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Show HOME IN TWO MONTHS. Arrangement! Ilelng Made to Itcturn tho l'lilllpi'tne Volunteers. Washington, May SO. War dopart-taicnt dopart-taicnt officials expect that within two months tho Pacific transport fleet will bo on Its way homo from Manila with the last of tho voluntcors. The entire Paclfta fleet Is being overhauled and provisioned for the voyage to Manila and return. There will be no dolay In tho sailing of the ships. Of tho fleet of transports In tho Pacific, tho Sherman, Sher-man, Grant and Sheridan are undor orders or-ders for Manila, and will carry regular troops to take the place ot tho volunteers. volun-teers. Secretary Alger had a long conference confer-ence yesterday with the heads of tho staff bureaus of the department regarding re-garding arrangements for. thu return of tho volunteers. Nearly ovcry stato has requested that the rrgluionts be returned to the states whence, they came, as the pooplo wnnt to seo them as organlzntlonslnsteadof Individuals. If this be decided upon, while awaiting await-ing muster out they will bo held in camp cither at San Francisco or at state camps, where they exist. |