The record-union., 1898-06-12
GEN, MERRITT
WANTS MORE
TROOPS.
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received orders to leave for Manila on
Tuesday. He will depart on the first
transport, and will be accompanied by
a large corps Of assistants.
1t is understood that General Mer-
riam, commanding the Department Of
California. is to be furnished with
about 1900 troops, and one of his Off
GERS is authority for the statement
that the Government has notified HIM
that at least that number will be sup
piled from the East, for the defense of
the coast, and in view o. the fact that
the expeditionary forces are sOon to
depart, leaving but a few hundred men
under command of Genera! Merriam it
is expected at his headquarters that the
defense troops will soon De started
Westward
General Merritt, after two weeks Of
hard work, has decided to enjoy a little
recreation, and at the same time afford
the members of his staff a little pleas
ure. Accordingly he ordered his heads
quarters closed at noon to-day. and
this afternoon accompanied by his
staff and several prominent citizens,
left in special car for Monterey The
party will remain there over Sunday,
itNdi HlIS hOHudy morning.
Brigadier General Harrison G.. Otis.
United States Volunteers, in a new uni
form of his grade, appeared before
United States District Judge DeHayen
to-day and took oath of Office His
witnesses were Attorney General Fitz-
gerald and Major Hooper. Later in
the day the qualified officer wired ac-
ceptance of his commission to the Adju-
tant General of the United States army.
Washington, ID. c. Tomorrow Briga-
dier General Otis will visit the Colonels
OF the regiments comprising his bri-
gade, and look around for a suitable
place to establish headquarters in the
field.
Wyomng's battalion at Camp Mer-
ritt this morning received with honors
their Governor, William A. Richards
At IL o'clock the Governor and his
party, including Chief Justice G. ~
Potter of the Supreme Court of Wyom-
ing and j. d. Freebarn of the Stock
Growers Bank of Cheyenne; A. c.
Richards, the Governors brother,
resident of Shasta County, Cal, and
George c. Hunt of Oakland, the Gov
ernor's brother-in-law, with ladies OF
his family, arrived at the camp and
found the battalion drawn up to re-
tain Millar the men presented arms
Governor Richards then addressed the
volunteers briefly, telling them how
much 1t pleased him to be amongst
them again and thanking them for the
reception given the party and compli-
menting them on their fine appearance.
When the Governor ceased the battal-
ion gave three cheers and tiger for
the Governor. The companies We're
then dismissed. In camp the Governor
visited every soldier. Many of the men
he knew personally. At l o'clock a
banquet was held in the officers mess
THE MONADNOCK
MARE ISLAND NAVY YARD, June
11-All the departments are rushing
the work to the highest tension. The
construction and repair employees are
working night and day on the Nero,
formerly the Whitgift, and the Mo-
nadnock, to get them in condition to
start for Manila. The Monadnock will
be completed Wednesday and the Nero
Thursday at the latest unless some
thing unforeseen delays them. The
work on the Philadelphia goes on as
fast as the particularly unfortunate
circumstances will permit The ship
has had to be taken from the dock
twice, stopping work on her hull, in
order to allow the docking of the Mon
terey, Monadnock and Nero. This
necessitates great delay and entails the
expense OF thousands of dollars to the
Government. 1t is very aggravat-
ing ease of struggling with one dock.
THE MONTEREY AGAIN UNDER
WAY
SAN DIEGO, June 1.-THE work of
loading the Monterey with a deckload
of coal was completed at 10 o'clock this
morning. and at 12:45 the vessel got
under way. She was joined outside the
bay by the collier Brutus, which is to
accompany her. and the two vessels
steamed rapidly 10 the westward on
their way to the Philippines. 1t is ex-
pected that they will touch at Honolulu
in about ten days.
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