The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-24
SAVANNAH GA SUNDAY JUNE a. 1900

is known here as brave and efficient Off
cer' whose GOODNESS and daring were dis
played during the battle of Santiago when
ne commanded the marines on board the
battleship Indiana. The marines referred
to in the cable are the 100 men taken by
the Solace from Manila at the first call
for reinforcements.
With the Chinese Army.
Admiral Kempff's specific statement that
the engagement was with the Chinese
army at first caused some solicitude
among officials for this was the first posi-
i've official statement that the imperial
FORCES of China and not the Boxers were
| hghting the foreign troops. Later how
ever, the view obtained that the Admiral
had used the words Chinese army as
a mandy means of expressing the Chinese
opposition encountered, without intending
to officially declare that the imperial
troops were fighting.
The Shanghai statement of a practical
'Anglo-American alliance" ELECTED an ex-
preston of Indignation from the officials
mere who have grown weary of explaining
that there is absolutely no such alliance,
but simply parallel action by this ana
other governments toward the common
end of preserving their respective peo-
pie and property.
The authorities here are using the ut
-e 2 ON 49, - -
available point so as to meet the require
ments of Admiral Remey and for this rea-
son the quota at the torpedo school at
Newport and a many other points is be-
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SoIace at NngasaI<i.
The navy department received a dis
patch this morning announcing the ar
rival of the Solace at Nagasaki, Japan. No
explanation is given at the department as
stead ~ 're ".Hu over 10 Naeasahi, IN
feet AZ IT,, ~ q, ,tn,o, 4tl,st 49,
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III ieAih'
In answer to a request from the navy
department as to how many Americans
were in Pekin, Rear Admiral Kempff re-
piled, under date of June 49, via Che Foo,
that thirty Austrians, seventy-five
French fifty Germans, seventy mine Brit
ish. forty Italians, twenty-three Japanese,
seventy-five Russians, and fifty-eight
Americans are In Pekin.
He further says:
NO news or whereabouts of Pekin's re-
| lief expedition. Reported by Cablegram,
June y. Japanese expect several thousand
troops now due. No news from Tien Tsin
or Pekfn since last report"
This dispatch arrived at the navy de-
partment prior to the dispatch, announc-
lnS tndt HShtihg was IN progress between
ternationsI coi,,rnr outside of rien re- Teir
Va menus
The only news given out at the War
Department to-day having any bearing
any bearing on the situation in China
was dispatch from Gen. Macarthur
announcing a further delay in the de-
parture of the military reinforcements
TO China. The message is as follows:
Manila, June 2S.-Adjutant General,
| Washington: Departure Ninth Infantry
delayed until June q, consequence storm,
which broke railroad and telegraph and
made approach of transport impossible.
Macarthur"
1t is proposed to send the Ninth Infan-
try and its transportation equipments, in
Guiding mules and wagons, to Taku on
the transports Logan and Port Albert.
Inasmuch as the voyage will take at least
six days il will be impossible to land
the troops on Chinese soil before the Sd
of July at the earliest. Adjt. Gen. Cor
bin is authority for the statement that
nothing has been heard from Gen. Mac
Arthur on the subject of sending addi-
tional reinforcements to China. The de-
partment. however is making arrange
ments for the prompt transportation to
China of as many troops as can be