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Show UOUND rOH MANILA. 37 Men m the Three rnnaporU Han lrflnf. San Franelteo, May M Th preparation! prepar-ation! for th flrat expedition to Manila Ma-nila are abtorbing the entire time ot the military olBeera. Nothing remain! to bo done but to flnlah loading tho three ventelo the lVkln, Auttrallaand Hydney. Tho flrat expedition will Im divided among the three vcmI aa follow: The City of I'ekln, the Flrat Call-fornla Call-fornla volunteer, eompotod of 4'J ofll-ccra ofll-ccra and 037 entitled men, 10 officer and TI aallora of the navy, making a total of au oftlcer and loll men. The City of Mvdnpy. II fifllcera and 111 diluted men of one battalion of the Oregon volnntoer. ofueera and MO men of the four eompaulea of tho Fourteenth I'nlted Stale Infantry! oueofllcar and II men of tho 'ulliWnli heavy artillery and Dr.ll. K MeVragh, ranking medical omecr. Total, 91 ofll-ccra ofll-ccra and OTt men. TI.0At11tralla.lhe headquarter, aloft and band, and two batlalloua nf tho Oregon volunteer, comprising 37 ofll-ctra ofll-ctra and 010 men. The troop aatlgned to depart on the Auttrallaand the City of Hydney havo been ordered lo report at the docba of their respective veaaela at 8 o'cloik thl morning. Tho organisation of theteeond expedition expe-dition to the I'lilllpplnet will not be determined until the arrival of (leneral Weiley Mcrrltt. who I In command of the whole expedition, and who will reach thl city at the end of tho week. |