Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-21

teal instruction are held daily. Field
and battle exercises will also be held.
The time allotted to practical instruc-
ton is divided among the various ex-
ercises, at the discretion of brigade
! or regimental commanders, having due
regard to the principle that short,
brisk, spirited drills give the best re-
suits.
The ordnance equipment is arriving
to-day and is being distributed among
the various commands.
War Department in ordering the for
nation of three army corps here in
stead of two, has necessitated the Sc
curing Of additional camp grounds
| Gen. Brooke and Gen. Boynton are to-
day inspecting number OF available
| places. The place most favored in a
| large area of vacant property just out
| side the park limits near Rossville, On
! the Belt railway, only about five miles
| lICul lH6 CITY. HIS pioPSi'! - ~
side the limits of the park.
The Fourteenth New York infantry,
under Col Fred Grant, went into camp
| at the park this morning.
/ Two regiments and one battery of ar
tillery, in all 2,252 men, arrived this
morning. The Second Missouri Infan-
try. 1,O37 men, under Col W. X. Coffee,
came in on three trains. The First
New Hampshire Infantry, 1,O90 men,
under Col. R. L. Rolfe, arrived on three
trains. Battery B, Pennsylvania Light
Artillery, 1851 men, passed through to
the park without stopping.
Washington, May 20.-Major General
Wesley Merritt, who is in command OF
the expedition to the Philippines, ac-
companied by several members of his
staff, REPORTED at the War Department
this morning and was in consultation
with Secretary Alger and the regular
army officials concerning his future
work. General Merritt will leave here
probably for San Francisco, stopping
enroute a day or more at Chicago. He
/ is yet uncertain as to the precise date
on which he will sail for the Philip
pines, but it is now evident that he will
not be able to depart with the first
| ship that goes to Manila. The general
/ expects that he VIII have an ample force
of men to establish the mission on
which he is sent. Between 1900 and
1900 troops, he thinks, will be allotted
| him. OF this number he confidently
hopes there may be approximately 5000
soldiers of the regular army, who, be-
cause of their thorough discipline and
usage to actual military life, are regard
ed as absolutely essential to the sue
| cessful completion of the work in hand.
There is ample evidence already that
the authorities are disposed to meet
| General Merritt's views This is shown
by the order issued yesterday which
directed the Eighteenth and Twenty
third regiments of infantry now sta
toned in the south to proceed at once
to San Francisco for duty with the ex-
petition. The Tenth Regiment of Penn
sylvania Volunteers, which are regard
ed here as the best material in the vol
unteer soldier line, also have been or
dered to the Philippines
Mr. William Howell, Of New York,
who was private secretary to former
I, Assistant Secretaries of the Navy
Roosevelt and McAdoo and later has
been connected with the strategy board,
has been appointed private secretary to
General Merritt and will accompany
him to the Philippines. Mr.. Howell is
well known in Washington and has
rendered exceptionally good service
during his connection with the Navy
| Department, particularly during the
war preparations, when everybody was
compelled to work at high pressure in
| putting the navy on war footing on
| short notice.
San Francisco, May 20.-The Ne
| braska volunteers who were delayed at
Reno by the railroad accident at Boca
| uactordou rrivod horo fbic offornoo,,