New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-25
HARVARD TO CARRY TROOPS.
vrRTHER REINFORCEMENTS TO SAIL
FOR CUBA TO-DAY
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNE.l

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.,usetts Infantry and three battalions OF the
9th Michigan. one battalion Of which started
:. tho Yale yesterday for Santiago. will arrive
Soro tomorrow morning at o'clock over the
rhesaneake and Ohio Railroad. and at daybreak
iii embark on the auxiliary cruiser Harvard.
uhch is scheduled TO sail before noon.
These troops complete the First Brigade. un-
dor General Duffield. with the exception Of the
roorlv equipped Sd Virginia and will go direct
10 70 Santiago, where they will report TO Cen
rol Shafter The baggage train carrying the
Anrses for the regimental officers and light
.Orinage will arrive here at midnight. The
.roon train will follow two hours later from
Alexandria, Va.
Tho men will occupy the train until day break
rben they will go aboard the Chesapeake and
ohio steamer louise and be transferred 10 the
cruiser Harvard, which IS still lying off the
sbinvard about mile distant The horses and
carnp equipments will he sent out on lighters
CantaiD Cotton commanding the Harvard. has
orders TO get away before noon tomorrow, and
evnects 10 start on his long journey about 10
o'clock
In addition to the troops. the cruiser carries
4 200 tons OF coal. about 400 tons Of provisions
and hundreds of tons of ammunition.
MORE CROWDED THAN THE YALE.
She has been loading cartridges all day. II
ANYTHING. she will take down q greater load
than did the Yale and the men aboard the Har-
yard Will be packed more closely than were
those on the Yale 1t is understood that the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Will transport
all ~ the troops from Camp Alger TO Newport
News and that no more attachments will be
cent bv water from Alexandria TO Old Point
Comfort. as in the case OF yesterdays expedi-
ton.
After the Massachusetts, and Michigan regi-
r,ents come in there Will be something like five
thousand men Of the First Division at Camp
Alger to be brought down for embarkaton to
Santiago.
The repair ship Vulcan arrived here at o
o'clock this evening from Boston where she
WAS converted from a merchantmen. and an
cbored near the Harvard She will not go 70
the shipyard no orders 10 touch her having
been received.
The presence Of the Vulcan here leads 10 the
belief that she is the third ship which Captain
De,ning stated would he sent here TO carry the
accommodating subsistence 10 Santiago. Accord
ing 10 Major Howard. Quartermaster-i Chief
and CAPTAIN Deming Newport News is to be the
only point OF enbarkation on the North Atlantic
coast. and ii is probable that all troops camped
within easy access Will embark here for their
destinations.
The Chesapeake and Ohio have received no
orders vet as to the time when they may eX-
pect TO handle the next expedition. and II is
not believed that any more troops Will come pc
fore next Tuesday. when. il Is stated. another
.xnedition will embark More subsistence and
ammunition arrived here tonight from New
York. The torpedo gunboat Apache formerly
(1I IDof, asfa hay 2 Q
heen converted at the Navy Yard and will sail
with the Harvard tomorrow.
SOLDIERS GET THEMSELVES INTO TROUBLE
There is going to be trouble in Camp War
burton. In consequence Of the petition signed by
seyentv-six members Of Battery to Captain
Waters. asking for his immediate resignation
As the matter stands now. these men are guilty
of noutiny. 70 matter how true their charges
and they will be tried by court martial. and he
given the full penalty, unless they wifhdra"
their signatures by tomorrow evening
CAPTAIN Waters returned 20 the camp this
morning from Phanixv,lle. having learned OF
the disturbed condition Of affairs In camp Cap
tain Warburton. who was in Philadelphia also
obtained information about the mutnous CON
duct Of the Phanixville artllerymen. and hast
ened 10 return to his post arriving in the city
CAPTAIN Waters. on his arrival, assembled MS
battery at the farther extremity Of the camp
and quietly informed the men that unless they
withdrew their names from the petition IN MS
presence he would have them court martaied
He Their quoted the Articles Of War. which pro-
vide that r1utlnous troops. or those showing dis-
respect 10 superior officers. shall be tried IL TINS
manner and punished by death or any other
form decided upon by the court 81 course
while the conduct Of the batierymen Is mutt
nous. +, is not so In an aggravated form
The charges which The men brought against
their captain are the fol,oWia- lncompe'ency'
obscene language 10 men. threats ~ violence
drunkenness. conduct unhccomins an of''ceT ana
q gentlenan lack of discipline. favorltism' as
regard of the interests of the service and yea
Ing 10 Captain Warburton the seniority OF com
mand. riehtfu!iy belonging to Battery {.
The men have plenty OF witnesses in captain
Warburton's command that Captain waters -
not a desirable military capta!n but thai d'eS
no, lessen the charge Of mutiny against '"'"''
and Captain Warburion. as commandant OF inc
s,,hros, will have % report the case 70 inc De-
parirnenr recommending court martial