The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-21

Up to this time the estimates and appro-
pr1atlons already made on account OF the
war aggregate 1926, 210, $40. To-days esti-
mate VIII be transmitted to Congress to-
morrow.
Arrangements for the recruiting of the
immune regiments and for the brigade of
engineers will be made in few days and
circulars Of instructions to govern this work
will be issued. The President has taken the
Initial step in the case of one regiment of
the. engineers in nominating Mr.. Eugene
Griffin to be colonel and in the case of six
regiments of the immunes, the nominations
for the colonies of which were sent to the
Senate to-day. A strong pressure has been
brought upon the President to give the
privilege of raising some of these regiments
to colored men and the probability is
this will be DONE
Surgeon General Sternberg has appointed
the following list of immune" contract sur
geons who are assigned to stations in the
South and who will accompany the army
of invasion to Cuba Drs. Edward Bragg.
M. G. Burgess and Rodger P. Ames ordered
to Mobile; w. e. Parker, III. w. Danforth,
w. w. Calhoun, II. p. Jones, b. c.
Leonard, G. NJ. Della Tore, w. p. Law
renee. Robert N Pitts, Wiifred Turnbull
and Hosea M. DeIgado ordered to Tampa;
T. S. Dabney, Joseph A. Tabor and A. r.
Booth ordered to New Orleans. The sur
geon. general also has appointed as assistant
surgeons in the regular army the following
persons who have successfully passed the ex-
aminations conducted by an army board
here. Clarence J. Manly, of Louisville, KY;
Ira A. Sinner of South Bethlehem, Pa.
Douglas f. Duval, of Annapolis, Md. s. NJ.
Waterhouse, of New York city, and w. ID.
Baker, of Illinois.
Brigadier General Ludlow, the engineer
officer on General Miles's staff, has returned
to Washington from a visit to the army en-
camped at Tampa. He submitted full re-
port to General Miles of the condition from
an engineer standpoint. 1t is expected he
will return there tomorrow.
General Greedy, chief signal officer. has
issued a circular showing the constitution
Of the various signal corps companies as
authorized by the act of May IS, last, and
which are to be attached to each division
of troops in the army. Each company is to
have two captains, two first lieutenants and
two second lieutenants appointed by the
President The number of enlisted men In
each company with their monthly rate OF
pay is as follows: Five first class sergeants,
S54; ten sergeants, $40.S0; ten corporals, $24
and thirty privates 5000. Each enlisted
quarters. General Greedy wishes 1t to be
stated that enlistments are not made by the
chief signal officer. but applications must
be made to officers commissioned IN the
corps whose rendezvous must be ascertained
through the agency ct me pubic press.
At 1920 tonight it was announced at the
adjutant generals Office that 100000 volun-
teers had been mustered into the United
States army. 1t is expected that from now
until the remainder of the $4,000 men called
for have been mustered the work will pro-
coed very slowly. 1t is probIematic whether
the government will await the slow motions
of some of the stations: The probability is
that If the mastering of the required quota
is not completed by the first of next week,
the call, so far as the delinquent States are
concerned, will be Cancelled, and volunteers
will be accepted from other States.