The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-29
Governor of the Philippines Will
Hurry to Manila.
VESSEL IS A FAST ONE
WELL PROTECTED WITH CAT.
LINGS AND HoTCHKIsS GUNS.
Expects to Reach Manila a Week
Ahead of the Third Expedition
Wyoming Artillery Given Warm
Welcome at San Francisco-Mer-
rift Will Have 81, 900 Men.

San Francisco, June 2S.-Major Cen
eral Merritt has abandoned his head
quarters at the Phelan building and
today formally turned over the office
to Major General Otis. Preliminary to
leaving the building, General Merritt
notified his staff officers that they must
have all their baggage aboard the
steamer Newport tonight, and clerks
and messengers attached to the various
Offices. OF General MerrlttS department
were ordered to go aboard the steamer
tonight. General Merritt announced
that he would embark at 8 o'clock to-
morrow morning, and hopes to issue
orders to sail before 10 O'Clock.
General Merritt sent a telegram to
Washington, announcing that he had
turned over to General Otis the COM
mand of the forces that are to remain
behind, and would himself depart for
Manila tomorrow morning. 1t was in
timated at headquarters this morning
that General Merritt is not to wait for
the transports, which can only make
about ten knots an hour, but is to
hurry into Honolulu, get on coal and
proceed on to Manila as soon as pos
edble.
With the advantage of a faster boat,
General Merritt will probably reach
expedition. The Newport, which is to
convey Major General Merritt to Ma
Mia, is ready to go to sea at a mo-
ment'S notice, but General Merritt has
announced that she will not sail until
tomorrow morning. All her supplies
have been placed on board and the
baggage of the staff officers is almost
all on board.
Six Calling guns, mounted on car
10 h0x f1,n
deck, and the Astor batteries, how
itzers and the guns of the Third United
States artillery, batteries H and K,
Will afford some protection to the ship,
though they would not be of much
use if the Newport should happen to
run into Admiral Camara's fleet.
The Newport is a speedy vessel and
as she can easily make IS knots an
hour, she is expected to catch up with
the third transport fleet before they
reach Honolulu.
The Alser light battery from Wyo-
ming arrived at Camp Merritt today
The battery consists of 122 men and
three officers. The men are only par
TALLY equipped, but presented a very
soldierly appearance and made a IA
vorable impression as they marched to
the camping ground. The battery was
met at the Oakland Mole by Governor
Richards of Wyoming, Chief Justice
Potter of Cheyenne, Colonel Freedom
and George c. Hunt. They escorted
1t across the bay, and at the ferry
the Red Cross ladies served the new
arrivals with breakfast. The men
showed their appreciation by giving
three cheers and the Wyoming cowboy
yell.
All through last night and today a
large force of men worked to prepare
the transport steamer Valencia for sea-
1t was nearly ; o'clock this evening
when orders were given to cast off,
and with a mighty cheer from the 700
Dakotans gathered on her decks. the
vessel swung into the stream AS she
steamed slowly down the bay, the
steam whistles saluted her with long,
shriu blasts, and the crowds on the
wharves waved their hats and hand
kerchiefs in farewell to the departing
soldiers. the Valencia is not a slow
boat, and although very heavily loaded,
expects TO reach Honolulu only a few
hours after the four vessels which left
this port yesterday.