The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-24
GENERAL E, N,
STERNBERG At
THE PRESIDE
Inspects Hospitals at
the Post.
ALL IN FINE CONDITION
TRANSPORT SHERIDAN SAILS
FOR MANILA TO-DAY.
Colonel Charles E. Compton, Fourth
Cavalry, Is Retired at His Re
quest-J. ]. Foley Ar
rested.
ALL IN FINE CONDITION
SHERIDAN SAILS
FOR MANILA TO-DAY.

Major General George NJ. Sternberg
surgeon general of the army, made his
| first official inspection of the hospitals at
! the Preside yesterday morning. He went
| to the Preside shortly after o'clock ac-
companed by Colonel w. H. Forwood,
| chief surgeon of the department. and
Lieutenant Colonel A. C. Girard. who is
| to have charge of the new general hospi-
tai. General Sternberg made a most thor
| ough inspection of the new buildings.
which are to be turned over TO the medi-
| cal depa rtment on July 5, and he express
ed himself as being highly pleased with
the new hospital and the thorough man
ner in which it had 0een built.
General Sternberg also inspected the
new camps that are being built the old
general hospital and the post hospital in
! fact he made a thorough inspection of
the entire post from a sanitary point. The
post hospital was found TO be in excellent
| shape. Never have the affairs of this
| hospital been more perfectly administered
! than they are at present under the charge
! of Major MoSeley.
There are now over 300 patients in the
! old hospital, and just as soon as the new
enc is ready they will be transferred. but
| the old hospital will not be a once turned
over to the post commander for barrack
| purposes as it will be necessary to retain
! 1t for the accommodation of the surplus
! sick that cannot be placed in the new
! hospital. There are go sick soldiers com
ing on TIE ship Relief. and when this bis yes YES
men at the post. II IS doubtful If even
both hospitals will be large enough to ac-
commodate the soldiers. and since ehe
war in the Philippines promises to con-
! tinue indefinitely, it now looks as if the
| War Department will have to make more
| extensive and permanent provisions Cor
| the soldiers at the Preside. not only i'll
| the matter of hospitals but in the matter
| of camps as well.
The transport Sheridan sails for Manila
| dow h md off
| She will carry 1915 enlisted men of the
| casual detachment. They are organized
into three battalions Ind are commanded
| by seventeen officers. In addition there
| are two companies of the Fourteenth In
| fantry and Troops and T of the Fourth
Cavalry. Colonel Aaron S. Daggett, Four
| teenth Infantry, will be in command of
! the troops on the transport.
The ST. Paul sails Tomorrow for Alaska
with Colonel Ray and his expedition. This
expedition is one of the most important
| that has ever left San Francisco, as IL is
| the first of it's kind IN point of scope and
magnitude that has ever been sent to the
| north by this Government.
The post authorities have been greatly
| troubled of late by citizens who have been
buying Government supplies from the en-
listed men on the reservation. This is
strictly against the law, and when a SOL
! der is convicted of the offense it gener-
! ally goes hard with him Last week a
grocery at the corner of Greenwich and
| Baker streets, was found to have in his
possession lot of blankets, clothes and
boots that he had bought from the men.
| He was forced to give them up to the
| quartermas but rhe officers have not
| been able to ascertain from whom he got
them. Yesterday man named J. J. Fo-
ley, who lives at Al Fifth street, was ar
| rested with four pairs of cavalry boots
in his possession. He had bought them
! from some of the soldiers in the Fourth
Cavalry. He was forced to surrender
them to the post quartermaster, Captain
Kimball, but he would not say from whom
he bought them. The offending soldiers
are generally men who are under orders
and about to sail for Manila.
Colonel Charles f. Compton Fourth
Cavalry, has at his own request been re-
tired. Colonel Compton will have reach
ed the age limit next January and as he
has not been in good health for some
time; on the advice of his physician, he
decided not to go 10 Manila. Colonel
Compton rose from the ranks and served
throughout, the. Civil War with distinc-
ton. At the time of his retirement he
was the ranking colonel of cavalry in the
army. During the. recent war Colonel
Compton was brigadier general of VOL
unteerS