The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-13
The Taking Off Of the Commander
of the Monadnock s.
Occurred just. at Moment When.
the Result for Which He Had1
Hoped and Worked for Months
Was About to be Realized, tho
Capture Of Paranque.

MANILA, June 12.-(3 o. M 1.-THE fuA'
neral OF Captain Henry Nichols. tho
commander of the United States doubsf
turreted monitor Monadnock, who died
from sunstroke on Saturday. took place
at Cavite yesterday afternoon with naL
val ceremonies. The officers of the
lleet were present. and the flags on all
the vessels Were half masted.
The sudden death of Captain Nichols
was particularly sad. because it occur
red just at the moment when the re-
suit for which he had hoped and work.
ed for months was about to be realized.
namely, the capture of Paranque and
Its occupation by the American forces.
The Monadnock has been lying off Pa
ranque for two months past under fire.
from the rebels almost daily. The heat
here has been intense. and the officers
and men of the Monadnock suffered
greatly. The Commander in Chief of
Tered to retire the Monadnock from heN
trying duties and replace her by another
ship, but Captain Nichols preferred to-
remain, declaring that he did no. want
to leave his post until Paranauue fell
and the coast from there to Cavlte waS
cleared of rebels.
Inc neat on saturday was moStt ser
we're, and the monitor was engaged all
day in Smelling the trenches at Para
naque and the rebels fleeing south
through Las Pinas and also Watching
the American troops closing in on the
towns. Captain Nichols was overcome
by the heat at noon and retired to his
cabin, where he received frequent re-
ports of the operations and gave direc-
fnr
much worse at 3 o'clock, lost conscious
ness, and expired at in the afternoon.
Several hours before his death he ex-
pressed qualification at the way events
We're progressing, remarking to an off,
GER: We have got the rebels there at
last
THE OREGON REGIMENT.
WASHINGTON, June 12-Generar
Otis reports that the Oregon regiment.
with signal company, win leave to-day
for San francisco. Though General
Otis dispatch states that the Oregon
troops would leave for San Francisco.
the War Department officials are OF
the opinion that mistake in cabling
has been made. With this idea, Gem
eral Corbin has telegraphed to General
Otis that the Oregon troops are to go
to Portland
ARMY RATIONS.
WASHINGTON. June 12.-ColoneI L..
D. Brannerd, Chief Commissary of the
army in the Philippines. makes report
concerning the supplies for the army, i'm
which he says:
Prior to active opera tons in the field
all troops were supplied with the garri-
son ration, issues being made to regi-
ments by the issuing commissary fon
periods of ten days. On March 100 is-
sues We're modified by adding one days
bacon and eliminating canned beef; b1
issuing ten days flour and no hard
bread and in changing issues of vege-
tables as follows: Potatoes, &, per
cent; onions, 10 per cent; tomatoes,
10 per cent. Mess pork and beef are
no longer issued. About the same time
oatmeal was added as one of the conn.,
ponents to be issued in lieu of fresh
beef. Fresh vegetables. brought from
Sam Francisco, have been supplied
daily to all the troops of this com-s
mand.
ION February 9Th and 9th during ac-t
tive operations the travel rations' wera
supplied to adj organizations on the iir-i
ing line. The garrison ration, include
ing fresh beef and vegetables, was rel
stunned February 7th. after which date
regirnental commissaries attended TO
the details of supplying their CONF
mands. =
THE commands at Cavite, Corregidor<
Island, noilo, Bacolor and at 'Cebu are
supplied with subsistence stores from
the depot commissary in Bnondo.
Fresh beef for troops at Cavite is drawp
direct from the cold storage vessel. the
Duke of Sutherland. Troops at Cebu
are subsisted on native beef which,
costs from Is to 90 cents Mexican per
pound. The Indiana is stationed at
Iloilo as cold storage plant, and from
it the troops at that point are sup
Piled
DEATH LIST.
WASHINGTON, June 12.-General
Otis has notified the War Department.
of the following deaths since his last
weekly report, May 10Th
Carl A. Carlson, private, II, Twenty
second Infantry; June 9Th, Melvin p.
Daily, private, G, Fourth Cavalry; Sth.
Robert F. Miles, private, c. Fourth
Cavalry; Patrick Branigan, private, c.
Fourth Cavalry; 9th. Clifford H. Bow
son. First Sergeant. K, First Colorado,
typhoid fever Sd, John A. Saxton. pri-
waite. M. First Montana; meningitis,
George A. King, private, L, Seventeenth
Infantry, cholera nostras. Frank l..
Garrison. I, Seventeenth Anfantry: dys-
entery, Ralph A. O'Nein. private, A,
Second Oregon incinerative coiitis.
4tb Oscar A. Finnigar, private. A,
Utah Artillery; drowned, j. J. Chloe.
private. G, Second Oregon.
Killed First Washington, June 9th.
Private Carl M. Thorgensen; First
North Dakota, June 9th, Private John
II. Killian; Thirteenth Minnesota. June
10th. Company M, Private Thomas
Healy.