The San Francisco call., 1899-10-01
MORE SOLDIERS
SAIL AWAY FOR
LUZON SWAMPS
Two Thousand Leave
on the Sheridan.
OTHERS TO FOLLOW TO-DAY
LAST OF THE THIRTY THIRD
AND THIRTY SECOND.
The First Section of the Twenty
Eighth Is Expected at the Presi-
dio This Afternoon From
Camp Meade, Pa.

Nearly two thousand volunteers sailed
for the Philippines yesterday afternoon
on the transport Sheridan and they will
be followed to-day by q thousand or
twelve hundred more who Will go out on
the Charles Nelson and the Glenogle. The
Sheridan carried the Thirty-third In
fantry Regiment. 1909 men and 81 officers:
Companies B. H and l of the Thirty-sec-
ond. 3lS men and officers; seVentyfive un-
assigned recruits and twenty-five mem
bers of the hospital corps. Captain Hare
Of the Seventh Cavalry, who goes out as
colonel OF the Thirty-third, is an officer
Of proved courage and ability and will
undoubtedly make an enviable record in
the Philippines. The three companies of
the Thirty-second were under the COM
mand of Major Spence.
The soldiers left the Preside a few
minutes after II o'clock yesterday morn
Ing. marching through the streets of the
city to the water front They were in
heavy marching order and made a fine
appearance as they passed down Market
street. They arrived at the transport
wharf shortly before noon and immediate
ly went aboard the Sheridan, which
steamed out of the harbor at p. m.
Among her passengers was Major Robert
H. Noble, assistant adtutant general
United States Volunteers, who has been
assigned to duty on the staff of Major
General E. S Otis at Manila
With the departure of the Thirty-sec-
ond and Thirty-third the number of regi-
mentS at the Preside awaiting trans
portation to the Philippines will. be re-
duced to one. the Twenty y-ninth, the last
battalion of which arrived from Texas
Friday afternoon This condition of af-
fairs at the reservation will not last long.
however. as the first section of the Twen-
ty-eighth Regiment is expected to reach
San Francisco from Camp Meade, Pa,
this afternoon and the remainder of the
regiment within the next few days and
others will follow. The Thirty-first is
quarantined at Angel Island and a bat
talon of the Fortieth Is now being re-
cruited at the post.
The discharged soldiers who arrived
from the Philippines on the City of Para
were being paid off yesterday as fast as
the paymaster and his assistants cOuld
verify their papers and count out the
money due them. The task proved to be
of larger proportions than had been an
ticipated however, and the work was not
completed last night as had been eX-
pected The last of the men will be paid
this morning and then they will be at
liberty to go whittier they please.
The Minnesota Regiment will be paid
off and mustered out TUESDAY and viii at
once depart for St Paul on special
train, stopping en- route at Portland and
possibly at Fargo
Corporal Larrabee of the South Dakota
Regiment has been sent to the quaran-
tine camp at the Presidio, suffering with
what is feared will prove a fatal attack
of smallpox. The two soldiers who were
exposed from associating with him have
been sent to the detention camp and DR..
Kinyoun yesterday sterilized the ward
that had been occupied by them.
furlough of three months has been
granted Sergeant Alfred Voligny, Battery
o, Third Artillery.
Collector of the Port Jackson yesterday
made the following assignments for duty
of former employees who have been serv-
ing in the Philippines as members of the
First California Volunteers: w. T. Mulal-
ly. chief janitor; H. T. Ruthrauff and A:
II. Clffors, reappointed inspectors; Lloyd
Spencer, formerly clerk to the surveyor,
Inspector: Captain T. j. McCreagh, as
sistant weigher; C. E. Kessler and S. l..
Marston. extra assistant weighers. They
will report for duty Monday morning.