The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-06
Col. Thomas Anderson and Men
Will Return to the States.
QUEEN CARRIES THE ORDERS.
cn..se. A ana q VIII Reach the
nouna Sh0rsly-1wS othfs s@
panies VIII Remain for Short
TTs.e 20 Preserve soSd order IN
the Alaskan Touns-tssars"se
pesitsen Abs pdon~A BY tneie sam.
An.,srson. Fourteenth

Cal Thomas If. An8ox sohs fouf tsN"s'
Infantry. T. s. A., and conpsaasss = @e'@
G Of the same command. roS ssat'ohso ..
S,tarway. haze been ordered hack 10 sae
state. and viii in al probability be SEM
90 Vancouver barracks, there TO receive
,Drders as to their ultimate desshasi''a-
col Andersen wax OBJ Wednesday APP
by the president 10 De 9ssoa.ef-
axenerai of volunteers. Il Is presused 1h4s
H. wt,, be ordered into active sasyiee. 10
s4ake command of brigade Of mixed
~rr,.r. regulars and volunteer soldiers.
Companies 10 ard II. of the Fourteenth
iii remain al Dyea for some time yet, AZ
though # IS stated by army officers. re-
Gently returned from there iass ihsre 10
practically no uae for the troops mt either
ssxaeway or Dyea. Capt. X. e. yeatnsan
"a in command Of Company b and Lieut.,
r. III. Alien Is The commanding omcef Of
Company g IA the absence OF Capt Ei-
d4dge, who was detailed 10 lead the ex-
p.orinz expedition over the Dalton trail 10
Belle Isle. Alaska.
The Eldrsdge expedition. as was fore
rasfed in yesterdays Post-Intelligeucer.
has been abandoned ard the men have
been ordered 10 join their comrades az
Iyea. Orders for the return of Col. An
derson and companies A and I. and for
shs abandonment Of the Eidrifge expeds-
ton were sent narth on the steamer Qssseu
yesterday. The troops viii return 10 Sc
attic on the Qaeen. s.
-Four companies Of the Tourteenih IN.
fantry were ordered from Vancouver bar
racks last February TO Dyea and Skag-
way. where the Federal authorities were
j apparently unable TO cope with the iawless
6kagway and Dyes over the nfountalnes 10
che lakes. Col. Anderson went In command
and has been stationed at Dyea ever since.
The troops pitched their tents OF the out
skirts Of Dyea. and ia a very short time
succeeded In restoring order 10 both towns.
then overrun by numbers Of thieves. thugs
ard confidence operators OF all descrip-
tf0us Since about the middle of March,
travel over the trails 10 the interior has
been steadily decreasing until the STAN
pede ana threatened congestion OF travel
on the trails has been transformed into a
STEADY business. The criminals We're driven
out OF both places. or at lea : the greater
rart OF them were induced to leave for
other and more productive pastures. Some
Of them went 10 Wrangel and after two or
three weeks of prosperous times at the
mouth OF the stiekeen. they drsf.ed back
country.
Capt. George Ruhlen. Ct the quarter
masters department. who returned
Wednesday from Dyea with Capt David
l.. Brainard. Is in Seattle awaiting orders
from Washington. lie expects 10 be or
dcred 10 the front and win be greatly dis
appointed IL not given a chance 10 see
some OF the fighlIng IN Cuba. Capt Ruiz
len told Post-IntcIigenc.r reporter yes
terday that Dyea and Skagway are both
becoming orderly towns "Thers Is noih-
ing for the troops so do now NJ either
skagway or nyea,' said Gaps. guhlen.
'ssoapy, smiths time is Just now taken
up with the task 81 organising an alleged
company OF volunteers. People bound sor
the Yukon are not stopping long at either
Skagwsy or Dyea. Travel over the pass
fseu Dyea is much better than IL was dur-
Ing February and March, WHEN frequent
storms impeded all traffic over the saai.
nit. There Is no congestion at either place
and VIXEN man lands with his eutfit on
the wharf al byea ne can have hts goods
transported 70 tie lakes inside Of two
days
.'rhese conditions ~ course. have az.
fected tire hunko and confidence men.
Their harSes. has been reaped and they
have left the country. This is why, toe.
sAere Is no longer the aeessxlty fer