Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-05-11


 main near home.
 The Nitcheroy is in company with
 the Oregon and Marietta.
 Prescott gave her soldier boys a
 good patriotic sen of yesterday.
 Fitzhugh Lee has been selected
 by the war department as major
 general of volunteers.
 More than two million men offer
 ed for the war, but President Me
 Kinley concluded that l25,OOO
 would be enough
 ifFranee gets ton gay in her anx- iety to help Spain, she @ exPec; to fad herself shr fee ai.'#als cf American mouey sayn -oit- that exposition in I9t1
 Washington telegram sr -.st Arizona has the honor of benz le first commonwealth in the Uu. d States to commence mastering n volunteers under le r-ant call. 2.
 It is already appar-at that the loudest whcopers for war in con gress cannot always be depended upon wheu it comes to pushing along legis 7t'on 10 strengthen the fighting aI1. of the government.
 Tom Far.sl. vr.Iing 5.atribes about MeKilley, Sle-ma. aad Hanna, IS ike gnto -~e-T h,t.e eur of a dog bar s- a, ae heels of an elephant, the latter heiug obliv- ious Of his prezunptuous little en- emy.
 The bonds fer the war loan. which will shortly be issued, Will be O!- fered to the people, instead of O a syndicate of bankers. Those who have good memories ned not be reminded of the dih. -cu,- between this policy and thaJ of the last ad- ministration
 AGFices from Washington state that the navy department Is in a quandrY over the Oregon. The sit uatiou may be somewhat perplex- ing, and may be the cause of some solicitude perhaps. but 1t is safe to assert that Spanish naval authorities are just as much perpleGed or more so about her.
 Senators Jones, of ArS., and Tel Ter. of Colo. were among those who fonnd fault because the president did not rush into war with Spain before the country was ready; now, these same men are protecting against an issue of bonds to raise the money that will be needed to successfully fight the war.
 Williams has rendered two com panies of cavalry to Helen Gould ! under her proposition to equip six companies at her own expense for service in Cuba. As RooseVelt's i. regiment IS now pretty generally known as ''Teddy's Terrors," an ap- Propriate appellation for Miss Gould's soldiers will be "Helen's Babies
 Wiih the opening of hos,iiitias the man Ehq knows more about hoa to conduct the war tha g- mil tary met do, promptly caL- ta the front. He may ku5a all e- f- says he does, but so long es sn- government hires a compel, of men to direct the 6gh,iuI .e favor giving them an opport nnity O earn their salaries and ,o get ali tae glory they can.
 The latest addition to the Arizona journalistic family Is the Daily Enterprise. published at Phe lix. The editor is \. $. Nils. an old-time newspaper 0r .n of tAe capital city, and :. J Darby Is its business man ager. Ele pe0er is smai- iu size, but t3er it Is youn-. as it was only started last Nond.. May ? V is a sprigbtly little .---. IS 1IveE- tising columns s .. aa roGiz-d and its news colu .a-a are yell filled, a feature ot the la-,er being iele- graph report
 The names of the patriots who give themselves or their means C. the government in its time of need ] are rightly made P8biic, and tae names Of the rascais who sa.k ia take advantage of ,a- uepis of the government ,o maze -10ro't-r- pro fits upon wtlt the government | bouni to have ought also to Le msJe public. in order that he feo- .I pie may treat them as their oi-hou- orable cenduc; maheS them Ge- serve to he treated.
 Presideut Mckinley personally prepared Commodo-a H,~ev's in struct.Ons which were as follows: "Proc-ed "a Manila. come to an chor about eight miles of and watch for the Spanish fleet. If you can engage them out of range O the shore batterios, destroy them. Then iry to occupy the city. but keep a safe range from the shore batteries. IT the fleet has left. try aud find 1t. If possible. make a landing. usin 7 vgur own discretion, and guid, d by the advice of pilot. You can destroy the batteries. but have no unnecessary lombard ment" Among the recent army pr mo- 1 tions are many officers well known { and very popular in Arizona. The [ brigadicr generals promoted 10 be , maI.r P generals are: Gen. Joseph C. Breckjnr;dvc. Gen. Elwell S. Oi