The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-09-03
REINFORCE
TO Be RUSHED
TO GENERAL OTIS
Will Have $4,000 Men
in Sixty Days.
STILL MORE TROOPS ARRIVE
MANY TRANSPORTS WILL SAIL
THE PRESENT MONTH.
Two Steamers Loaded With Horses
and Recruits for the Regiments
in the Field Depart for
the Philippines
STILL MORE TROOPS ARRIVE
MANY TRANSPORTS WILL SAIL
THE PRESENT MONTH.

the philippines
At the rate with which recruits and ad-
ditOnal regiments are being dispatched
TO the Philippines General Otis will have
nearly Go, co. men under his orders when
the fall campaign against Aguinaldo and
his followers, about TWO months hence
begins. Two more transports got away
yesterday-the Warren, with eight officers
and 1898 recruits. of whom 635 are YolUn-
teers and $50 are regulars, and the Leele-
nav, with big load OF horses and mules,
Lieutenant B. II. DOrcy, Fourth Cavalry,
was in charge of the latter, and Captain
T. ". Moore, Twenty-frst Infantry, is
the senior officer in command on the War
rem. Another battalion of the Thirty-first
Volunteer Infantry arrived at the Pre-
sIdio during the day and joined the two
battaliOns Of the same regiment that ar
rived the day before. Colonel James Sum-
ner Petit came in with the third bat
talon, which is commanded by Major
John McMahon and the following COM
pany officers: Company \, P. Stivers,
captain; Company 3, p. <. Gallagher,
captain Company c, L. {. Bennett, cap
tain; Company D, W. L. CabeIl captain.
Troop G, Sixth Cavalry, Captain West
commanding, arrived at the Preside at
about o'clock in the afternoon.
san Francisco and viii be forwarded 10
the Philippines with the least possib bic de-
lay. They viii not be kept at the Pre-
sidio TO indulge in target practice, as has
heretofore been the case with the raw re-
Cruits, but VIII sail as soon as transports
can be made ready for them According
10 the schedule for the sailing OF these
vessels but little time should be lost and
practically all the reinforcements intend
Z rF.r- p Of al cha
be away from this port by the 1st OF Oc
tOber or before.
The Columbia viii be ready TO go on the
sth, the Sherman on the 18th, the Belgian
King on the 18th, the Hancock toward the
end Of the month, the Grant on the nth,
the steamship Tacoma on the 18th, the
Sikh on the 18th. the George W. Elder on
the 18th. the Aztec ian animal ship in
TWO weeks, the Centennial II ten days and
the hospital ship Relief on the 10Th. The
arrive Tomorrow. The Sheridan. which
Is expected in almost Immediately, will be
fitted up TO sail with the September fleet.
The Glenogle Is expected here on the Sth
Of September. The City OF Rio Will prob
ably be taken and also the Olympic,
which viii be ready on October / The
LennoX, a large ship due here from the
Sound on the 10Th, the British steamship
Victoria and the Acerican steamship Vic
toria are also under consideration No
specific assignments have as yet been
understood that they will take the new
volunteer regiments. The Thirty-first and
Thirty-fOurJh Infantry have gone into
Camps Nos , and on the hill
The volunteers are busy preparing for
mastering out. The medical inspection,
which has been in progress for several
days past, is proceeding rapidly and the
muster rolls Of the regiment now in camp
are being. prepared as fast as accuracy
Major Rice Of the California Heavy Ar
f1a.-~ hoe See n q n n m,
commanders to prefer charges against all
men under their command who fail to re-
port for guard duty. here has been con-
siderable laXity in this respect on the part
OF the soldiers lately and the major is
determined TO put a stop TO ii.
A band Of eighty horses intended for the
from the cars al Third and Townsend
streets yesterday morning. became fright
ened at a dOnkey-engfne on the water
front and stampeded. The cowboys in
charge succeeded in rounding up all but
twerty-three that were captured by the
poundman and held BY the poundmaster
Inundated The matter was finally ar
ranged after considerable teiephoning and
the horses were safely corraled on the
First lieutenant Ralph A Clay. Four
tenth Infantry, who died at the general
hospital on "Wednesday night, was buried
In the United States Cemetery at the Pre-
sidiO yesterday afternoon with military
honOrs The pallbearerS Were: First Lieu
tenant H l.. LaubaCh Twenty-thtrd In
fautry and First LdeutenantS +. e HaT
-s r Gardner F'orSe, Brewer and W.
s McNair Third Artillery.
The band Of the First California Regi
ment marched from the chapel in which
the funeral services. were held TO the
cemetery at the head OF the escort, con-
sfsting Of a platoon of Battery O. Third
Artillery, commanded by Lieutenant
Colonel o. F. Long. superintendent of
the army transport service here, mas at
asst induced the War Department TO ADOPT
the plan recommended by MN 1Qr the
transportation Of animals TO the Philip
pines. Heretofore the animals were taken
off at Honolulu and rested, their trans
ports waiting in the harbOr meanwhile.
This involved a great money loss TO the
Government with ships that had been
chartered at so much a day lying Idle.
According TO the new plan, several ami
nal ships will ply between Honolulu and
san Francisco and a similar number be-
tween Honolulu and Manila The ami
rested there, while the transports return
Immediately to San francisco. Later they
will be taken on another transport TO Ma
Mia A $1,000 appropriation has been
,-ra MED for corrals and sheds at Homo
ulu where the horses viii be thoroughly
rested before starting on their longer
The Following order. which is regarded
Is of more than ordinary Importance, was
ssued yesterday:
The following regulations for the
sanitary service dl TtSlIIleutdI anu l C.
cruif camps at the Preside of San
francisco are announced and will be
strictly followed by all concerned:
:. A commissioned medical officer OF
the army will be assigned in orders
from these headquarters TO act as
medical Inspector Of the regimental
and recruit camps on the Preside
Reservation with authority to exercise
general supervision over the medical
and sanitary conditions in these camps
and 10 see that the provisions OF this
order aie properly executed: -,
2 The commanding o14c9r OF edcn
regiment in camp will detail from his
command two sanitary. inspectors, one
from the line. preferably a major. and
the other a medical officer, whose
+ba e,a,araI notice of the regimental