Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1899 — SHIPS START HOME. [ARTICLE]

SHIPS START HOME.

TRANSPORTS LEAVE MANILA | WITH SICK AND WOUNDED, r ■ ■— — gtutral Otte ffleparte Vs ate that Hare Started tea— Wnwili iter Saw i Fr—cinra—Vatantee «u Aaw to Cara* 3>hc* Move fiteamlava Amve. Ge*. Oto has atewii the War Departmral off th* safiag at sax chartered UrruMwits Cram ILaaalta far San Frantoea. They ate the CBy aC PsrM*. the XeateaAe, the Ptomyihnama, the Nehaau jbeChsrehund and the St. PtaL S&efcand • Muted rant are htsng hrescht haree an these vessels. The Oeretand and the Neteau are freight beats, bat the efthew raaU hare brought totaateers if it had been etmadered advtsahbe to refire* the effective forces during the MgWtiatins naw being rand acted with a view at eadfag further FWtee restetanme to th* American Gwerament. The Pfenuxyiivaasia has been stnttened aeretal raaith* at Cebu, and th* St. Bawl has toe* at Dante riure lalL These reesete wnffl b* returned to their swneys when they reach San Framasce, red as repoffiy as paußihte afl the mainteg chartered ressete wiffl be released. Gen. Otis cables: “*Vatant*HS anaderstand they wiffl begin to leave for the 1 United States th* tatter part at the Hwath; know toportance at their presence here it this tone and acre** sacrifice which United Stales tateresta anahe iaapwrative.”' War Department affioate say that the table regarditeg the re®um at the vatanteers indicates that th* trnegts are makteg •a ctemer to be sent hang*, batt see the necessity off wariteg natal they can be relieved by the regulars z»»w «n thrir way and to he rent to Hamate as aaan as they ma be stepped. There hare been anany ainpflorattiwa* frena the West to hare the vatamteess bresght borne by the Sara canal rente. A Washingtooi ■di-spatr'i says investigatien A»«s that it is impnartKabte. The tSnez canal route is a nrech hager rente than that across the Fhcilfic and the men wwald be ’bept en the transports ftora ten to fifteen re twenty days hnger than if they eaane across the Phrific. Th* dfatanre is esrimated to be abort S*®oO s&Dlles by toe Sura canal twffie than arras the Pacific, and at thte seatsaa as the year it is considered raere unsafe, awing to effinzatw ccmdatians, eqpe<cia®y for the troops whs have been in to* trejpoeal efimate ®f the Philippines. The greater part of the voyage wmU hare to be nrad* toraegh th* tropical efisaatt* even farther south than Manila, as they wwM hare to atirt the southern coast of Ate, where plagne spots exist at all tones and in th* summer season. By to* other rart*. the transiports can sail worth to Japan, nnd then across the PSrifir. in a nacre sntahai«us climate, which wifi saake the voyage beneficial to toe anen. The expensive tails at toe Saez canal snake toe Parifie rent* toe snore ecensnncaL The War DepartMent ha% toerefara, Seen ecatstrained to deny these regnroto. and to bring the vataMeess brane by tor Pacific route. As a anajsEity off th* votusteers are fir ran the West, they wiffl ala* have a shorter tafflrond jonraey befae* them when they land in San Ftamrisre. Gen. Lawton bn eatahfitoed a government at Bafiaay, a coszawil rnmpiM ed of FiEpanos, and a aaayor being elected. Americans are net to be held respanriMe for reaMneratian to the -officiate. Ta sneh an extent as toe satires eeodnrt their affairs in a manner the Aonericans esmrider proper, toey will not be interfered with. This hats been proaateed throe. A portten of toe Filip imos are satisfied with tote, and hare eecmanmcvd to ewStirate their fields. Those te that city who were nnwßfias to salflui: to toresga rale have largely become wvary of the war and rick of sHaaght-er and hare laid down their anna." Gen. Lawt-o® te steteg a rardial w«4csMe to toe Failpte-c-s retaunateg ftoua the north and eraateg teto the protertioa off the Anaericans. Maty natives are gertteg food rappEes ftwon the rebel stores taken at Bafinag by Gen. Lawnra. Agnanaldo's pourer is reported to be wvakratag rantinn silly- The retnrning teaeugunts are made to sraderstand tost they wflffl be ao conied triad and fast treatanent.