Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-30
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REGULARS FOR MANILA.
C0mmissary Long Has Orders to Pre-
pare 5000 RatIons


SAN FRANCISCO, November 3o-Csn
Merriam, in charge of the Department of
the Pacific, was questioned yesterday in
regard 10 the reported orders for sending
regulars to the Philippines TO relieve VOL
unteers. He said: The reports are based
on dispatch sent 10 Commissary L ng 10
provide full tropical equipment f.r 900
troops. Nothing official has come, how
ever, to show the pldns of the army de-
partment. but the inference is that a large
force of regulars will soon be sent to
Manila"
substituting Regulars for Volunteers
If Congress shall early in the session
make provision for an increase of the reg
uiar army, it Is quite probable that none of
The volunteer regiments now in the servl ,e
will be sent TO co garrison duty in Cuba.
The troops first TO be sent to Cuba will be
composed largely of regular regiments, so
far as they are available.
Plans are being matured for the l-1,Ist,r
out OF as many volunteers now in service
as is possible. The demand of tie enlisted
men 10 go home and leave the service is
growing greater and greater every dav
Ihfs is true of nearly every garrison, and
the arrival here of senators and represen-
tatives with requests for the muster cur CT
regiments o. men in the regiments has
uays 1t Is well known that the voIun-
teers at Manila desire to come home. and
the War Department is considering the
subject OF sending regular regiments to re-
place them as soon as arrangements can
pe made The regulars who are available
Tor this service are those regiments on
Ihe western coasts, which saw service al
santiago There is disposition, however,
10 nave them recuperated and recruited to
Inelr IuII strength before sending hem to
Manila. Some time ago orders were issued
TO have these regiments recruited 10 their
full strength, but at that time it was not
LOT the purpose of sending them to the
Philippines. Now that peace is assured
these regiments of regulars are NOT reeaed
AT nome and can be sent to Manila TO re-
place at least portion of the volunteers.
Troops to Go to Manila.
Arrangements are being made to send
regular troops to the Philippines to take
the places of the volunteers who have
served there from the beginning of the
military invasion in order to allow the
muster out of the latter as soon as pos
sible 1t is understood that 5000 troops
will be dispatched from San Francisco for
Manila within the next few weeks TO re-
place an equal or greater number OF volun-
teers now on that far distant station. The
troops selected for foreign service 1t is
said, include the Sd, 4th, 5th, 1th, 18th and
2Oth regiments of infantry all of which
are on the Pacific coast. In furtherance OF
this plan, Depot Quartermaster Long at
San Francisco has been Instructed to pro-
vide full tropical equipment for 500 troops
All the volunteer troops in the Phinp,
pines will be brought home and discharged
as soon as arrangements can be made to
supply their places, but the government has
no more than 5000 soldiers available for
that service at the present time. Future
plans will depend upon the action of Con-
gress on the proposition for an increase of
the regular army.