, 1899-08-31
WASHINGTON NEWS.

way Company.
A cable dispatch has been received
mt the War Department from General
Davis, giving additional details of the
conditions in Porto Rico. He places
the number of killed Mt 1000 and reit-
crates his statement of 100000 desti-
tute.
Since the beginning of the Spanish
war there have enlisted in the regular
army 9O,0T1 men. This includes those
who were discharged after the close of
the war and the increase of the regular
army for service in the Philippines;
310,065 applied and Were rejected.
During the last yea more than ST.
10000 has been paid 10 the soldiers
in the Philippines. Only gold and sill.
Yer are now used, as insects in the
plants destroyed the greenbacks that
were sent over. The War Department
is now taking steps To increase the
force of nurses there.
The Navy Department does not fa.
vor the plan to nave the historic war
ship Constitution take part in the Dew.
ey demonstration at 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 Il trip from Boston.
The State Department does not mp
prehend hat any International compli-
cations will arise III Of General Otis
ourse in excluding Chinese from the
Philippines, as this Is said to be only
n temporary military expedient, leay-
ing the general question to be deter
mined by Congress.
Secretary Root says tina 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 were to be
held in the United States as II reserve
force.
An order was issued ut the Wal De
partment Thursday honorably dis
charging from the volunteer army
B~rigadicr General Irving Hale, to take
effect October LIST. General Hale went
to the Philippines as colonel of the
First Colorado, and was made Il briga-
dier general for gallant services. Gen
eral Hale arrived yesterday ut 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 be
fined $4,000. but he will not he i'm.
prisoned and his ofrensc will not be
published in the newspapers of his
home. That is the information oh,
tanned here. Public clamor only will
upset this program.
1t is not likely thai any more caval.
ry regiments will be organized, ave
the one which General Otis formed in
the Philippines. General Otis has ca,
bled that cavalry cannot be used to the
best advantage III the islands. ana x
his Judgment the two regiments of reg.
ular cavalry and the volunteer regl,
mcnt will be sufficient to meet all the
needs of the campaign. Great pres.
sure has bccn brought to bear on the
administration To organize n 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 Differed by colorcd men.
Owing To the conflict of authority he,
tween the state and national quarnn-
tine authorities ut San Francisco, See
rotary Gage, after consultation with
Surgeon General Wyman, has tclc-
graphed the collector of customs at
that port to employ n sufficient force
to enforce the federal quarantine regu'
lations. The marine hospital service
is laboring earnestly to keep infectious
diseases out of the country II ~
San Francisco is directing its Efforts
especially against the bubonic plague,
introduction Of which Is feared from
the Orient. The local quarantine III,
! tl.,at,N-, 40 A.t. IN,.. ta.A Ia. ~, "a T.
stated, disrcgarded the national quar-
antine regulations, which the federal
authorities believe It is absolutely
necessary to enforce.
Much Significance Is attached to the
visit of the secretary of war To Lake
Champaign. Major General Wesley
Merritt, commanding the department
of the east, who vas the first military
commander in the Philippines. is still
with the President. President Sclur.
man of the Philippine commission is
also on his way To Plattsburg. SpeCu'
latlon Is rife among war officers ms ia
the outcome of the conference. Secrc'
tary of State Hay told Il personal
friend before he left Washington scv.
cral weeks Z that he confidently eN
pcctcd peace To he declared In the Phil,
ippincs before the close of the present
rainy season. \ number of army Off
GERS believe that the recent decision OF
the President To place n large army In
the Philippines will have Il democrat
i2inG and discouraging effect on the in.
~surgents and will tend To hasten the
end of hOstilitlcs.
Consul Edward Bcdloc of pennsy!.
vaniu. who has been stationed at Can.
ton, China, during the administration
of President Mckinley. has been sus
pended by the State Department. His
suspension gave rise to reports that
several consular officers of the United
states have becn relieved for their al.
legged action in assisting in sending
munitions Of war To the Philippine
islands. Assistant Secretary Cridlcr
states that the suspension order affects
only Dr. Bcdloc. lie made IL plain, IN
addition, hat DIR. Bedloc's trouble Is
not due to charges Of giving aid to tho
%Filipinos. but arises in part out of the
certificate Of American ownership
said to have been granted by him to
the steamer Abbey. which was seized
by the gunbOat McCullOch Septembrl
~ 1SilS nj RuI1npuS whore shp had