The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-01
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IN. stFereVa AMI rrrtecting prptsrty In
Nv, stricken rltv wtll rr4uivs ~ N into sUmr.
thing like fmitinr wotk Fur tho Last Nreh
tho atienilOn ~ the Department haa h""n
Ter tho most part confined ~ discovering
ehather lien. Grsrlv rrallv n~rded 'h~
1,so additional troops hr asked for On
April ~ anil whr'irr tho department
aho,tld comply with This rooner'
whsn last Thursday tho department
decIdsI th.t Cisn Orrely really meaat
wha, he said AMI accordingly Ias,ed or'lsr-
directinR tho additional 'roup- ~ pr0reed
u vas Thought the question was finally
di-pusad ~. There was snna deiay l~-
tween April -, the day ~ the rigina 70
quest. aud last FRIDAY, when tho orders
we're isaued Ivy n fIctuatiUn on the part ~
GOV, Pardrr. who al-O did not -rem to know
whether tho ,rnaps were needed or S6iai-d'
Finally he decided they we're. and he with
drew n request that Ordera Tor them IN
proceed I've suspended. Then Cen. Greely
sent q despatch saying that he didn't need
800 troops additional but that one regi-
msnt ~ cavalry and one NJ infantry adj
ditional would bs sufiicient 10 meet all needs
II forty-hve good officers were sent Ia help
uut in the administrnt Of AFFAIRS.
The Department got busy On III" question
once move and the Twenty seventh and
Twenty-eighth regiments Of infantry. sta
toned at Fort Smelling and Fort sheridan.
respectively. aud two sQuadrons OF the
Eleventh Cavalry. at For Dies Molnes.
all of which organizations mad been ordered
TO proceed to the West were told not to
move. This was yesterday The lnstruc-
tons OF Yesterday merely suspended the
orders, but to-day they were revoked
entirely and the troops mentioned viii
STAY at home. The Eleventh Infantry
and the First Cavalry. ordered to San
Francisco at the same time the others were,
will proceed without change OF orders.
With this question OF additional troops
out Of the way things will probably move
along smoothly and the telegraph bills
of the War Department will decrease.
Officials Of the War Department are pleased
with the work the army has done in San
Francisco, and although Gen. Greedy limited
in a despatch to-day that II was up to the
army to save its reputation IN this great
crisis officials think that henceiorth there
will only he harmony and good work. Gen.
Grpelv's reference to the army's reputation
and the great crisis was At the tan end oil
one Of hs dispatches, when he said; IN
INV opinion earliest possible arrival OF
forty-hve officers will save both money and
reputation at this great crisls.s,,
Gen. Greely's dispatches on this subject
are as follows
since midnight whole question lns been
most carefully and exhAustivclv considered.
md from standpoin,s of economy efficiency
and military precision. In order 80 reduce
expenses request that troops sent here he
reduced to one regiment cavalry ana ono or
infantry, aggregnting | 900 men, Services OF
500 other troops can be- dispensed WIN
provided that forty-nve selected officers and
men of administrative ability. sound judg-
ment and physical energy are sent here as
framework Of relief organization, they
should consist Of Ave field officers and forty
captains and first lieutenants, Men without
force. experience or tact would be wone
ihan useless. Present situation and reasons
for this modification follow fully In another
telegram,
GREFLY, Maior-G General Commanding,
A later despatch from Gen. Greedy thro We
more light on the situation:
Previous kilograms from myself and Dr..
Dcvlne, special representative Rod Cross.
indicate clearly necessities FOR my command
exercising non-m llitary duties connected Will
the distribution OF relief supplies. whether
tluIt nuNtd W hllhN vi ~ W '''
American people, There exists to-day In
San Francisco no efficient force for such
work other than the regular troops. The
National Guard. with Its excellent military
organization, good will aud unuuestioned
energy, contains many members harassed
by domestic Affections, business Losses and
deprivation Of means Of livelihood aud "
not In sufficient force,
The municipal police and fire department
pra mot only AN UFDS9pd in their own RDpClnl
duties. largely increased In amount and re-
aponsIhilLty by existing conditions, butmanH
ue without, clothing and shelter and ncces-
sArIly devote part of their energies TO carinE
for wives aud children. The devoted volun-
teers from, civil life whose heroic efforts,
hisiness abilities and independent energy
ha We, with their organization and lnbors.
; tided tho destitute hundreds Of thousands
over starvation and disease must hencelorth
give their entire efforts TO rebuilding the city
md reorganizing business and Industries.
The existing methods. devoid or super
vision. which has been Impossible In the
past, Inv olive enormous expenses, which caus"
marked apprehension Hs 10 financial phases
on the part OF DR.. Devine, Mayor SchmitS
aud the citizens From the
first my fears have been for the future con-
ditIon. realizing fully the necessity of re-
strlctions, supervision and elimination, The
checking OF wasteful methods, OF constant
spoliation, OF systematic deceptions and ex-
travagant methods can and will be possible
only through military administration strictly
subordinate at all times TO civil authority
: and the Red Cross representative upon whom
demands have been made by me TO assume
charge at the earliest possible moment
demands which they have promised In writing
TO acoede TO at the earliest possible date,
These reasons have controlled my action,
which the Red Cross, civil authorities aud
citizens committee insisted on IA indlspen-
sable to public welfare, In my opinion,
earliest possible arrival OF forty.ive officers
will save both money and reputation at this
crisis, GREEDY,
Major-G eneral Commanding.
, Gen. Greedy again to-day explained the
status OF the Federal troops which are
being used In San Francisco. This was In
a despatch TO Secretary Of War Taft, now
at Atlantic City, who forwarded II to Presi-
dent Roosevelt, II was made public at the
War Department as follows;
Your telegram just received. Twenty-Five
hu ndred troops present are engaged In pro-
tecting Federal buildings and guarding most
important places in burned district. They