The San Francisco call., 1899-06-18
A CAMP FOR
THE RETURNING
VOLUN TIERS
Three Thousand Re-
Cruits Now Here.
NATIONAL PARK DUTY
ORDERS ARE OUT TO RE-ExAM-
INE ENLISTED MEN.
Recruits We're Accepted Who Are
Unfit for Active Cam
paign Duty in the
Orient.
ARE OUT TO RE-EXAM-
INE ENLISTED MEN.

second Lieutenant William Forse Bat
terry l, Third Artillery, has been tempo
rarily detached from duty with his bat
1ery a Fort Winfield Scott and left yes
terday afternoon with a detachment of
the Third Artillery for the Yosemite Ma
tlonal Park. Lieutenant Forse will re-
heVe First Lieutenant James A Moss and
detachment of the Twenty-fourth Infan.
Try who will reioin their regiment at the
Presidio and accompany it to the Philip
pine Islands
First Lieutenant Floyd W. Harris
Fourth Cavalry. has returned to the Pre-
sidio after a leave of absence for twenty
days
Captain James B. Erwin. Fourth Cav
airy, has been appointed adjutant of that
regiment. Captain Erwin was graduated
from the West Point Military Academy
In 1880 and is an honor graduate of the
infantry and cavalry school at Fort Ieav-
eDworth, class Of 1883
Captain Harry c. Benson, Fourth Cav
airy a member of the Yosemite National
Park commission, is now at the Preside
making preparations to leave for his new
field of duty. The commission expect to
start for the park some time next week.
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Wagner
Fourth Cavalry. who has been on a Gov
eminent horse purchasing trip through
out oregon and Washington, has return
Gu bringing WITH nln one nOnQreQ ana
nfty mounts. Colonel Wagner is now
purchasing horses for the expedition to
Alaska under command of Colonel Ray.
Colonel Charles B. Compton Fourth
Cavalry, recently retired, is packing up
his personal effects and will leave the
Preside shortly for his home in the East.
Captain Frank Q. Ferris. First Infan-
try. retired, who just before the war was
stationed with his regiment in the De-
partment OF California. has returned to
the Pacific Coast and will make his future
The general hospital buildings now
under construction at the Presidto will be
about the middle of next month.
Company II. Twenty-fourth Infantry
has been relieved from duty at Alcatraz
island ana ordered to the Presidio for
temporary station. TO prepare for en-
barkauon TO the Philippine Islands. Al
gatraz will be garrisoned by Battery B,
Ihlrd Artillery, from Angel Island.
Acting Hospital Steward John G. Ben
der and Privates Claude 2. Fryer, Ole NJ.
Norvesing, F. J. Bendit and ]. H. Ship
per, hospital corps, now at the United
States General Hospital. Presidio. have
been sent to Angel Island to report for
duty with Companies B and II, Four
teenth Infantry, and to accompany these
companies to the Philippine Islands.
The camp for the returning volunteers
from Manila is located on the north SIDE
of the road entering the Preside reserva-
tOn from Lombard street. 1t is being
constructed by Colonel James NJ Mar
shall. chief quartermaSter, Department of
0aIioTnia- W men competed II Will be a
model camp and Will accommodate 900
men.
The quartermaster Of the Preside is
building a camp for 2000 recruits on site
almost due south OF the quarters known
as the Officers canal" This camp is
made necessary TO Accommodate the
many recruits now arriving at the post
There are now at the Preside over 5000
recruits, and they are arriving at about
an average Of 130 a day.
Three boards Of medical officers have
been appointed at the Preside to re-ex-
anime all the casuals that have recently
arrived al that post from the different
recruiting stations throughout the United
States. During the rush many men were
enlisted at these points who are physi-
cally unfit for duty in the Orient. and
the boards are hard at work eliminating
all such. The boards have thrown out
about per cent Of the men already ex-
amined.