Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-05-05

long circuit rrom nongKong to New
York.
Some of the other naval officers, how
ever, who steadfastly commended that
Admiral Dewey would not have sent
away his dispatch boat until he had
completed his dispatch and received the
surrender of Manila, pointed out that if
they were right in that assumption it
would not be possible for the McCul-
loch to reach Hongkong before this
evening.
Great interest is felt in the reported
return of the Spanish Cape Verde fleet
to Cadiz. but, while admitting the pos
sibility of the fast vessels of the Span
ish flying squadron making the passage
in the five days that the vessels have
been out from St. Vincent, the naval
officers We're disposed to regard with
great suspicion news of this kind ema-
mating from Portugal because of the
recognized sympathy of the Portuguese
with the Spanish side. 1t woulG be
worth good deal to the Spanish adj
miral commanding the flying squadron,
supposing he were on his way across
the Atlantic, to throw Us off our guard
by having us believe that he had re-
turned to Spain.
The navy department has now secured
two vessels, the Australia and tit City
of Pekin. III San Francisco, which will
be loaded with coal and supplies and
rushed OH to join Commodore Dewey's
fleet. Whether or not they will carry
troops will be determined positively
when the commodore is heard from upon
this matter.
The navy department is hurrying to-
gether al exceptionally large stock of
ammunition, to go forward by the City
of Pel1in, to recruit the condition of
Commodore Dewey's feet. The first
shipment of projectiles has left New
York, and additional shipments will be
made until the full quota of powder and
shot will be in San Francisco within
the next ten days. There will be a total
of more than 20, 900 projectiles of vari-
GUS cahber and weights.
No new official news has come to con-
firm the report from Hawaii that the
islands have been rendered to the United
States for war uses. 1t is said that if
the incoming mail brought the propo-
sition to San Francisco it would scarce
ly be trusted to telegraph there on &C
count of its Importance, but wonld be
forwarded by the railway mails, which
would bring it here in about five days.
Without exception the naval officers
would welcome the possession of Ha-
waii just at this moment as affording a
magnificent base for naval operations in
the Pacific, hut, it is said, President
Dole's proposition must be submitted to
congress, SO that it will be for the legis-
lative branch i'll the end to pass upon
this offer
The fine British cruiser Blake has left
Gibraltar bound straight for Rio and it
is supposed that she goes TO observe any
engagement that might threaten be-
tween the Oregon and the Spanish
fleet.
The monitor Wyandotte has been
ordered to Bath, Me-, where she will be
manned by volunteers.
The nomination of a number of major
generals and brigadier generals is an in
dication Of the purpose of the president
to avail himself of the full number of
troops called for by his proclamation
and even to follow the call by another
very soon, for it is evident that there is
not enough commands to go around
properly among the officers already
nominated.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, soon
to be Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt, has
received several gratifying kilograms
from the west announcing the rapid or
ganization of Colonel Woods regiment
of mounted rifemen. Major Brodie
telegraphed from Prescott, A. T., that
the four troops of theregiment recruited
in Arizona would leave for San Antonio,
the modifying point. From New Mex
leo came telegram stating that $50
men had been enlisted and that they
would leave Friday for San Antonio,
and the troop organized at Guthrie, 0.
T., sent word that Is would leave today
for the rallying point.
Besides Major Brodie, Major Hersey
of New Mexico has been appointed,
leaving but one vacancy in the grade of
major in the regiment. Applications
for enlistment are coming in from the
east in large numbers, but the most
rigid tests for qualification are being in
sisted upon.