The San Francisco call., 1899-10-15
THIRTY-FIRST
REGIMENT WILL
SAIL THIS WEEK
To Be Followed by
TWenty-Eigh
RELEASED FROM QUARANTINE
MORE VOLUNTEERS TO BE
RUSHED TO MANILA
Orders Are Issued for Six Thousand
Soldiers tn Proceed to San Fran
RELEASED FROM QUARANTINE
MORE VOLUNTEERS TO BE
RUSHED TO MANILA
Orders Are Issued for Six Thousand
Soldiers to Proceed to San Fran
cisco to Take Transports
for the Philippines,

Two Of the new volunteer regiments Will
probably sail from this port for the Phil
ippines. They are the Twenty-eighth, now
encamped at the Preside, and the thirty
first, which has for the last few weeks
been Quarantined at Angel Island Ihe
latter Is expected to get away first Inc
quarantine was raised yesterday and the
baggage Of the men and ali the tents
thoroughly fumIgated. The regiment viii
remain on the island until ordered aboard
the transports, which viii be within the
next three days If present plans are car
ried out Ten companies OF the ImrIy-
first will sail on the Tartar and the re-
manning companies, together with 3oO re-
cruits, viii sail on the Manuense.
The Twenty-eighth Will sail few days
later, probably not before Saturday, on
the Hancock The Twenty-eighth has
been brought to & splendid degree OF per-
fecuon In drill since its arrival al the post
and is regarded as one Of the crack vol
unteer regiments Of the service,
The transports Newport, Pennsylvania
and Olympia are also nearly ready to re-
turn 10 the Philippines, The two latter
may be sent 70 Portland to take over the
Thirty ninth Regiment, which has been
recruited at Vancouver Barracks, and
TWO companies OF the Forty-nTth.
Notification has been received at the
department headquarters that orders have
been issued Tor the departure OF additional
await transportation to the Philippines.
The Thlrty-elghth Will leave JEFFERSON
Barracks on October ~; the borty-hIth,
with the exception OF the Two cOnpanle as
recruited at Vancouver Barracks, Will
leave Fort Smelling, Arizona, on october
=; the borty-tourth Will leave Fort LeaV-
enworth, Kansas, October 70; the Forueth,
with the exception OF the two companies
already here, Will leave Fort Riley, kan
sas, October 81, and the Forty-slXth viii
leave South Framing Mass, on the
same date
1t is expected that transports will be
ready TO convey these troops to the Phil
ippines within a short time after their
arrival in this city and they viii be rushed
forward in order that General Otis may
have a large force at his disposal as
soon as possible when the fall campaign
IN the Islands is fairly begun
The Montana regiment Will be mustered
out Tuesday and viii leave for home
about TWO days later. The Washington
regiment will be mustered out on NoVem-
Der l and the Kansas volunteers on No
Nember 3. Both the Kansas and Washing
ton men viii leave for their homes imme-
ulaJeIy after securing their discharges and
pay.
The Kansas and Montana regiments
were the guests Of the city of Oakland
yesterday. General Shafter accompanied
them across the bay, and the veterans en-
Joyed the outing and entertainment i'm
Colonel WhoIey of the Washington regi-
ment, the members OF his staff and all the
company officers posed for group photo
graph in the camp at the Preside yester-
day.
George H. Mills, Company I. Twentieth
Kansas Regiment, died of dysentery at
the general hospital Friday night.
The bodies Of Benjamin W Hanson.
Battery K, Third Artillery; Charles P
Sharkey, Ninth Infantry, and James
Walsh, Fourteenth Infantry, will be
buried with military honors at the Pre-
sIdio at o'clock this afternoon
The following orders were issued from
department headquarters yesterday:
Captains John Cooke and William Elliott
Forty third Infantry, L. S. V, are relieved
from temporary duty at the recruiting station
in this city and VIII proceed TO join their regi-
ments at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont.
First Lieutenant John ". Barker, Third IN
fantry, now at the Preside OF San Francisco
Cal, is assigned to duty Quarternaster and
commissary on the transport Newport during
the voyage Of that vessel TO the Philippine
Islands.
Recruit John Toolin. EleYenth United states
volunteer Cavalry, having been tried by gen
eral court-nartis1 convened at the Presidio
San Francisco, Cal, and found guilty Of as
BaulJ TO KILL was sentenced: ITO be dishon-
orably discharged the service OF the United
States, forfeitng all pay and allowances due
him and 10 be confined at hard labor at such
post as the reviewing authority may direct for
three years"
Private Edward r. Emison, Troop K. Sixth
United States Cavalry, having been tried by
6 general court-martial convened at the Pre-
Bidio Of San Francisco, Cal. and found guilty
Of desertion, sentenced. "@ro be- dishon-
States, forfeiting all pay and allowances due
him and to be confined at hard labor at such
post as the reviewing authority may direct for
one year"