Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-12
The RETURN Of Volunteers

lH return Of, VOLUNTEERS
TLey Will Begin to Leave Manila
During This Month
MORE REGULARS ARRIVE-THE
TRANSPORT HANCOCK HAS
REACHED Mia WITH
ABOUT 1900 MEN VOLUNTEERS
NOT CLAMORING TO COME
HOME-THE SITUATION IN THE
PHILIPPINES IMPROVING ALL
TIE TIME-THE INSURGENTS
DlMORALIZED.
Washington, May 11.-Gen. Otis has
cabled the War Department concern
ing the situation in the Philippines. He
says that it is very encouraging, The
tone of the dispatch leads the officials
here to believe that the end of the Fill
pino instruction is near at hand.
Following is the text of the dispatch
from Gen. Otis:
Manila, May IL.
AdJutant General, Washington:
Situation as follows: Succeeded in
passing army gunboats to Calumpit for
use in Rio Grande. Railway connec-
tons with that point secured this week
ne passage Oh gunboats through the
MacaDebe country was hailed with joy
fu- demonstrations by the inhabitants.
In the country passed over
y~the troops temporary civil admins
tiation has been inaugurated and pro-
t~ction to inhabitants against insur-
gents abuses given as far as possible
S-sns OF insurgent disintegration are
daily manifested Obstacles which
netural features of the country present
cal be overcome. OTIS.
In eply 10 .he able of Adjutant Cen
efai Corbin last night regarding the
return OF volunteers, Gen. Otis cabled
tAi~ morning:
Manila, May IL.
Adjutant General, Washington:
oiuateer organiza tons first to re-
turn are now at Negroes and 45 miles
/ oE Manila. at the front. 1t is ex-
cIel that the transports now arriving
Wa LAKE returning volunteers. Volun-
tce.s understand they will begin TO
Lave for the United States the latter
art OF the month. They know the
la. sanee OF tkeir presence here at
i--ia e-me and accept the sacrifice which
t-e United States interests make imper-
l.4sc.
lne Hancock now is entering the
h-.ioos. -ansports returning this week
CO. sick and wounded men. The
Pennsylvania and ST. Paul are needed
loAsof in southern waters, where they
have been retained. hence their dis
pAtcn. The transports Nelson and
Cleveland brought freight They re-
TIL witlout cargo. OTIS.
Tae Hancock, which Gen. Otis reports
enteflne The harbor, sailed from San
francisco April is, carrying the Tween
T. first infantry and light Battery E,
FIRST artillery, 80 officers and i,45l en-
listed men. COL Jacob Kline, Twenty
Ifst infantry, commanding.
The trip OF the Hancock across the
lac tic was record breaker. Up to this
tine the record was rs days. The Sner-
Ian made the eastward trip and the
neca and Gambia the western trip in
tina. period of time. The time of the
Hancock was twenty-five days, and the
vessel covered the entire distance across
the Pacific without stop, being the first
cne OF the transports to accomplish
that feat. The success of the Hancock
nas decided the department to 40 away
with the usual stop at Honolulu here
after, in the case of all transports hav-
Ing coal capacity sufficient to make the
1000 mile trip from San Francisco to
Manila.
A later dispatch from Gen. Otis says:
Manila, May II.
Adjutant General, Washington:
The health condition OF the troops
who arrived on the Hancock is excel
lent. There were two deaths en- route
Private d. E. Jones and Elmer H. Chev-
alier, of Companies l. and E, Twenty
hrst infantry, April "a and 26. OTIS.
the cables from Gen. Otis to-day
were gratifying to the officials of the
war departments. Portions of the dis
patch regarding the situation were not
made public, relating, it is understood.
TO prospective movements. The cable
regarding the return of the volunteers
indicates that troops are making no
clamor to be sent home, but see the
necessity of remaining until they can
be released by the regulars now on
their way, and to be sent to Manila
as soon as they can be shipped. Gen.
Otis says the troops to be sent first are
in the island of Negros, and at the
front. This, no doubt, means the CAL
ifprp;a