Show snSCII SECOND EXPEDITION Will Not G Away For at Least Ten Days Washington May 27It Is not expected here that the transport fleet of five vessels ves-sels which will make up the second expe Minln with reinforce for at least ten days The China arrived Cu tuuay iiom ilia uncut I mont until Monday next v tho Colon S t Is Vn I San Francisco and a force of men will be put to work on her at once to prepare her for the voyage The ZeoJundla Is b Ins fitted up at her dock but the Centennial Centen-nial and the Ohio wI rot arrive at San days Francisco yet from Puget sound for som It is generally understood that the five vessels will carry 500 men which wU include I In-clude the Pennsylvania Colorado and thee the-e ta regiments the Seventh regiment regi-ment or taC rl tts and heth Eighteenth I and Twentythird t regular now en route I to San Francisco from New Orleans The work of rejalrlng the Philadelphia Is being I be-ing rushed at Mare Island and she will doubtless convey General Merritt and his staff to the Philippines San Francisco May 27 General Merritt who will command the American forces In the Philippines and who arrived from Washington last night has established his headnuarters In this city at the Palace hotel He held a lone conference wllh Major General Otis this morning but will not divulge any of his plans for the future fu-ture General Otis tomorrow will take up his residence at Fort Richmond and will have the vounteers now encamped there under his eye at all times He will enforce strict discipline In the camp from now on Arrangements have been made hv General Gen-eral Otis for the establishment of a military mili-tary hospital near the site of Fort Richmond Rich-mond Tents will be erected for the sick soldiers I and nurses will be always in attendance ev l fI I tendance There are of many cases measles I sic and bronchial affections among the soldiers and tho Marine hospital which I has been used temporarily Is Inadequate to the demands One good effect of General MerIts advent 1 ad-vent has alreadr been felt He has ordered I gg il sr dered the troops not already supplied with proper equipment to be furnished at once with everything necessary to make them comfortable vice and ready for active ser |