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THE WAR WAS A SURPRISE Not Seriously Contemplated Until Congress Declared “’ar. Refrigerated ‘Beef Not an Experiment. Army Was \Vell Equip- ped and Fed. Washington, D. C., Dec. 23.——Adju- tant Geneial Corbin before the war in— vestigating commission yesterday was questioned ligidly as to the selection of Camp Alger, Va. He testified that the remcn al of the camp VV as dictated by the secretary of War; its original establishment was re- commended by Captain Seaburn of the staff of General Miles. General Corbin had said it could ,not be a good camp ground, as there was not suflicient range for rifle practice. He understood from the secretary of war that General Miles had something to do with the selection. He VV as not certain of Captain Sea- buin' s exact status, but understood he was sent by General Miles to inspect the camp site. “Did General Miles protest against or do anything against the selection of the camp?” he was asked. “Not to my knowledge,” was the an- swer. Questioned as to Camp W’ikoff, Gen- eral Corbin denied that the contract with the Long Island Railroad gave it exclusve control He said that the camp at Tampa was never designed f01 anything but a point of embarkatlon; the first com- plaint he heard from Camp Thomas, Chickamauga, was in the press. Asked when he first seriously appre- hended there would be hostilities, Gen- eral Corbin said he might say he did not seriously contemplate war until it was a fact. for he had hoped to the last moment it would be averted. There IleVel. was an army, he said, better equipped, better clothed, better fed or with a better morale than our 1egular an my at that time. He said prior to the war there had been no complaints of refrigerated or canned beef, and that they were used by the armies of the world and in com— merce. It was no new experiment. "Seriously speaking,” said General Corbin, ”I do not think the war de- partment contemplated war until it was declared by Congress and appro~ p1iations VV one available. Of coui se the possibilities VV ere thought of, but there were no general preparations except so far as the department was able to meet the possibilities that confronted it.” Colonel Denby, who conducted the examination, suggested to General Cor- bin that he observed the latter was cautious and reticent and explained: “It is not our object to criticise strat— egy. That is not our business. The strategy of the war may have been light and may have been wrong. But 0111 object is to determine whether the VV a1 department acted efficiently.” Geneial Corbin said that when Gen- eral Shafter s expedition started it took all the transports it was possible obtain, but the supply was not equal to the demand. It had been planned to carry about twenty —five thousand troops at that time, instead of the seventeen thousand taken. He referred to the letter of Geneial Miles, dated June 24, laying out the plan of campaign of the VV at and said it VV as not approved. ____________—- Pulls of Gold Hunters. Victozia, B. C., Dec. 23. ——The Rosa— lie, which has airived here from Ska- guay, repoz ts the VVreck of a sloop VV hich left “'1 angel tVV-o VV eeks ago for Skaguay with a par y of twelve bound [01 Atlin. The sloop was found bottom up b} Indians, and it is feared that all on board have been lost. Fiederi ck Smith of Y ictoria, just out from Atlir,l_‘)1ings news of two more rich gold bearing creeks discovered. The new finds have been named Moose and Goose creeks. Smith had both hands frozen and nearly lost his life on the way out. Nev. s is brought of the VVletk of the schoonei Ohio of Victoria. No lives were lost. Escaped Serious V." ioch. Austin, Tex, Dec. 23.——-'lhe north- bound p'assenger train on'the Interna- tional and Great Northern Railroad by chance escaped a serious wreck forty miles below here Wednesday night. Some one had tied a rail securely across the track. A few miles before reaching the spot,- a. bird, blinded by the headlight, flew against the glass. breaking it and extinguished the'light. This necessitated running slowly to the next station. The train, proceeding at reduced speed, struck the obstruc-don, tearing up the track an amaging the from of the engine, bu no one was injur- ed. Trip of the Oregon and Iowa. Norfolk, Va.. Dec. 23.——The United States collier Aberanda, which accom- panied the butt eshlps Oregon and Iowa. as far as ahla, Brazil, has ar- rived in Hampton Roads. The Aberanda. reports an enthusias- tic reception to the American vessels at the Brazilian port. All hands were well when the Ore- gon and Iowa started for Rio de Ja- neiro. Great. Book for Havana Pittsburg, Pa“, Dec. 23. —-The Drake and Stratton Company of this city has received a contract from the United States government for the confiructidr- of a. great dock at Havana. and a short railroad to Morro Castle, costing about $500,000. 'The company has already dispatch- ed five hundred laborers and two ship loads of machinery to the island. The Steamer Auden Alhoro. Kin ston, Jamaica, Dec. 23.—The At- las ll e steamer Andes, bound from this port for New York. wont ashore on Plumb Point reef at two o ’clock yesterday morning. Tugs and lighters are ondeavorinz to float. her. v- . ..,. to ‘ REAR-ADMIRAL BUNCE RETIRES. this Will Blake Admiral Dewey Ranking OfiIcer in the Navy. Washingtin, D. C., Dec. 23.—The re- ;irement of Admiral Bunce, who reach- es the age limit to— —morrow, takes from active service one of the most capable f the oil3 her live officers of the Ameri- ' sari navy. “'hile not active in the re- :ent war, he won his spurs in the civil war, where his work .at Charleston brought him into prominence and earn- 2d him a well deserved promotion. But his retirement marks another epoch in the American navy in that it nakes Admiral Dewey the ranking of- ficer, a position which, under ordinary :rcumstances, he can hold but one year, for he Vvll reach the age limit December 26, 1899. A 'Ilnl muuliWufl/h REA R-ADMIRAL BUN CE. The action if Congress in making him a full admiral will probably enti- tle him to a longer service than that provided for in the existing regulations. \V ashington, D. C., Dec. 23.——It has practically been determined by the navy department to retain Rear Admi— ral Francis M. Bunce in command of the Brooklyn navy yard as a retired )flicer. He will doubtless be kept there until the treaty of peace is signed, when a rearrangement of naval stations will be ordered and which may afford an opportunity to give Admiral Schley sea luty. SENATOR HALE IN THE SOUTH. Spoke at a. ”New England Society Dinner in Charleston. Charleston, S. C., Dec. 23.—Senator George F. Hoar of Massachusetts spoke here to the toast “Forefathers’ Day” at the New England banquet last eve~ hing. , Senator John L. McLaurin of South. Carolina, who accompanies Senator Hoar, spoke to the toast “Our Coun- try.” He said in part: “Standing to-night upon tho: bir th- place and very cradle of secession, VV 1th sincere hearts we can all thank God that out of the supreme agony of the Spanish war has come union one and indivisible. I thank God for the presi— dent whose zreat soul and Christian spirit has done so much to reunite this nation. In the name of the South I thank him for the laurel wreach laid upon the graves of our dead.” Senators Hoar and McLaurin have. been asked to take a trip to Fort Sumter as guests of the Bar Associa- tion to—day. Grip Closes Three Colleges. Philadelphia, Pa. Dec. 23.—»Swarth- more, Haverford and Bryn Mawr Col.- leges have all three closed two days earlier than expected because of the prevalence of grip among the stu- dents. When Bryn Mawr closed two hun- dred cases were reported among «the three hundred and fifty male students and sixty out of the one hundred and sixty young women had been obliged to give up their studies, according to Miss Lowater, secretary of the col- lege. Haverford closed at noon yesterday because of a lack of teachers owing to the grip. President Sharple es, With seven oth- er members of the faculty are sick in Jed. , Health Officer Lee estimates that there are at present twenty-fiVe thou- sand cases in this city and ten thou- sand more in the suburbs. President Igles' i'as 5 Brothers W'ashington, D. C., Dec. 23.——Mr. Ca1~ v0, the minister of Costa Rica, presen— ted yesterday to the secretaries of state War and the navy, a request from Pre- sident Iglesias of Costa Rica, who re— cently visited this country, that the president‘s brothers, Ricardo and Luis Iglesias, be admitted respectively to the military and naval academies. An act of Congress is necessary to secure the prvilege asked, and Mr. Cal- vo was assured by the three cabinet officers that they would recommend that the recuest of President Iglesias be granted. Big Apartment House Burned. Chicago, Dec. 23.-—The Melrose apart- ment building at Twenty-eighth street and Ellis avenue, the largest apart- ment building on the South Side, was destroyed by fire last night, causing a loss of about two hundred thousand dollars—SIZQWO on the building and $80 000 on the contents. he structure contained sixty-six flats and the tenants lost practically everything. About two hundred persons were ren- dered homeless. Men Hurt by Dynamite. La Grande, 0re., Dec. 23.——An explo- slon of dynamite occurred four miles west of Huron, in which five men were seriously injured, two of whom will die. The names or the injured cannot be learned. Three heavy blasts of dynaplte were placed in the rocky side of the canon to be e1:cavated,and fired. Two ex- ploded, but the third was slow, and the men thought that the fuse had failed. 'rwo Killed In Wreck. Buflalo. N. Y., Dec. fl—A special from Avon, this state, Bays: William H. Masters, engineer, on the Erie Railroad, residing here, and Pat: rick O’Brien, head brakeman. wert killed in a iii-eight collision west of Wayland yesterdayflmorxgng. JNthWALK - GAZETTE. 11$ HIS TALE ' ’: '4‘me 1 ' Gold Dust does it. Morning, ;. 110.111. 3 id 11l- *ht. M lkeS all ”\l 1-1. .1! I ‘ F" 1:1 .. gig; 1311119 1.11.. Homwmk's .iiiiiilill”Lilliit“ ' \"K/ i [51,; r‘.‘ p I, ‘..‘ I :‘q. 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