The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-23
in position.

OIan DOyS mdrcneQ 10 tnelf lOduSu
with flowers and good things to eat.
In spite of the crowds at the Preside.
Fort Richmond was not neglected. Thou
sands of people visited the ground where
the Colorado. Nebraska. Kansas and Wyo-
ming soldiers are in camp, and We'd with
each other in expressions of hospitality.
All the soldiers are impatient to start for
Manila, and their ardor does not seem to be
abated by the hard work of camp life.
Drilling al both camps is almost incessant.
The City of Peking may get away by to-
morrow night. but will probably not start
before Tuesday. The coast defense vessel
Monterey is now lying in the stream and
will be ready to start as soon as she re-
ceives Il supply of coal. BY carrying an
adequate load of coal the Monterey can
reach Honolulu. but from that point to
Manila she will have to be accompanied by
collier, or else taken in tow by one of the
transport steamers. The steamers City of
Sydney and Aurtralia may possibly be ready
to sail on Tuesday and there is some talk
of having them go with the Peking. but 1t
is probable that the original plan will be
adhered to and that each of these ships will
sail as soon as ready without waiting for
| any others.
| Two detachments from the heavy ar
tillery and Colonel Summers. of the Oregon
| regiment have been unofflcially informed
| that they are expected to break camp Mon
| day morning. The official orders will doubt
| less be received by Colonel Summers and
| Captain Geary tomorrow. Colonel Smith,
| who has not been officially advised to go,
expects to go aboard the City of Peking
| Monday. All to-day he was @-lsy seeing to
the hauling of supplies to vessel. All
company property was TAX rom camp,
! and it is known that the f1elo 'ders of the
| First have been called for.
General Otis all along has been fighting to
have the three transport vessels sail to-
| gether and it now looks as if he had carried
his point. and that the three commands
named will sail Monday night General
| Otis said to-day: 1.-The First Regiment of
| California troops will be loaded on the City
of Peking early Monday morning"
| Further than this General Otis refused to
| be quoted, but it is understood that the
| Oregon troops will sail on Ghe Peking 1t is
| decided that the Sixth California and the
| Washington volunteers are to remain here
| for Pacific coast defense. The Tenth
| United States Infantry will join the expedi-
| ton to the Philippines. The government
will accept the eight companies of the Sixth
| California volunteers as a regimental or
| ganization.
| There were 1J,999 enlisted men and 447 off,
| GERS gathered at the two military camps in
| this city this morning. The Preside reserva-
| t1on is the temporary home of nearly 1000
men, including those from this State, Wash
| lngton and oregon; in fact the camp is the
| headquarters of the Pacific coast men, The
| troops from Minnesota, Wyoming, Ne
braska. Kansas and Colorado are quartered
| on the site of the old Bay District race
|
| Each square will accommodate comfortably
1000 men. This city of tents has been named
| Fort Richmond, and shelters about 500
men. Rrigadier General Otis is very anxious
| to concentrate the volunteer forces, and aft
| er the departure of the troops for Manila will
| transfer the men now stationed at the
| Preside to Fort Richmond. He deems the
new site superior to the Preside, as the
| sand absorbs every bit of moisture and
| keeps the soldiers comparatively dry shod
| and free from the mud which accumulates
at the Preside after every rain. The men
| at Fort Richmond did not suffer so much
| from last nights rain as it was expected
| The men from other camps helped yester-
| days arrivals to set up their tents. and bv
| l0 O'Clock last night there was a semblance
| of order at the grounds assigned to Colo
rado, Minnesota and Wyoming troops. and
the men spent a fairly good night. Thev
are hard at work this morning perfecting
thelr camping arrangements, and by to-
mght VIII be as comfortably situated as
any of the soldiers in the camp.
me Presid1o soldiers are again fiounderine
around IN mud resulting from yesterdays
ra!h' out inside their tents everything is
ory ana warm Both camps were visited to-
oay py thousands of people from other sec
nf fhn 0fkxK
brought its load of sightseers, hardly a Wis
itor went to the camps empty-handed. Fruit
mowers and little boxes of delicacies formed
the principal packages taken out for the
soldier boys, and many of the blue-coated
men were made happy by these little ev,-
dences of good will. The soldiers EXPRESS
themselves as greatly pleased with the re-
ception given them by the people of Cali
tornia AT every stopping place they were
deluged with flowers and good things 10
eat and drink. They are particularly grate-
ful to the women of the Red Cross Society
OF this city, who took them in charge as
tney lett the ferry boats and supplied them
with cold lunches hot coffee and lemonade
and decorated their guns and haversacks
with various kinds of California flowers.
which at this season are very plentiful.
All the troops from Nebraska, Kansas
Colorado and Minnesota which were or
dered to San Francisco are now here but
many more troops will arrive from other
sections during the next few DAYS. The
Southern Pacific Company has been called
on to provide transportation facilities for a
battalion of light artillery and cavalry from
Utah, in addition to lot of troops from
Montana and Idaho and artillery from
Pennsylvania.
The Utah cavalry is due to arrive on Tues
day and the same time as the Pennsylvania
regiment Seventy-fve empty coaches were
started back to Ogden in several speciaI
trains last night to accommodate troops
now on their way here from Eastern points.
In addition to. the troops coming via Ogden
a trainload of volunteers from Boise CITY.
Idaho, is coming to San Francisco by wav
of Portland. The Washington volunteers
quartered at Fontana Barracks want To eo
TO Manila. They want to highland es-
pecially do they desire chance at the men
who started the rumor that they were
averse to foreign service, and that they
asked to be retained for coast duty. To-
night Lieutenant Colonel Fife assembled
the two Washington battalions in a hollow
square and asked every man who did not
want TO go 10 Manila to hold up his hand.
No hands were raised
Those who want to so to Manila at
Guid ~ '