Show OFF FOR TilE PIIILlPPINES First American Army to Leave For a foreign Land Three Stesenfilp still 2no solonert sail ut or 1100 Ooldn 01 ror Manila San rronclsco May 25Tho Mart was made for Manila late this after loon and the first American army to all for a foreign shore Is I now on the broad Pacific At 4 oclock this afternoon Brig Gen Anderson signaled from Ihe Australia Aus-tralia for the City of Peking and City of Sidney to get under way Im mdlattly The signal was seen from the shore and the waiting crowds commenced to cheer wildly They knew what It meant as wcll as the sea captains for whom the signal was Intended No time was lost on board the transports The crews worked with a null and In a short Ume the voescis were under way Then the 200 soldiers who had been Impatiently awaiting the signal to start kt themselves loose They climbed the rigging nnd swarmod allover all-over the big ships shouting and cheerIng cheer-Ing like mad The bay Naie olive with smalt craft of very crlptlon and hugo furry boats ere Ond Into service to ac commodale the eager crowds and carry them to the heads of tho Golden ante that a last farewell might be said The big transports steamed slowly along the water 11 ont IWd the aruwtl Oil shore raced alone to keep them Insight In-sight Tire noise made by palrlaUe cllls Ion I-on am and l shore ws something tor rule rery steam whistle In tile city appeared to be blowing cannon weie tired and the din lasted for fully an hour As the Australia passed Alcatraz Alca-traz Island In the lead of the other ships the ballery of United Stales artillery ar-tillery stationed there fired a salute to Oen Anderson The colors were dlpVed in recognlllon and Ihe sleam ships sounded Ihelr sirens The loals 1 mall and large follod along ns her transports moOd slowly forward and not until the heavy swells of the Pacific Pa-cific ocean were encountered did they turn back It was shortly after 5 oclock when the vessels 1 entered the ocean and the sun gllnthur over the clly gave tile departing de-parting soldiers a last beautiful view of the OOllnll to fight for the honor of which they wire Balling over 6000 rates When lat nn the transport fleet IM learning lowly 10 the southWest south-west After the pilots were dropped the vessels 1 went ahead nt Mil Speed and In six days If all goes w Il they will enter Honolulu harbor and join tho Charleston The strain of expectancy during the past few days has been severe on both soldier nnd clllzcns and after the noisy Jcmonstraton thin afternoon tho townspeople felt relieved that It wa all over The three transports carried CIO i on to 2r00 men The expedition which ii I under con and of Ilrlg Oen Ander eon conelt of four rompariles of reg ulars under command of Mai nobe lho First regiment California volun leers Col Smith the First regiment Oregon volunteers Col Summers a ballallon of fitly heavy arllllery Maj Geary About 100 sailors and It naal Pill Pure The fleet Is loaded with supplies to last a year and carries a big cargo of amunillon and naval stores for Admiral Dewey nest at Mnlla It Is I not probable than any more troops will be dispatched before another an-other week The ctlnndla f Is being put In nhle 10 carry Foldlers lout none of the other transports are In port The China In not due bro unlll Mill Still And If the steamships office Northern 1aclflc are cliortered and l put under an American register It will take some time before thaI fleet ran be put In order It Is thought here that the Meet that left here today will not keep company with the Charleston after leaving Honolulu They all carry coal enough to steam nt full speed from Honolulu to Manila while the Charleston In order 10 economize coal will not go faster than ten knots an hour If the transports do nol wall for the crulscr they may bo expected 10 arrive In Mnnlln about Juno 20th PATROL AT > AIANILA Adml1 Taking Orf TbloIn 1 tho Ilrhor New YorkMoy 5A blegran in from Manila bay via lIollgkong to the nienlng Telegram says Arriving here ymleras on the Mo Culloch I found the Amorlcn quad ron anchored off Calle except one ship which wn Patrolling the outside bay by turns The foreign warshll Immortnllt mngllh the IIrlnx French the Irene Commoron German nnt two Japanese warships were anchored off the city of Manila The Japanese feint Nanilra ha1 or rived the night before and al noon na luted the port with twenlsone guns which salute vraca returned by the shore batteries This u the Ant salute the American flag has received from any uarhips since the blockade was cst Iob netted One Japamsc vessel leaves to momv for Hunskong I Gn Aguinaldo Illld twelve other In surge DO 110 came from lIonkong 0 the Mcculloch landed at CaMtc yesterday yes-terday They tell me the rebels have taken poisession 01 lIhlg and have 30000 men ready to light against the Spaniards as soon as they can g1 at Out 141 A report was brought to the flagship flag-ship last 1 nfKht that the rebels had attacked at-tacked the Spanish outposts of Manila The Spaniards were found lo have turned the guns of their shore batteries landward for protection against the In rents and the rebels made nothing more than a reconnolssance In CIt 1 C-It to I nli > rnxnted the lieutenant ho umandcd the Calliio herehas bern shot after a trial by summary court Inertial and Uiat Admiral Monte Jo has also been sentenced by court martini These rumors come through the jcws of morUiont vessels still here but I do not have much conlldence In the accuracy of the report Jerry blinpon Wnts to right Topeka Kan May 25Congrmn Jerry Simpson wants to go to wa no ooiollel of a Kansas reglmnl I mme dlateiy ester the publication today of President McKlnleys call for additional volunteers Congressman Simpson telegraphed tele-graphed to Oov Levdy for authority lo rates a regiment and asking for a commission com-mission as Its colonel Gov Iecdy Is I out of tow n and what hIs answer will be Is not known It Is probable that Congressman Simpsons request will be granted Mr Simpson WIIS renonil anted for Congre lait week by the Populists of his district Ckpcolh It a tIg I London May 25b Paris corre spondent of the Dally Telegraph Pays The Spanish embassy today Wednesday day Ibued the following statement The truth li I the American have only achieved one success which led to nothing Manila All the rest Is false They also rolled on disturb nne hlb might orcur In Spain There were some troubles owing 10 the dearness of bread but these completely complete-ly dsappcarcd aa soon an the government govern-ment forbade the exportation of corn The rrench government li I carefully pursuing Its neutral policy but public opinion Is I as warmly enlisted as ever I on the side of Spain |