The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19

Tartar at Hong Kong. 1t is expected
that she will proceed to the Unlted
States at once. The information that
clearance had been allowed came in a
dispatch to Adjutant General Corbln
this morning from Colonel Metcalfe,
commanding the Twentieth n
and the troops aboard the transport.
Another dispatch from Colonel Met
calfe, in reply to one sent yesterday
states that the Tartar was no more
overcrowded and that the food was as
good as on other transports leaving
Manila He said that the trouble arose
among the discharged regular soldiers
who were returning home on board
the ship.
The incident is now regarded as
closed. It is learned at the state de-
partment that the representations
made to Mr.. ChOate, our ambassador.
at London, on this subject, were not in
the nature Of a protest. The authOri-
ties here had convinced themselves
that they lac no right to claim exemp-
ton for he Tartar from the opera
ton Of British law in a British port,
because the nationality of the ship had
not been changed to American by the
mere fact that she had been chartered
for a certain specific duty by our Off
GERS. But the basis of the application
to the British government was the
fact that the ship had been altered in
her interior arrangements since her
original inspection and the issue of the
permit to carry passengers, with the
result that she is now fully in accord
with the requirements of the British
law. ever for the 200 odd troops on
board. 1t is said at the state depart
ment that the Hong Kong authorities
must also have taken this view and
have acted voluntarily in releasing the
ship, for there was not time before that
act to have heard from London.
INDIANS FOR THE PHILIPPINE
WAR.
James H. Tillman, a son of eX-Repre-
sentative Tillman, of South Carolina,
and who served as colonel of the Sec
Ond South Carolina volunteers IN the
Spanish war, has been promised by the
president a captaincy in one OF the new
volunteer regiments. Colonel Tlllman
Gaze to Washington, hoping to raise
an independent company of scouts.
The president did not approve of form
ing any Independent commands at this
time, but said there was no objection
to enlisting a certain proportion or IN
dams in a company which he author
lZ0O CdDIdl III ~ VI III "A.
A. Girard, formerly Of the Rough Ri
ders, has been named as first lieuten-
ant of Captain mpan
One platoon of the will be
composed of educated Indians, leading
men of the Chippewa, Nez Perces and
other tribes. Chiefs Joseph n Pug
a-ma-gi-shing, of these tribes, are
much interested in the work and have
been in Washington with Captain Till
man. The two remaining platoons Will
be composed of South Carolinians.
Recruiting stations will be opened in
South Carolina and st. Paul, Mimi.
Already enough men to fill a lime
have applied, so the question OF the
personnel is only one of selection.
Captain Tillman was the youngest col
onel in the Spanish war. He is vice
commander Of the Spanish war Veter-
ans association. Lieutenant Girard is
chief or ordinance and a member OF the
council of administration of the same
organization.
REGIMENTS ORDERED TO SAN
FRANCISCO.
Secretary Root has ordered the
Twenty-eighth volunteers, Lieutenant
Colonel Leonard, from Camp Meade,
Pa, and the TWenty-ninth, Colonel
Hardin, from Fort MCPHERSON, Ga, 10
San Francisco to embark for the Hhll-
ipDinps. The order is in the same
" III do lli"N SNO
A SCANDALOUS PAPER IN HA-
VANA SUPPRESSED.
Secretary Loot has approved the &C
ton of General Ludlow in suppresslns
the ReconCentradO. a paper formerly
pmblished in Havana. After the paper
had been suppressed the publishers APP
peared in Washington n protested
to the secretary of war that the action
of General Ludlow was an infringe
ment on the rights of citizenship. They
petitioned to have the order of General
Ludlow revoked. The secretary re-
ferred the whole matter to General
Brooke for report, who, in return, re-
ferred it to General Ludlow. The report
of General Ludlow. endorsed by Gene
raj Brooke has been received at the
war department, and Secretary Root
disposes of it in the following endorse
ment:
"War Department.
washington, September IA.
THE R~econcentrado appears to have
been a vile publication. Its suppress
sion raises no question Of the liberty
of the press. Every government is
bound to protect the community
against public in~decency, in this as
we'll as in other forms. 1t is to be re-
GREETED that the persons responsible fol
the publication cannot be criminally
punished.
THE order Of General ludlow is ap-
proved, and tbs petition is denied.
"ELIHU ROOT,
Secretary of War"
CAPTAIN LEARY REACHES
GUAM.
Captain Leary, the governor genera
Of the island Of Guam, has reported
his arrival at his post on the steamel
Yosemite under date of August 7th
The collier Brutus n the surveying
ship Nero arrived at the same islant
August 18th and September 3rd respec
lively.
Adjutant General Corbin received
the following dispatch from Genera
Brooke today:
Havana, September 13.
"Adjutant General, Washington:
Depot battalions of First an
Eighth infantry leave for the states Of
the Bufort tonight. The Second an,
Tenth infantry will return on the Nc
Pherson, which left for New York OF
the 9th; the Fifth infantry is ready t