The San Francisco call., 1898-07-07

-TE HE forces that are to constitute
 the fourth Manila expedition are
 six troops of the Fourth United
 l States Cavalry and the Independ-
 ent Nevada Cavalry troop, now at the Presidio, all under the command of Major Sanford c. Kellogg, Batteries A and D of the Sixth Artillery, command ed by Major Grugan; five companies of the Fourteenth United States Infantry under Major Robe; sixty men of the Third Artillery under Lieutenant Aber- nethy, and recruits for the Hospital Corps, Signal Corps and the Eighteenth and Twenty third Infantry Regiments. These troops will all sail on or before next Tuesday. ond the steamers City of Puebla and Peru. This confirms the announcement made in yesterdays Call.
 This expedition will be in command of Major Sanford c. Kellogg of the Fourth United States Cavalry.
 Major Kellogg has a brilliant record. He is a native of New York State, and is 56 years of age. His first military experience was gained as a member of the Thirty-seventh New York State AlIlllld INGSlIlGill lIOIIl ndy lO S6p- tember ?, 1862, and from that time he actively served throughout the War of the Rebellion, being promoted from time to time for gallant and meritori- ous services on the field of battle. He was on the staff of Major General George H. Thomas, and was in all the battles in which that famous comman- der was engaged, among which were Hoover's Gap. Chattanooga, Chicka- mauga, Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Buzzards Roost, Resaca, Adairsville, Cassville, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, the fights around Atlanta, ending with the battle of Jonesboro and the occupation of Atlanta; the bat tie of Nashville, and the pursuit of General Hoods army into Alabama He was several times brevetted for his valuable and heroic services, his high est brevet rank being that of colonel
 At the end of the war Kellogg was appointed second lieutenant in the Eighteenth United States Regular h. fantry, and few months later was promoted to a first lieutenancy. In December, 1870, he was assigned to the Fifth Cavalry, and in 1871 was made captain, and is now a major of the Fourth Cavalry. In 1881 he was or dered to report for duty on the staff of Lieutenant General Sheridan, where he remained until February, 1873. Dur ing this period he was stationed at Chicago, but participated in a recon naissance of the Yellowstone River to the mouth of Powder River, and was engaged in several skirmishes with Sioux Indians during the movement
 The companies of the Fourteenth h. fantry will sail on the City of Puebla, and the Fourth Cavalry troops and the Nevada Cavalry will go on the Peru. No horses will be taken for the cavalry on this expedition. The plan of ship ping horses and mules on the sailing vessel Tacoma is yet in abeyance, sub ject to further consideration. Lieu tenant Neal, Fourth United States Cavalry, yesterday inspected the Ta- coma with a view of ascertaining the practicability of transporting horses on a sailing vessel. He will report his conclusions to Major General Otis, and his report, no doubt, will determine the matter.
 It is said that an Englishman has made an offer to the United States Government to deliver Australian