The record-union., 1898-09-20
Five Regiments, Now at San Fran
cisco, Ordered to Manila.
VIII Leave as Soon as the Necessary
Transports Can Be Obtained.
The Fifty-frst Iowa, Twentieth
Kansas, First Tennessee, First
Washington and Two Battal-
ions of Oregon Volunteers the
Troops Named in the Orders.

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-Five reg
| iments now at San Francisco have been
/ ordered to Manila. Arrangements for
| their transportation will be made at
once The regiments ordered to Manila
| are the following: Fifty-first Iowa,
| Twentieth Kansas, First Tennessee,
| First Washington and a detachment Of
| the Second Oregon.
1t was stated at the War Department
that no exigency has arisen which
| made it necessary to send the troops
now at San Francisco to Manila, but the
order issued to-day was in accordance
with the general plan Of the department
regarding a garrison for the Philip
| pines. That plan of garrison duty i'll
| cluded 10000 men for the Philippines,
| 12,500 for Porto Rico and 10000 for
Cuba The troops to be sent to Manila
under to-day's order will fill the COM
| plement for that station. The troops
would have been sent before, it was
| said, except that the department was
awaiting the return of transports.
| 1t is not expected that troops at Hon
olulu will accompany those to be en-
barked at San Francisco, but that more
! troops will be sent to Honolulu in the
near future.
The following is the order directing
| the movement of troops from San
Francisco:
"Adjutant Generals Office, Washing
ton. D. c., Sept. 10, 1893.
Commanding General. Department
of California, San Francisco: With the
approval of the Acting Secretary OF
| War, the Fifty-first Iowa, Twentieth
Kansas, First Tennessee, First Wash
/ ington and a detachment of Second
| Oregon Volunteer Infantry, now at
| San Francisco, are hereby relieved from
| duty in the Department of California,
| and will proceed to Manila, Philippine
Islands, reporting upon arrival for duty
! to the Commanding General, United
| States forces, at that point.
THE Quartermaster's Department
| will furnish the necessary transporta-
| ton, speciaf care being taken to pro-
| vide sufficient space, and subsistence
| and medical departments arranged with
! ample and suitable supplies furnished
| by their respective departments TO in
sure the well being and health of the
| troops en- route.
| "By command of Major General
| Miles.
III. c.. CORBIN, Adjutant General
The War Department this afternoon
| amended the orders relative to the dis
| position of the reinforcements to the
| Philippines so as to increase the num-
| Der by 161 privates and thirty-six off,
GERS. These are made up Of four COM
| panies of the Twentythird infantry
| and recruits from the Tenth Pennsyl-
vania, First Nebraska and First Colo
| rado These troops made up the eX
petition under General King which re-
Gently left San Francisco on the Ari-
zona for the Philippines, but was
| stopped by the departments orders
when two days out and returned to
| port.
The advance guard Of the naval ex
| petition for Honolulu and eventually
| for Manila started yesterday, when
the Abarenda sailed from Fortress
| Monroe via Brazil. The Abarenda is
a collier, one of four which are TO keep
the big battleships Oregon and Iowa
supplied with coal on their long voyage
around South America The plan is
to have two of the colliers precede the
battleships, and two to go along with
them.
1
Acting Secretary Allen to-day ordered
that the Celtic and Iris be added to the
expedition. The Celtic is a refrigerator
and supply ship and the Iris is a dis
tilling ship. Their capacity is eror-
nous. and Mr. Allen said that no such
| perfectly equipped naval expedition
| ever sailed under any flag. With their
large reserve supply of coal, with an
| q abundance of rafriulrot ta1 ', &c
| and vegetables, with appliances aud
| plant for making repairs to machinery
and finally, with an abundance of fresh
water the squadron will be able to
keep the seas for an indefinite period of
| time.
/ TRANSPORTS SCARCE.
i SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 19.-The
news received from Washington to-day
to the effect that five regiments now
| encamped in this city had been or
! dered to Manila created quite an ex-
| element, civilians and soldiers alike
| being affected. Conjectures as to the
sudden change of policy on the part of
the Government were many, and once
| more reused the almost dormant war
| fever which swept over this city two
| or three months ago when departures
! of troops were of almost weekly occur
| renee. The official intelligence had
halready been given out that no more
| soldiers would go to the Philippines
and the work of dsbanding the regi-
ments is even now progressing, but
will be brought to a halt as soon as
| official instructions are received.
The Associated Press bulletins an
nouncing the decision of the department
at Washington said that arrangements
for the transportation of the troops
were in progress. A call on the Mer-
chants Exchange resulted in the in
| formation that the>only vessel available
for transportation purposes not already
otherwise engaged is the steamer Cen
tennial, and she has been rejected by
/ the Government on two occasions.
The steamers City of Peking and
City of Sydney, former transports. are
here, but are being prepared for heir
former commercial duties The sgd
ney is scheduled to sail for Panama on
September 2Sth, and the City of Peking
is slated to depart for China on October
4 1st. The steamer Australia is due to
arrive here to-day from Honolulu. The