The San Francisco call., 1899-10-21
THOUSANDS STILL
PRESSING ON TO
THE PHILIPPINES
Second Call Regi-
ments Coming.
SIX WILL PASS THROUGH
NUMBER OF STAFF OFFICERS TO
SAIL ON NEWPORT.
Mail Being Delayed at the Preside
Through the Failure of Officers
to Leave Their Addresses
Behind.
SIX WILL PASS THROUGH
NUMBER OF STAFF OFFICERS TC
SAIL ON NEWPORT.

By Wednesday next If nothing hap
pens. the last of the first ten regiments
| called for by the Government under the
/ army extension bill will be on their way
TO the Philippine Islands and by the time
they start tho regiments OF the second can
that will cross the ocean from mere VIII
have commenced to arrive. 1t mas peen
so from the time the first of the Uhlteo
States volunteers came here. One regi-
ment has followed the other so closely
that at times there has been no time TO
spare between them, yet not one mas
crowded so fast upon the heels OF the one
before it as to cause trouble. Ihere mas
always been one regiment aoie TO get ouI
! of the way and make place for the new
| conner and it looks as if the same sys-
| TEN will prevail in the reghhelits ho"
! heading westward.
OF the second ten, seven will leave Tor
the islands from this coast, six from here
and one from Portland. and three Will
leave from the East The Forty-hrst, re-
cruiting at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont
and the Forty-third and Forty-seVenth
regiments, recruiting at camp Medde'
Pennsylvania, will be the ones TO go py
way of the Suez canal. 1ney Will be
taken on the transports Thomas, Logan
and Meade and when these vessels nave
landed their troops safely in Manila they
will ioin the fleet of transports plying pc
tween here and there. The Thirty-nihth,
recruiting at Fort Crook, Nebraska VIII
go by way of Portland, with two cofhpa-
MES of the Firty-fifth, which is beihg re
cruited at Fort Smelling, Minnesota. Inc
others, the Thirty-eighth, from JeheIsoLl son
! barracks. Missouri the Forueth, from
/ Fort Riley. Kansas; the Forty-second'
from, Fort Niagara, New York; the forty-
fourth from Fort LeaVenworth, Kansas
/ The T7ortx-sixth from South Framinghan'
Massachusetts; the rty-eighth, from
Fort Thomas, Kentucky, and the forty-
ninth. from jefferson Barracks Mlssouil'
will all pass through here.
The Forty-sixth is now on its way 2ut
bera hnt il has been held UP to allow OF
the court-martialing of some OF It's UNI UNI u!
members who are TO be left IN prison az
Columbus Barracks, ONO, ,ToI re ne
fifth will start for here tomorrow btS btie
Fnrtfeth. Forty-second and Thirty-elghth
Wben rhe new regiments arrive mere II
&c nrohable the regulations reSafulls tIle
ii,adr+,- of the men will be more strict than
they were before. After the going Oh tacn ,
regiment there was always pile p7,,II1a1S- ~ ny
ing officer of the Preside, the men 70
whom they referred having talieu - ,,+ an
ev-er the last rouCall before the Transport
satIad some of these men were honestly
left behind and now and then some ol
them turned up and were smpped on latsI'
but the greater number 9d thfIm en- "Sl few Of
eertions pure and simple. put lew "
tbese have been caught. While the regl-
noenfs were encamped absence without
leave was common, but as the fIeslulo
- ca close to the city this was not re-
parded as anything more tnan yletulus
fo temptation and not as desire 10 leaNe
the service prematurely. me s Prpbaidi"its M ~
of the returned volunteers also had lt3
effect partly from the stories the men toiu
of their experiences and partly ", necause cause
of the difference in the rauons, me army my
q
tropics eggs, butter and milk IN addlloh
70 the regular ration. The outgoing men
did not get this and It made them is dlssatis- Us
fed for many of them never took the
trouble to inquire the reason. All these
conspired to increase the deseruons, and
fhey finally reached over two hundred
mon from the last few regiments that
Joseph c. Fablsch, a private in !, G Com,
pany G Of the Fourth Infantry dled at
he general hospital yesterday.
The following named officers have been
ordered to the Philippine Islands on he
transport Newport; Leutenant Colonel
Ernest A Darlington. inspector general,
II s. A.. accompanied by his authorized
clerk and messenger. Major Edward E.
bravo, commissary Of subsistence, Y. s.
A.. accompanied by his authorized clerk;
Major George p. Scriven, United States
Volunteer Signal Corps: Major George B.
Davis. commissary Of subsistence, y. 8.
Y. accompanied by his authorized clerk;
Major Samuel D. Sturgis. assistant adju-
tant general. U. s. V; Captain John Bid
die. corps of engineers. I; s. A, accom-
panied by one civilian assistant.
Second Iieutenant Ethelbert L. D.
Breckinridge. Seventh Infantry, has been
ordered to Manila to report to, General
appointed as aid. He will sail on the
Newport
Chaplain Theophilus G. Steward of the
Twentv-fifth Infantry. one of the colored
regiments, has been ordered to report for
duty with his regiment, now in the Phil
ippines He will go on the Newport.
Major Jasper Morrison, Judge advocate.
has been ordered to proceed with his au-
thorized clerk to Manila, where he will
be assigned to duty. He will go on the
Peking
and John r. Clark, now on duty at the
general hospital at the Presidio, have
been ordered to report for duty on the
transport Tartar. and upon her arrival in
Manila to the department commander
Captain William o. Owen, assistant
surgeon, has been appointed sanitary in
position held by Colonel Greenleaf. who
has been ordered to Manila.
The orders assigning the eight female
nurses to the Tartar for passage to Ma
nurses do duty during the trip.
Major John. McE. Hyde. quartermaster,
has been ordered to proceed to Manila
Captain Albert D. Niskern. commissary
of Subsistence, las been ordered to pro-
ceed to Manila on the transport Newport
L
First Lieutenant Laurtn l. Lawson
Thirty ninth Infantry has been ordered
to proceed to Vancouver barracks, Wash
to Join the two companies of his COM
mand being recruited there.
Much trouble has been caused to the
adiutants office at the Preside by de-
layed mails for officers who have not left
their addresses with the adjutant Cap
tain Frier, post adiutant has requested
all officers ordered to the Presdio or only
passing through on their way to the ISL
anCs to leave their addresses with him and
whatever mail comes for them will be
forwarded at once. In the present state
of business a the post it Is Impossible
for the adjutant to hunt up addresses of
officers who are on their way to the Pl:il-
ippines. and when their mail comes to the
post IT has to be held there.
ceiving thanks and congratulations on the
receptions of soldiers. It started with a
letter from the reception committee of
Montana. expressing appreciation and
gratitude to the reception committee of
San Francisco for the manner in which
the men from Montana had been treated
during their stay here. Then the Friends
and Relatives Association sent In its
thanks in a neat letter from its executive
committee, and also this letter to The
Call:
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10. 1899.
Editor of The Call. City-Dear Sir: am re-
slastaa hz tina nfacara and raan1hAra +ha