The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19
PRECAUTIONS To
PREVENT DANGER
FROM INFECTION
Company NJ Isolated
at An gel Island.
DELAY FOR THE THIRTY-FlRST
TRANSPORT STRIKE MAY CAUSE
SHORTAGE OF CAMP ROOM.

The date for the departure of the
Thirty-frst Regiment has passed ana
stiu the command is encamped at
the Preside. The transport is lying
out in the stream awaiting the troops
She is not all ready to sail, but tho
regiment will not he allowed to go un-
Ill every one is sure all danger from
smallpox has passed
II was thought at one time yesterday
that two more men had been infected,
but more rigid examination showed only
chicken poX. The two men were isolated,
however, and they will be kept in seclu-
sion until they have recovered.
Company NJ of the Thirty-frst Regt-
ment, the company TO which White, the
smallpox patient belonged, has been sent
over 10 the detention" camp on Angel
Island, there to await the possible devel-
opment of other cases. There will be no
others, however, unless the doctors have
miscalculated. for the one case was
promptly taken in charge.
The question of room for all the troops
going and coming is being further COM
pllcated by the trouble among the men
IN the transport service. II has been so
Slosely calculated that regiments have
been moving into quarters just vacated
by others, and since the new regiments
nave commenced to come out of the East
the tide setting westward has been as
heavy as that of the hOmecomers.
II was expected that the Thirty-frst
would be away yesterday, leaving place
Tor the Thirty-third, TO arrive from Texas
To-Day; The delay Of the Thirty-hrst
might be remedied ny the departure OF the
1Wenty-seVenth, booked TO leave to-day
and tomorrow on the Tacoma and Elder
The strike on the transports may delay
lhese vessels, and the TWenty-seVenth
may not get away in time to make room
for the Thirty-third. The Thirty-secOnd
is also due to arrive here from Kansas on
the 10Th inst, and the Thirtieth is due TO
sail on the same day on the Sherman. Ii
VIII be a close shave, but with the as,
slstance of the detention camp on Angel
Island, capable of accommodating a rcgt-
ment, and the present recruit camp at the
Preside, which Is not filling up very rap
IDLY, the troops Will be given accommoda-
ton. As a last resort. however, the
Iwenty-seVenth may be taken from the
Tacoma and Elder and may be assigned
70 the Grant, which can sail at once, leaV-
ing the detained Thirty-tlrst 10 find other
transports.
This week three of the volunteer COM
mands VIII be mustered out-the Califor-
MIA regiment on Thursday, and the Wyo-
ming battalion and the Idaho regiment on
Saturday. This viii leave place for six
battalions, but three of them Will be filled
almost any time, for the Valencia and
Zealandia, carrying the Montana regi-
will be mustered out Monday next. and
the South Dakota and Minnesota regi-
ments on October >.
Besides the Montana men the troops left
to return are the kansans, coming on the
Tartar, and the Iowa and Tennessee regi-
ments. ready to leave Manila.
Promotion has come to some of the Off
GERS Of the Thirty-tirst regiment and to
the sergeant major. Captain Adams. the
regimental quartermaster. resigned, and
Captain Sharpel of Company @ was ap-
pointed 20 fill the position. First Lieuten-
ant Robert 5. Payne was made captain;
Second Lieutenant William r. Munroe
was raised notch; Sergeant Major Jen-
nings b. Wilson was made a second lieu
tenant: Sergeant Major Danforth of the
first battalion was made regimental quar-
termastcr.
The advance guard Of the Thirty-third
Infantry arrived at the Preside yeSter-
day. 1t was composed of Company Z,
under command of Captain Davies. With
the advance guard was a large amount of
baggage and the horses for the field and
staff Of the regiment. The Thirty-third is
in command of Colonel Luther r. Hare.
It was recruited in Texas and the adJoin-
ing States.
Acting Assistant Surgeon John S. Hin
has been assigned to the transport Cen
Eeon p. s. Kellogg, who has been assigned
TO the Grant
Lieutenant Colonel DuCat. recently ap-
pointed to the Forty ninth Infantry, left
Sunday evening for Fort jefferson. where
his regiment viii have its headquarters.
Major Noble. recently appointed assist
ant general Of volunteers. has been re-
Skaters staff. His duties as inspector OF
small-arms practice in this department
have been assigned to Lieutenant Wilson,
recently made an aid to General Shafter
Second Lieutenant Arthur z. watts,
Fourth Infantry. has been assigned to
duty with the recruits at the Presidio
pending his assignment to Manila. Second
Lieutenant Willis p. Coleman; Ninth In,
fantry. has also been similarly assigned
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