Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-22
MILES GOES TO MANILA.
Will Have Supervision Over Field
Operations.
GEN. OTIS TO REMAIN.
Grounding of Cableship Hooker Due
70 Carclessness by Navigator
of the Vessel.

Washington, d. c., Aug. 19.-Mai.-
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, commanding-gen-
cral of the army. is going to the Philip
pines. He will start the latter part of
October He VIII not take command Of
the forces in the field. nor will he super
sede Gen. Otis. He will, however, act
in his capacity of general Of the army
and will have a supervision over field op-
erations He will direct the assignment
Of the different regiments and participate
in mapping out plans of campaigns. He
will reach the Philippines about the close
- the rainy season ant- may remain until
,,~lVe is restored.
This statement is made upon excellent
authority Gen. Miles has ordered Il trop-
ical outfit, including new uniforms, ETC.
and the fact that he Is going IS pleasing
to the new secretary CT war, although
Mr. Root did not suggest it to Gen. Miles.
There will be continued denlals of this
statement and Gen. Miles and his
friends Will lose no opportunity to DIS
credit it. They will throw as much Sc
crecy around his plans as they did when
he left for Cuba to assist Gen. Sha fter
before Santiago. Gen. Miles WILL OF OF
course take his staff, and his party Will
be formidable in numbers. He will be of
material assistance in prosecuting an ac-
tive campaign.
Recruiting for the additional volun-
teers JUS authorized will be actively en-
tered upon Monday, the recruits enlist
cd this week being used to fill the regi
ments cnlisting in the Philippines and to
replace the men being discharged from
the volunteer regiments already organ
lied. The recruiting returns received at
the war department show that there is
q surplus of enough to FIJI the three regi-
ments III the philippines to their maxi
and
en- recruits were secured yesterday at va
rious stations, 100 of them being credited
to the Ihirty-hfth regiment at Nancou
Yer barracks. This regiment now has
1867 men.
Secretary Root has issued orders that
the Twenty-seventh. the Thirty-tirst and
1hlrty-seventh regiments of volunteers
proceed to San Francisco at once. These
regiments will sail for Manila when
transports are provided
Gen. Brooke reports from Havana the
death of Private Charles Brown, Co. F.
Eighth infantry, of chronic nephrtis
Manila. Aug. 19.-The board appointed
TO examine into the causes of the ground
ing of the United States cableship Hook
CT. which recently went ashore near the
mouth Of Corregidor harbor. at the en-
trance of Manila bay. finds that the acct
dent occurred in daylight on a reef shown
on the chart and there were evidences of
C;ll@IeSSntSS on the part OF the navigator
Of the vessel. The cable instruments and
other property have been removed from
the Hooker and the cable is now being re-
moved. II no storm intervenes hopes are
entertained that the vessel may be hauled
eff and repaired. Her hull has been badly
torn by the coral reef ON which she
struck
San Francisco. Cal. Aug 19.-The big
transport City Of Sydney sailed last even
ing for Manila. with $50 marines and
400 recruits for the regular regiments in
the Philippines. The officer in charge is
Mai. Elliott of the marines.