The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-21
PROPOSALS.


WAR DEPARTMENT. Quartermaster Gen
erals Office, Washington, D. c., Jan. 20,
B99.-Transportation for Spanish prisoners of
war from the Philippine Islands TO Spain.
BY direction of the Secretary Of War sealed
proposals are invited for the transportation
Of the Spanish prisoners of war now in the
Philippine Islands from Manila or such other
ports in the Philippine Islands may be
most convenient for their embarkation to
hereafter be designated. Their number is
timated as about sixteen thousand &C. 000)
othcers and enlisted men. Cabin accommoda-
lions are to be supplied for the officers and
third-class or steerage accommodations hav-
ing suitable galley accommodations conform
ing TO the United States requirements as to
space and ventilation for the enlisted men.
The United States Government will deliver the
prisoners on board the vessels at Manila or
such other ports may be designated for
their embarkation. Proposals will state the
price per capita for transporting officers and
for transporting enlisted men and for their
subsistence and delivering them shore at
the Spanish port or ports to be designated.
and will be accompanied by a guarantee that
the prisoners will be comfortably cared for
and subsisted while on the journey, the sub
sistenee to be equal to United States gar
rison' rations, as follows: One thousand
10000 complete rations: Meat-Pork, one
tenth Q-10), seventy-five C75) pounds net
weight; bacon, two-tenths (2-10) one hundred
and fifty $50 pounds net weight; timed roast
beef, seven-tenths (7-10). seven hundred (700)
pounds net weight. Flour or hard bread, net
weight one thousand C000) pounds Vegetables
Dry beans. net weight seventy-fve 75)
pounds, or rice net weight fifty (50) pounds;
IIeSH potatoes, net weight eight hundred tSUO)
pounds; onions. net weight two hundred (200)
pounds Coffee, roasted, net weight eighty
$50 pounds; sugar, net weight one hundred
and fifty 150) pounds; vinegar, net weight
eighty (S0) pounds; soap, net weight forty
(40) pounds; salt, net weight forty (40) pounds;
pepper, black, net weight two and -tenths
(2.5) pounds. Proposals will state the num-
Der of vessels which are proposed to be used
for the service, the name and classification of
each. the tonnage, capacity of each, their
speed, the berth accommodations upon each
and the approximate length of time required
by each vessel to make the voyage from
Manila to the coast of Spain. Proposals will
also state the time at which each vessel will
arrive in the harbor of Manila and report to
the chief quartermaster at that place ready
for the embarkation of the prisoners of war
Vessels of any nationality may be rendered
and will be considered for the service re-
quired. Payment for the service will be made
when evidence is furnished that the ship
has arrived with her passengers at point
of destination. The number of officers
and men counted aboard at place of
embarkation by the quartermaster is TO
determine the number to be paid for Pro-
posals should be addressed to the Depot
Quartermaster. U. S. Army, New York city,
or to the Depot Quartermaster, San Fran
cisco, Cal, at which places they will be
opened at twelve Q2) o'clock m standard
time. the first day of February eighteen
hundred and ntnety-nine. and submitted to
this office. The Government reserves the
right to reject any and all proposals submit
ted. NJ. I. LUDINGTON Quartermaster Cen
eral U. s. Army.