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Show Cash and Ammunition for Manila. San Francisco, Aug. 27. The war department has ordered the transport Arizona, now at Honolulu, to proceed to the Philippines, in company with the transport Scandia. Two and a half companies of New Yorkers, a battalion of California heavy artillery and one hundred and fifty men of the engineer corps go on the Scandia. The Scandia will also carry 81,000,000 for the payment of General Merritts army. The Arizona has 1,000,000 rounds of ammunition on board and i'' is supposed that this is needed at Manila. |