Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-02

row night. Gen. Humphrey. the quarter
master general. was in communication with
New York by long distance telephone this
morning, and received assurances that the
transport would be able to get away today.
The vessel left at noon.
Capt. Frank Mcintyre, in charge OIL the
tnsular bureau OF the War Department,
left Washington today for Havana to JOIN
Secretary TAN. Capt. Mcintyre has seen
service in Cuba, and has q thorough UNDER
standing OF Secretary Taft's policy In the
Philippines, which the Secretary intends to
adopt In Cuba as far as possible. Secre-
tary Taft especially asked Capt. Mcintyre
to come to Cuba to assist him.
On Their Way to Newport News.
Practically all OF the troops detailed for
the first Cuban expedition now are en-
route from their stations to Newport News,
Va. the point Of mobilization and embarka-
ton. The War Department was in receipt
last night and today Of Geographic informa-
ton that the troops of the several stations
had started. They will begin to arrive at
Newport News tomorrow and Thursday.
zen. Humphrey. Quartermaster general,
has completed his arrangements for the
transports, and some Of them will be
awaiting the troops on their arrival at
Newport News.
Word was received that Company B,
Hospital Corps. left the Preside OF San
f francisco yesterday morning, with of
Colonel Dyer at Vancouver Barracks,
Washington, telegraphs as follows:
Eleventh Battalion. Field Artillery,
Seventeenth and Eighteenth batteries, left
drst section 4:22; second section ten min
utes later. Vancouver, over Northern Pa
cific, Burlington, Southern, Chesapeake &
Ohio Railroads. via Billings, ST. Louis, Lex
fngton to Newport News. Captain Haynes
commanding. Total, 8 artillery officers 2
medical officers. 1 veterinary surgeon, 4
hospital corps men, 1 packer. teamsters.
lsS enlisted men. 242 horses and mules,
armament and prescribed wagons"
The War Department is advised that two
battalions of the Twenty EIGHT Infantry left
Fort Smelling, Mimi. this morning for New
port News en- route to Cuba.
Whit Confers With Bell.
Brig. Gen. T. ]. Whit, commanding the
department Of the Missouri at Omaha, Neb,
arrived in this city this afternoon and had
a conference with Gen. Bell, chief Of staff
prior to his departure this evening for New
port News, Va. At that point he will as
sumo entire command of the operations con-
nected with the mobilization and embarka-
ton of the troops forming the first expedi-
Maj. David ]. Rumbough. Artillery Corps,
now stationed at Fort Myer, Va. has been
ordered to Tampa, Fla. and await the ar
rival at that place of the 14th Battery,
Field Artillery, from Fort Sheridan, Ill. He
will supervise the embarkation of that bat
terry and proceed with it to Cuba.
Major Rumbough has been assigned to
the command OF the field artillery forces of
Battalion (mountain) Field Artillery and the
18th Battery, Field Artillery.
Medical Officers Going to Cuba.
Among the officers Of the medical depart
ment who have been ordered to accompany
the expeditionary force to Cuba are the fol-
lowing: Maj. Henry p. Birmingham. at
Fort Mcpherson. Ga; Maj. Charles Will
cox, at Fort Totten. N. Y; Maj. Euclid B.
Frick, at Fort Smelling, MINI; Capt. Fred
erick NJ. Hartsock. at New York city; Capt
Willard r. TRULY, at Fort Niagara, N. Y:
'c.pt. William y: Brooks. at Fort wash
at Fort Sam Houston. Tex: Capt. James
r. Church. at Fort Robinson. Neb; Capt
Walter D. Webb. at Fort Huachuca, Ariz. !;
Capt. John H. Allen, at Fort Sill, Okla. !;
Capt. Henry d. Thomson. at whipple Bar
racks. Ariz.; Capt. Harry L. Gilchrist, at
Washington Barracks, this city; Capt.
James l. Bevans. at Fort H. G; Wright,
Washington Barracks this city; Capts AL
bert E. TRULY and Robert L. Patterson and
First Lieut.. Haywood 8. Hansell. at the
Preside Of San Francisco. Cal; Capt. Pow
ell c. FauntIeroy. at Fort Porter. n. Y;
First Lieut. Harold w. Cowper. at Platts-
burg Barracks. N Y: Maj. Charles F.
Kieffer, at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo.; Capt.
conrad H. hOeTpeT, at washington Bar
racks. this city; Capt. William W. Quinton.
at Fort Mcpherson. Ga; First Lieut.. Reu-
ben B. Miller. at Fort Mcpherson. Ca;
Capt. Henry A. Weber, at Fort Banks,
Mass; First Lieut.. Compton Wilson, at
Fort Sheridan. ILL.,; Capt. Douglas F. Du-
val, at Fort Smelling. Mimi; First Lieut..
william H. Tefft. at Fort Smelling. Mimi;
Capt. John H. Stone. at Key West. Fla;
Capt Jay Ralph Shook, at Fort Des Moines,
Iowa; Maj. Joseph T. Clarke, at Fort Ethan
Allen, VT; Capt Clement c. Whitcomb, at
Fort Mckinley, Me-; First Lieut.. Robert
Smart, at Fort Myer. Va; First Lieut. Rob-
ert L. Richards, at Vancouver Barracks
Wash; Capt. Cosam j. Bartlett, at Fort
Mcdowell Cal; Capt. Charles E. Marrow,
Miller, at Fort Riley. Kan; Capt. Edward
F. Geddings, at the Preside Of San Fran
cisco, CAL; Mai. Richard w. Johnson, at
Fort Crook. Neb.
Naval Vessels in Cuban Waters.
The Navy Department is informed that
the battleship Indiana and the collier Lee
onidas arrived at Havana yesterday. The
Kentucky has left Havana for
and the Newark has left Havana
for Nuevitas for guard duty.
Brig. Gen. George F. Elliott, commandant
Of the Marine Corps, has ordered that
thirty-six water steriliZers and telephone
field apparatus be sent to the marines in
Havana. The order was issued at the sug-
gestion of marine officers in Cuba.
EXPECTS TO RETURN SOON.
Secretary Taft Evidently Does Not
Expect Trouble in Cuba.