The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-22
MEN NOW MUSTERED IN
ALMOST COMPLETE THE ARMY
OF VOLUNTEERS
THE WORK OF ONE MORE WEEK
will Find the Full Response to the
Presidents Call for Troops.
Camp Reports
A..oc,ated PRESS special wire


Associated Press Special Wire
WARRINGTON. May H.-One hundred
and three thousand volunteers have been
mustered into the service of the United
States, according to the reports which have
reached Adjutant-General Corbin, and by
the end Of next week the officials hope
every man of the 125 900 called for will have
taken the oath to protect the United States
government in its war with Spain.
The mastering in of the regular army
branch with view to increasing 1t to sixty
thousand men, the war strength author
lied by law. continues satisfactorily in all
directions. though the reports of the off,
GERS engaged in the work are not yet at
hand to indicate the precise number of re-
cruits which have been secured.
Arrangements are making for the re-
cruiting of the immune regiments in
the Gulf States. A circular prescribing the
mode of recruiting and the qualifications
requisite for enlistment will be prepared
and circulated freely in the South. Owing
10 the great rush Of business the probable
ity is that week will elapse before any,
thing final can be done in this direction.
Six Colonies for these immune regiments
were nominated by the President yester-
day, and 1t would not be surprising If the
remaining colonelcies were given to colo
ored men who have been pressed for APP
pointment. Two of the appointments to
colonelcies are now detailed for duty in
the Adjutant-Generals office in the War
Department, Messrs. Sargent and Petit
Major-General Wesley Merritt, who is
to command the expedition to Manila, was
at the War Department this morning
completing arrangements and receiving
final instructions prior to the departure for
San Francisco. The General said that he
expected to leave for the coast as soon
as he finished the business which called
him here. but whether this would be to-
day or later he could not say.
At Chickamauga
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. May 2L-All
the regiments in Camp Chickamauga have
settled down to hard work and are doing
practical training in the art of war. The
business-like methods employed by Gen.
Brooke will make the army available for
active service much earlier than many
army officers believed possible.
Supplies of every description continue
10 pour in. Carload after carload of pro-
visions arrive and vast amount of cloth
ing and equipage is also being received
The indications are that the entire army
will be equipped during the next two
weeks. Captain w. X. Wright, assistant
Quartermaster, received notice today that
$780, 900 rations in addition ia the first or
der had BEEN purchased and are now en-
route. Prosper, Lazard & Co. have begun
work on an immense bakery in the Park
This firm has a contract to supply the
army with $4,000 loaves of bread daily.
The chaplains of the various regiments
have started fight against the liquor sa-
looms scattered all over the camp. They
have strong backing and the saloons will
probably be abolished.
The Park army now numbers nearly
IS 900 men, and each day adds few thous-
and.
The formation of the First Army Corps
has been completed and today the for
nation of the First Division of the Third
Corps was begun. Gen. James H. Wade
will command this division.
During the last few days a number of
serious depredations have been committed
by the worst element Of the volunteers.
The miscreants have been so severely
punished, however, that no further troubls
is expected.
The Second New York Infantry, 1000
men, Battery A. First Illinois Artillery,
l25 men, and the First Missouri. Infantry,
1925 men, arrived last night and went into
camp in the Park this morning.
Louisiana Men
NEW ORLEANS, May 21.-The Twenty
third and Eighteenth Infantry, under
command of Colonel Overshipe, which
have have been ordered to San Francisco
to embark for the Philippines, have not
vet struck their tents, and it Is not ex-
pected that they will be able to leave the
city before Monday.
The Fifth Cavalry are expected to get
away from Mobile tomorrow. The cavalry
are ready, but the transport is not yet pre-
pared to receive them
Acknowledgement John Duprey of the
Twenty-third Infantry. who has served
as Brigadier-Adjutant, has been ordered
to join General Brooke at Chickamauga in
the capacity of Assistant Adjutant of the
First Corps; Lieut.. Clarence r. Edwards,
Quartermaster of the Twenty-third In
fantry and Brigadier Quartermaster of tho
troops stationed here, has been ordered to
report to General Coppinger at Mobile.
Action Expected
TAMPA, Fla, May 21.-Major-Genera
Shafter today assumed formal command
of the Fifth Army Corps, composed of the
regular and volunteer troops stationed at
Tampa and vicinity. There were no for
malities attendant upon the transfer OF the
corps command from General Wade to Gen.
eral Shafter beyond a short formal order by
the former giving notice of REIMBURSEMENT
OF the command and similar order by
General Shafter assuming charge. General
Wade and his staff leave for Chickamauga
tonight
Unusual activity again prevails in army
circles here; important developments are
expected in the near future. It is impossible
to. speculate on their nature on account Of
the rigid censorship,
Mr.. w. c. F. Felers, manager Of the
Western Union Telegraph Company at
Tampa was today sworn In as official GEN.
sor by order of General Shafter.
SPANISH HOPE