The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-18
PROGRESS OF PREPARATIONS.
Charleston Sails Today, But the Pc
kin Is Not Ready.

KIN Is NoC fseady.
Vallejo. Cal, May 1.-THE cruiser
Charleston. will, in all probability. sail
for the Philippines tomorrow morning.
She viii finish coaling tonight, and as
all her ammunition and stores are
aboard, nothing viii remain to delay her
further when that necessary prelimin-
airy has been accomplished Her COM
plement OF officers is as follows: Cap
tain Henry Glass. commanding; Lieu
tenant GOtfried BlOckinser, executive
officer; Lieutenant William Brauner-
secuther, navigator; Lieutenant Frank
NJ. BOstwick. George r. SlOcum, Robert
Z. C0ontz: EnsiSnS William A MOffet
and Waldo Evans, watch officers; sur
geon. Henry T. Percy; past assistant
surgeon, Ammen Farenholt; paymas-
ter. James ). Philips; chief engineer,
Robert ". Gait; past assistant engi-
neer, J. :. Mexican; assistant engi-
neers, A. w Marshall, c. E. Liper and
J. B. Henry; bOatswain, D. Glynn;
gunner, \. A. Phelps; carpenter, ]. H
Gill; pay clerk, 4. NJ Philips.
San Francisco, May 1.-THE Peiin
will not be ready to sail for a day or
two, and il is rumOred that she viii be
DELAYED for possibly a week, pending
the arrival Of troops from the east. 1t
is said that she VIII carry a number Of
mules tS>She islands, in addition to the
troops The first real work, Indicative
as to the time the Pekin will depart,
took place today. A squad OF men from
the Preside was detailed to store her
provisions and arrangements are be-
ing perfected for the quartering of the
men who viii go with her to join Ad-
miral Dewey. If rush orders are re-
ceived the vessel can sail within IS
hours. but if she is to go thoroughly
equipped for service II will take five or
six days to fit her out.
The CITY of Sydney, also one of the
transports, is being cOaled. but there
is little else being done on board. This
is also the case with the steamer Aus
tralia. but the last mentioned vessel
hardly needs the preparation for the
trim that the other vessels are under
going.
General Merriam has decided that no
more troops can be stationed at the
Preside with due regard TO the health
of the present occupants and has made
ARRANGEMENTS with the owners Of the
old Bay District race track TO station
all the troops that arrive here after
today. within the great enclosure The
ground will be prepared for the recep-
ton of the troops from OrtgOn, WyoIn-
ing. Nebraska, Colorado. Minnesota,
Kansas. Utah and Idaho, who are due
TO arrive here this week
It IS expected that there Will be at
least 10 600 regulars and volunteers sta
toned in this city before the end of the
month and that most of them will be
ordered TO Manila
Three hundred men and officers, rep
resenting the Second battalion of
washington volunteers, arrived in this
CITY this afternoon on the steamer
UrnatiHa. which sailed from Seattle
and Tacoma on Saturday. The vessel
came into the harbor with flags flying
from her rnasts and with her passen-
gers and volunteers lined up on deck
AS she passed the Preside, where 800
men are awaiting transportation TO
Manila. a mighty cheer went up from
the men on shore and as the wind bore
the sound out to sea the men on the
Umatilla responded with three hearty
cheers for their comrades on shore