The San Francisco call., 1899-08-10
TROOPS BEING
RAPIDLY SENT AWAY
SOON THERE WILL BE LESS
THAN TWO THOUSAND LEFT.
Assignments of officers and Men to
the Senator and City Of Sydney.
Army Changes.

At the rate the casuals are being
shipped out to the Philippines it will not
be long before the camps at the Presldlo
are practically deserted. The Morgan
City will sail to-day with 500. the Senator
will sail on the 14th inst. with 6oO ana the
City of Sydney will sail on the loth INST
with 45O, besides 400 marines. When these
have gone it will leave only 1890 men in
camp, besides what will come in between
now and then.
Major H H Adams. Eighteenth In
fantrv will be in command of the detach-
ment to go on the Senator. With him will
be First Lieutenant Henry Grubb' sixth
Infantry, quartermaster and commissary!
Captain j. NJ Sigsworth, Ninth InfantTyi
First Lieutenant L. H. kilburn, Ihlrd IN
fantry; Second Lieutenant MaXWeH
keyes Third Infantry; SECOND L4eGtTW-
and Second Lieutenant j. h Ihornas'
Seventeenth Infantry. =,
on the City of Sydney Captain F, II. Al
bright, Twenty-fifth Infantry, Will be IN
command. First Lieutenant John II;
Parker. Twenty-fifth Infantry, has been
detailed to the vessel as quartermaSter
and commissary and Second Lieutenant
IL. O. Ripley, Twenty-secOnd Infantry.
will also be on board. When these officers
have gone it viii leave but nine officers
with the recruits at the Preside.
August % has been set as the time for
mastering out the Nebraska men, August
% for the PennsylVanians and August 10
mustering7out officers is progressing ia
vorably and they are sure they will nnlsh
in time.
provisional army have been made from
among the officers of the Nebraska Regt-
ment. Colonel Mulford has been offered
a captain s commission, but ne mas not
Major Leopold O. Parker, Twenty-sec-
ond Infantry, and Captain Isaac 7. Ware,
assistant surgeon, have been ordered be-
a - p
ment.
The following changes of officers in this
department are made in a recent order
from the War Department:
Army officers ordered to San Francisco
Captain James II. Aldrich, Thirty-tifth
Infanfry for recruiting & duty Maj9T T Io
Powell will be relieved by Captain Charles
E. Woodruff, assistant surgeon, now at
Benicia barracks}; Acting. Assistant Sur
geon J. H. Mitnick, from Baltimore; Gill
bert L. Pray, from Webster City, Iowa;
Major Philip F. Harvey, surgeon, from
Fort Smelling to the Preside, San Fran
cisco, relieving Major Edward B. Nose
ley who goes to Angel Island, relieving
Major Robert j. Gibson, surgeon, who
goes to Manila; Major Harry Q. Perley,
surgeon, from Hot Springs, Ark, to as
sumo command of the hospital ship Re-
lief, relieving Major Alfred Z. Bradley,
surgeon. Acting Assistant Surgeon Cor
neliuS d. Van Wagner is relieved from
further duty on the Relief and ordered TO
New York City for annulment of contract.
Lieutenant Colonel Wallace F. Ran
dolph. Third Artillery, accompanied by
William hreichelt. a civilian .employe,
and Private Cole, Battery O, Third Artil-
lery, has been ordered to proceed to En-
terprise. Or, for the purpose of purchas-
ing cavalry horses. Colonel Randolph is
authorized to proceed with his party to
other points in Oregon, Washington and
California.
A similar party, consisting of First
Lieutenant William ]. d. Horne, COM
missary; Ninth Cavalry; Veterinary
Surgeon Alex Mcdonald, Ninth Cavalry;
J. H. Mouton, a civilian employe, and
Private j. H. Osborn. Troop F, Sixth Cav
airy has been ordered to proceed to Bat
tie Mountain and other places in Nevada
on a similar errand.
Private George j. Seymour, Company B.
Thirteenth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry,
and Private William H. Troop, Company
G., First Tennessee Volunteer Infantry,
have been discharged from the general
hospital at the Preside under the recent
order allowing the discharge of hospital
patients before the return of their regi-
mentS.
Acting Assistant Surgeon James Nit
chell has been assigned to duty at the
general hospital at the Preside while
awaiting transportation to Manila