The San Francisco call., 1898-06-03
.RICHMON D'o TENTED HELD
Inspection of. Ordnance-Fire ! Alarm in Canap-A Pistol :: ..:.:;>r: Bullets Course.

Division, headquarters is guarding with. ~. .eXclusiyeRess and secrecy all information tl3at cain throw any light upon the sub- ject of when will the next expedition sail for Manila and what are the troops that will compose it. If General Otis knows, then he has securely hidden the desired news up his sleeve and Is saying noth- Ing The question is the one subject of Interest and comment among the officers throughout Camp Merritt, but as yet all is theory and speculation In regard to it.
 The following order detailing men at Camp Merritt for detached service was issued to the various commanders yes- terday:
 Headquarters United States Expeditionary
 .4 Forces and Department Of Pacific.
 .*:: San Francisco, Cal, June l. 1898. . ''iI < Private e' H. ' B. Taylor, company L, First dutv as clerk to the jddge-advocate at these headquarters, and will report in person to Major E. H Crowder Judge-Advocate, United States Army, accordingly.
 First Nebraska< Volunteers, And Pzivates T. S. AIacKelvey. company l, Tenth Pennsylvania Corps, United States Army and Private C. B.. Bailey, company B. First Colorado Volunteers, are hereby detailed on special duty clerks to the assistant adjutant- general at these head quarters and will report in. person: to Lieuten- ant-Coiohgl, J PrIoaococf Asslstdltt General United States Army, accordingly.
 By command :
 MAJOR-GENERA MERRITT.
 J. B. BABCOCK, Assistant Adtutant- General It is now an assured fact that the Fourth United States Cavalry will go to Manila, and 1t is expected tl1at, 1t will go in it's entirety. with the. First Brigade, for an order has been issIed directing troops A, E., F and c, now in the department of the Columbia. to: mobilize here; If the ar rival of these troops, is; awaitea .S a then t 1t Manila expedition will leave for week ak lSe.0S. Dakota troops, it was thought the forces h Shape aiip to take axe the field, but yesterday Colonel Hawkins of the Tenth Pen,nisyl- 1is, had been in for. some time his command was far from being: equipped It lacks about 100 nniforms. 200 rifles, some cloth ing: and. many shoes A plumber of the soldiers have been unable. to perform duty because they have no shoes. and, in fact the various company commanders aan nnsl, pany funds to buy the most needy of the men shoes Colonel Hawkins refers in rather warm terms to, the. tardiness or the
 Captsiii W. e. Langfitt of the corps of engineers assumed command of that body yesterday The corps gave a drill i9 breastwQrks. which was extremely inter- esting. '..:.
 The temporary. brigade staffs of the Third and Fourth Brigades were printed exclusively fin ;yesterdays Call. Colonel Reeve of the Second Brigade refuses te. give his staff. The relation of the staff for. the. First. Brigade. according to Colonel OVenshipe will be left to the brigadier comrnanding.
 However, the following temporary ap- pointments have been made Captain F. B. Strong; assistant adjutant general First Brigade, and Captain Edward Mur- phy,:. second assistant adjutant general United States Volunteers Fourth Brigade. Captains Strong is a son of ex-Mayor Strong of New York.
 Colonel Ovenshine received word yes terday that Priva.tes Frazier and Reming- ton. hospital corps, Fwenty-third Infan-: try, whQ were left in New Orleans sick with fever, had died.
 Private Vernon Edward. Company G. Twentieth Kansas Infantry. was taken to the French Hospital yesterday He has pneumonia. Lieutenant Bates, Company A. Seventh California Infantry. was also taken :to- the, same place with malarial fever while Private Brown. Company c, of the same regiment. was carried to the hospital also. He is i'll with pneumonia
 Beginning with the First Colorado and Tenth Pennsylvania, Inspector General Hughes will to-day begin the inspection of ordnance of the troops now in camp. The Idaho troops were issued their ord-I