Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-21
70 START THIS WEEK
The Third Expedition That Has
Gs lis Destination the
Philippines.
EXPECTED 70 GET AWAY THURSDAY

Ger. Merritt Wants to Go with It, bat
Say Have 10 Stay Bchind-Transpor
Question as Viewed ct uashinston-Re
Endorsements for Enafter-E'rcsh Eecf
Tor Soidicrs-Rcaiis.ic March of Camp
Aiger Eoys State .:i;xa.y Information.
S1EFr2nciscc. Jure 21.-Fae third ex-
petition 20 Manila VIII sail next Thurs
Gay or Friday at the latest Tnis an
noGIcsneGt UGs made at General Mo-
fitts hea1xuarters yesterday morning,
ns;Wit1s Ert;ng re.Nrt from o.hes
sources that the traEEpgr,s cannot h.
gotten in complete readiness by that
time. The Cficers who are supervising
the pr, raTGtions On board the vessels
afrear todiifer with thesteamship COM
paniea concerning the time noeded to
complete the alterations. and have re-
ra.sG - General Merritt that the
transports ought to lie ready to receive
the soldiers by Thursday AS yet Gsn-
cr2i Merritt has not made pu1lic tae
iiE-c Of his own departure. hut it is
known 2lon6 lis effSers rlat he is ex-
ces asGEly anxious to get aws- on tAs
next expedition, and Mn DO 80 us.ess
the authorities at Washington interfere
Wiz. his present plans.
Impressncal To lie ExeeDtIonal
Washington, June y. - II was an
naurccd at tES war department yexter-
day that no additional Transports for
troops other than Se :; 1wport, which
has Ges6l iHprysssd on the PaC!ficcOass.
have been secured. The department. is
decidedly averse to resortirG to in
prcss > ent for va.iSus PERSONS, GaS only
dses Il VIXEN all 9th Y efforts To obtain
In. s,AL5 fell. Assistant Secretary
Ms hies-lSs yesterday said chat the i'm
pTtSsmcnt NJ VcSEcls for Transports
wosld be the exception ana not the
rlue. unless tle latter was absolutely
nee sSsaTy. az the cleVea transports
GvGilablG in the east aErau4crreats ara
being made to have half eoaea OF
mere rendezvous at Tampa for the pur-
ro-c presumably 4 carrying additional
rC.nf,rcerents to General Shafter.
Tae four ships at Fer2andina last
week have been given orders to go t.
Ts~ra, and enc from Mobile is already
there.
disbursements for Gen. SIaf.cr.
JustwEat portion OF General Skaters
reirtOrcamegt are to be taken from
Tampa has not yet been announced.
but With Il half dozen ships at its sanl-
E5Sd the department ought to b. able
to transport approximately 2,GC0 with
their equipments and Subsistence
stores. Most % the remainder. it is ex-
pected, viii be ts!.ea frorp Camp Alsec,
eng lnt'nG. it is said. to brigade. but
this has not YET been seGzitely settIaa.
TIE lattar VIII leave the COUNTRY by tina
WY Of Newport News or Norfolk. going
in the Harvard and Ysls, which have
capacity Tor carrying a lsG5s nsAoar
OF men. sacletasy A,ger wa, asked
just how many reinforceNents would
be sent to General ShafteT, but he de-
clinod to state.
Refrigerated Beef for tbs Army.
The lack Of suitable vessels for carry
ing supplies of refrigerated beef for the
army in Cuba, is proving very en-
bsrrassinS TO the officials of the com
rlisaFy generals office. NearE a week
ago General Ehgcn opened s.Gs for sup
lieys' Dict, and wosld have awarded tae
contracts before this but for the reason
that there are no ships available to
carry the supplies. The ships when ss-
cured will have 20 he fitted with refric-
Grating arDaIatu. ! order to preserve
tho Fn-1t flr-t, - u ,f-a