The Hawaiian star., 1906-02-03
RUSHING TROOPS
TO THE ORIENT
CONTINUED flom page One).

have to be a regimet now on the coast
the 14th infantry will probably be sent
l should think"
Captain Humphreys of the Quarter
masters Department was asked If he
had received any word as to extra
troops coming through He was un-
willing to give any information at first
but when informed that the story had
broken he said that he had received
word to the effect that the transports
Meade, Sherman and Logan were all
under orders to sail for the Orient with
dispatch. Manila would be their des-
tination, he said, and he would hazard
no conjecture as to whether the troops
were destined for China or not
The news was sufficient to keep mill
tary men busy GUESSING all day as to
what it's import meant. That the
period of unrest in China was drawing
to the condition of uprising has been
obvious. The riot in Shanghai where
foreign possession has been undisturb-
ed for years and where foreigners felt
as secure as though in their own
homes showed condusively that the
Chinese were getting up their courage
for a general row and the fact that
Uncle Sam, doubtless i'm conjunction
with other powers, finds it necessary
to strengthen his forces within striking
distance seems to give added interest
to gloomy forebodings.
That the War Department fully APP
preciates the gravity Of the conditions
in the Chinese Empire is shown by the
speed that is being shown in rushing
soldiers out to the Philippines. With
! in a month there will have been four
transports loaded with troops, sent out
of San Francisco, and now comes the
news of the special order above
recorded. Rush orders are be-
ing given to the military to get
troops under way to the Philippines.
The Sheridan left San Francisco on
January 27 for Manila with one regi-
ment aboard, the transport Meade is
being rushed out on February II with
more troops and supplies, following the
Meade will sail the transport Sherman
on February 20 with more troops and
following the Sherman the Logan will
sail on February %. Soldiers are be-
ing put aboard the vessel and hurried
to the Far East.
The rate at which the transports are
being rushed out of San Francisco foI
the Far East is almost as high as II
actual war conditions prevailed. The
government is showing wisdom though
and it does not propose to be caught
mapping when there is a demand foi
military support of American interests
in China.
The sole reason for rushing so many
troops to that quarter is the imperativ,
necessity of being prepared to cops
with the anti-foreign outbreak that is
brewing in China. China is rapidIs
awakening and thousands of her people
are being organized into soldiers. And
the Chinese will eventually become
good soldiers not the unorganized moi
that characterized the Boxer uprising
of 1900
Many we'll informed officials and cor
respondents think that the outbreak
is likely to occur this summer, Others
think that the time for the uprising is
not ripe for another year. But whe-
ther the Chinese start their uprising
this year or next year, such an event
is certain to occur and when it does, il
will require the most united and con-
sistent effort on the part of foreign
nations to combat successfully with the
movement.