The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-08-25
GRAND NAVAL REVIEW.
Directions Sent to Admiral Samp-
son Concerning the Parade at
New York City.
A START MADE ON MASTERING OUT.
Regiments to Their state Rendezvous
Similar Orders to BE Issued from Day
to Day to- other Selected Regiments-
The Present War Pensions

Washington, Aug. 90 Final order s
were sent yesterday to Admiral Samp-
/ son relative to the naval parade at New
| York city on Saturday. The ships will
/ proceed to the anchorage at Tomp-
/ kinsville and there await the arrival
/ of Mayor Van Wyck and a delegation
of citizens, who are to go aboard the
| flagship and deliver an address to Ad-
miral Sampson and the men of his
/ command. This ceremony will occur
before ten o'clock in the morning, as
the orders contemplate a start up the
/ North river at ten o'clock. Antici-
/ pating a pressure to gain admission to
the flagship during the review, the or
| ders are that no one is to be allowed
aboard except on the express direction
/ of the president The salute at the
tomb of Gen. Grant will be the national
salute of 81 guns. Admiral Sampson
/ probably will come to Washington the
early part of next week, but no orders
| have been issued thus far concerDing
| his movements and IL is understood
| that he will continue in command of
the North Atlantic fleet, while serv-
| ing as q member of the military COM
mission at Havana Being thus in
command of the fleet, he will be en-
abled to select a flagship and proceed
/ thereon to Havana, although it is
more than likely that the commission
ers will proceed together on a war
ship, probably the Dolphin. In that
event the Dolphin would be the ad-
mirars flagship temporarily. A high
naval officer said to-day that Admiral
! Luce at one time made a steam launch
his flagship and in this way came from
New York to Washington. If the com
missioners do not proceed in body,
] Admirals Sampson and Schley may
take their respective flagships to Ha-
vana and San Juan pending the work
| of the commission.
A start Made on Mastering Out
Washington, Aug. 2O-Orders were
| given to-day for the return to their
state rendezvous of the following regi-
ments: The First Illinois cavalry and
the First Maine infantry, now at
Chickamauga Ga, and the Second
New York infantry, now at Fernan-
dina, Fla. The First Illinois is or
| dered to Springfield, Ill; the First
Maine TO Augusta Me-. aud the Sec
ond New York to Troy, n. Y. These
/ regiments were mustered into the
military service of the government at
the outbreak of the war at the places
mentioned and their return there is
accepted as conclusive evidence that
they are to be mustered out The
movement of these regiments will begin
as soon as the necessary trausporta-
ton can be provided. Another regi-
ment which has been ordered to re-
turn to its recruiting rendezvous is
the First Vermont infantry. That
regiment, now at Chickamauga, is un
der orders to proceed to Fort Ethan
Allen, VT, and left Camp Thomas to.
day. Similar orders will be issued
from day to day to the other volunteer
regiments selected for mastering out
No official information on this subject
is obtainable at the war department
in advance of the issue of the orders.
1t is said, however, that the Third
Georgia infantry, Third Alabama in
fantry and First Maryland infantry
are among the number already select
ed for mastering out
The Present War Pensions.
| Washing ION, Aug. 20.-When Conn.,
missioner of Pensions Evans was seen
yesterday in regard to claims for PEN
sions growing out of the present war
it was learned that only 144 applica-
tions have been filed. 1t is estimated
that there will be so, 900 applications
filed as the outgrowth of wounds in
flicted and disease contracted during
the war. At an average of $40 per
month the estimated cost of pensions
will be 81, 900 per annum. But
the commissioner says it is difficult to
make anything like an accurate esti-
mate. Claims now on file represent
all parts of the union, and as the
claims are not filed by states it is inn
possible to tell which sections of the
country are represented. Forty-eight
per cent of the claims now on file are
for invalid pensions and SO per cent
are made by widows and minors who
lost their husbands and fathers in the