The times., 1899-09-12
MORE THAN BARGAINED FOR
The New Orleans Larger Than nj
First Supposed

1t came out yesterday at a meeting of
cruiser New Orleans, purchased from Bra
zil at the beginning of the war with Spain.
was larger than some of the members of
the board supposed. A criticism OF the six
new cruisers to be constructed soon was
read at the meeting from a scientific
periodical The criticism was based ON the
understanding that the New Orleans. with
the same displacement as each of the six
cruisers $500 TONS had greater coal
capacity and more space throughout This
brought out the explanation that the New
Orleans was displaced more than 1000
tons but the statement that she was of
$500 tons displacement only had been made
in official reports on erroneous information
received by the Navy Department at the
time of her purchase. 1t was pointed out
at the meeting that so far as coal space
was concerned, the six cruisers were pro-
poItionately better OFF than the New
Orleans. as with 500 tons less displacements
each could accommodate 700 tons Of coal
against 740 for the New Orleans.
Reports From General Otis.
in the Philippines were yesterday reported
to the War Department in a cable message
from General Otis:
MANILA, September 10, 1899.
Adiutant General. Washington:
Following deaths since last report Chronic
dysentery, September 2, Henry Bueson Company
H. Ninth Infantry; William Creelman, Company
B, First Tennessee. Acute dysentery: First Ser
geant Joseph Hogan, Company VI, Fourth Infant
ry, gunshot wound, accidental; August 25 Dan
iel Edwards Company E, Eighteenth Infantry;
September 8, Thomas Guinan, Company h,
Twelfth Infantry; Sergeant Edward H. Remano,
Company l., Fourth Cavalry. typhoid fever; July
m TTf,rto ON 4.
Dakota; September G, John w Healy, Company
X, Third Artillery, drowned Manila Bay;
August 90 Raymond ID. Louth, Company NJ
Sixth Artillery, chronic diarrhoea; September 8.
Owen Dunn, Company +, Fourth Infantry; 9th,
James Hogan Company F, TweHty-first Infantry.
general peritontis; John NJ Mccall, Company B.
Twenty second Infantry. pulmonary phthisis; Mi
chael McGarth, Company NJ, Twelfth Infantry,
pneumonia; Labor Richard Johin Company F,
Twenty first Infantry, gastritis, chronic; Henry
l.. Noble, Company C, Fifty-irst Iowa. alcohol
isin acute; 7th. Capt. Charles L.. Collins Com
! pany l. Twenty-third Infantry. at Cebu Island,
| p. m, appendicitis. chronic; Sth, William ii.
Kennedy Company G., Ninth Infantry, fever, re-
mttent, malaria; 9th Joshua W. Johnson. Hos
| ptal Corps OTIS.
Captain Collins, whose death is reported
was born in Kentucky. and was appointed
| to the Military Academy from Ohio in 1878
He graduated in 1882 and was appointed a
second lieutenant in the Twenty-fourth In
fantry. He was promoted to be a first
lieutenant in 1891, and assigned to the
Nineteenth Infantry. He attained the rank
of captain in 1896, and served with his
company in Arizona, and at one time was
inspector of small arm practice in his de-
partment Captain Collins had served with
his company throughout the Philippine
campaign.
The arrival of the transport Senator was
reported as follows:
MANILA, September TO- IS99
Adjutant General, Washington:
Transport Senator arrived this morning; one
casualty; William B. Goldthwaite, died at sea;
body emhalmed; brought here. OTIS.
the Senator left San Francisco about
thirty days ago, carrying 10 officers and Goo
| recruits.