Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-17
WAR NOTES.

The Lang case was passed upon by
GEN Miles, Saturday, ana taken by
Secretary AlEer to tho President
Thc cruiser Montgomery. which has
recently tc.n thoroughly uvcrhauled ut
tho navy yard. sailed from Norfolk,
Ma. Saturday. fur Santa Lucia
Ona M tnr largest contracts fnr dressed
h.vr rNrr placed hy Ihe United State
government hl- iu~- Deem arranged with
w Kansas Citr packing house. Thc COM
tract TN frr l.5ww" pounds uf b"st export
dressed berf tu hn shipped tO the Philip
pines.
Thv United States steamer Badger ar-
rived at san Francisco, Saturday night
III DAYS from CJ!iao. Peru. thus compile
.ug ler voyage around the Horn ShC
Mil "a tn the Mare Island navy yard IJ
hc oNcrhaulel. preparatory To her depart
urc fp- Apia with the members uf thu
samoan commission.
MIS-. Cook wife NJ Capt. Frank A
Cook, VINO commanded the Brooklyn,
during the late war, died at Annapolis,
Md, today, after 4 lingering illness
Mrs. Cook had two sons. one a surgeon
ana the other a cadet both i'll thenavy.
The Sth Massachusetts Regiment, q.
:. NJ, just returned from Matanzas,
Saturday. gave Boston an opportunity
To see what it could do on evening
parade. There We're 500 men in lire
when the regiment marched from the
South Armory down Huntington
avenue to Arlington street. where re
treat was sounded.
The funeral Ut Major Convi.Ie of thc
Idaho Volunteers, who wa killed i'll Feb
ruary. while leading his battalion in tng
famous charge at Santa Ana. near Ma
Mia, was held Tilt Lewiston. Idaho. Sun
day. Thc feature Nc THE funeral services
was tEa presentation 0t 4 commission aS
colonel M the Idaho National Guard tn
Harry N. COnVille. thp 1I-year-Old S0n ny
the dead hero. The young man WI igh;-
ing as private III h.s fathers battalion
when the latter fell.
The following cable message Mas.
Saturday. received BY the navy depart
ment from Admiral Dewey: Manila.
April II. 1899. Secretary of the Navy.
Washington: Wheeling arrived. six
days from Guam. quiet and order there:
Most friendly 10 Americans. Native
government established by Taussig
working Wei. Native soldiers fine body
Of men. Nanshan. U. 5. naval trans
port in Guam.
Secretary Alger. Saturday. cabled
Gen. Wood at Santiago authority to
ship to the United states All bodies or
American soldiers that are properly en-
cascd. except those Of yellow fever
victims. Bodies Inferred will not b.
removed until cold weather. All bodies
brought to the United States will be
buried at Arlington. The remains or
yellow fever victims will be sent to this
country next winter.
icy direction Of the President the
battery at Portland Head. Portland
Me. shall hereafter be known and
designated as Fort Williams, in honor
Of the late hreyct Major Gen. Seth viii
li1ms, assistant adiutant general. U.
:. An. ana tho battery At Sheridan
Point, va, shall hereafter he known
and designated as Fort Hunt in honor
Of the late Col. ana hrevet Major Gen.
Henry Hunt. L. S. Al
instructions have been issued IN thc
WAT department to army recruiting Offices
advising them tD enlist Indians NJ ChUCa-
Won. six Eunug men from the Carlisle
school have already entered the service,
Two Of whom have been sent to cuba
pines inc department has no intention
oi lnrmin" any Indian organizations
sWch AZ Were formed several years ag,
ana proved 10 be failures, but Indians
VINO may enlist will be distributed among
thc various regiments, 50 that there wilt
mand
inner Post. United States volunteers
q Biddeford, whose membership il
composed Of men who served in Com
Iahy Y at Chickamauga. last year, has