Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-01

need of these volunteers. u DE- certain
that they viii unhraitstlnfiy respond %
tho ufcUrriucu Of the occasion. but
there De- no disposition 10 hold them
strictly % their terms Of enlistment
nom ,ho moment their services may be
dispensed with. ana u would nos be
surprising N several uf the regiments
raised under the second call, which nave
not yct reachcd Fcrnhndlna. llckn1u-
Nilln and San Francisco, should he Or
dcrcd tn their states Tor mastering out
within The next ten days. Those would
Include most ~ the troopi nf Chickh-
manga and Camp Alger. and those scat
tered throughout the various military
departments. Gen. Lees seventh CORPS
az Jaciu nylllo has always been In
tended ilr duty In cuba late In the fan.
and Il VII certainly 40 there nt that
Time. whether Tor offensive operations
In case Havana ID not surrendered. or
a. the army of occupation after peace
hrs been concluded
The reduction Of the naval forces will
be OF a moro sweeping and immediate
character, 70 being The Intention to dis
pose ~ nearly nll the vessels which
wUro prcafod into the service and I'M
pr1yiscd Tor various hostile operations
since the Maine was blown un. The
iirat step has nlrcdy been taken by the
orders issued yesterday returning the
~. Paul and H. Louis 10 New York
as soon HH they could leave the West
Indies. Their guns viii b. taken on az
once their naval officers detached, In
Guiding captain slgHbee. and Captain
Go1drlch,nud ~ speedily AZ the vessels
can be- restored 90 the condition they
were IN when the navy acquired them,
hey will De- delivered their former own
rl. the American iins The Harvard
md Yale viii BE- given no a week or
I1 later. and the navy will then cease
aging 5000 a day COR these four yer-
sls. which FOR tho last fHw weeks have
been used exclusively bN the army as
transports. Perhaps thr army viii De
able Co charter tho vUHsH'H for q time,
or az least until tho owners consider II
advisable 10 undertake a. restoration N
thrlr Transatlantic voyages n n nl-
most certain that ths war department
N compelled 90 send additional rein
fnrcoments 10 Manila, VIII promptly
impress those vessels and hurry them
aIuund 10 the Pacific lot Tot purpose.
The naval authorize. have also
shown their conndrncH ln the result OF
the peace negotiations uy ordering At
least three OF the heavier war ships 10
New York Tor repairs.
The Texas ~ expected 10 20 Into the
dock on Tuesday. ana the brooklyn u
week later. Tho Iowa viii be- put into
the new dock, when has lust been re-
paired a. soon az 10 ls ready 90 re-
cclye her. which, according 60 the latest
assurances from Constructor b0wles.
will be- about August ilth. Tho Indiana
viii also rome north lH soon AZ p0asi-
hlr ana oven Admiral SlmpHon'a Tag
ship. tho New York H expected 10 gu
into dock by the middle of August.
According 10 tho naval authorities, the
prospects are that 900 The volunteer
officers. no well me- men who care % b.
70 llevcd from the naval service, Will
September lst. This nj ra, ~ course.
only 10 naval milltIRmeu. whllc places
on the regular warshIu viii be taken hy
enlisted men, reloHs.d from the nuNii-
larieH aH quickly ns thr latter vessels
are put out of commission.