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The Morning News
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia
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The U.S. transport ship Grant departed New York on January 19 bound for Manila, Philippines, carrying the Fourth Infantry and a battalion of the Seventeenth Infantry. It received salutes from forts and vessels, honored Maj. Gen. Lawton, amid cheers and enthusiasm.
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Salutes From Forts and Vessels as the Grant Sailed to Sea.
New York, Jan. 19.-The transport Grant, bound for the Philippines with the Fourth Infantry and a battalion of the Seventeenth Infantry aboard, weighed anchor and headed out to sea to-day. As the Grant passed Governor's Island the guns fired a regulation salute in honor of Maj. Gen. Lawton. The men on the Grant replied with cheers. As the transport passed through the Narrows, she was again saluted by the guns of Forts Wadsworth and Hamilton. All the ships in the harbor saluted the transport and her departure was marked by considerable enthusiasm.
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Manila
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Jan. 19
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successful departure with salutes from forts and vessels, cheers from troops, and general enthusiasm.
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The transport Grant, carrying the Fourth Infantry and a battalion of the Seventeenth Infantry, left New York for the Philippines. It received a salute from Governor's Island in honor of Maj. Gen. Lawton, with cheers in reply, followed by salutes from Forts Wadsworth and Hamilton at the Narrows, and from all harbor ships.