The San Francisco call., 1899-10-17
SIMPSONS CRITICISMS
FIND SHAFTER INRUFFLED
SAYS He Cannot Understand the
AdmiraTs Attitude,
The Santiago Campaign Speaks for Itself,
He Declares, and 1t Should Testify
to His Ability.

day. He is now a retired brigadier gen
eral of the regular army, but he is in as
nigh command as ever he was in the vol
unteer service, and just now to be in the
volunteer service Is as good as to hold
regular commission, and sometimes
better.
The retirement of Brigadier General
Shafter was accomplished in the order to
which the following telegram refers:
WASHINGTON. Oct 16-Major General Will
liam R Sh4fter, Commanding Department OF
Californis San Francisco: The following or
der has just been signed:
War Department, Washington. October 49,
1899; BY direction of the President Major Gen
eral William r. Shafter United States Volun-
teers tbrigadler general United States army,
Is retired from active service October 16, 1899,
under the provisions of the act Of Congress,
approved June 80. 1882. He will remain in com
mand of the Departments of California and of
general. United States Volunteers until further
orders. EIIHU ROOT
Secretary of War
BY command of Major General Miles
H. c. CORBIN, Adjutant General
In the same order is contained the au-
thority he will exercise in the future over
the Department of California and all the
troops that come and go under its juris-
dictiOn.
General Shafter received the congratula-
tiOns from many of his numerous friends
upon the distinction conferred upon him
by the President, for it is undoubtedly a
distinction for the general as we'll as an
advantage to the service. 1t is more tnan
probable that he will retain his position
as long as the state of affairs in the isl
ands remains as it is, and as long as VOL
unteers are in the field. General Shafter
is now the ranking volunteer officer with
Major General Elwell S. Otis next below
him.
The favored ones of the Thirty-frst
regiment are enjoying the first days of
their release from quarantine in the city
There are not many of the officers or
men allowed to leave the island, even
though the health restriction has been re-
moved, and misbehavor during quaran-
tine is bearing fruit now in continued de-
tention. The regiment will get away next
Saturday under present programme, on
the transports Tartar and Manuense-ten
companies on the Tartar and two on the
Manuense.
Isaac Richardson, corporal Company H
Idaho Volunteers, died at the general
hospital yesterday Charles Bartle, a pri-
Vate in Company L of the Colorado VOL
unteers, died in the hospital late Sunday
night, Both men had been discharged
with their regiments
The Governor of Iowa, his staff and reti-
nue. of friends visited the general hospital
yesterday and called upon the sick of
the Iowa regiment that are still in the
wards.
The Montana men will be mustered out
of service to-day, and tomorrow evening
they will start homeward on a special
train. The time for the departure of the
train has been set for 8 o'clock. The men
will draw close to 500 apiece when they
are given their discharges Last even
ing, being the evening before muster out,
the regiment INDUCED in a little jollif1ca-
ton with the assistance of the Kansas
men. There was the firing off of captured
rifles, cheers, stories and the repedging
of friendships formed on the firing lines
in the islands. There is the most kindly
feeling existing between the two com
mands.
A general court-martial has been ap-
pointed to meet at the Presidio on Friday
next. The detail for the court is: Major
Calvin d. Cowles, Seventeenth Infantry;
First, Lieutenant w. S. McNair, Third
Artillery: First Lieutenant G.. H. Nc
Manus, Third Artillery; Second Lieuten-
ant Guy I. Scott, Third Artillery; Second
Lieutenant H. M, Merriam Third Ar
tillery; First Lieutenant Rogers F.
Gardner, Third Artillery, judge advo-
cate.
A board of officers was appointed to
meet at Folsom street wharf yesterday
to inspect the transports Tartar and
Newport. The board carefully examined
into the condition of the ships to ascer
tain whether or not the accommodations
are sufficient and proper for the number
of troops they habitually carry. Special
discharged soldiers returning from the
Philippines whether or not they We're
supplied on the last homeward trip of
these transports with the full army ra-
ton, and whether or not such ration was
properly prepared and served. The de-
r. Greenleaf, assistant surgeon general:
Major Hugh J. Gallagher, commiSSary of
subsistence, United States Volunteers;
First Lieutenant Eugene T. Wilson,
Third Artillery, aid. Captain John Bar,
neson, marine superintendent, United
States transport service, was attached to
the board. The boards report will be
filed as soon as possible.