The evening times., 1898-07-09
ANDERSON AND HIS MEN.
Leader of the Forces That Recon
forced Dewey


The first Philippine expedition. under
command of Brig. Gen. Thomas NJ An
derson. which has landed safely at Ca
vite. sailed from San Francisco on May
25 was made up as follows:
On the City of Pekin-First California
Volunteers. composed of 49 officers and
913 enlisted men. 10 officers and IL sailors
of the navy, making a total of 80 officers
and 1.0oi men. - ..
On the City of Sydney-Thirteen officers
and 3lS enlisted men of one battalion of
the Oregon Volunteers, officers and 3Od
men of four companies of the Fourteenth
United States Infantry, ] officer and 50
men of the California Heavy Artillery,
and DR.. E. H. McVey. ranking medical
officer, making total of "a officers and
go men. ..... i. #.... ....-..-
The first California Volunteers are
commanded. by Col. Smith, the, Oregon
Volunteers by Col. Sumner and the Cali
fornia Heavy Artillery by Major Gary.
The detachment of the Fourteenth United
States Infantry is in command of Major
Robe.
The volunteer soldiers are not as well
equipped. so far as arms are concerned
as they nigh; be. All of the rifles are
of the Springfield pattern, and few of
them are new. The only new Springfelds
in the expedition are 200 distributed
among the Oregon regiment. The troops
were uniformed when they started with
the regulation fatigue uniform of the
National Guard, except the detachment
of regulars. which had the heavyweight
regulation field uniform of the army. For
the greater part of the troops. however
canvas uniforms and helmets were Sc
cured in San Francisco, or were bougd.
East and sent to San Francisco in time
to be shipped on the transports.
Gen. Merritt said that the action of
the commander of the first expedition
would be governed entirely by what Ad-
miral Dewey thought best. since Gen.
Merritt believed that the admiral was
completely the master of tine situation. A
letter received from Gen. Merritt shortly
before the first expedition sailed stated
that he had outlined fer Gen. Anderson II
general plan for occupying the city and
defending it agains, attack.
Gen. Anderson. the commander of the
troops. is veteran of the civil war and
is considered one of the most cool-headed
officers in the service. He was in Alaska.
a colonel in command of the Fourteenth
Regular Infantry. when war was de-
clared. The Fourteenth was Immediate
ly ordered to San Francisco. Not long
after that Col Anderson was made a
brigadier general of volunteers.
Six days after the evacuation of Fort
Sumter, on April 20. 1861. Gen. Anderson
enlisted as private in Company A.
Sixth Ohio Infantry. After little less
than a months service IN the volunteers
he was commissioned second lieutenant
in the Second-now the Fifth-Cavalry.
He came out of the war a captain in the
Twelfth United States Infantry. In
March 1868. he was made a major and
transferred TO the Twenty-first Infantry.
On June "a of that year he was trans
ferred to the Tenth Infantry. with which
he served until he received his lieuten-
ant coloners commission, on March 20.
1852. Then he was transferred to the
Ninth Infantry. On September g. 1856.
he was made colonel and transferred to
the Fourteenth Infantry.
He was made major of volunteers on
August /, 1884. for gallant services in the
battle of the WILDERNESS, and on the same
day he was promoted to be a lieutenant
colonel for gallant services at the battle
of Spottsylvania. Gen. Anderson's son.
Thomas NJ Anderson, jr.. is second
lieutenant of the Thirteenth United States
Infantry, which was in the thick of the
fight at Santiago.