Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-29
ARMY AND NAVY.
UNITED STATES.

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Captain Bowman H. McCalla, now in
command of the Newark in the Asiatic
waters, has been ordered home to take
command of the new battle-ship Kear
sarge.
An order has been sent to General
Chaffee for the evacuation of China bv
American troops, leaving only a lega-
ton guard of $50 men. The troops will
be removed from China about the last of
April.
Captain James HI. Dayton, now ON
special duty in connection with the
court of inquiry to look into the ground
ing of the Dixie, has been designated to
command the Newark, succeeding Cap
tain McCalla.
Captain Benjamin G. Morse, Seven
tenth Infantry, in addition to his du-
ties as aid to General Shafter. has been
detailed to assist Acknowledgement Bah
cock, whose work has increased to such
an extent recently that he was unable
to attend fully to all the details, though
he worked many hours each day.
Troops F and G, Sixth Cavalry. now
stationed at the Preside, and COMPANY
ii, Seventh Infantry, stationed at AL
catraz, have been ordered to sail for
Manila by the first transport that is
available. They are expected to en-
bark on the Hancock, which is sched-
uled to sail March %. One squadron of
the Sixth Cavalry is in the Philippines
and the other is in China. The two
troops which are ordered to the front
formed the home squadron.
The Twenty-eighth, Thirty-fifth and
| I1lrtU-ninth Nnlrtr, Tn D..
ments sailed from Manila for San Fran
cisco March 18th on the transports
Thomas, ROsecrans and LawtOn. When
the Twenty-eighth arrived at Manila
from the United States there were FORTY
six officers and 1919 men in the regi-
ment. Fifteen officers and forty-four
men remain there. The roster shows
that the regiment lost eight killed in
action, and thirty-one officers and 1043
men sailed on the transport.
CHINA.
General Noyren says there is no fric
ton between the French and British.
Count Won Waldersee has interfered,
as commander in chief of the allied
forces in China, TO put an end to the
mutually hostile attitude of the British
and Russian troops at Tien-tsin.
Major Foote, Ninth United States
Infantry, says the French soldiers are
frequently abusive to the American
troops while out on pass, unarmed,
while the French were armed with
swords or bayonets.
Speaking of the attack made by some
French soldiers on members of the
British Sikh regiment, in the French
concession, General Lorne-C Campbell
says it was merely childish outbreak,
and against the orders of their own gen.
eral, who had forbidden the French sol
diers to enter the British concession.
The excitement and anxiety at Tien-
tsin as to the possible developments of
the AnglO-Russian siding dispute do
not abate. A company of British troops
and company of Russian soldiers re-
main on either side of the trench, look
ing at each other. The Russians have
orders to fire on any one commencing
work.
A cable from Picking says that when
the Chinese heard of the early depart
ure of the American troops from China,
and also that the section of the Tartar
City which had been controlled by
these men was to be turned over to the
Germans, they sent delegation of over
1000 prominent men to Major Robert
son, commanding the American troops
there, asking him to retain administra-
ton of affairs. They declared that I'M
der the Americans, order had been
preserved and the Chinese had been
able to secure justice.
A dispatch from Tien-tsin says the
tension is increasing and conflict may
be expected at any moment. The
troops of all nations are under arms.
The situation around the station is I'M
changed, although all is disquieting.
Possibly the French troops will inter-
fere in the quarrel in spite of the efforts
of their officers to preserve neutrality.
Recently several groups of French sol
diers walked to the British concession,
shouting A bas les Anglais.n Quar-
rels resulted and in some cases blood
was shed. French never walk without
bayonets. Once three Frenchmen at
tackled Captain Bogler of the British
army and forced him to leave rick
shaw. The Captain defended himself
with his fists. A party of Sikhs finally
came to the rescue. General Lorn
Campbell then, called for troops and
drove the Frenchmen from the conces-
sion. He placed sentries around the
British section and ordered them not to
allow any more French soldiers to enter.
SOUTH AFRICA.
General De Vets commando has
been broken up at Senedal, Orange
River Colony.
According to a dispatch to the Lon
don Times, from Kaalspruit, it is ru-
mored that Generals Botha, Delarey
and De Wet will meet soon to discuss
the situation.
General De Wet repudiates the peace
negotiations which are going on. He
declares openly to the men that no
terms except independence will satisfy
him. A recent utterance attributed to
him is that after the British he hated
the Transvaalers
The prospects of peace are still con-
sidered hopeful at Pretoria. The Boer
losses last month were 100 killed, 400
wounded and 1000 captured and sur
rendered. Owing to the heavy rains
General French's transport difficulties
are still enormous.
A cable to the New York Sun from