Show LITTLE BULLETS The army bought a hospital ship for the benefit of the troops going to Cuba The United States cruiser Columbia arrived ar-rived In Bar Harbor Me yesterday afternoon Commissary General Nash was retired making the fourt commissary general to be retired within as many months that the Illinois naval I is Intimated IlnoIs nava militia may be given the refusal of an assignment to join Commodore Deweys fleet at the Philippine Islands Chlckamauga and Washington have been absolutely depided upon as volunteer army concentration points At least one other eastern point will be chosen probably prob-ably at either New York or Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania Both officers and men of the National Guard of California are anxious to be sent to the support of Commodore Dewey In the Philippines I will require about three weeks to transnort the troops to Manila in case they are ordered there by the government I Reports received by the navy department depart-ment from the Mlantonomah show that the monitor was roughly handled by the storm while making her way south toKe to-Ke West from League island Her decks were swept and frequent delays were caused by the disarrangement of some of the ships structure Throughout I Through-out it all however the propelling machinery ma-chinery worked splendidly |