Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-27
Many Questions Of Detail Await De-
cision.
SECRETARY ALGER 5 OFFICE THRONGED
Pennsylvania Dissatisfied With
Character of Apportionment.
PROBABLE MAJOR GENERALS

! the members of the national legislature
were there because of kilograms they had
received from their states suggesting
| changes in the apportionment of the troops
| or asking for different location of the rem
| devious Of the soldiers. Secretary Alger
| has had a number of requests of this kind
and already has made several changes
| from the original designation of the char
| acter of troops wanted and the place OF
| concentration. Governor Hastings of Penn.
| sylvania, accompanied by Adjutant General
Stewart. was on hand shortly after /.
| O'Clock. Pennsylvania was asked to fur
| niSh ten infantry regiments of twelve COM
| panieS and four heavy batteries of artillery
| This apportionment is not satisfactory to
the soldiers of the Keystone state, as the
| National Guard is constituted of thirteen
| regiments of infantry, three light batteries
OF artillery and three troops of cavalry.
To furnish the troops in the manner called
for by the Secretary the Pennsylvanians
say, would disrupt their state guard Or
ganizatlon, and it was to secure some mod
ifications of the original order that Gov
ernor Hastings and his aGjutant general
came to Washington. In addition, the state
officials think some consideration ought to
be given to the cavalry troops of the state.
secretary Anger promised TO take GOV.
Hastings requests under consideration.
Ex-Deiegate Murphy of Arizona was on
hand to tell Secretary Alger that that ter
ritory was anxious and willing to furnish
more soldiers than the apporticnment call
ed fer, viz, two troops of cavalry. The
offer was taken under consideration.
Other senators who saw the Secretary
during the morning were Messrs. Frye,
Setn Il y-1n
4 Regiment of Frontiersmen.
Mr.. Jay L. Torrey of Wyoming will be
given permission by the President to raise
che of the independent regiments provided
for in the volunteer army act. Mr.. Torrey
is wealthy ranch owner of that state, but
has been in Washington during the con-
gressional season for number Of years
past. engaged in prosecuting what is
known as the Torrey bankruptcy bill, of
which he is the author. The regiment
which he will enlist will be composed of
frontiersmen who have especial qualifica-
lions in horsemanshp and craftsmanship.
Mr.. Torrey has been engaged for several
weeks in getting together number of
men to form the regiment. and he hopes to
have them ready so that they may be
among the first to embark for Cuban soil.
He will soon leave for the west to take
formal mnand. 1t Is said that Mr..
Grisby, a warm friend Of Senator Kyle.
may be given permission to raise the third
Independent regiment provided for by the
volunteer army act.
Colonel Leonard Wood, who formerly
served as the Presidents physician. COM
pleted his arrangements at the War De-
partment today for the execution of the
command Of a regiment of mounted rifle
men. The recruitment of this regiment,
which has already been christened 1.-The
Rough Riders" will be made at the fol-
lowing named places: Guthrie, Okla; San
tie Fe, N. M; Phoenix, Ariz.: Carson City,
New; Salt Lake City, Utah: Cheyenne,
Wyo.. and Boise City. Idaho. Colonel
Wood started out to visit the places named
this afternoon, after having a full confer
ence on the subject with Assistant Secre-
tary Roosevelt of the Navy, who will be
the lieutenant colonel of the regiment Mr..
Roosevelt will remain at the Navy Depart
ment until the regiment is organized when
he will join it and begin active military
life. The regiment will be recruited from
among the best material that can be OBJ
tanned in the far west, having consideration
mainly for good riders and frst-cIass
marksmen.
Two Probable Major Generals,
Governor Oates of Alabama had a confer
cree this morning with the President and
Secretary Alger to urge the appointment of
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and Gen. Joseph Wheel
er as major generals of volunt GERS. After
the conference Governor Oates said he re-
garded these two appointments as certain.
ard that they would be made in tn. first
batch of officers sent in He speaks in high
terms of the military ability of these two
officers, who are about his own age and
saw much service with him during the civil
war. When the question Of age was raised
Governor Oates pointed that Gen. Robert
E. Lee was fifty-eight and his hair silver
gray at the close Of the war. Generals Lee
and Wheeler are just past the sixties, but
each Is well preserved and with the vitality
of middle age. Governor Oates points out
also that age Is less of an objection to
major general than to a brigadier general,
as the latter is brought into more active as
sociation with the troops. The President
asked Governor Oates if he had considered
entering the military service, to which he
answered that he was ready If his services
were needed. although he had not sought
to return to military life. Governor Oates
Is one-armed confederate veteran, with
brilliant war record.
Referring to conditions in Alabama, Gov
ernor Oates says that the sentiment was
conservative at the outset concerning the
opening of war with Spain, as Alabama
products. including cotton, are likely to be
depressed Now. however. that war is on,
the governor says,e the people everywhere
are enthusiastic in their patriotism, and be-
lieve that the war should be prosecuted IN
til the Spaniards are whipped out
He says. however, that the familiarity of
the south with the. lterrors of yellow fever
make the people there much more con-
scious than those OF the north of the dam
gers attending volunteer service in Cuba.
Captain P. H. Ray of the sth Infantry.
who was sent to skaguay for the purpose
of organizing a relief expedition to the
klondike. which. however. was subse-
qUently abandoned by 1.-THE Secretary of
War, today reported atfdhe War Depart
ment He Will spend some days in pre-
pairing a report of his operations during
the winter, after which he will be assigned
to some important detail, as he is regarded
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