Show BOUND FUR FOR MANILA 1387 mm alen on an tho the three Trana transports ports now loading san francisco ilay hay 24 the abe preparations tor for the first expedition to afa manila are absorbing the entire time ot of the military officers nothing rema remains I 1 no to be done hut but to finish loading the three vessels the pekin australia and sydney the first expedition hlll IT ill be divided among the three vessels as follows the city 0 of pekin the first california volunteers composed of 49 officers and enlisted men 10 officers and 71 sailors of the navy making IL a total 0 59 officers and 1041 men the city of 0 sydney 13 officers and enlisted men of one battalion bartall on of the oregon volunteers 0 officers and men of the four companies of the fourteenth united states infantry one officer find and 14 men of the california heavy artillery and arll E U mcveagh ranking medical bracer total 24 officers and men the australia Australi athe the headquarters staff and hand band and two battalions of the oregon volunteers comprising 37 officers and men the troops assigned to depart on the australia and the city of sydney have been ordered to report at the docks of their respective vessels at 8 this morning the organization of the second expedition to the philippines will not bo be determined until the arrival of general wesley merritt who is in command of the whole expedition and who will reach this city at the end of the week |