New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-15
ENGINEERS READY TO GO.
TO BE ARMED AND EQUIPPED AS IN
PANTRY.
NEARLY ALL THE OFFICERS ARE NAMED. AND
ONLY AWAIT CONFERENCE.-The

NEARLY ALI. THE OFFICERS ARE NAMED NM
ONLY AWAIT CONFERENCE.-The
RIGID QUALIFICATIONS
With the exception OF two captains. and posi-
bly, a few neutenants. all the officers OF the ISL
Regiment Of Volunteer Engineers have been named
by the President. and II merely requires the con
hrmation OF these nominations before the work OF
recruiting the regiment is proceeded with foF
three weeks the names of men who are willing 10
Join the regiment have been enrolled, and so hu-
merous have been the applications that ALREADY
the names OF nearly thousand men are on the
rolls from which will be selected the necessary
356 who will make up the NewYork battalion
The officers are expecting TO receive their COM
missions daily, the moment they arrive inc
physical examinations Of the enrolled men VIII De
conducted as rapidly possible by Dr. Louis J.
Seaman who has been named as the regiments
surgeon II is anticipated that the preliminary
part OF the organization Of the regiment WI" pe
so Tar completed as 10 allow It's moving 10 camp
Townsend, Peekskil early next week
Comparatively little public attention mas hi'h'i.
been given to the formation Of this important du-
iunct OF the army OF invasion In Cuba Athous" !.
VIII be recruited in New-York the LIST Regiment oi
Volunteer Engineers will not be under the au-
thorty OF the State but will form part OF oilsa"e
OF engineers which has been provided ioi ~ 'po
Cial enactment of Congress. AccoIulHs !" va
printed orders forwarded from Washington Ie"
days ago each regiment will consist of one coIohe''
tenant one auartermaster (hrsr lieutenano. one
surgeon two assistant surgeons. one chaplain one
sergeant ma jor. one quarternaster-se' grant, '
chief musician two principal musicians an" '"''
battalions. Each battalion has one ""Joi' o"'
adiutant first lieutenant. one quartermaster drSt
Lieutenant one sergeant major. one quar'e'""S''
sergeant one hospital steward and four companies.
Each comnany will consist Of one captain one nrS'
lieutenant and second lieutenant, eight seis''h'"'
eich, corporals two musicians forty i've
prvates and twenty-eieht seconi-class prN''S'
rotal-commssloned. %. enlisted. Los assreE"l''
l15o The regimental pay list has he'h "N'" ~
tho Government follows. Captain >-'"' s'"i ,
frat lieutenant $3.50: second lieutenant N'''"'
adiutant (nrs; LIEUTENANT. 1850, quar- 'erln1S''
(nrst LIEUTENANT. $3.50; serfeant-ma)'r' 80
month. ouartermaster-ser $40 20 serseahts'
$40 So corporal sci nrst-class private w ~ ST.
ond-class private sl5 60 with rauons ana c"'"li's'
Each recruit ls required to pass strict examiha-
tion IN regard 10 his engineering capabilities AZ
well as TO his physical health. His height must not
he less thar five feet four Inches ana ms "''s''
no, less than ~ pounds nor moro than u" p"'""s
II IA believed that men OF greater "c's"'
not n. quick enough in their movements 10 "''N'
good engineers
MANY QUALIFICATIONS NE'ESSAN'
The EQUIPMENT Of the men will comprise ''"' Oh
the infantry while their uniforms VIII be sin'"''
:, those worn by the Engineer Corps IN the i''s",
lar Army. While in camp tho troops VIII be aTineu
and drilled as infantry they are fa1s so as b1 S
uoop9i 10 une NJ battle The officers have necn
Selected FOR their skill as military CIVIL csecli ,he
Mechanical and topograpncal nd 'sr, ccc
,,.r ho Uil be- accepted must De It'4i'i''''
tT,cama Biographies steam enFincers Snrvf!U 1e
docr builders divers. sanitary engineers anu ~,
Sontcs - ,arioue trades who viii be useiul III uie
construction and destruction OF fortihcations '.,
wo-k intrenchments bridges roads, railrohos ai h
acid engineering work generally N Wv "a ~,
nonditions which prevail In cuba ne set.t.eS o
sToh regiment Will BE Invaluable More9ver ne Il,
necessity Tor a brigade ~ volunteer ensine,.rs
demonstrated In the fact that the prVp'lnVn ~
er1ineers In the United States Army - on; =.
neT cent while in Spain tho proportion u 80 per
cha
mont AZ appointed by tho President.