The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-20
Notes Of the War.

Mason Mitchell, one of the Rough Riders,
who is suffering from wound in the right
arm, has arrived at New York on the gum
boat Newport.
The Naval Bureau of Construction and
Repair is expanding 81 ,250,0O0 a month
upon repairs. fitting and refitting vessels for
the war with Spain.
Gen. George A. Garretson cabled from
Santiago to his wife, in Cleveland, under
date of July Is, that he would embark for
Porto Rico that day.
The Buffalo the cruiser bought by the
United States from Brazil. will be repaired.
fitted out with guns and sent into the war.
She has been ordered to New York.
The output of smokeless powder for the
Navy Department Is steadily increasing,
and the Ordnance Bureau is receiving more
than eight thousand pounds daily for the
big guns.
The prize ships Catalina, Miguel lover.
Buena Ventura and Guido, conveyed by the
United States gunboat Newport arrived at
New York last night and are anchored of
Tompl<insville. Staten island A2ce
Private Charles Kennedy. of Company l..
First Tennessee, is dead al the Marine Hos
pital, San Francisco, of pneumonia, follow
ing measles. The number of cases on the
rolls of the division hospital at Camp Mer-
rift is 179.
The seventeen companies of the Volunteer
Signal Corps have now been recruited to
their full strength Each company consists
of sixty-three persons, including officers and
men, and company is to be assigned to
each division of the army.
A st. Louis firm has received the largest
contract for hay ever let by the United
States government. The contract calls for
nine million pounds of hay, to be delivered
at Chickamauga. Between four hundred and
five hundred ears will he required TO trans
port 1t. The contract for oats YVES awarded
to a Cincinnati firm straw to an Evans
Vile. Ind, firm, and bran to a Chattanooga
firm.
The patriotic German-Americans In New
York. anxious to show their fealty to the
land of their adoption, are aSttaung
movement 10 present the national governs
ment with a modern battle ship armed andN
equipped. They expect to open headQuaF-
tiers in this city within a few days. and
their countrymen in other cities of tho
United States will be asked to organize sub
committees to cooperate with them.
The State of California has already fur
nished over six thousand soldiers for the
war with Spain. This is more than 20 per
cent. of all the troops that have been as
sembled in and about San Francisco during
the past three months. OF California's six
thousand practically two thousand have al
ready embarked for Manila No other State
in the Union is believed to have furnished
so large a proportion at present for the vol-
unteer army.
Major Won Wroohem, of the Royal Cav
airy of Germany, now in Washington, has
rendered his services TO the American army
in the war against Spain. In bis letter he
says that he served in the Prussian cavalry,
participated in the late war against France
and upon application was retired two years
ago. Being strong and healthy" he says,
II once more long to enter active service
He transmits his commission in the Gef-
man army, signed by Emperor william,
and also photograph of himself In full
military uniform showing numerous badges
and orders of distinction His application
has been sent to the President.