Phoenix weekly herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory) 1896-1899, 1898-08-25

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SAMPSON AND SCHLEY.
Washington August 22.-Rear-Ad |
miral Sampson Will retain command
of the North Atlantic fleet notwith-
standing his service on the Cuban mil
ftary commission and Rear-Admiral
Schley will continue in his present
naval command. although serving tenn
porari1y ON the Porto Rico commission.
This statement was made authoTfta-
lively at the Navy Department. today.
VOLUNTEERS ORDERED HOME.
Chickamauga National Park. August
22-Judging from the present indica-
tons Camp Thomas, the largest mill
tary camp of the Spanish-American
war, will soon be thing of the past
A number of regiments have already
been ordered home
WILL DISPENSE WITH EXTRA
MEN.
Philadelphia. August 22.-Notices
| have been posted ait frankfort arsenal
TO the effect that the services of all
| extra men who were put to work since
rhe outbreak of the war will be dis
pensed with ON September 1St About
| a million persons are affected by the
1 order.
SIGSBEE ADVANCED.
Washington, August 22-The Presi-
| dent has promoted Captain Chas. D.
| Sigsbee USN., now commanding the
| St Paul, by advancing him three num-
| bers ON the list of Captains
| SUPERINTENDENT AT WEST
POINT.
| Washington. August 22.-The Presi-
I T.
| Mills superintendent of the military
| academy at West Point, with the rank
| of Northumberland
SPANISH MOVEMENTS.
/ Gibraltar, August 22.-Spanish engi-
1 neers who have been working on the
| Notifications at AIg-1raS on the west
1 side of the bay of Gibraltar, have been
1 ordered to Madrid and the batteries
I recently sent there have been ordered
| back to Seville.
| MAY VISIT AMERICAN PORTS.
| Washington. August 22-The Secre-
| tary of the Treasury has decided that
] under existing conditions there is no
| reason why Spanish vessels should
| not enter. load and clear at ports Of
| the United States-
1 PEACE COMMISSION TO BE
! NAMED THIS WEEK.
I Washington. August 23.-It is under
I stood the President will be ready to
| announce the personnel of the peace
commission before the close of the
4 present week, and possibly within a
1 day or two.
HONG KONG PORT OPEN TO
DEWEY.
| Washington. August 23.-AmbaSSa-
| dor Hay in a cablegram to the State
| Department received this afternoon
| says the British government has di-
| rected the governor of Hong Kong to
| accept Admiral Dewey's application
| for permission to dock and clean his
| ships at Hong Kong.
JAMAICA WANTS TO BE AN
NEXED
| Kingston. Jamaica, August 23.-Co-
| incident with the West Indian sugar
conference to assemble at the Barba-
| o6les, September 9TH, for the purpose of
| of protesting against the sacrifice of
| the colonies, Jamaica is preparing a
! plebescite to the British parliament re
| nuesfing permission to endeavor to ar
| range for annexation to the United
| States The promoters of this move
| ment are endeavoring to secure inter
| colonial cooperation but are not de
| pending on it.
| TROOPS IN PORTO RICO SICK.
| Ponce, August 23.-Illness among
| the American troops is on the increase
I and there are now nearly thousand
] sick on the island.
| TO ABANDON CAMP THOMAS.
| Chiclzamauga Park, August 23.-The
| War Department has ordered General
| Breckenridge to abandon Camp
I Thomas at Chickamauga Park and he
| is using every means to comply as
| rapidly as possible Various regiments
have received orders to pack up and
| be ready to get out on short notice
MORE TORPEDO BOATS.
Washington, August 23.-The Navy
Department This afternoon opened bids
for sixteen torpedo boat destroyers and
twelve torpedo boats, to cost in the ag-
gregate not to exceed $16,9OO,OOO, as
provided in the last naval appropria-
ton act. These destroyers and torpedo
boats constitute the largest single adj
ditiOn ever made to n navy. The de-
StrOyers are to be completed within
eighteen months, and the torpedo
boats in twelve months. According
to the requirements of the department
the destroyers are to have a guaran-
teed speed of twenty-eight knots and |
the torpedo boats twenty-six knots |
The deStroycrs are to be about 400 |
tons and are to cost not more than |
$295,000 each, while the torpedo boats |
are to be about $50 tons and to cost !
not more than $4,000 each.
ADMIRAL SCHLEY ILL.
WeStport. Conn. August 23.-Rear- |
Admiral w s. Schley who has been
indisposed at Saugatuck, the residence
of w. s. Wortley, his son-in-Iaw, was
feeling much improved when repre-
sentative of the Associated Press call
ell this morning. The Admiral could |
not be seen. His physician had given
strict orders for his patients seclusion