Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-16
PRESIDENTS OWN
Name Of a Volunteer Regiment Form
ing at Canton, Ohio.
GENERAL GRAHAM REACHES ATLANTA
Active Preparations for War Being
Made at All Points.
DRY DOCK ETED

CANTON, Ohio, March 16.-Officers have
been named for the regiment of provisional
troops organized in this city to be known
as THE Presidents Own
| The regiment is composed of more than
| 900 volunteers at present, including some
| of the best young men of the city. All of
| the staff officers selected are subject to the
! approval of Gov. Bushnell. ALL however
have had military training. Harry Frease
| who commanded Company / of the Sth
| Ohio, National Guard, Is named as colonel.
| He was also commander of the famous
Canton troop that did service in leading the
| Mckinley delegations about the city.
James Mckinley, nephew of the President,
| is sergeant. Rev. Q. 3. Mfllgan. pastor of
| the First Presbyterian Church. has vo,un-
| teered to be chaplain.
! Within twenty-four hours after call for
| troops is made, should such a call come
| the Canton regiment will be ready to
! march Members are adjusting their life
| insurance policies, making wills and trans
! acting other important business prepara-
tory to starting for the scenes of conflict.
Gen. Graham at Atlanta.
| ATLANTA, Ga, March 16-Brig. Gen.
| VIM. NJ. Graham, the commander of the
new department of the south, and his
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lanta today. They were met at the depot
by Col. Cook and staff, from Fort Nc
| Pherson, and several prominent citizens
| Munitions of war are passing through
| Atlanta to gulf and Atlantic ports daily,
| and great cannons, mortars gun carriages
| and cars of explosives can be found in the
| yards almost any time. Four mortars,
| weighing nearly 10000 pounds each, passed
| through this morning en- route to Calves
| ten. Railroad men eXpec: thirty cars of
| war material during the week.
| Orders to Michigan Guards.
| GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, March 16-The
first symptom of war. so far as Michigan is
| concerned, came today, when the state mil
| itary board received a request from the
| War Department that each company of
| Michigan troops be divided into squads Of
| eight men each, in charge of corporals,
| ard that complete lists of these divisions
| be reported at once to the Secretary of
| War, thus insIring getting troops out In
| the shortest possible order. More than two
| years ago the I'd Regiment was divided in
| this manner and so is ready at moments
| notice.
| Work on the Mnylower.
NEW YORK, March 16-Constructor
Bowles is in receipt of instructions to push
| work upon the steam yach Mayiower
bought by the government from the estate
o. the late Ogden Goelet in fitting for serv-
ice as torpedo boat destroyer.
| The Mayfiower was built at the Thomp-
son shipyard on the Clyde. She has IA
| length over all Of 800 feet. Her water line
measures 215 feet: her beam $40 feet and
her draught is 17.6 feet. She has a speed
capacity If more than twenty knots an
| hour.
In addition to being armed with guns and
other torpedo boat destroyer appliances,
the yacht will be armor plated.
The Mayf1ower will probably be taken
| today from the Erie basin, where she has
| been lying for some time, to the New York
| navy yard
| Dry Dock Tested.
There was test today of dry dock No 3
"a Ehe navy yard. which Naval Constructor
| Bowles said was entirely satisfactory, and
assured the availability of the dock within
| thirty days for the largest vessels of the
United States navy. The pumping out of
the dock, which began yesterday occupied
| all the night and during the time eleven
| feet of water was lifted out of the great
| structure.
When the dock had been emptfed it was
| demonstrated that it's gates are now prac-
| tcally Water-ught, except at the edges of
| the caisson, which do not tit tightly into
| the grooves This is caused by the harden
| ing of the rubber gaskets, which will have
| to be removed and fXed-a comparatively
| small matter. There was absolutely no
| leakage at any of the seams the sides
| of the dock where the trouble existed in
| the first place. Should an emergency arise
| that made such measure necessary the
coHerdam could be blown out with dyna-
| mite on a days notice, but in the ordinary
| course of events a month will elapse before
| it will be wholly removed. leaving the en-
| trance to the dock free for the passage of
ships.
San Francisco's Dry Dock.
| SAN FRANCISCO, March ia fact of
interest in connection with the ques Of
docking facilities for the big vessels of the
| United States navy is that San Francisco
1 has dry dock at which the battle ship
| Oregon has twice been successfully docked.
| I bis dock is one of the largest in the coun-
try, anu at comparatively little outlay
| could be adapted to the accommodation of
! large battle ships under armament and
with their equipments or board. All that
| would be required would be the deepening
| of the approach and the enlargement CT
the entrance.
st. Louis Sails for Southampton.
| NEW YORK, March 16.-The American
| lire steamer st. Louis sailed for South
| amptcE today on her regular schedule time.
The board forNthe inspection of auxiliary
cruisers decided last night that they would
| not require the steamer for armamt Mt at
| present.
| Vice President Wright 6enied that any
| naval officer was on the ST Louis when
she sailed The report that Commander
Emory was to be on board in readiness TO
| take charge of her should hostilities break
| oct, Mr.. Wright said was an error.
Gen. Miles Inspects Forts.
| Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles arr we'd in this
city from Washington early today and at
Gree went to Governors Island where he
| was in consultation with the commanding
| officer. Gen. Miles then boarded the tug
| General Meigs and began a tour of the
! Notifications near this city, going first to
| Fort Schuyler and then to Willets Point.