
to Tampa was to take on supplies. Further
than this he refused to say anything regarding
tho cruisers mission.
At the Plant system dock at Port Tampa Off
cial dispatches were awaiting Capt. McCalla,
and on reading them the cruiser was made ready
to receive the cargo of arms and ammunition
which arrived here to-day consigned to the Mar
blehead. The cargo thus far received amounts
to about sixteen carloads. which came from the
East on q special train in scaled cars. Another
trainload OF the same character of freight is eX-
pcctcd to arrive here tomorrow and will be
transferred Immediately to the Mnrblehcad,
which has orders to remain hero until Tuesday,
and then 10 go back TO Tortugas.
On account of the greatly increased business
over its lines the Western Union Telegraph
Company has been compelled to add a number OF
operators and wires TO the service at all the i'm
portant places In south Florida.
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pn1 ronrUeAs no d. Eonr1r1ED.
The Necessary pepartuasnt Transfers the gtstisn
10 the war Departrseut.


WASHINGTON, March 12.-Tho Treasury De-
partmsnt has complied with the request of the
war authorities for the transfer to tho War De-
partmont OF the Tortugas, whore 1t is proposed
eventually to construct modern Notifications
for the garrison Of troops. The Treasury OBJ
jected to surrendering its jurisdiction abso-
lutely, on the ground that the islands were
important rs a quarantine station for the Ma
rine Hospital service. When the islands were
temporarily transferred to tho Treasury ton
years ago, however, 1t was with the understand.
ing that the War Department should exercise
full control over them whenever It desired.
Tho Navy Department wishes to establish n
coaling station there.
It is probable that this will be granted by tho
War Department, and that the ooaling station
will DO 30 situated as to be protected by tho
guns In tho new defence plan. The army to-day
contracted for the immediate delivery OF q hun
dred and fifty range finders for use on the guns
at the new Notifications. Those finders are to
be furnished as soon rs they can be delivered.
Capt. Albert s. Barker. former commander Of
the battlenhip Oregon. has been assigned to duty
under the immediate orders of Secretary Long.
He will handle NIL subjects not directly ad.
dressed to the bureau officers.