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OREGON'S GREAT VOYAGE
How She PisseJ the Straits of Magel
lan Merrltt Arrives In San Fran
cisco Yorktown Placed In
Commission and Pecrults
OrJcred.
WAS!IIN.!T..N M.iy :V--T!in
rk i'( n.u-t.rlriK vlim
!. .1 . l!U ih- n. rvli .' of hr
I 1 1 1 '. . t utt.liT llm iri'
i.', el - ;lt.: .Mil I t i r I'r.o1
il :.::v . u ii ! .1.
,. Mm. in: r. ril .',!-' .!) .1 lllMVIIIn' l
t,,ri i.hi Uini tin- riiml'.r m fir rr-
,f. .1 I '. ! .1 -A . I!' '' -Hi I lh.lt
. I'..i.5 !i . in- I in I f '! ttl : r !!
i.iv',1 :ln' iiiuii'i. r ri '-!. n IJI
mill I.-.' "
Nil M'.n's nt.'M si1ii.i:y
V i-liini; Iioi M iv : - S-errt irv l."HK
.iii.I ,ii ilu- .1,, f "I',, h.niia t "' ' that
no wmd liu. I imiiih" from any of the a.-iui".-
Inn ni l iiitii'h in Yt Indian
ivat.K riiii. i mini: the Spanlnh tlyltiK
aMi.iilion. wh. irfore he i iiiirludid that
Cervera ua null In S mtlriKo harlmr.
i a aimtKiard lh.it S. hb y la lying mil-
aide w.it.hlni: the iniranie to prevent
the ii;tva of the Spantah veeael. but
while there la i . li tin- nf A i i-rt iln klnil
of the f.iit. there hua Iwn no oflblal
i-.inttrm.itlun of o Thla la a little re
markable In Mi w .if t!!.. fuel that It H
only a .lav a run fur one of sMiley'H lft
turiK'il.i boata irmn H.mtlagn l n calile
nort In llaytl. Then- la alan a eiirl.nia
Ink nf lnf.irni.tl.nl from the newspaper
bnata on thla point. It wa atippnae.1 the
renanrw nilvht have iXi-hnliM fmm the
dlapaii hea of newapapir men nny refer
eme to the fleet, but thla would apply.
enrdltiir to a atntitnint of the naval
department nlllelals hire, only to that
part of the dlHp.it. -hen tint might relate
to the number und whereabout of the
Cnlted Stntea fnree". and the eenaor'
rub a wmiM not exelude r. ferenee to the
Spanish eiiiadron.
Nolw Ith-I.indlm; that '.he ullU'lala pro
feaa (In If unihakiii fintbletn-e In the be
lief that the Spanish atpiadriin la a.vtirrly
bullied up In Santiago harbor, there la
ll.i i', iU, ailment of 'he InM-nae desire to
seeiife aome iihaolutely trustworthy In
formation on that point, it Is not to be
doubted that with the .pi, tlon allll open,
the beginning- of the rna.n operallona are
retarded, and so long as there e!sts n
possibility of the Spanish naval foree
being at large, there l an Indisposition to
start the troop transport" f..r Cuba.
MIII'lilTT AT SAN KANCISCO.
! San Vtanclsco. Mav !.-M.iJor Ccneral
Merrltt. governor general of the Philip
pines, arrived here today.
Nl'W YoKK WAR SCAUR.
Vew York, M v V H illfaT special o
the Commercial Advertla. r s ivs n tied of
Krciich and Snanlh wirshlpn :i ro re
ported off IlalKav h ir'.or Hurried orders
h ive been Issued to all the troops In pnr
rlson. mid the forts at th it city and har
bor are being; einrdid bv an extra force.
TMK KCMOU PKNIKP.
Halifax. May '.V.-Thcrc Is no truth In
the story of Span'sh and French wnr
shlna off Ihls nort and that the forts were
being- manned,
TIIA NSl'OKT SHIPS SCAI1CK.
San Francisco. May i,1 The transport
ing of r,ii.i)iHi iroiips to the Philippines hits
set the government agents to work scour
ing the PuelbV ocetin for transport ves
sels. So fur only i.i'M troops have been
sent to Admlrnl Dewey's assismm-e. There
m e 7.00" more In on nip here and tO.IXHi
more to come. About fifteen transports
are required together with half u dozen
millers.
Tho government today chartered the
ship Ohio and one Alaska vessel for
transport purposes. The vessel Is now nt
Seattle and has been ordered to San
Francisco Immediately to 1h titled for a
trip to the Philippines. Tho second ex
S FATAL
No Danger That the Trap
Walked Will Prove Inadequate.
CERVERA IN A TRAP THAT WILL HOLD.
WAHIUN'l'uN. May M-N;v,il mlV' r if . fjrn.nv ih lr utt'-ntlun to lh In'julrln wh'thir It U p)-
II, In for A'lfnlr il Cirvra I .- t ..ul i.f H.inC.io h-irlr. Th-y h':.I th:it thl. mam uver 1. imfo..!ljle,
iiml li-'htf n'i, tin- larnr of U..- HpanWh n.lmlral I a at an -ml, o f;ir na It cortitur- a nrnaf to our
iililin I; l .;nn l out tli.it A'lmir.,1 ivrrra muit ...itin out throiiKh a rn.-mncl yards wide, on mhich th
Ann rli hi m arrhlltshta will ilny i-onat insly. ij. f
In Hi.- Ii,.iiki.li. of 'li .rli-nton IXLrKl. full of atoii,- . r nurik at the channel -ntmnp, cuitlnK off rri and
liiki." A fi-w olil hulk, noulil .'Tvo th-f.ime .uryii In thi- prin'-nt ra-. Therr li difflcully In g'tlln .uch old
irnft. .iinl thi- ulnkltiif of uVrlli't. at ,ronr tK.mta In the channel would b .ttindul with irrat danger.
TikltiK rVervtliltiK Into a' count, nav.il ofr.n ra f-i I tint i irvi ra h.n conimitt.-.I a fatal blundir In bin trapped
nt SniiiLiKo ilc Cuba, and that thi n I. no fi ar that Ihi- tr ip will prove Inadequate to hold the 8an!ard9.
.fili!li.n to tin- Inln n.l m w-lli cotili of the
.. ul. i mil l. r. lil. lili' Jl and (dilo
r.VTi:i"Tii' jKws
i h i ilt'i. May : A -itt l'i "f tin
)'iiii k.r no ml.. r of the ..on aor:Uon
of I'hliMK'i hae f .rnnil .1 military or
K iti'iit'.in known n th- Ouaril. of Zlon.
Tln-y him- .Ii-rlilnl to Join tti a body the
lll'ii .. iliinti-ir r v Imi nt. All the mni
b rn .iri- niiriK J.-w
nitin:i:i:i IN commission.
S hi Krin. U. o li.iv - nrJ. ra have
K. .ii r. i.lvi.l to .:n.- the rruii r l'hlla
il.l'lii i an. I Vorktown in . . niiulsnion a
.'.iii :m (niiv..!ili - iilo to tr.uii.fir thi- !o)'
from th- iralii iiif ihlp Mohli.tn and fill
nji '.hit vi-mi with ninn and ordinary
mi .nit. n.
COI .OK OK TIKI.h I NIrMKMS
Wa-hihtflon. M.i' : 4j. nerl M b a ha
ltie,l an order preaerllilng field uniforiua
for tin. army as follows:
The I 'l'T of the uniform Will be ,ia fol
lows: Ci ller al ellbs rs ai d ottln ra of trie
g. in ril staff, lorps and departments, dark
shy blue (eojor of the trousers of the otll
i'i r of the 1 in. . Infantry, light sky blue
i.-.ilor ,.f the trolls, ra of the enlisted ni. ni:
a'tl'lety. starlit; engineer corps, a.-arl.t
.,',., I w'th hlle: ipiai t. rmaster serx. ant.
whi'e p pi-d wiih buff. ,,r,l:i.i!i.'e troops.
.ni'- m p'liid with wh'.t': iost eommls
s. i s,rg.'..n:. v hlte piped with cadet
urn . -erg. ants signals . orps. blaek
::. I with whit.: h.;:i.il n.rps. , mera'el
gr, i n
Tin: oiiK'iovs c,i:i:.7 vm'.Mii:
Ki v W est, May Tin
gon iirr'ivi.l h.re to, lav
battle ship (ire.
and will await
orders.
on having the Itarbadoe the Oregon
siil.-d aim on directly north, going norm
of Porto lUco about 1 miles A north-
i rly course was cantlninsl until the Per-
nitid is were reached off the east coast ; was already exhausted ami w hen at noon
of Florida. Captain Clark explains the on Sunday the chief engineer found the
reason for going to Jupiter Inlet Instead afn r tank dry. the prospect ahead of the
of pulling In at Key West was to enable handy was not the brightest. Hani driv
the Oregon to be ready to go either to Ing against a heavy sea had eaten up her
Key West or Hamilton Roads In short or-, c..,l almost twice as rapidly as had bt'n
il. r after gelling Information from Wash-' anticipated and with little fuel and no
l,1(. j water the chase after Schley was aban-
Captaln Clark had no official knowl- doped and the race for safety began,
edge of the slttiatlin after leaving Rio! Montego bay was the nearest friendly
Janeiro on April Ji. During the entire trip I !' n'l f'"- "" " headed. The
the crew cxpecteu momentarily to meet ' f drinking water was almost empty
the Spaniard. Only once, however, was1 ami the small supply of mineral wuter on
there a call to arm's. This was shortly ' was dealt out sparingly among IU-
afur midnight on leaving Rio Janlero. As ' f'-n thirsty men. The weather grew rap-th-
Oregon was ploughing through the '' w"rs, nJ '' Monday morning the
sea a dark i.hlcct was discovered ahead. 1 Dandy was plunging through a blinding
A call to quarter was sounded, the men tropical rain with snualls which alter
rolled out of their berths with the en-1""!"! with dense mists and rendered the
thuslasm of boys on a circus day and nl- l""kout almost useless. Captain Murphy
most Instantly every gnu was manned. 1 "' counted on reaching the coast or
The Oregon left her course and ,-lri-K-l ' Jamalcu about 4 o'clock In the afternoon
around In r black nursurcr. onlv to find and the chief engineer who had been using
It a harmless bark Instead of a Spanish 1 novate In the boilers since Sunday, nn-
w irsblii i
At lilo Janeiro Captain Clark was told
that the Spanish oredo boat Tcmararlo
was followinn him This added a new In- i
tercst to the trip for a day and night,
but a! the next port of call he w is In
formed that the T.-merarlo had gone
Into a dtv dock at Rio Just after the de
parture of the Oregon.
The cruise through the Straits uf Ma
gellan was the most Interesting. It was
at the extreme point of the hemisphere
that the crew expected a visit from the
Spaniards. At many places the chan
nel Is very narrow and there are crooked,
hidden bays and coves back of them. Rut
the Oregon did not lag. Captain Clark
had no Idea of giving the Spaniards If
they were there, a chance to catch him
niipplntr. If the great battle ship was to I'alma has Just received the first copy
be caughl, It should be caught on the,,.f f.as Villas, the war bulletin which is
wing. The engines were wanned up to ; published by atiilioriiv of (ieneral Gomez
their best work and wherever It was safe jut the headquarters of the Cuban army.
the Oregon bowled along tit 1.1 knots an
hour.
PERILS OF A PRESS HOAT.
Montego Hay, Jamaica. May ;."i i'Copy
rlghted by Ihe Associated Press, After
a long Journey nf almost a thousand miles
Ihroiurh a blinding rain and sea which j re
almost ceaselessly swept the deck from j 10, lSW. Is designated as "Supplemente A"
stem to stern, the Associated Press ills-j mid contains a half column description of
patch boat Dandy steamed Into Montego ' the battle of Manila, which conveyed for
bay short of lo-l and with scarcely an j the llrst time to the soldiers of Culm the
hour to spare. The water tank was , facts concerning Rear Admiral Dewey's
wrenched open by the ceaseless straining victory. Resides the official notices and
by a choppy sea and had been drained of j orders issued to the army, the paper con
Its contents thirty-six hours before land 1 tains a lengthy address issued to the Cu
ttiis sighted, and I ho coal bunkers, emp-jhan nnnv and people by General Gomez,
tied bv nn unexpectedly long and hard In which he says:
cruise, were cleared almost to the plank- "I. Maximo Gomez, commander In chief
Ing, when a rift In the fog revealed the I
shore of Jamaica to the anxious captain
and crew. Another three hours would
have left the sturdy little 100-ton boat
helplessly adrift on the sen, for she has
no mnsls to aid her In such an emergency.
When tho port was reached, however, It
BLUNDER IS NOW
w as found 'ha! th- damage to the tank
1 M 'I'll' kly repaired.
Th. handy salbd from Ky Wl early
las! rnd.iy In pursuit of ;imm adore whlrh soon will Is. recognized by all the
S.-hl. y. w ho had left alne.-t twenty-four world. I dejiir to m ike known that here
lioiita Wfore, It wan believed at Key after our noldiers no longer ahall b
Wi st that ' l.nfuegos was hi ibtinatlon.
loir without Information the handy wan
.,niN ll,. to go far out of a dir. et course
in or b r to si-..k the blockading miund-
roil off Havana. The run to tho IfH-ag-
ii.-r.sl city wis pb a. ant. but the quest
was fruitless. f.,r not one of Commodore
Watson ah.ps had a. n a apar of the
tlving squadron.
Captain Murphy of the handy looked
grav. ovi r the prospect of an unesoort.si
i raise to en ttfu. gos. where obtaining
coal would I. impoc-;t,e. while the han-
dy's shortage of coal would make her
escaiie from the Spanish gunboat known
to 1- at Clenfui go. doubtful.
Karly Saturday morning the sighting of
a battleship set all eye .training to the
northward at ttv unpleasant possibility
of meeting a Spanish man-of-war. It
o ld..'. Ik the satisfaction which resulted
-i. - the ship was recognized as -the
battleship Iowa, for he had left Key
WV-t after Commodore SihKy' d-par-
ttire. and wa evidently on her way to a
r. n-'izvous with the Reel. Shortly after
no,,n the l nlted M.'t.a torpedo belt I'll-
pout, which had N n b ft at Key West
wi:h ! ar Admiral Sampson, came racliu;
fr .in the nnr:hw ird an I ! Itwred a mes-
sage o the Iowa
W.'liout the os of a moment the for -
n.ol.Mc little craft ru-h.'.i on toward
CI. r.fu. g.. - - ul the battleship with tn -
r. a.i:g sp...l head, d fT the waters !
tnc.-e, Cats- Si!'. Ant.
and th- Is'e or
Pin.-a. When at mgh'f.ill the entrance
to t lie passage w is reached idle cere, I off
w 1 1 h th" c blent intention of patrolling be
tween the c.ip,. and the Island, and there
was nothing for the handy to do but toierty.
go on alone.
Sunday night the weather roughened
and before- Monday the damage to the
tank, which so nearly resulted seriously,
occurred. The water in the forward tank
notinci-o that tne iiauny nau just io
'hours' running In her and that some oil
the wood w org would nave to ne nurnni
to make that
The
aptaln went over his
r. ckon.ng tor errors and every man con
stituted himself a lookout, for the pros
pect of helpless drifting in that tumbling
sea was not welcome. It was almost t
o'clock when the foe lifted for an instant
and sh-nved the shore, not two miles
away. In less than an hour the handy
swung at anchor In the quiet waters of
Montego bay and the next morning she
was rnpioly gettlni; In seagoing shape.
FIRST CI' HAN WAR Hl'Ll. F.TIN.
New York. May
-Tonias Estrada
It contains the oftlclal news and move
ments of the army of libera, Ion and Is
an Iniere.-tlng publication. Printed, of
course. In Spanish. It comprises three col
umns on two sides of a sheet about 10x11
Inches. The pater has a greenish tint
and the type Is set up and printed at Gen
eral Gomez' headquarters under his dl-
1 1, ni. The tlrst number, date of May
of the Cuban army, take this opportunity
through the medium of Las Villas, which
hereafter will be published once each
week at the headquarters of the army of
liberation, to communicate with those of
my command and the people In view of
the adoption of the constitution of the
Into Which he
r.-iuhllr of Cuba and the armed Inter-
1 ventinn of the I'nited Stnteg in our tjehalf
to aid us In obtaining our Independenc.
known a tni.urg.nt. hut aoluiers of the
; regular urmy of the republic.
"i hereby direct there hall be latued
each we.k a war bulletin, which shall be
published at the general h'-adqtiarter of
th,- army, and shall begin with this lue
to be known aa Ui Villa. It will be
circulated under the direction and by au-
thorny oi the staff ofTi.er of the army
and In It w;ll be publisheil circular, or-
ib r and official note of the war depart-
mi nt a Information which our army and
our people may desire to know concernlt
our -rogrrea and our allies, the I'nited
State.
"I take the opportunity lo remind each
Cuban that he now ha a country for
which he must fight. We are Cuban ol-
dlcr and not Insurgent, and will reapect
the rules of civilized warfare, I will
cider punished any cmef officer or pri
vate who fail to respect tne right of
our prisoner of war. and such prisoner
w ill l.e treated with rcsiect to their rank
and according to the rule of civilised
countries and the constitutional army.
"Our soldiers wii! .. n!u. t themselves
in su. h a manner as to gain for themselves
the good uftlccs of our brethren of the
l ulled Siat s. ;;nd for this reason it 1 my
; :h that the army of Cuba may exhibit
, mod, 1 discipline. I d she to Impress upon
you that we will not continue this war
; which valiantly has been kept up for
the Mt three years, with the idea of
n-veil go. We are flgluing for liberty and
Independence and lot for revenge, and 1
would call your attention to the fact that
the history of the world shows that loss
f blood ha always been the price of lib
"In a recent proclamation by Blanco he
made the statement that It now was the
duty of all Spaniards to die for their
honor In the war against the I'nited
States. Spain dins not know the mean
ing of honor. Her definition of the word
Is nothing but cruelty. Spanish soldiers
have never been known to die for honor,
except when they are opposed as ten to
one. Their Idc of honor has been to
assassinate defenseless women and child
ren, whose protectors ar now fighting
for freedom In our army. Their Idea of
honor has been to rob, to plunder. They
die for honor, drinking, gambling and
committing crimes against humanity and
against society, but now they will die
before American and Cuban arms.
"I taiie this opportunity to speak thus
to our people and our army that they may
be encouraged and know that we now
have noble allies who will aid us In our
tight for freedom, which long has been de
si rved alt l which we now can see at no
distant day. I shall from time to time
In l.as Villas communUate with you In
the same manner."
MKSSACK FROM T11K SOLDIERS.
jj.m Francisco. May M.-The following
message was received from tho Peking by
a carrier pigeon last night:
"On Hoard tho Peking. May I" Love to
parents, wives and children: sisters.
brothers, relatives and friends. We will
ever remember the kindness, considera
tion and ihe thoughtfulness shown by
all. May we be faithful to the trust re
posed in us and detract nothing from
the irstinctlon won by California in this
cruise. JAMES F. SMITH,
Colonel First Regiment, California I". S.
Volunteers."
THE MANILA MILITARY FORCE.
San Francisco. May 2ii. The strength
of the lorca now at Camp Richmond, In
Icndlng comminuting olllcers and enlisted
men. by commands, Is as follows:
Seventh California regiment VSS
Tenth Pennsylvania filo
First battalion Wyoming 83S
Ratlcties A and H. Fiali S.'-O
First Colorado regiment W
First Nebraska regiment IC
Twentieth Kansas regiment 10b!
Thirtieth Minnesota regiment W
First battalion Idaho t
Total 7010
In a week this force will probably be
augmented by OXl additional troops. This
is an approximate estimate on the
strength of the cavalry from Utah, the
Eighteenth and Twenty-third regiments
Fnlted States Infantry, and the Dakota
Infantry, which should arrive by Sunday.
This will be the nucleus of the -HUM
troops to be mobilized here and from this
will be taken tho expeditionary forces
that will form tho second column for Ma
nila. The telephone bell is almost as sweet In
tone as the wedding bell when you feel
sure that some one you care very much
for Is going to call "hello."
REALIZED
FIGHT WAS
HOPELESS
Spanish Officers Say They
Were Forced to Battle by
Public Opinion.
VIGOROUS WAR PLANS
Extraordinary Activity In the
War and Navy Departments
Is Exhibited.
CRUSHING BLOW TO SPAIN
Will Be AJmlnlstereJ at Once-Porto
Rico to Be Conquered While Span
ish Fleet Is Cooped op at San-tiago-Cota
Will Be Occu
pied With All Raste.
HONG KONG. May Si-Captain
Concha, or the Ill-fated Span
ish cruiser Don Juan de Aus
tria, destroyed at the battle of
Manila, says that the Spanish com
manders were ouite aware that fight
ing was hopeless, but were forced to do
it by the state of public opinion at Ma
nila. He and other officers wished to
summ out of the harbor to meet the
Amcrbuns. but Admiral Montejo for
bade that movement.
Captain Concha says the Spanish
fleet was In a disgraceful condition.
The engines of the Don Antonio de
Ulloa were broken and the Castilla
was leaking and needed engines to
keep the water under; the Don Juan
de Austria had only two guns that
could be fired; the Marquise del Duoro
had only one gun, while the Isle de
Cuba and Isle de Luzon had only their
decks protected. He declared, how
ever, that had the Americans not
withdrawn by 11 o'clock the Spaniards
intended to steam out and die to the
last man.
VIGOROUS WAR PLANS,
New York. May 36. A Tribune special
from Washington says:
Extraordinary activity In the war and
navy departments this morning, which
was not limited to the higher officials, but
Included every Individual In both services,
gave every Indication of Important de
velopments In the conduct of war, while
an unusual secrecy served to strengthen
the Impression that prompt and vnergetlo
action along the whole line In the West
Indies had become a question of hours
rather than days. Rumors, too definite
to be Ignored, but Impossible of oftlclal
authentication, explained the remarkable
hurry and bustle as due to the president's
letermlmition to have Porto Rico occu
pied by American soldiers without further
delay, and that the troops which had
been concentrated at gulf ports for the
invasion of Cuba were to embark Imme
diately on the twenty transports which
hud been secured and under convoy of
Admiral Sampson's squadron be sent at
once to seize San Juan de Porto Rico and
stal.-lis.il a permanent colonial govern
ment In the Island similar to that which
General Merrltt Is charged with creatine
in the Philippines. However startling the
report, Its plausibility soon received cor
roborative strength through the concur
rence of every high official to deny it.
While many senators and other prominent
civilians have Influential relations with
those carrying on the war not only affirm
ed tho existence of the suggested plan,
but gave cogent reasons for Its sudden
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