The silver star., 1899-06-16

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the wives. mothers. children and near
relatives of the officers stationed at
Guam an invitation to take the trip
there on the transport Solace, which
leaves San Francisco July list with a
large amount OF supplies for Guam and
the Philippines. No women or chill
dren will be permitted to go to the lat
ter islands, however.
The administration has decided TO
reduce the American armies of occupa-
ton in Cuba and Puerto Rico in order
to send additional troops to General
Otis in the Philippines. Orders have
been sent to General Davis. military
governor Of Puerto Rico. instrIctine
him to begin recruiting natives for usc
in the army. He is first to enlist bat
TALON. 400 men. and then. If the expert
ment promises well. the number will
be increased until probably an entire
native regiment has been raised.
Instructions have been sent to all re-
cruting officers In the United States TO
enlist as many men as possible for SER
vice in the Philippines until further or
ders. Thanks to the Interpretation of
the army reorganization law made by
the comptroller Of the treasury. the reg
ular army has been unexpectedly in.
creased by 2,G00 men. and the Presi-
dent is spared the necessity of calling
for volunteers or depicting the force
now maintained in Cuba and Porto
Rico. Under the decision rendered TO
the War Department by the comptrol.
Ter the hospital corps. heretofore count
ed part of the regular establishment.
is not to be so considered. so that its
2.6O0 men. while still retained in ser
vice, create that number of vacancies
in the regular army. which will be
promptly filed.
Although the members of the com
mission which was sent to Porto Rico
by the President We're not unapimoils
upon some important points. they
wisely decided not to submit minority
reports. but to omit entirely all refer
ence to matters upon which they did
not agree. For this reason there Is no
reference to the tariff in the report
submitted. nor is any permanent form
OF government recommended by them
They keep their counsel very closely
but 1t is understood that each of the
| three commissioners has his own no.
tions on the latter subject. which was
the most important submitted to them
| They decline to be interviewed, but it
| Is believed one of them thinks Porto
Rico ought TO have n form of govern
ment similar 10 that of our territories !;
another advocates n system like that
of the District of Columbia. with three
commissioners. two from civil life and
one engineer from the army; while the
third believes IL would be better to
give the Porto Ricans the broadest
kind OF home rule by filling all the Of
| fees with natives under the direction
OF governor general appointed by the
President.
1t is expected here that modus vi
vendi regarding the Alaska boundary
will be signed In day or two. Assum-
Ing that the agreement is on the exact
| lines of the instructions sent. the
modus will fix the provisional bound
| ary line between Alaska and Canada
at three points near the head of Lynn
canal. These will be sufficient. II Ia ex-
pected. to prevent any further con
flicts. These points are as follows: On
the White Pass. mt the old Canadian
custom house in the pass: on the Chill
coot Pass, likewise mt the Canadian
| custom house. which has existed for
the past eighteen months: on the Dial
ton trail. just above the Indian village
Of Kluckwan. The first two points
were easily fixed: the hitch of moment
|
| divisional point on the Dalton trail.
The point mentioned Is at the head of
canoe navigation and fifteen miles
above tidewater, which the Canadians
sought SO strenuously to reach. The
modus provides only for temporary
delimitation, but there Is great reason
to believe that the lines II will estab.
lish In the end will be accepted by both
parties ms the hes. solution OF the veX.
ed boundary issue.
Vice President Hobart has gone IL
Long Branch. where he will spend the
summer trying to recover his health
and strength. He has had very 80
| we're siege, and for several weeks his
recovery was doubtful. Shortly after
Congress adjourned he fell n victim to
the prevailing epidemic In grippe. and
provoked relapse by going out be.
fore he was thoroughly well. The first
nttack was pretty bad, but the second
was worse. and he has been for more
than two months trying to recover
from II. He II so far himself that he
can drive out. hut he has scarcely
strength enough 10 walk across nm or.
dinary room. and the disease has left
his heart very wcak-so weak ms to oc-
casion very grent alarm among his
friends. II Is believed. however. TINT
n quiet summer In the invigorating sait
atmosphere Of Long Branch Will pull
him around NIL right again. President
Mckinley has wntchcd the slow recOv.
cry Of his colleague with great nnxi.
city. has visited him once and some.
times twice every day. nnd since tho
weather became warm has tnken him
ms companion on his afternoon
drives. The President intends TO visit
the Hobarts mt Long Branch some
time during the summer. No Prcsi.
dent and vice president have ever
been NO intimate ns Mckinley nnd Ho.
bnrt. The vice president goes over IA
the White House. wnlks into the Pres.
idcnt's room. and snys: Hello! Whnt
nre You doing nowY'' just M n they
were Inv pnrtners. nnd the President
will call In Colonel Montgomery and
say: '"rell Mr.. Hobart 10 bc ready Ia
go driving mt haif-pnst T." II Ii Dn.
mon nnd Pythins over ngnln. with n
thorough md sincere affection on both
sides.