New-York tribune., 1900-07-31
THE ADVANCE ON PEKING,
GENERAL CHAFFEE REPORTS HIS AR
RIVAL AT TAKU.
HE IS EXPECTED TO HASTEN THE MOVE
MENT OF THE ALLIED FORCES

MENT OF THE ALLIED FORCES
TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rA1sUxE.I
Washington. July 3O--The War Department is
expecting important dispatches from Major
General Chaffee within the next fortv-eiEbt
hours The dispatch received from him to-5av
indicating that he made the voyage from Maya
sak1 TO Tal1u, which usually takes four days in
less tnan seventy hours, shows that he succeeded
IN infusing some OF his owr great energy into
the navigator and engineers Of the transport on
Wnlch ne was passenger. and the authorities
mere feel confident that he will do the same
thlng at Tien-Tsin, and that II the military sit
uauon and conditions are such as TO warrant il
the advance toward Peking Will begin before the
END OF this week General Chanee's dispatch is
as follows
Ad+,,..-r Che-Foo, July %
1ert Nagasaki daybreak on JuIv 26 Arrival
Iaku al 10 night Of July IS
CHAFFEE, Major-GeueraI
a rulI report from General Chafee is expected
tomorrow or by Wednesday AT the latest. and
tnls expectation will not be disappointed II it is
IN his power 10 meet il Unrn his report has
oeen received and considered the military au-
tnorltes here will not express for publication
any opinion as TO how soon the Peking column
VIII be ready to move, although dispatch has
been received from Second Lieutenant Stamford
Oh the Volunteer Signal Corps. saying that fur
ther advance may not be made before SeDteua-
per Whether this officer derived the inf0rrna-
uon on which his opinion or suggestion was
based from the commanders OF the international
forces. or any Of them, IS not known here
The dispatch, however. contains some infor-
nation different from and additional 10 any
previously received. It is dated Che-Foo, July
p, and reads as follows:
Conditions, prospects health command good
k1lleC-Nl1Lh Infantry
Wounded-MajOr Regan. Captains Moves and
BookmiIer Lieutenant Lawt6n All doing we'll
Marine Corps officer kiIIed-CapLain A. r. Da-
Wis. WOunded-Lieutenant Leonard, serious
arm amputated; Captains Long and Lernly and
Lieutenant Butler; last three doing we'll Cool
loge, commanding 9th Infantry, informs all nee
essary material been requested. Colonel Meade,
marines senior opinion battery field artillery
ana some Maxins sufficient. Late experience
would indicate need Of heavier guns. Further
advance may not be made before September
Command should have plenty Of good food and
heavy clothing Fairly reliable reports state our
Minister and people in Peking all we'll on the
10Th Can you place funds with cable company
so can keep you advised?
Lieutenant Stamford appears not TO have
heard as early as July 81 OF the fact that
Colonel Meade, OF the Marine Corps had been
relieved of command on account Of physical
disability, and ordered to the Mare Island Naval
Hospital. a fact which was communicated 70
the Secretary Of the Navy by Admiral Remey in
a dispatch dated July .. The lieutenant did
not agree with Colonel Meade's opinion that
field battery OF Maxim guns would be sufficient
but il was hardly necessary for him 10 incur
the expense Of cabling the information that
plenty of good food and heavy clothing" should
be provided for the troops that are TO take part
in the campaign 1t would have been much
more to the purpose for him TO inform General
Greely his superior officer. whether the tele-
graph hQe between Taku and Tien-Tsin had
been repaired and put into operation, and II not,
why not He says conditions, prospects. health
command good" which is highly gratifying and
satisfactory information and presumably trust
worthy.
RENFORCEMENTS ON THE WAY.
The four batteries OF the Sd Artillery d1 Of
fcers and 429 enlisted mem. which left san
Francisco for China yesterday. carried only
their infantry arms, equipments and ammuni-
ton, and will serve as infantry unless provided
with guns after their arrival either from the
Cavtte Arsenal at Manila or from the artillery
captured at Tien-Tsin. The transport Hancock.
on which the batteries sailed. carried also
10 officers and 491 men OF the Marine Corps.
enlisted men OF the 9th Infantry, 10 recruits for
ReilIy's Battery. at Tien-Tsin. and Signal Corps
men. besides % uOn-conbatants belonging 70
the medical and subsistence departments. The
arrival Of these reinforCements will add $40 TO
the fighting strength of General ChaHee's COM
mand The transport Meade Is 70 sail on
Wednesday or Thursday for Taxu with one bat
talon OF the 10Th Infantry. four troops OF the
Sd Cavalry and company OF eng1neers-a total
of about l .05O officers and men The Hancock
is due TO arrive at Ta<u August IS 70 %, and
the Meade August "A 70 2S. II is also expected
that one and perhaps two squadrOns Of the 1st
Cavalry will sail from Seattle to-day to-rnor-
for North China, and that they will arrive
at Taku by September L Several animal freight
transports will also leave Seattle for the Orient
IN the course of the present week
The prospect is that by September the num-
Der Of United States troops in North China lin
cluding 1.2JO nartnes) will amount 10 a total
fighting force Of 1000 men. AL these troops
will be thoroughly armed and equipped with
ample stores and supplies OF all kinds, sufficient
means OF field transportation and forage for the
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