Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-07-13

orders issued last summer which
ed W cents day per man for
rs undergoing hospital treatment
been revoked and an order issued
lng ~ cents per day per man
+ the appropriation for subsistence
army.
order has been issued by the
lent extending the protection and
eges of the American flag to the
ng Of Porto Rico and the Philip
All ships owned by residents OF
Islands nt the time OF the eX-
of the ratification OF treaties
cluded.
Navy Department has dispatch
Admiral Dewey the medal
led to him by act of Congress 10
emorate the battle Of Manila
The ndmirals medal Is identical
those sent to each man In the
with the exception that his own
Is engraved upon the edge.
pom Invitation OF Mr.. Mckinley.
ovefnOr Roosevelt visited the White
ouDe Saturday. There We're various
kumOfB ntioat rs to the purpose of the
14ovefn0r's visit. but he declared that
ne President had asked him to come
- Washington only because Of his de-
sire to consult him concerning the or
ganlxation of the new volunteer force
for the Philippines.
Commissary General C. a. Woodruff.
Y. - A., has given orders to the New
YORK agents OF the Chicago packers
Tor 12o.O0O pounds OF canned roast beef.
The orders specify that the canned
roast beef Is for immediate shipment
- Cuba. This fact Is taken by the
tyeckern rs showing that there is no
II MIn6INn ~ hn nr-t nf a.
mt against canned roast beef.
he President on Friday brought be-
b the Cabinet the plan for oiliccring
Provisional army. The decision TO
point the coloncls and lieutenant
onels of the volunteer regiments
I'M among the regular army officers
% served during the Spanish war
"a the other volunteer officers from
mong those who served In the volun-
er army with credit or distinction.
ne heartily approved by the members
the Cabinet. The record OF the vol
nicer officers nrr TO be carefully
pokcd to In the selection Of officers be-
Nv the rank OF lieutenant tsoioiicl, 81,
The correspondent Of the New York
W1GI pays: President Mckinley wants
Se<a~G1ry OF War Alger to resign but
has MT made up his mi.id to ask him
to do %. Official ostracism IL more
pronOunced than ever and will he con-
tlnued In the hope that the secretary
VIII Yield to pressure and voluntarily
resign. The President told n friend
recently that II u vacancy occurs he
proposed TO appoint the best lawyer he
could find in New York. preferably a
man like Choatc. All officials here say
4 that Roosevelt is out OF the question.
They say, too. he would not accept the
Portfolio under any consideration.
A delegation representing the Ma
: tionAl Temperance Society and other
\ Kindred organizations called upon the
Ptl1idcnt Tuesday to ask his consid-
eq bn OF some points In reference TO
~ Interpretation given by the attor-
~ general to the recent act OF Con-
1ross affecting the army cnntccn. The
delegntion recorded its dissent from
the opinion OF the attorney general
and presented n legal opinion on the
subject prepared by Colonel Ell Ritter
Of indianapolis. The members OF the
delegation. after their call. reported
the President as saying that the opin-
lon Of the attorney general was given
without any previous knowledge on his
part; that he would look into the mat
tt personally.
General Otis has cablcd the War De-
pnrtment that 1000 men had volun-
teered for service In the two volunteer
regiments TO be organized in the Phil.
ippines. This IL encouraging news to
the authorities. as previous informn-
tion Indicated that General Otis would
he unable to organize these regiments.
and that II they were filed at all. the
volunteers would have to he sent from
the United States. II was proposed mt
one time to enlist friendly natives to
complete the organization of these two
regiments. but General Otis has in
( formed the War Department that 1t
would be inndvisablc to attempt the
cxpee1mcnt nt this time. indicating
that the Filipinos In and around Ma
niIat are not yet to be trusted.
The President has confirmed and
K cOmmissioncd the officers recommend
ed by General Otis FOR the Thirty-siNtlI
and Thirty-scvcnth volunteer rcgi-
merits now being organized In the Phil
ippines. The following Colorado men
linvc been appointed: To be colonel. ].
Franklin Bell, captain Seventh caval-
nv and major a. a. q. volunteers; to
be lieutenant colonel. william X.
Grove. major First Colorado: to he
captain. Erving q. Booth. captain First
Colorado; to be first lieutenant. Cor
neltus T.. O'Kccrc. first lieutenant First
Colorado; to be first lieutenant. Bcnja-
min Lear. Jr.. second lieutenant First
Colorado. Thirty-sevcntl volunteer
regiment: TO be first lieutenant
Charles II. Sleeper. first lieutenant
First Colorado.
Senator William Il. Chandler de-
-clares that he is opposed to legislation
dcalgned to make gold the standard OF
values. In his statement Mr.. Chandler
says: II am against changing the mon,
ey plank in the 1906 platform. If the
single gold standard men secure
change in that platform n dangerous
mistake will be made. l would never
vote to ccnsc efforts to establish, silver
a standard money! II would be the