Show S UTAH ARTILLERY BOYS EMBARK NfXT TUESDAY And the Cavalry Expects To Sail M About Two Weeks BATTERIESARE FILLED WITH JOY BY ORDERS RECEIVED LAST NIGHT All Horses Will Be Left Behind and Guns Will Be Mounted On Deck lot r r Special to The Herald San Francisco Cal June 3 IThis evening as the sun was kissing Camp lerritt good night the bugle called Fall in to the battalion of artillery ccmposad of Utahs sons After the line had been formed Sergeant Ethan Allen saidThe The batteries will be prepared for inspection in heavy marching order by 9 oclock in the morning Tuesday morning we shall embark for the Philippines Phil-ippines Instantly a great cheer arose from the men which was cutshort by the order to prepare for drill As the drill proceeded hearts beat high with joy and the men seemed more thoroughly awake than they have since arriving I arriv-ing ingThe The order that they will go to Manila Ma-nila was not a great surprise to most members of the batteries as early in the day information was given them that General Otis recommended that the battalion of artillery and the troop of cavalry proceed to Manila with the next detachment Late in the after peon the definite order arrived directing direct-ing Acting Major Young to have the battalion ready to embark by 9 oclock Tuesday morning and to inspect them in heavy marching order tomorrow Since this order was received the greatest activity is displayed in official J circles Preparations for leaving are being k rushed An extra force of clerks bas ben employed at headquarters First Sergeant Ethan Allen will be engaged all night with a score of clerks jJrepar ing the books for inspection This extra ex-tra work is caused by the recent issue j of eouipment Acting Major Young stated this evening even-ing that one of the batteries will go aooard one of the ships and the other be divided onehalf going jon each of the other two transports This is inline in-line with the original intention of dividing divid-ing up the batteries among the transports trans-ports The preparations are being made to mount the guns on the deck here they can do efficient work against torpedo boats or unarmored vessels The chances are quite favorable for the battalion to receive the four more guns needed to complete its equipment Requisitions have been made for them which are likeiy to be granted It is conceded among the officers that IL horses will accompany the batteries to the Philippines It is feared that the multicolored Fist may even be compelled to stay benind in camp with 1 these of other officers Many of the men left Salt Lake with their knapsacks filled with extra clothing cloth-ing pillows and other luxuries They i are now compelled to throw all these i I away as their equipment fills every I inch of space The government has furnished nearly everything that they will be allowed to take Dr Lippencott has been relieved from General Merritts staff and detailed de-tailed to go with Utahs batteries as j i physician Re SSELL Battery A TROOPERS NEARLY BEADY Cavalry Boys Expect to Sail In About Two Weeks I Special to Th Herald Camp Merritt June 3The Utah batteries bat-teries are rejoicing tonight over the certainty cer-tainty of their departure for the Philippines j J Phil-ippines next Tuesday Captain Caines i A cavalry troop feels hopeful of embarking embark-ing for Manila in about two weeks The Utah troops requisitions are all made up and by Monday will be filled furnishing the 80 troopers everything They will need for the voyage Frank Harkness of Salt Lake City has been appointed clerk of the Utah cavalry troop and Ives Cobb is guidon sergeant Colonel Hughes inspector general of the entire Merritt camp is to thoroughly inspect the troops at noon tomorrow Today Captain Caine posted a routine notice naming the hours of all calls Any one imagining that the cavalry I I boys are not busy should know that every day they are called to various i duties at 550 615 645 7 755 and 9 I before noon and in the afternoon at 1245 125 355 and 530 6 725 9 10 and 1020 This includes mounted and dismounted drills and marching sabre carbines calisthenics the care of horses meals and roll calls Every day ope sergeant corporals and 15 men are detailed as guards one corporal and three men serve as police and other men work in the kitchen and perform sundry duties Salt Lake callers today were F A Wadleigh Charles Stanton and Mrs J C Compton and daughters Louis Schoppe is laid up with what appears to be a severe attack of homesickness home-sickness JOHN METEER CAVALRY TO GO Four Troops Scheduled For the Next I Expedition i San Francisco June 3An order was issued today for General Merritts J I headquarters designating the compan j ies of the Eighteenth and Twentythird regiments of United States infantry I as part of the second expedition So far as known the troops to go besides i I these regulars will be the First Pennsylvania j Penn-sylvania First Colorado Seventh CaliI j I fornia four batteries of the Third United i Unit-ed States artillery and four troops of j the Fourth United States cavalry The Colorado troops are the best I equipped in camp and are almost sure to go even if no other volunteers are I called to join the expedition The men j from Minnesota and Pennsylvania are I also very well equipped though not I puite as thoroughly as the men from I Colorado and it is reasonable to assert as-sert that they too will receive orders j 1 j to prepare to join the expedition r j 5 Th > Colorado and Pennsylvania volunteers vol-unteers were inspected today by General I Gen-eral Otis The men appeared in heavy i marching order and were put through I the usual military maneuvers General I I Otis expressed himself as much pleased j i with the appearance and operations of I the men I Camp Merritt will receive no further I additional troops until about this time next week when 2900 men will arrive i I from Tennessee and another regiment I is expected to reach here from Iowa i about the same time I The monitor Monterey arrived from I Mare Island this evening She is ready I to depart for Manila but will hardly get away before Saturday or Sunday as she will wait for the collier Brutus which is to accompany her and which will not leave the island until tomorrow tomor-row The Brutus will stay by the Monterey all the way down and in case of emergency emer-gency will take the monitor in tow The citizens of Idaho have subscribed 850 to be used for the purchasing of instruments for an Idaho volunteer band and within a few days the Idaho boys will have a full fledged military band I i CAINES HORSES CHRISTENED II j I Each Bears The Name of a Prominent I Citizen of Utah Special Correspondence j Camp Merritt May 31The feature of today in the camp of Captain Caines cavalry troop was the distribution and i christening of the SI horses Until now no horses had been assigned each man making a rush for his favorite at every i drill and the slowest fellows being forced Ito I-to ride the poorest mounts In pairing the I soldiers and steeds Captain Caine gave I to each of his men the horse he liked best so far as that was possible Regulations Regu-lations require that each charger shall have a name of record and the troops captain hit upon a happy scheme to satisfy sat-isfy this requirement He decided to christen the equines for the Utah friends of the troop and as the Alta club of Salt Lake had proved its friendship in a substantial sub-stantial manner the mens horses were named for the Alta clubs cash fund subscribers sub-scribers Captain Caine failed to find enough names on the Alta subscription paper togo to-go round and so christened First Sergeant i scant Meteers charger Alta Sergeant de Vignes Moon Sergeant Cobbs Raw lins Sergeant Richards Knowlton Corporal Cor-poral Atkinsons RIchardson Corpoml Youngs Cannon Corporal Clawsons Swenson Corporal Wheelings King Trumpeter Butchers Boardman Saddler I Sad-dler Jfaynes Dern Roy Daniels Wad leigh J C Dowds Governor Ellis I Freeds Goodwin Frank Harkness Cash and Fred Mays Clark MAY GET LEFT Today the Utah cavalry troop and the two Utah batteries were made a part of the Third brigade which comprises also I the Tenth Pennsylvania First Colorado and First Nebraska regiments of infantry While all the Utah wings are happy to be thrown together they do not relish one phase of the assignment There is a cavalry troop in the First brigade which is to sail for Manila next week and since it is generally conceded that only one mounted body will be sent to the Philippines Phil-ippines the Utah riders fear they will be left FIRST SABRE DRILL Today troop A had its first mounted I sabre drill Considering the fact that many of the horses were at lIrst very fractious some of them having been unmanageable I I un-manageable on the quiet field of Fort Douglas where Walt Clawsons leg was broken the boys deem themselves lucky to have passed through this first exercise attended by the flash and clank of arms I I without accident The favorite drill ground is Golden Gate park up and down whose broad I boulevards the cavalrymen march and maneuver once or twice every day The I I spot is cool and beautiful overlooking the ocean The boulevards are lined on I either side with flowers trees lawns and 11 reserves of deer and bison Captafn f I Caines men figure it out that just as horseback riding is better than walking about a shaded park of a summer evening even-ing so is the cavalry service superior to infantry i i It is possible that the troop will yetI yet-I I be recruited to 100 noncommissioned officers I of-ficers and men This would necessitate the mustering in of 19 more recruits who i i would likely all be taken from among the I excess volunteers of Utah I The health of all the boys is perfect JOHN METEER 1 VESSELS NOT HEADY I l I The Second Expedition Might Have Started Several Days Ago I San Francisco Jupe 3The second expedition to the Philippines will probably prob-ably get away from this city by next Tuesday or Wednesday but it will not reach the proportions at first anticipated antici-pated owing to the fact that the five vessels which to have made were up I the little fleet of transports are not ready nor will any of them be ready I by the time stated unless the government govern-ment hurries the supplies which have been decided upon to make up the cargoes I car-goes of the vessels So far no supplies of any kind have been placed on board the China the Zealandia or the Colon and the work of fitting up the bunks for the soldiers is progressing in a somewhat desultory I manner but this will not keep the vessels ves-sels back once hurry up orders are issued by the department The lack of supplies is the main reason for the delay i de-lay of the departure of the vessels Had ammunition and stores been received i re-ceived here in sufficient quantities the vessels could easily have left here arly this week It is impossible for I the Centennial which arrived from Seattle today or the Ohio which is due I from that city tonight to get ready in tion time to start with the second expedi j tionThe The owners of the Centennial have received no word from the government i as to what disposition is to be made I of their vessel and she is anchored in I the stream awaiting orders The Ohio I is fully loaded with coal and so much time will be saved in this respect I The steamer San Bias which arrived from South American ports yesterday Continued on Page 2 I I 5 S 2 Ke 7 I Zt T ri I fr 1 SI L i I I J s = g > 3 I Ss gsS r r 5 iT CAJJIPAIGNING IN THE PHILIPPINES SOLDIERS CROSSING A LAGOON J r 1L a t i L L UTAH ARTILLERY OYS MIIAEll NEXT TUfSDAY Continued from page 1 was today inspected by the government govern-ment officials and it is generally understood under-stood that the City of Para which will arrive here early next week fromthe south will also be inspected and that these two vessels with the Ohio and Centennial will compose the third fleet of transports to be sent to Admiral Dewey The government is still considering con-sidering the purchase of the steamer Morgan City which is capable of carrying car-rying 800 men in comfort The vessel can be made ready for sea in 24 hours providing she is provisioned by the government without delay The Catholic Truth society has I arranged ar-ranged to erect a tent capable of accommodating ac-commodating 2000 people close to Camp Merritt and the priests of this city have arranged to alternate in holding hold-ing mass on week days as well as Sundays Sun-days Catholic soldiers will be granted full liberty to attend these services Lieutenant Kraus of company H I Colorado volunteers was under fire yesterday yes-terday He was in the act of combing comb-ing his hair when a bullet from the Minnesota camp whizzed over his head and cut off the shoulder strap from his coat which hung beside him in hl3 tent The shot was the result of carelessness care-lessness |