The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-11

Troops A. D. L and ~, comprising the
advance guard OF the fighting Third cav
airy. which Is 10 be sent from Seattle to
the Philippines, are due to reach Se-
attic tomorrow. Troops A. d and
81 left Fort Mayer. Va. Monday. August
I. and II they travel on schedule time
should be- here by Saturday afternoon II
In probable. however. that they viii %
from ten to twenty-four hours late.
Troop L. frcm Fort Sheridan. under the
command OF Lieut.. Harry H. Pattison.
left ST. Paul yesterday over the Great
Northern by special train. They should
reach here Saturday afternoon.
All Of the eight troops Of the Third cav
airy are now on their way to Seattle.
Horses for the expedition have also start
ed from various parts Of the country to-
ward Seattle. offcers. men and horses
should be here and comfortably installed
In camp at Woodland park August Is.
Out at Woodland park = gang Of work
men. under the direction Of Donald Rob
inson. formerly OF the Third cavalry him.
self, y engaged In setting up the tents
for the troops. Enough Of these are now
In position to shelter Ave Of the eight
troops. Today the remaining tents will be
In place and everything VIII be In readi-
ness TO receive the soldiers.
TIE transportation OF the eight troops
has been equally divided between the
with the Burlington sharing In the haul
OF Troop X from Jefferson Barracks, No.,
via Billings. Troops c, =, F and L viii
reach Seattle over the Great Northern.
The competition was probably keen be-
tween the roads between ST. Paul and the
Atlantic seaboard.
The transport ST. Paul. which has been
substituted for the Hancock to carry the
troope 70 Manila. 10 due to arrive hero
from San Francisco August IA. The 81.
Paul Is sister ship to the Senator. also
2 transport engaged In plying between San
Francisco and Manila Although not SO
large vessel as the Hancock, the st. Paul
IL nevertheless frst-class vessel. She
will accommodate $50 men. AZ the eight
troops assigned for service In the Philip
p.nes aggregate in all go men. one OF the
the Garonne. viii carry the remaining 100
men.
II is now apparent that there viii be no
delay whatever In dispatching the trans
seen should happen. In ALL i've ships will
be handled by Capt Robinson and his as
s.stants. namely, the st. Paul. Garonne.
Athenian. Port Albert and Victoria Capt
]. c. Byron, who Is here In charge of the
work Of refitting the transports and pre-
pairing them for sea. and who ID an au-
thority on such matters. said yesterday
that this WAS the largest Job undertaken
by any one post since the beginning Of
the Spanish war. 1t Is true that q larger
number OF transports have been dispatch
ed from Tampa ana New York, but at no
place have there been Ave transports fit-
ted out for service at one time. Capt By
ron was In charge OF the transports that
sa..ed from New York for Porto Rico and
Cuba for some time after the war ended.
Capt. Thomas Swobe. A. @. NJ. Ia here
to assist Capt. Robinson. He win make
Tacoma his headquarters.
Col. Allison. chief commiseary OF the
department OF the Columbia, Ii here under
orders from Gen. Shafter. TO provision the
troops during Their stay here and tn nrf,.
vide rations for the men who will 20 with
the live stock. The St. Paul 10 expected
to bring commissary stores for the con-
sumption Of the troops en- route.