| Show MAKING A BIG V YARN ARN OF IT ITGen ITGen Gen Otis Departure from rom Manila It II Called But the DaCe Mato Sta e colie Comes COllin at His Own Request New York Ma May special to the Tribune from Washington Gen GenOle Ole OUI will leave Iv Manila this thle Saturday morning on th the transport rt for forSan forSan San Francisco lie was wa expected to remain In command I Is the Philippines at t least until the arrival of the Taft commission about boul Ma May JO 30 and hi his precipitate abandonment of his hie post poal at tide thit time is I rather mystifying to the war department The Tb Ant Intimation rec ved from him of a change In his plane came In an n urgent dispatch yesterday Friday requesting to be reo rc lined The request was granted and nd b by the Presidents direction a reply was wa sent lent by Gen Oell corbin direct directIng hug Ing Gen Arthur MacArthur to assume ume command Oa Lloyd Wheaton wu was designated to succeed Gen MacArthur In of the department of northern Luton lulOn Another cable patch to O Gen n McArthur MacArthur from bin was wal U as follow 0 Orden ot of the J President alii assign you to succeed Elwell 8 this of af war ar dl that hi his departure be attended wIth all 11 military honors Illat Gen OUt Otis has had bad In for tor some IOme time this sudden do d Im tune I is the pf f official now that an I is given ven for the delay dely In the departure ul of the Meade from Manila That vessel was ached to sail Nil on May 1 find and It is II known Ut that she be wu was lt Jy to sail 1111 on time General MacArthur who had been on onan onan an Inspection Uon lour In th the oath has bat on onI I iy returned to Manna Manila Otis 01 could not start tarl until his hll return ani and therefore held Iii Ih ship The Th Meade t II one of at the Ihl fastest slugs hll In the service sad aad should hould reach Ian Kan Francisco b by May ao there will h he nothing to pre prevent vent the tbt arrival or of OU Otis In Washington by the lat last day of this north month TIM The wr war DI authorities In slat lIat that the Ibe rrt return urn ot of Otis at t this thit time tim I ii entirely at bl his own request and aDd that the oal only reason for tor his bit hone hOlM coming tf II I the desire to see Jail his tamil faintly It It is also alloo Insisted that tbt OIL Gen OUt Ott will sanely NI get the vacancy In tile the grade of major general on June 16 10 caused b by General Merritts retirement |
