Weatbei To-Day; FAIR.
The News and Obseuvier,
VOL. XLVI. NO. 28.
LEADS ILL HORTIHI CAROLINA DMUEB IN MEII 111 CIBCDLATIDM.
Battling Side by Side
AMERICANS AND BRITISH CAUGHT
IN AN AMBUSCADE.
Retreat Sounded Thrice Before They Would
Obey—Two American Officers Killed
and Decapitated—Charges Against
Consul Rose.
Auckland. X. Z., April 12.—Dis
patches received here from Apia. Samoa.
April Ist. say that a party of 105
Americans and British sailors were
forced to retreat to the beach, after
having been caught in an ambush on a
Gorman plantation that day. The ex
)H>dition was led by Lieutenant A. H.
Freeman, of the British third-class
cruiser Tauranga. Lieutenant Free
man. and Lieutenant I*. L. Lansdaie
and Ensign J. R. Monaghan, both of
the United States cruiser Philadelphia,
were left dead on the field.
Ensign Monaghan remained to assist 1
Lieutenant Lansdaie, and was shot in
retiring. . j
Two British and two American sailors
were also killed.
The natives engaged were some of
Mataafa’s warriors, estimated at 800.
They severed the heads of the British
and American officers killed. Priests
of tlie French mission brought the
heads into Apia.
The nptnager of the German planta
tion has Imhhi arrested and detained
on board the Tauranga. on affidavits
d»*claring that he was seen urging the
rebels to fight.
In a previous engagement twenty
seven of Mataafa’s warriors were killed:
there were no casualties among the
European forces.
Further advices from Apia say that
on the arrival of the British cruiser
Tauranga at Apia the British and
American consuls issued a proclamation
to give Mataafa a last chance, and that
the French priests also used their in
llucnces, but all efforts failed, and the
relxis continued their depredations.
Property was destroyed, and bridges
and roads were barricaded. On March
20th the enemy was sighted at Maguigi.
and machine guns and a seven pounder
were used. The friendlies also attack
ed the enemy during the latter’s retreat,
and several rebels were killed or wound
ed. The friendlies carried one head
through Apia, which made Captain
Smart so furious that he went to the
King and threatened to shoot any man
found taking heads: The King then
issued, a proclamation forbidding the
practice.
The German Consul wrote to Admiral
lvautz, asking if two great Christian
nations approved of this inhuman and
barbarous practice against the laws of
Christianity and the decree of the Su- .
preme court.
The Admiral replied, agreeing with
the consul as to the inhumanity of the
practice and pointed out that had the
Gorman Consul upheld the decree of the
Supreme court of .Tatwiary. there would
have boon no bloodshed: that the cus
tom was an old Samoan one, but first
made known to the world ten years ago.
when the “heads’’ of honest German
soldiers were cut off by the barbarous
chief Mataafa whom the representative
of the great, Christian nation, Ger
many. is now supporting.
Expeditions in named cutters belong
ing to the Tauranga and Porpoise are
doing considerable execution against
Mat an fa's strongholds along the eoa4t.
The British forces are being assisted
by one hundred Samoans. About forty*
six of Mataafa’s boats and several vil
lages have been destroyed. In the
meantime, living columns are being sent
daily along the roads and through the
bush near Apia. I
On April Ist a force of 214 British j
and Americans and 150 friendlies w re
surprised in anills'll at the German plan
tation of Vaslelo. The rebel force
opened lire on the rear, left tiank. and
front of tli ■ Anglo-American force. The
friendlies bolted, but the marines and
blue jackets stood their ground splendid- j
ly. Americans and British tiring ,
shoulder to shoulder.
The Colt automatic gnu with the land
ing party became jamni d, and the
Americans and British were practically
at the mercy of the rebels. But “re
treat” was sounded three times before
•the marines and blue jackets retired.
'Lieutenant Angel H. Freeman, First
Lb iitenant of the Tahranga, who was
in command of the allied forces, was
shot through the heart.
Lieutenant Philip Van Horn Lansdaie.
of the United States cruiser Philadel
phia, had his leg shattered while lideav
oriug to fix the jammed gun.
Seaman limit, of the British cruiser
Porpoise, had an extraordinary escape.
He remained with Lieuti want Lansdaie !
until clubbed over the head and knocked
senseless. The blue jacket revived as th ■
natives were cutting off liis right ear
and were turning him over in order to j
cut off his left • nr. At this juncture j
a shell from the British cruiser Royalist ;
hurst on the battlefield, scaring the
rebels and Hunt succeeded in escaping
to the beach, although severely stabbed
in one foot.
The same night the friendlies found the
bodies of all the officers, headless.
The Iswlies w re buried with alt honors
at Mu tin mi on Easier Sunday. Their
heads were subsequently brought in by
some Freiieli priests. The graves were
re-op' lied and the heads buried with the
bodies. i
Lieutenant Freeman and Lansdaie
were capable and ixipular officers. The
former was single, and the latter was
married in June.
The officers who returned are Lieuten
ant George E. (hive, of the Porpoise,
and Lieutenant C. M. Perkins, of the
Philadelphia. All behaved splendidly.
Lieutenant Gave took command of the
retreat.
•Captain Sturdee, of the Porpoise, was
away on ah exp <lifion with his cruiser,
and Gaunt’s brigade was also absent
I on duty.
i The loss of the neniy is not known,
but probably fifty of the rebels were
. killed and many were wounded. The
'bodies of three rebels w: re. found near
[ the spot where Lieutenant Lansdaie and
Ensign Monaghan, of the Philadelphia,
were killed. The pri fits buried thirty
eight rebels and much blood was seen
on tin* road along which the Mataafans
had dragged away their dead and
wounded. There were also pools of
blood behind the cocoa nut trees, the bul
lets from the American and British ritles
going right through thick trees and kil'l
| ‘ing men hiding behind them. Some of
tire rebels tired from tin* tops of cocoa
nut palms.
The rebels oi>ened fire near the town
last evening, and it is now proposed to
summon another warship, to distribute
more arms among tile friendlies, and to
mport additional frkudlles from Tutulea.
It is also suggested that troops might
Ik* obtained from New Zealand or Syd
ney, New South Wales.
If a sufficient quantity'of arms could
be obtained alsmt two thousand friend
lies could be used against th • Mataa
fans. But. they an* not brave and have
not shown fighting qualities excepting
those with Gaunt’s brigade, and that
force may not accomplish much.
Admiral Kautz. Captain E. W. White,
of tin* Philadelphia, and th 'American
men and officers generally have earned
golden opinions, as have Captains
Stuart and Sturdee. of the British navy.
They are tiding • verything possible aiid
every one recognizes that better men
could not be handling the situation.
The Salmon ns say Mataafa on three
occasions, had resolvt d to surrender,
but till* German Consul. Herr Hose, ad
vised him not to do so and he now
says he will never give in blit will fight
to ilit* death.
X. <’. WAR VIMS TO BE ’*AIP.
Im* Govcnimtr.. Will .Settle Ail Claims
of Southern States.
The war claims of tin* Southern
Siates against I lit* Federal Government
tor nniiiit. nance of tin* volunteers arc
now being paid. Errors in the claims
ol Xortli Carolina art* lieing corrected.
Ibis claims will soon lit* settled.
THEIR DEADLY EVIDENCE
I ‘ •
SPRINGS AND NEWHAM ON THE STAND
j yesterday.
Government’s Strongest Witnesses Agamst the
Alleged Lake C>*y Murder* rs. Stories
of Murder Deliberately P’a-ned.
; Charleston. S. C.. April 12.--Two of
tlic governments most important wit
m'sses testified in tlit* Lake City lynch
ing cast* in the United States Circuit
j court here to-day. They were .1. P.
I Newham, one of the men who turned
' State’s evidence, and M. \V. Springs, a
/ bicycle mender who swears that one of
i the defendants asked him to join tin*
inoli that killtsl' Postmaster Baker.
Newham is a white man of ordinary in
telligence, but says lit* canniot rend and
write. He used to live in Lake City,
but since In* turned State's evidence he
has been provided for in Washington.
Oil the stand to-day lit* swore that lit*
lurt Stokes. Epps. Webster. Alonzo,
Rodgers, defendants. and others at
Stokes' store. Stokes planned the
lynching proposing to set tire to the
postofi'ice and kill Baker when lit* came
out. It was agreed to do this Monday
night. At that time the men named
with McKnight. Ward and others went
to the place. He and Early P. Lee set
: fire 1o the place, while the Others hid
in Ilu* bushes and fired into the place.
Newham was rigidly cross questioned,
but stuck to*bis original story. Springs
I said Stokes tried to get him to go to
! kill Baker, lint he refused to do so.
I Springs was being cross examined when
court, adjourned on account of the illness
of Juror Murphy.
The case made out by th& Government
to-day was a strong one. There are
nearly’one hundred more witnesses to
Ik* examined, blit Newham’s story ol the
crime is (hi* centre around which the
others will revolve. Newham declared
that he did not see Defendants Kelly.
Rodgers and Clarke in tin* mob that kill
, od Baker.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 18W.
Does Germany Want War
HOSTILE MURMURS NOW HEARD
IN WASHINGTON.
London Declares it Time to End the De
plorable Condition of Affairs in
Samoa —Berlin Disavows
all Blame.
Washington, April 12. —The acute
situation in Samoa gave rise to grave
apprehension among officials during the
day in Washington, but the conclusion
was reached as the departments closed,
that the situation is one that will yield
to sensible aid cool treatment, it all
the parties to the Berlin treaty are*sin
cere in an effort to prevent further
trouble.
As put by a Cabinet officer, the killing
of the sailors has not materially
ehangod the general problem, though it
Inis undoubtedly added to the difficulty
of dealing with the specific situation.
The only official news received touch
ing the last incident was eon tallied in
the following cablegram from Admiral
, Kautz:
“Auckland. N. /.. April V-’th.
“Secretary of the Navy. Washington:
“On April Ist while the combined
forces of the British and United States
under Lieutenant Freeman. British
navy, were reeonuoitering in at Apia,
they were ambushed. Deeply regret
to announce the death of Lieutenant
Philip B. Lansdaie, Ensign Ji hn R.
Monaghan, Cockswain Jam's Busier,
ordinary seaman Norman Edsa! and five
men wounded belonging to the Phila
delphia. The British loss in killed, two
men and Lieutenant Freeman.
(Signed.) "KA! I Z.
Secretary Long said that no addition
al instructions were to be sent by him
to the Admiral. The Philadelphia was
short handed for iffi<* u*s before the
loss of Lieutenant Laasdalo and F.cs'gn
Monaghan, and th * department to-day
promptly sent telegraphic orders to
Mare Island to dispatch some officers to
recruit the force. Lieuten mt Scheutze
goes out as executive officer, with Lieu
tenant W. S. Hugos, Lieutenant Scho
field and Lieutenant Hetherington.
Surgeon Sit'd is ordered from the New
York Navy Yard to tin* Philadelphia.
All of these officers are expected to take
the mail steamer on the 19th instant
for Apia.
The diplomatic negotiations of the
day were not directed particularly to
the encounter, as the Official informa
tion is too meagre thus far to warrant
positive official action. There were
many inquiries, however, and the State
Department and the British and Ger
man Embassies exchanged such ad
vices as they had on the subject. In
the main the diplomatic negotiations
continued to center around the high
commission. On this subject a breach
is gradually opening between Great
Britain and Germany because of tba re
fusal of Great Britain to have the com
mission leave San Francisco on the 19tli.
While the Gentians are anxious, and
our officials are willing, that the start
should Ik* made on tin* 19th. Great
Britain insists on proceeding with de
liberation, allowing full time for i nut ruc
tions to the British * commissioner by
mail and not by cable. This, of course,
would make it impossible for tin* com
mission to leave in a body this month.
To overcome this sit and by the British
Foreign Office, a suggestion has be n
made that the appointment of an umpire,
which is one of the points still in dis
pute, he settled after the commission rs
start. If this is agreed to. the commis
sion can get away, though with sonic
branches of its instructions incomplete.
The remaining I' l attires, including that
as lo how a decision shall be made, and
in what case an umpire shall lx* culled
in. would he forwarded to them later.
This Germon proposal does not me t
with favor among the British otficials.
who have determined that tin* British
commissioner. Mr. Elliot, shall not 1 avt*
until his functions can be exactly de
fined.
The British Admiralty has a number
of ships not far from Samoa in the
Australian Islands, a special design of
small cruiser being used in that locality.
The chief naval station accessible to
Samoa is on tli : • China coast, where the
Asiatic squadron embraces some of the
largest warships in the British navy.
In number, armament and tonnage
the British ships on this station far ex
ceed those of Germany or any other
pow. r. The chief German naval sta
tion near Samoa also is on the Chinese
coast, at Kino Chou where Admiral
Prince Henry is in command. Admiral
Dewey's Het at Manila is the nearest
assemblage of American warships to
Samoa. The sail from .Manila to Samoa
is about fourteen days.
Senator Davis. 'Chairman of the Sen
ate 'Committee on Foreign Relations,
was one of the earliest of the President’s
visitors to-day. When asked for his
views on the situation he said:
“We must be careful and not lose our
lu*si<ls. We must not form an opinion
until all facts are known.”
Repr semtative Hull, of lowa. Chair
man of the House Military Committer,
was also one of tin* President’s visitors.
Hi* said:
“This Government will not attempt to
discredit our men there mil ss it is
shown clearly that they an* i:i the
wrong. If Germany persists in her pres
ent course there may lie war. I do
not litlieve this Administration will allow
Germany to run this Government, as she
seems to lx* trying to do trow. In my
section of tin* country the feeling has
been strong against Germany for six
months. The peopl ■ believe that she
was hostile to us in the war with Spain.
Tin* people are in such temper tli.it
they will not permit any trifling or
hedging on the part of the T inted
States. If th rt* should lx* war 1 do
not 'believe that till the European coun
tries could or would stand against Groat
Britain ami tin* United States."
Senator Thurston said that it would
Ik* pretty hard for throe of the most
\ nlightened nations of the earth to have
war over a few little islands, which
are of no consequence. He consiiDivd
the situation as somewhat grave,
j Senator Stewart said:
! "Does Germany want to fight’/ If so,
sit* may be accommodated. We are
a peaceful people, but we don t permit
others to go around with eliips on their
shoulders."
GERM A X REGRETS EX PRESSED.
All Blame in the Matter, However, is
1 lisa vowed.
Berlin, April 12. —-The correspondent
here of th Associated Press has had
an interview with a Foreign Office offi
cial, authorized to speak for the Minister
of Foreign Affairs, Baron Von Btiolow.
He said:
“We have receivd several official dis
pute lies saying that tin* Tanu people
j for a fortnight past have been raiding
and pillaging around Apia, destroying
mainly German property. They are
armed with w nitons furnished by the
I British.
"We also received to-day a dispatch
; from the commander of tin* Falke. con
j firming the ambuscade auil the loss of
j the Americans and English, substantially
; tallying with the dispatches of the As
l social'd Press. The ambuscade may
| possibly have been on a German planta
! tion, as nearly till the property around
j Apia is German. The Government re
* grets extremely t in* occurrence, for
1 which, however, it is in no way to
blame. Such hostile encounters must
1 naturally be expected when the Anglo-
Am riean action in crowning Tanu has
| made nine-tenths of flic Samoans their
enemies. It shows strongly how neces
sary is the prompt departure of the com
mission with adequately full instructions.
Although the Genian commissioner litis
j net yet been formally appointed he is
| ready to start for Samoa within half
ian hour of the three Governments*
clearly defining the mode of op ration
ami the powers of tiie commission. Why
does England needlessly delay agreeing?
It is the only way to prevent ceaseless
bloodshed in Samba. Unless tin* eommis
i sion starts soon -neb encounters may
j re-occur any day.
“Os course, now that fresh ltlood lias
i been spilled. the ejtcilem nt of the
j Americans and British may Increase. But
| Germany is blameless. The saint* thing
I happened to our men in 1888. Th Sn-
I moans also cut off the heads of the
! German victims then. This is one of the
I Samoans’ pleasant habits. If Admiral
Kautz had the power to re-establish
peuc<> all might b well. But. he needs
la much stronger force than is now avail
able under bis and the British command
at Apia to subdue Mataafa am! his
1 war-like hosts.”
i An official dispatch from Apia, dated
; April sth, says:
, “Tito British have been bombarding
|tt Samoan village daily and the a liber
als of luitli Tanu ami Mataafa are
i plundering foreign property.
“On April Li an Anglo-American land
j ing party of seventy men fell into an
] ambuscade near Vallele (the dispatches
of the Associated Press from Apia had
|it Vashlel. Three officers were killed
! and two light guns were captured. The
j warships afterward renewed the bom
i bardment.”
The officials here point out that the
engagement appears to have occurred tit
the same place that a lauding party
from the German warships Olga. ETier
and Adler had an encounter with the
natives in 1888.
AS VIEWED IN LONDON.
London, April 12. —Tin* outbreak in
Samoa, just when the powers had agreed
upon the appointm lit of a commissi >n
to settle the difficulties there has caused
great annoyance and disappointment at
tin* Foreign Office here, where it is re
garded as making the already si • .ous
complications stili graver. While they
have difficulty in expressing a definite
opinion of tin* fresh developments, it is
acknowledged 'that the Foreign Office
officials think it has been manifest, d
that there has been hasty and aggressive
action upon the part of Herr Rose, the
German Consul. Although he may nave
many technical reasons for the part In*
has played in behalf of German inter
! cHs, it is asserted that he has been
I the prime cause of the outbreak, which,
jit is added, will n <•'ssnrKv greatly e>n
ibarrass tin* endeavors which tin* time
! powers are ma king to restore a s;it i- -
(Continued on Second Page.)
Leaving a Trail of Fire
FILIPINOS, BURNING VILLAGES, FLY
TO THE MOUNTAINS.
Wheaton Hot Upon Their Heels —Lawton
Captures Near Santa Cruz the Fi'ipino
“Fleet” Stranded in
the Mud.
Manila, April 12.-t>:l<> P* M-Gener
al Wheaton stai'te,' at daylight with the
Tenth Pennsylvania ar.* the Second
Oregon regiments and two to dm
the rebels from the American n*' Hank,
between tin* railroad and the fooC’lls.
He met with slight resistance n >r
Santa Maria, and had one man wounded.
But the enemy bolted when shelled by
the artillery and burned and abandoned
th- town of 8 a nit a Maria, where a thous
and rebels wen* supposed to have been
concentrated. During the l'cst of the
day the enemy was in full retr at toward
the mountains, burning the villages be
hind the retreating forces. Occasionally
a few of the rebels dropped to th- rear
and fired at the advancing American
troops from the jungle, apparently with
the idea that this would check our ad
vance and cover tilli* retr at of tin* Fili
pinos. But, finding these tactics ineffect
ual, these rebels scrambled after the
main body.
The American guard along th- railroad
has been materially strengthened, and
it is not likely the rebels will succeed
in getting in the future to as close quar
ters as they did yesterday, even if they
return from the mountains.
(5:50 P. M.—General Wheaton has tele
graphed to Major General Otis saying:
“They would not wait to be killed.
General Lawton is.scouring the Vicinity
of Santa (Tuz. He finds the rebels
have decamped. He has secured a gun
boat. six launches and two cascao s.
comprising the Filipino fleet. These ves
sels were stuck In the mud of the river.
Major General Otis lias sent a dredge
to the spot.
The United States Philippine commis
sion is hearing the leading residents of
various nationalities, priests and Spnn
airds, numbers of them, app tiring volun
tarily, on the subject of the future of the
islands. ’J he questions put to them ail
are:
Do you believe the Filipinos are capa
ble of * If-goveruipent in the town
ships?
Do you believe the Filipinos are calla
ble of .self-government in the provinces?
Do you believe tin* Filipinos are eapa
bl of self-government in the archipel
ago?
All of those who have* been interroga
ted, including Filipinos who sympathize
theoretically with independence, have
replied to tin* third question, with re
markable unanimity, in tin* negative. In*
dependence, they say. would result in
chaos, endless tribal wars and European
intervention.
A few of them think that provincial
self-government is practicable, but most
of them favor self-government in the
townships, with a form of American
OUT GO THE GENERALS
LEE AND WHEELER AMONG THO:E MUS
TERED OUL
Under the Act cf March the Srond They Will
Doubtless he Reappointed as
Brigadier Generals.
Washington. April 12.—An order is
sued by tlx* War Department, to-day
musters out the following general offi
cers:
Major Generals — James H. Wilson,
Fitzhugh Lie, Joseph Wheeler, John
P. Bates, Samuel B. 'M. Young. Adna
■Chaffee. William Ludlow. Leonard
Wood.
Brigadier Generals—George W. Davis,
Theodore Schwa n, Lloyd Wheaton,
Charles King. Frederick D. Grant. Root.
P. Hughes. Samuel Ovensbinc, Irving
Hale.
The above named officers are mustered
out to enable them to accept commis
sions as general officers of volunteers
under the act of March 2nd. 18119. It
is expected they will soon lx* re-appoiut
fd as brigadier-generals under that act.
The following officers are mustered
nut and will resume their former com
ma nils:
Major Generals—Janies F. Wade,
Thomas M. Anderson, Guy V. Henry.
Brigadier Generals —Royal T. Frank.
Edward B. Williston. Louis IT. Carix*n
■ ter. Joseph P. Sanger. Henry C. Has
brouck, John C. Gilmore, Oswald H.
Ernst, Harrison'G. Otis. Charles F.
Humphrey.
The officers who are to lx* re-appointed
as brigadier-general* under the re=-orguni-,
zation act for duty as volunteers until
July, 1901. are to go out immediately,
some of them to-day. land till on or be
fore the 17th of this month. They will
’mu lx* disturbed in their present com
mands. The others are to be mustered
out June 12th, frith the exception, of
General Frank, who goes out May 12th,
and General Otis on July 2nd.
The order of those officers who are
out to be re-appflui'teif directs those who
are general officers to retain their pres-
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
supervision protecting tin* inhabitants
against the peculations ami extortions
which their experience with the Spanish
regime has led them to consider the
natural perquisites of officialdom.
The commercial class s urge the seini
ng of detachments of American troops,
each numbering about one hundred men,
to take jHissesion outlie towns in tin*
southern provinces and in the Visayas
Islands, now h hi by small bands of
Tagalos. They declare the natives find
the Ttigalo oppression worst* than Span
ish oppression and that they will welcome
the Americans. The case of the inhabi
tants of Gubar, in tin* IVovince of 8 r
sogon, is cited as a typical instance.
The Spanish taxes amounted to $18.0(1(1.
hut tin* rebel Tagalos extort $112,000
from the people of Gubat.
A gul n a Ido’s brother-in-law. the provin
cial Governor, is said to lie desjMiiling th *
people unmercifully.
General Luna, who retired from the
command of the Filipino forces ami who
was tsliting a newspaper at San Fran
cisco del Monte, his retirement being
due to the fact that the Filipinos re
belled at his rigid discipline, has been
recalled to the command. This is taken
as showing that the rebel army is only
k pt together by harsh measures.-
DISPATCHES FROM OTIS. .
Washington, April 12. —Tin* following
cablegram has been received at the War
Department:
"Manila. April 12th.
“Adjutant General, Washington:
“Yesterday in the Lake region Lawton
pursued insurgents eastward from Santa
Cruz, dispersing them. Captured all the
larger vessels used in the lake trade and
Spanish gunboats. He is now endeavor
ing to pass them front river where con
cealed into Lake. Wheaton drove
enemy ten miles to eastward of railway
line of communication with Malolos.
Lawton's and Wheaton’s casualties few
| and slight, as enemy made no stand.
Notified by Spain that she will evacuate
Mindoro and Polo soon.
(Signed.) “OTIS."
It is more than likely that the word
[ "Polo," in the altove dispatch should
i read “Join,” which is the designation
| somethin's given the Sulu group of
’ islands. Spain has had a garrison at
Mindoro and Jolo, and it is probable
that she is now ready to remove her
I soldiers.
ARRIVAL OF THE RELIEF.
Washington. April 12. —The following
dispatch has been received at the War
Department:
"Manila. April 12th.
“Adjutant General, Washington:
“Relief arrived, all well.
(Signed.) “OTIS.”
old To be re-appointed directs those who
line are to return to their regiments.
Their positions in tin* regular army are
as follows:
General Wade, Brigadier, now l'r si
dent of the beef inquiry board: General
Anderson, Brigadier, mi Ids way home
to assume command of the Depart men*
of tli Columbia: General Henry. Briga
dier. commanding the Department of
•orto Rico; General Frank. Colonel rsr
artillery: General Williston. Colonel
Sixth artillery: General Carpenter. Col
onel Fifth cavalry: General Sanger.
Lieutenant Colonel. In-poetor General's
Department; General ITasbronek. Lieu
tenant Colonel Fourth artillery: General
Gilmore. Lieutenant Colonel, Adjutant
General’s Department: General Ernst*,
Lieutenant ‘Colonel. Engineer's Corps:
General Otis, appoihted from civil life,
'now returning to the United States from
Manila: General Humphrey, Lieutenant
Colonel. Quartermaster’s Department,
on duty as Chief Quartermaster of Cuba.
Four volunteer Major Generals are
retained in service. These are General
(Itis. in command of tin* United States
forces in the Philippine Islands, Law
ton and MaeArthnr, his chi f generals
in command of divisions, and General
Shaffer who remains in command of
tin* Department of California. lit* will
retire in October as a brigadier-general
and may leave the st rvice.
I’he present stations of those mustered
out by the order to-day who will Im*
retained as brigadier-generals und r the
law of March 2nd are:
General Wilson, commanding the De
partment of Cien-fuegos; General Lee.
commanding th Department of Havana;
General Wheeler, now in Washington,
hut probably going to the Philippine*;
General Bates, commanding the Depart
ment of Matanzas; General Young. In
command of the troops bring must red
out. with headquarters at Augusta. Git.;
General Chaffee, now in Washington,
but attached to General Brooke's head
quarters: General Ludlow, comma iwnng
the city of Havana; General Wood,
commanding the Department of Santia
go: General Davis, mciulier of the beef
inquiry board; General Sebwan, assist
ant adjutant general; General Fred
Grant, in Porto Rico, hut under orders
to go to Manila: Generals Hall. Wli a
ton, I\ing. Hughes. Oveiishine and Hale,
in the Philippines.