The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-06-15
MAY ENLIST Volunteers.
The Cabinet Discuss the Plan q.
Flling Up Skeleton Regiments
in the Philippines.
txlTIks TIDIkts Or TEE sExInt.
II. Unit.d st.te- y...@l Sosss Day, over
ous- hst IN. s-<Fessry % the Ssvy HN.
ss Ds-ubz - o.. E@suE safs-Ths CSun-
n.l..ioa A App-oa.f.e 70 De=-ruiu.s Eoszf~
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Wzshins1On- J-1e lQ--T-h- cabinet IL
-Uaueetion with The possible necessity
q s1listinz force q vol unt=erS TO
asy dissuss<d Y-sa t0r TIE Enlistment
y s~ve-zl skeleton f-zimeuts iE Ma
ala from among the volunteers arto
1esire 20 remain lu the serriee ard the
Subsequsui 6llinE u these reyin~u;s
with recruits enlisted IN this
1oultry- Gen DriS 2rco-ci1E 20
the pan will - given the authority
70 sels-i the o1ie--s Of th@se reg iul=nts
from the volunteer officers who are 10
bs mustered out The plan, which CON
ne1ds i1self 20 the favor q the mem
o-rs Of the cabinet generally. would
form a nucleus % Tetersu offers and
men seasoned % the climate and "a
nilizr with the work % b done >uch
force. lezrened pith veterans doubt
iesS would b. ir,1easurzbly superior
70 force Of raw recruits undlsci-
plined and unAceliruA;ed- The plan
was Only discussed IN connection with
future contingencies and did not reach
the stage Of action
The attorney general announced his
2 =
bill aNiny the maximum strength OF
the army a; S5. 0oo. did no; include the
enlistment force % the hospital corps
about 2,s0o men % that the enlisted
force can be increased by that mum Der
Awaiting ssu. Of the Newark.
Washin gton, June lO.-The navy de-
p4rtment IS looking for news Of the
L. $ = Newark which sailed from
AOnieVideo. Uruguay, Nav l.. bound
for Valparaiso. Chilli. and is now some
days overdue. The distance by way OF
the Straits Of Magellan. the route pre-
scribed for the ship. is little less than
3, 600 miles The only stop BY the usual
course Is az Punts Arenas. in the
straits where coal is taken. but there
Is no cable connection there Sec
retary Long positively declared that
he had no doubt Of the safety OF the
ship, though IL was possible that She
had been delayed through some unto
ward conditions At the navigation
bureau Lieut. Ward called attention 70
the fact that the winter season was
just beginning in the southern hemi-
sphere, bringing heavy fogs and bad
~FaAAArE- snip was DDull TFDfl
Hampton roads for the Pacific station.
though il was generally understood
that when she arrived at Valparaiso OF
some other Of the ports of western
South America she was to get her or
ders 20 turn westward and proceed TO
Apia- II is probable, however. that
the occasion for her presence at Apia
has now disappeared and the orders
will not go forward.
A Canal Com mission Appointed.
Washington, June IO.-The president
to-day appointed the following commits
sion TO determine the most feasible and
practical route for canal across the
isthmus of Panama: Rear Admiral
John 6. Walker, L. :. "; Hon. Samuel
Pasco, of Florida: Alfred Noble. c. l..
OF Illinois; George 5. Morrison. c. E.
of New York: Col. Peter c. Hains. {. :
A; Prof. William II. Burr. of Connecti-
cut; Lieut.. Col. Oswald II. Ernst, L. :
A; Lewis NJ. Haupt, c. T.. of Pennsyl-
vania, and Prof Emory b. Johnson, Of
penusvlyauia