The San Francisco call., 1899-07-14

/ CALL HEADQUARTERS WELLING-
{ TON HOTEL, WASHINGTON, July Ia
The mission of General Bates to the Sulu
archipelago for a conference with the Sui
tan is of considerable Importance as bear
ing on the future policy of the United
States. He undertakes the mission on rec
ommendation of the Peace Commission.
which was approved by the President. His
object is to arrange with the Sultan for
extending American sovereignty over his
islands with the understanding that the
present form of government there Will
not be interfered with. In other words,
the SuIu archipelago is TO have self-gov-
ernment in the full sense of the word.
This is supposed to be indicative of the
policy the administration has in view for
the other islands which will peacefully
acknowledge the sovereignty of the
United States.
Concerning the report that General
Bates will carry $4,000 of Mexican money
as a gift for the Sultan the authorities
are somewhat mysterious, but they say
that the money is not to be offered him as
a bribe.
All they will say officially is that the
Spanish Government paid the Sultan GER
tain annuities, and General Bates has in
structIons which contemplate the con-
tinuance of the grant, which will be out
of the revenues. The Sultan will retain
possession of the pearl fishing and island
trade. The European method of paying
hush money to barbarians has always
been repugnant to Americans, ana the
coming Congress may have good oeal
to say about the subject should 1t be dis
closed that the administration is using
money instead of guns to establish order
in any part of the Philippines.
The President to-day made the follow
ing appointments in the volunteers:
To be lieutenant colonel-Robert w.
I colonel Twelfth New YORK VOL
unteers.
To be majors-Francis Ward, lieutenant
colonel One Hundred and Second New
York Volunteers.
To be captains-William B. Oracle, cap
tain Twelfth New York; William F: Jud-
son, captain Twelfth New York: Walter
Second New York Volunteers; James NJ.
Liddell, formerly major United States vol
unteer infantry; Samuel A: Price, form
erly major Sixth Pennsylvania Volun-
teers: Devereaux Shields. formerly lieu
tenant colonel Second Mississippi Infan-
try; Granville Sewer. formerly captain
Second Tennessee Volunteers. p,o.
To be first lieutenants-James ID. Blount
Jr. formerly first lieutenant Third United
States Volunteer Infantry; William P.
Clark, formerly lieutenant Third Georgia
captain First Georgia Volunteers; Wilson
G. Heaton, formerly captain Fiftieth
Iowa; James NJ. Kimbrough Jr., formerly
captain Third Georgia Volunteers; James
Longstreet Jr., formerly first lieutenant
Ninth United States Volunteer Infantry;
George D. Rice formerly chaplain Sixth
Massachusetts; Solomon Avery Jr., major
Second Georgia Volunteers; Philip S.
Golderman. second lieutenant Two Hun
dred and Third New York: James G.
Hannah. first lieutenant Two Hundred
and Third New York; John J. Kennedy
Sixty-ninth New York; Theodore s.
Pulker, captain Two Hundred and Second
New York; Dexter Sturgis, first lieuten-
ant Two Hundred and Third New York
Theodore Taylor, first lieutenant Twelfth
New York; Oscar D. Weed, captain Ninth
New York.
To be second lieutenants-John w c.
Abbott Michigan; Garrison Ball, lieuten-
ant Two Hundred and First New York;
John Byrne, captain Ninth New York;
Holt A Bradford, corporal Company H,
Sixth Illinois Volunteers; Edward s.
Broussard, captain Company I, Second
United States Volunteer Infantry; Tim
othy L. Coughlan. second lieutenant Two
Hundred and First New York; Urisala
Ferguson, captain First New York; Hill
den Olin, second lieutenant Seventy-f1rst
New York; John T. Ryan, New York
Lee D. Fisher, formerly private Seventy
first New York Volunteers. assistant en-
gineer United States navy during the
Spanish war; Robert H. Stillman, former
ly sergeant Astor Battery; William S..
Wells Jr., formerly captain Company F,
Third Alabama; Frederick Hadra, cap
tain and assistant surgeon; William
Bowen, captain and assistant surgeon;
Richard S. Griswold, first lieutenant and
assistant surgeon George P. Reid, first
lieutenant and assistant surgeon.