The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-10-06
Fifth Cavalry, Sixth Volunteer
Infantry and Forty-seventh
New York to Go.
Troops for Garrison Duty Not
Expected to Remain Long
Away From Home.
Congress Is Expected to Provide
a Permanent Army Of o.
cupatiOn.

WASHINGTON, Oct 4.-The war de.
partment has decided to send more
troops to Porto Rico. Orders have been
issued directing that the Fifth regular
cavalry now at Huntsville, Ala, the
Sixth United States volunteer infantry,
now at Chickamauga and the Forty.
seventh New York, now at Fort Adams
shall proceed to such point in Porto
r co as may be designated by the COM
handing general in that island. The
Eighth United States volunteer in
fantry, and two companies Of the In
diana colored volunteers, now at Fort
Thomas, KY, will relieve the Sixth
United States volunteer infantry at
Chickamauga. All the troops at Camp
Meade will soon be ordered to points in
the South. Some of them may go to
Cuba, but the majority will for the
present occupy the new camps re-
Gently selected in Georgia and South
Carolina.
Will Not Remain Long.
1t is said the troops sent to garrison
duty in Cuba will not remain long, but
when they have seen service for few
months will return to this country.
The same is probably true as TO Porto
Rico. It is also intlmated that when
the troops return, the volunteers will
be given 80 days furlough and be mus
tered out. By that time con gress will
have an opportunity TO determine
what shall be done in regard to garri-
soning the new pr Sessions. This de-
termination is no doubt due to the pres
sure that has been brought by MEM
bers OF congress for the mastering out
OF the volunteers from their states and
districts. The responsibility for fur
nlshing troops for garrison duty and
for army duty in general, will be upon
congress. The recommendations of
the president and war department will
be made when the troops reach Cuba
and Porto Rico, and the necessities Of
the situation are made known.
Pressure Has Been Great.
Although there has been less pres
sure tor the mastering out Of voiun.
teers when it was made known that no
more troops could be spared, the de-
mand continues with sufficient persist
ence to convince the war officials that
a reorganization of the army will be
necessary, and that some arrangement
will have to be made to secure force
for garrison service in the islands and
states which will not be subjected to
the difficulties experienced in the case
of the volunteers.
Although the pressure for the muster
out of entire regiments is not 80 great,
the demand for the discharge Of in
dividuals has overwhelmed the war
department. There is not q senator
or represent ative scarcely who has
not presented requests Of this
kind, and there is constant demand
for the discharge of one man or an.
other upon some pretexr which would
not be deemed valid in the case of men
in the regular army. Personal appeals
are made by fathers, mothers, wives,
sisters and sweethearts. Every man in
the department. who is supposed to
have any influence is sought to secure
the discharge of enlisted men who have
tired Of army life.
Those requests and demands for
mastering out have no doubt had their
effect in making the war department.
seek some more satisfactory method Of
army organization for the purposes
which the army will be needed in the
future