Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-28

| Lasuna de bay, this morning, after max
| successfully laid eighteen miles of cable.
| 1t Is expected that the cable boat will
| reach Calamba tonight.
Changes In Naval Personnel,
| The Navy Department has been informed
! by cable of number of changes In the
| personnel of the naval force in the Philip
| pines, in some instances incident upon the
| arrival there from the United States of the
Glacier with reliefs for the officers on the
| Asiatic station
| In the marine corps Captain D. Williams
| mas been detached from the Baltimore and
| placed on the Oregon, Captain NJ. ]. Shaw
/ has been transferred from the Oregon to
| the Charleston and Captain ]. T. Myers
| has been transferred from the Charleston
| to the Baltimore. Commander G. Block
| finger has been detached from the Charles
| ton and ordered home. Lieutenant w. s.
| Crosley has been attached to the Baltimore
| and has reported for duty.
| Lieutenant T. E. Veeder has been de-
/ tached from the Baltimore and placed on
| inspection duty at Hong Kong. Captain G..
| w. Pigman has reported to command the
| Charleston. Ensign X. z. Johnston has
| been transferred from the Baltimore to the
! Oregon. Lieutenant A. Hartrath, from the
| Princeton to the Culgoa; Lieutenant II.
| Stickney, from the Culgoa to the Princeton;
| Lieutenant U. T. Holmes, from the Balti-
more to the Monocacy; Lieutenant Com
mander McCrackin, from the Monadnock
| to the Oregon; Lieutenant c. Thomas, from
| the Oregon to the Monadnock; Lieutenant
| Yokohama Hospital: Lieutenant Com
| mander H. Morrell. from the Castine and
home.
Passed Assistant Paymaster ]. H. Nor
rison reported on the Bennington; Lieuten-
| ant w. P. Elliot, from the Monocacy to the
| Cavite naval station: Commander G. c.
| Cornwell, from the Petrol to the Baltimore
| on the adniraTs staff: Lieutenant Com
L fta N1oo fnr
| to the Castine; Passed Assistant Surgeon
/ L. L. Won Wedekind, from the Cavite hos
| pital to Mare Island; Cadet c. E. Morgan,
| from the Charleston to the Bennington.
| Troops Depart for Manila
The following dispatches have been re-
| ceived from General Shafter at San Fran
| cisco regarding the departure of troops for
| Manila:
Transport Newport sailed last night with
| Companies and E, 10Th Infantry, Capt.
| F. H. French commanding-fou officers,
| 23S men; 256 rifles, CALDER 80; 230 rounds
| ammunition per man. Attached, Lieuten-
| ant Hartman and fourteen men, absent
from 1st and Sd Battalions of regiment, and
| two men hospital corps; Captain Shiliock,
| assistant surgeon; Captain Dapray, I'D In
| fantry; Lieutenants FUlke, ordnance de-
partment; Gilbert, 9Th Artillery; Bradford,
| 18th Infantry, and Hardenbergh 4th In
| faDtry. Recruits, Infantry, Sd, hfty-seven;
| 4th, 107; nth, sixty-six; 18th, five. Also
nine Red Cross nurses.
| Transport Ohio sailed last night with
| Companies and L, 18th Infantry-four
| officers, 249 men; 2J6 rifles, caliber 80; 200
| rounds ammunition per man; Major Sweet,
| 23d Infantry, commanding troops on trans
port. Captain Collins, Lieutenants Moves
| and Kent, 23d; Van Schaick, 4th; Hage-
| dorm, 10Th, and Lang, 9th Infantry; one
| acting assistant surgeon and three MEM
| bers hospital corps; one private, 9th Infan-
| try; one private, 9th Artillery, and follow
| ing Infantry recruits: Third, twenty-seven;
4th, two; 9th, 112; 18th, 155; Doth. eighty
| three; 21st seventeen; 22d, seventy-nine;
| also five Red Cross nurses.
To Accompany Sd Cavalry.
| Acting Assistant Surgeon Robert Burns
| q. 8. A, has been ordered from Plymouth
| N. H, to Fort Ethan Allen, VT, for duty to
| accompany the Sd United States Cavalry to
the Philippines.
Gen. Otis Report.
The War Department today received an
| account of the capture of Caiamba, in the
Philippine Islands, by the American troops
| yesterday. The dispatch from Gen Otis
| was as follows:
Hall. with 1000 men, captured Calamba,
an important strategic position. Laguna de
| Bay, yesterday, driving out 300 insurgents.
| The command was composed of portions of
| the 4th Cavalry. 21st Infantry. Washington
| Volunteers, transported in launches and
| cascoes, gunboat accompanying. The cas-
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| 4th, and McDuffy. H, Dist. killed; Corporal
| Thomas Totten, G, 4th, mortally wounded;
| Privates Michael Sheridan, Herbert Tracey,
| Napoleon White, K, 21st. seriously wound
| ed; Privates Kinds and Plummer, G, and
| Samson, c, 4th; Phillips, H; Christie and
| Hoilister, D, and Ashland, 1, 21st, slightly
wounded. Insurgent casualties are un-
known. Forty Spanish prisoners were re-
| leased. Spanish gunboat In good condi-
| ton, long sought for in the bay, was cap
| tured. This town was the directed objective
| of Lawton when he captured Santa Cruz
| and the launches in April, but unable
to reach the town by boats on account of
| the shoal water"
| The following was also received from
| Gen. Otis:
| The transport Sherman, with the Cali
| fornia Infantry and Heavy Artillery, left
| for San Francisco 26th infantry, Al officers,
I 1909 enlisted; artillery, officers, 276 en-
! listed. Infantry left at La Carlota, Ne
gros-Privates Claude w. Huff, Company f;
| w. J. Clark, G. w. Iverson, Company F;
| John NJ. Noonan. Jus M. Dubney, James
| F. Brown, William D. Stewart Company
| G; H. G. Collins Company L, sick. Private
| Benjamin F. Hurd, Company E, nurse; Pri-
| vate Ralph Coates, Company K, missing in
action near Manila April g.
DOWN AT AVON.