Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-06-10
THE MANILA EXPEDITION
Orders Given to Rush Out the Second
Contingent.
The MOnadnOck Also Ordered to Manila, as
Well as the Bennington -Ha-
Waiian RumOrS.

San francisco, June l. Orders
have been received from Washing
ton to rush the work of preparing
transports for the second Manila
expedition. The work on the
st amers Zealandia, Colon and
CT ma is progressing rapidly un-
de General Merritt's supervision,
but unless more men are put on
they cannot possibly be ready be-
fore the middle of next week.
The steamers Centennial and
Ohio will not arrive from Puget
Sound for several days yet and a
large amount of work has to be
done on them, and it is doubtful
if they can sail with the rest of
the fleet.
The steamer Cleveland and the
ship Roanoke were inspected to-
day by naval officials with view
to chartering them for troop ships.
Vallejo, June 1t seems to be
we'll understood at the Mare ISL
and Navy Yard that the Monad.
mock has been ordered to go to
Manila, and that the government
has purchased the British ship
Wright to accompany her. The
Monadnock is now on her way
here from Puget Sound to be
docked.
| Washington, June 1.-Secre-
tary Long will send an auxiliary
cruiser to Puget Sound to take thf
place of the Monadnock.
1t is now believed that the
Washington troops will go to Ma
Mia as at first intended, and that
they will 90 with General Otis
General Merritt will be giver
al .olute power as governor OF t,t
Philippines. Definite steps have
been taken to increase his force t.
10000 men. Orders have been is
sued for the purchase of supplies
.ol eight additional regiments
Nearly all of these General Mer-
rift will select from the Eastern
States.
The second expedition, unde
the command of General Otis
will leave San Francisco soon, blu
the third, personally commanded
by General Merritt, may not star
, for several weeks, as much re-
mains to be done in organizing
the troops and securing trans
ports.
Orders have been issued TO
the Bennington, now at Honolulu
to join Dewey's squadron, and il
event of annexation good, sub
stantial warship may be needle,
at the Hawaiian Islands.
Reliable information come
from Hawaii that annexation will
1 produce an internal revolt agains
the present government, which, j
successful, would prevent GU
using the islands as base of sup
plies.
San Francisco, June 9Th
Nebraska regiment has receives
3 its rifles and ordnance and is no,
fully equipped. The Idaho bat
8 talions are up to their maximum
8 strength and ready for instant ser
vice. The Kansas men have re
t ceived their uniforms and equip
ments and get their rifles and am
munltion today.
, General Merritt will be banquet
ed by the city next Tuesday.
French residents will give tn
proceeds of the Fall of the Bastil
! celebration to the Red Cross Sc
! ciety.
At Mare Island Navy Yard tn
Monterey had received her wa
a paint, as we'll as the collie
: Brutus. The intention, accordin
to the latest information. is t
0 have the Monterey 60 to Homo
q lulu under her own steam an
s take tow from the Brutus th
n rest of the distance. 1t is sal
the idea of having another tn
4 accompany the monitor and he
l consort has been abandoned. TIL
r towing hawsers are three in nun
b Der of l2-inch manila, and 81