The Washington herald., 1906-10-11
BLACK IS ORDERED TO CUBA
Believed Taft Wants Him to Help
Improve Sanitation.
List of Officers of Marine Corps Or
dered TO EsIand-TranSpOrt Andes
Clears for Havana.

Lieut. Col William NJ Black. of the
! Engineer Corps. has been ordered TO
Cuba for service under the direction Of
Gov Magoon. This was done at the
request Of Secretary Taft, who. it is sup
posed, wants 10 make use Of Col. Blacks
/ experience as a sanitary expert in the
work now under way Of improving the
condition in Havana
/ Col. Black assisted in the same work al
I the time OF the previous occupation of
/ Cuba by American troops and afterward
WAS transferred to the canal zone for
similar duties.
II is believed at the War Department
that Mai Gen Wing. who is in command
Of the mobilization camp at Newport
! News. viii be able to report tonight the
/ departure of the last troops making up
the first Cuban expedition. The transport
Andes cleared from Tampa FOR Havana
yesterday, and the transport Sumner Is
on its way back 20 Newport News TO take
another consignment of soldiers. Capt
Mcintyre, acting chief of the Insuiar
Bureau, which is to have charge of ali
/ Cuban matters, is returning on the sum
neT from a conference with Secretary
/ TAFT.
/ Senor Quesada. the Cuban Minister. and
Senor Ruis Rivera, late Secretary OF the
/ Treasury FOR the Cuban Republic, called
| upon Secretary Root yesterday. The dis
cussion covered the same ground relative
/ To Cuban affairs as the official announce
ments made last week.
! In response to requests received by Her
/ aid readers. the following list OF officers
/ of the Marine Corps. who are with the eX-
pedition in Cuba is printed
/ First cxpeditionary battaliOn-Maj
/ AIbertus ". Catlin, Capts. Charles :
/ Hin and Frederick II. Delano. First
! Lieuts William /. Redles. Harry o.
/ Smith, and William Z. Parker. Second
Lieuts. Ralph L. Shepard, Howard W
/ stone. Harold b. Pratt, and Charles )
! McReynolds.
/ Second eXpediuOuaTy battaliOn-Lieut
/ Col George Barnett. Mai. Dion Williams
Capts. William y. McKelvy, Philip NJ
I BanuOu, Dickinson p. Hall. Charles II
1 Lyman. and Harold c. Reisinger, FRS
Lieuts. Presley NJ Rixey, jr., William II
! PriIchett- James T. ButJr1ck, BertOn "
Sibley, John A Hughes, and Louis u
Miller. and Second Lieuts. William d
smith. Randolph Coyle, Philip II. Torrey
and John r. Semmes, jr.
Third eXpediuoHaTy battalion-Maj
/ Theodore =. Kane, Capts. Henry /
Roosevelt. quartermaster; George c
Thorpe, Charles 5. Hatch, Philip s
Brown, and William c. Harllee, FRS
/ Lieuts. Howard II. Kipp, Gerard 81. Kin
Cade Elias r. Beadle, and Eugene z
F0rston, and Second Lieuts. TiilmaI
Bunch. Robert L. Denig, Logan Tucker
Charles r. b. Price, and Russell II
Davis.
Fourth eXpedidOnaTy battalion-IieUt
Col Franklin J. Moses, Capts. Theodore
II. Low. and Newt Fl. Hall. First Leuts
James II. Tracy. Frank Halford. Harvey
G. Egan, Clarence :. owen. William VI
Small, and Second Lieuts. Henry s
Green, Julian p Wilcox, Bennett Pur
year, jr., William ". Buckley, William c
Wise, ir., Benjamin +. GOssett, William
c. Powers, jr., Sydney s. Lee, Rober
Tittoni, and Ross +. Rowel.
Maj. Cyrus s. Radford. assistant quar-
termaster. accompanies this battalion anC
is available for duty as brigade quarter
master
Maj Edward r Lowndes, Capts
David d, Porter, Henry G. Davis. Ran
dolph c. Berkeley, Thos. +. Lyons
+ George Van Orden, Harold c. Snyder
Writ McCreary, Rush r Wallace, anC
William W. Low. First Lieuts Gle.
Bishop, jr. Frank T. RObards, William
=. Smith, Sidney A. Merriam, and Jame
J. Meade. and Second Lieut. Benjamin s
Berry viii be transferred to Cubal
waters from Norfolk, Va.
In addition to the above, marine de
tachments serving on board the nava
vessels in North Atlantic waters WeT
landed in Cuba under the command o
feet marine officer. Mai. Wendell c
Neville From the above battaIions
brigade Of marines. consisting Of tw,
regiments OF two battalions each, wa
formed. The regimental officers ar
Lieut.. Coils. George Barnett aud Frank
lin j. Moses