Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-06
LIEUT.. CALkINS
IN FRISCO
Arrived on the DOric From
Manila Yesterday.
SPEAKS OF THE FlL1PlNoS
Says They Are Making the Most OF
the Situation--Our Soldiers
All Had the Fever.
OF THE FlL1PlN0S

San Francisco Jan. 5.-The steamer Doric
from Honolulu tonight brings the following
adVlces under date of December 80:
The revenue cutter McCulloch. Captain
G. l.. Hooper, arrived from Manila on the
18th on her way to San Francisco. Early in
November she received orders detaching
her from the fleet and directing her to re-
sumo her round-the-world cruise as a rev.
enue cutter. Under Admiral Dewey's or
ders she was to put into as many Chinese
and Japanese ports as possible, Sin order
to show the flag" She left Manila on
November is and Hong Kong on Novem-
Der %. The McCulloch was in Shanghai on
December l and Nagasaki December4
AODe ana yokohama were visited and the
vessel sailed from the latter port after a
stay OF six days December Is, reaching
here in IA days. over perfectly tranquil
seas. She will remain here but a few days,
just long enough to take on about 200 tons
OF coal and some painting. When the Nc
Culloch was detached from DeWey'S fleet
the additional guns that had been mounted
on her were returned to the navy and their
places supplied by some guns taken from
the Reina Christina. One of these bears
the marks of where it was hit by an Ameri-
can shot during the battle.
The Doric brought 622 japanese and SO
Chinese for this port, besides a large guam
tity of merchandise. Among her through
passengers are six privates and non-com-
missioned officers from Manila, and Lieu
tenant b. E. Calkins, First Montana, and
Captain Steele of the Eighteenth regulars.
There are also a number of Spanish priests
from the Philippines on their way to Pan
anna.
Aguinaldo seems to keep a watchful eye
on events. AS soon as it became known
what the fate of the Philippines was,
even before the treaty of Paris was signed,
he appointed commissioners to the United
States.
''These commissioners said Lieutenant
Callins of the First Montana, who is a re-
turning passenger on the DOric, were to
nave come by this vessel. But for some
reason they We're delayed, and they Will
come on the Nippon Maru. Just what they
expect to do is not known very definitely,
but they hope to get some sort of recogni-
ton for the Philippine government. They
want the ceSsion Of some of the Philippine
group to the Filipinos, or an indemnity OF
some kind. They are alive to the situation
and want to make the most OF it. When
we left the naval and military forces We're
Just commencing work on q plan to unite
all the islands and the principal places in
the Philippines by cable and telegraph.
This plan will involve the laying of some
cable and the strinSinG of considerable
wire. A reqaisition for the necessary ma
terial has been sent to Washington. There
is some railroad iron on hand enough to
make quite a beginning of the work. The
soldiers arc becoming acclimated to the
country. There is still a good deal OF sick
ness, but it is of kinds for which the sol
diers individually are responsible. At first
everybody had fever, due to the climate
Few ESCAPED some touch of it. That has
abated now, and health rests with the IN
d!viduals."
Major Charles Davis, L. S. ", is closing
up his affairs and will sail by the steamer
on January a for the states. Being re
sponsible for all the hospital property o.
the United States here, he has to prepare
an inventory of the same and turn it over
to his successor, Major Wood.