The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-07
SUCH. ARE THE INDICATIONS
THE SECOND OREGON REPORTED
TO HAVE SAILED FOR HOME.
Five Soldiers Buried at the Preside
Yesterday-Large Assignment
Of the Casuals Made to Diff
ferent Commands.

In the past few days the idea has
gained general prevalence that San Fran
cisco will have the First California Regi-
ment nome in time to participate in the
celebration of the Fourth of July. From
the present outlook such is not the case
No news was received at department
headquarters yesterday to indicate that
the First had yet left Manila. If they
have not left as yet, the regiment cam
not arrive here in time to join in the
Festivities of the Fourth. Colonel Long,
the depot quartermaster is notified of
the departure of every vessel from Ma
Mia, and up to yesterday he had received
no notification of the departure of any
vessel upon which the regiment could
have sailed. The last transport that left
Manila was the Conemaugh, Ihich sailed
on May II, but Colonel Long does not
know what this vessel had aboard. 1t
was reported around headquarters yester-
day that the Second Oregon had left Ma
Mia, but this could not be confirmed. If
such is the case and the First had not
left, then the War Department has
changed its programme of returning the
volunteers in the order in which they
went. The First California was the first
of any volunteer regiments to go aboard
transport for Manila.
There were five soldiers buried at the
y
thur Jobbing, Company H Eighteenth
Infantry; James Healy Company l. Eight
zenith Infantry; William D. Griffin, Bat
terry G, Sixth Artillery, and Walter ]. Nc
Lean, Company L, First Montana, which
We're brought from Manila on the Zea-
landia, were taken to the Preside on
the steamer Mcdowell and inferred in
the cemetery there. Claude W. Payne Of
the Engineer Corps, who died of con-
sumption at the general hospital, was
the fifth soldier buried yesterday. The re-
-.
brought up on the Zealandia were sent
East.
The War Department has not yet de-
cided upon the retention of the City of
Puebla and the Zealandia as transports.
Colonel Long received no word yester-
day in regard to them. but it is generally
thought that they will be held by the
Government, especially the former. Just
at present transports are being needed,
and it will take very little time to put
the necessary repairs upon these two
vessels.
General Shafter has issued an order
distributing 456 soldiers of the casual de-
tachment among the following COM
mands: Fourth Cavalry, 125 men; Third
Fourteenth Infantry, 80 men; Eighteenth
Infantry so men; Twentieth Infantry so
men: Twenty-second Infantry, 30 men,
and the Twenty third Infantry, 100 men.
Major Henry r. Brinkerhoff, Third In
fantry, has been ordered to take charge
of the recruiting station in this city, re-
lieving Captain Robert H. r. Loughbor-
ough. Twenty Infantry.
Major j. NJ. Thompson, Twenty fourth
Infantry, has been relieved from the tenn
porary command of Alcatraz Island and
ordered to report to the commanding off,
Ger Of the Preside for duty at that post.
During the temporary absence of Ma
jor Edward Field, Third Artillery. Cap
tain Robert H. Noble, Third Infantry,
has been detailed to take charge of the
offices of the inspector general and artil-
lery inspector of the department.