The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-23
WILL ARRIVE THIS AFTERNOON.
Secretary AIger and Party Coming
in n Special Car.

Secretary Of War Alger and ten other
officials and friends Of The secretary will
arrive in Savannah this afternoon at zoo
o'clock by the Florida Central and PENN
sular Railroad. A special car will be at
/. taehed TO the train in which the party
viii travel. II left Washington at
9 o'clock last night.
Gen. Alger and his party viii 60 aooaIu
the transport ingalls,, formerly the Clear
water, and leave for trip 10 Cuba anu
possibly Porto Rico. It viii be the secre-
tary's first visit to the islands in whlch
the campaigns conducted by the American
troops were directed by himself
The ingalls, is expected to arrive to-day
from New York. She left there Mon
day, and this should be the day OF her ar
rival here The depot quartermaster at
Savannah was advised of the departure
of the vessel for this port and also that
the Secretary of War would get in this
afternoon. The railroad people reported
the arrangement that had been made for
the Transportation of the secretary's party
from Washington.
Everything possible has been done 10
make the ingalls, a fit conveyance for a
distinguished official Even in her for
uer state she was a model of luxurious ap-
poIntment She was owned by the Louis
lana Lottery Company, which, after It's
expulsion from New Orleans, used her TO
carry Its stockholders TO lis new nome III
British Honduras and to speed back with
e -, sf1f1
makes sixteen knots very handily, and has
a length of rs feet.
The ingalls, as an army transport, was
being fitted out a. zabethport LOT mir
ftary service when Gen. Alger mace up
his mind to take the trip. The contract
called for the completion of the WorK on
March %. Orders were sent 10 hurry anu
the ingalls, was towed up to the dock at
paciffc street in New York last Saturday.
She was ordered to sail Tor savannah n
and extensive preparations were made TO
A. be,. for a cruise of no ordinary nature.
The room the secretary will occupy is
,ba last in the superstructure, which runs
the full width of the upper deck, anu
therefore has windows a. the back ana
hnth sides. In this room is an iron ped
stead with white enamel Shken mos
quito curtains and light silk draperles OF
baby blue overhang it. Similar curtains
adOru the walls ana moe tnS ueauCS { VII
dows. Handsome rugs are on the hoor
and there are white easy chairs of wick
err work, with blue silk cushions; read
ing table. a desk, a cut glass sideboard'
and bookcase.
lust what is in the hold of the ingalls,
in the way of supplies is not known. 1t
is said. however that she carried away
from New York. consigned to Havana a
portion of the library and other house
hold furniture of the late Cuban Gen.
Garcia. The books and furniture had
been stored in New York.
A Washington dispatch last night said
that the secretary's trip has two objects
in view. first to familiarize himself with
existing conditions In Cuba, and, second.
to obtain a brief respite from the routine
Of office duties. Whether the trip will be
extended beyond Havana will depend en-
tirely upon circumstances that may here
after develop.
Those who accompany the secretary are
NJ 8. Smith, his business partner at De-
troit: A. nj. Henry, his brother-in-law, and
II. G. Meredith of Detroit; Maj. George Fl.
Hopkins, his military aide; Col. w. D.
Mann and Victor L. Mason. his private sec
rotary.