The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27
RECRUITS In PLENTY
RANKS OF THE THIRD
INFANTRY
MAY GO TO THE PHILIPPINES
That Seems to Be an Inducement
In the Case of Many OF the New
Memo Orders to Move Have
Col. Page VIII Be I'm Harness Dec.
4, Also. Officers on FurIough.

Active preparations are on foot at
Fort Smelling to place the Third Unit
ed States infantry on war footing,
The entire regiment Of nearly a thou.
sand men has been fully equipped for
service, and additions are being made
to Its ranks every few days by the ar
rival of recruits from the several re-
cruiting stations in the Northwest.
recruiting has been going on at the
fort during the last month, and down.
town Office will be reopened before the
end OF this week.
The Quartermaster's department has
let contracts for a large amount Of
supplies during the last week. and a
large consignment of ammunition has
just been received from the Rock
Island arsenal.
BY direction Of the COMMANDING off,
Ger QuartermaSter Geriach Is en-
gagged in preparing all special required
clothing and equipment for the Third
infantry for a long campaign in the
tropics. Among other things he has
asked for 1.272 khaki suits. BY order
Of company commanders a direction
has been issued that all clothing which
will not be needed in the tropics shall
be packed ready for storage and all
the men supplied with first aid pack
ages from the medical department
AElQC LIOlI Tie 6SuSId1 OTQcr re-
ceived at the fort a few days ago or
dering the regiment to be in readiness
TO move, little further has been learned
at the fort as to future movements Of
the regiment. There Is general feel
ing among the officers that an order
for the transfer Of the regiment to the
Philippines will be received very soon.
1t is the subject of interested dis
cusSion among both officers and men.
Private edvices at the fort, however,
state with a reasonable amount of as
Surance that the Third will be ordered
to the Philippines to relieve the volun-
teer troops.
The prospect Of trip over the seas
to the new possessions on the other
side of the world is viewed with pleas
ure by all at the fort, except, perhaps,
the officers families, who have hardly
recovered from the anxiety of the late
war
Sergeant James, of Company H, has
been given discharge at his own re-
quest He is one of the old members
OF the regiment, and was with the regi-
ment in Cuba.
Col. Page will resume command of
the post next Thursday. Dec. 1. About
half of the officers of the Third are on
fuFlough or assigned temporarily for
duty elsewhere. The first of the year
will see the regiment completely Off
cered, as nearly all the burroughs ex-
pire before that time. In case orders
are received for the transfer of the
garrison before the new year, the alb
sent officers will be ordered to report
to Col. Page Immediately.
Sergeant Major Young will take
charge of his department this morn
ing He has been absent for thirty
days on sick report Sergeant Koehler,
who has been assisting in the Office,
was granted a furlough yesterday for
the same length of time. Sergeant
Fields Will remain in the Office until
Sergeant Koehler returns.
Ivy lodge has arranged for a series
Of visits to the several K. P. lodges
in st. Paul and Minneapolis during the
winter. The lodge will also give a
number of entertainments, to which
the city lodge members Will be in
yited.
The number of patients confined In