The Springfield herald., 1899-09-01


way Company.
A cable dispatch has been received
at the War Department from General
Davis, giving additional details of the
conditions in Porto Rico. He places
the number of killed at 1000 and reit-
crates his statement of 100000 desti-
tute.
Since the beginning of the Spanish
war there have enlisted i'll the regular
army 90,671 men. This includes those
who We're discharged after the close of
the war and the increase of the regular
army for service in the Philippines;
31O,065 applied and We're rejected
During the last year more than ST.
100000 has been paid to the soldiers
in the Philippines. Only gold and sill
yer are now used. as insects in the
plants destroyed the greenbacks that
We're sent over. The War Department
is now taking steps to increase the
force of nurses there.
The Navy Department does not IA
vor the plan TO have the historic war
ship Constitution take part in the Dew
ey demonstration nj New York. The
venerable craft is not in n condition to
undergo such service. and is far too
valuable as n relic to subject her to the
risks of II trip from Boston.
The Stale Department does not ap-
prehend that any international compli-
cations will arise out of General Otis
course in excluding Chinese from the
Philippines. as this is said to be only
temporary military eNpedient. leav-
Ing the general question to be deter
mined by Congress.
Secretary Root says that every man
belonging to the twenty regiments of
volunteers now being recruited shall
eat his Christmas dinner in the Philip
pines. This statement was brought out
by n reference to the published report
that ten of these regiments We're to be
held in the United States as reserve
force.
An order was issued at the War De
partmcnt Thursday honorably dis
charging from the volunteer army
Brigadicr General Irving Hale, to take
effect October 1st. General Hale went
to the Philippines rs colonel of the
First Colorado. and WIS made n briga-
dier general for gallant services. Cen
eral Hale arrived yesterday mt san
Francisco.
A special from Washington to the
New York Journal says: Captain Car
ter is to go free. He will be dis
charged from the army and may he
fined $4,000. but he will not he I'M
prisoned and his offense will not be
published in the newspapers of his
home That Is the information OBJ
tanned here. Public clamor only will
upset this program.
Inquiry at the Department of Justice
and the Treasury Department devel-
ops that there is absolutely no founda-
ton for any claim against the federal
government on account of the Union
Pacific railroad From time to time
for months past requests have been re-
ceived from citizens in the West for
information concerning an alleged
claim. 1t appears that some schemers
have been attempting to interest the
people in that section in an alleged
suit to recover about SOD. .0OO.0 900, the
amount of first mortgage bonds of the
Union Pacific. which they represent
were deposited with the government
and never returned.
1t is not likely that any more caval-
ry. regiments will he organized. save
the one which General Otis formed in
the Philippines. General Otis has ca
bled that cavalry cannot be used to the
best advantage in the islands, and in
his Judgment the two regiments of reg
ular cavalry and the volunteer regi-
| ment will be sufficient to meet all the
needs of the campaign. Great pres
sure has been brought to bear on the
administration to organize colored
regiment for service in the Philippines.
The matter is still under consideration
by Secretary Root. 1t is understood
that If n regiment Is organized, it Will
be officered by colored men.
Ia. -,,ftn tnI
States five battalions of soldiers serv-
ing in Cuba establishes depot battal-
ions, a system that has not been known
in the army heretofore. The order also
provides that troops, batteries and com
panies will hereafter be formed into
battnlions in alphabetical order. ex-
cept that the light and siege batteries,
being mounted, will not be placed in
any battalion. The troops ordered from
Cuba are 10 be stationed as follows:
Battalion +, First infantry. at Fort
Leavenworth. Kansas: Second infantry
at Fort Thomas. Kentucky; Fifth in
fantry at Fort Sheridan. Illinois;
Eighth infantry at Fort Smelling. Min
nesota: Tenth infantry at Fort Crook.
Nebraska.
Owing TO the conflict of authority be
tween the state and national quaran-
tine authorities at San Francisco, Sec
| retary Gage, after consultation with
| Surgeon General Wyman, has tele-
| graphed the collector of customs at
| that port TO employ Il sufficient force
| to enforce the federal quarantine rcgu-
| latons. The marine hospital service
| is laboring earnestly to keep infectious
| diseases out of the country and ut
| San Francisco is directing its ctforts
especially against the bubonic plague,
| introduction of which is feared from
| the Orient. The local quarantine au-
| thorities at San Francisco have, it is
/ Il .s..IA.