The evening times., 1898-05-28
STRENGTH OF our ARMY
Oae Hundred and Fifty-fye
Thousand Men Under Arms.
VOLUNTEERS ARE ENlIs1IxG
OF the Soldiers I'm the Service
Thirty-seven ThOussnd Are Reg
uIars-Thc American Army. When
the Second Call II Met. Will Bc
23O,O0O Strong.

@3O,O0O Strong.
There have been enlisted up to last
night as volunteers 11s.0oO men.
The regulars up to today number $1,000
men. These figures are the totals given
by the adjutant general of the army.
Against this army of 1s5,0oo men now
mobilized, with 5000 more volunteers to
come, is opposed Spanish army of 2a5.-
600. These figures of the Spanish army
may be relied upon as practically ac-
curate.
OF these 81, 900 Spaniards. 10000 are in
Cuba, 20.0 900 are in Porto Rico. 15,000 are in
the Philippines and $1,000 are in Spain.
"Of the $1,000 United States regulars
10. .00o." said Adjutant General corbln to-
day. have been enlisted during the last
MONTH" These regulars are disposed Of
in this way: In New Mexico. Colorado
and Arizona are the Fifteenth Infantry
| and Seventh and Fourth Cavalry. At
Mobile are the First. Thirteenth. Six
| teenth. Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nine
teenth. Twenty-ftrst and Twenty-second
| Regiments.
The bulk OF the remaining regulars are
at Tampa, where there are twenty-five
| regiments of 1.272 men each, the Four
| teenth. Fifteenth and Twenty-third hav-
| ing been sent out. Also at Tampa are
! ten light batteries. On the Pacific coast
are the Fourteenth. Fifteenth and Twen-
| ty-third Infantry. Of twelve companies
| each, lo6 men TO each company; also the
Third Artillery and Fourth Cavalry.
This accounts for the 37,000 regulars,
| the accession to whom of 0.090 this month
| has sbeen especially grateful 10 Adjutant
| General Corbin. for the conditions under
| which such men are now enlisted require
| them to remain only so long as the war
| continues. the Two years" feature not
being present, as the case OF the volun-
| teers. Thus both probable shOrtness of
| time and the advantage of being under
| Regular United States Army officers have
induced men to enlist who otherwise
would have gone into the volunteer serv-
4 ice. This Is the view given today by Ad-
+! jutant General Corbin.
| or the 11sG00 volunteers thus far enlist
ed there are six Army Corps, one at Camp
Alger near Washington, cf 200 men: the
| five other Army Corps have about 5000
| men each, two being at Tampa, two at
| Chiekamausa and one at Mobile. The
forces at New Orleans have been remov-
ed. To this total of 81 600 volunteers must
be added i2.0so volunteers in Chattanooga
| and 20.eo volunteers in the seacoast de-
| fenses.
II is not claimed that these forces. even
the regulars. are perfectly fitted out
| either as TO arms or uniforms. But the
men are all thought TO be physically fit
for field service and the work on uni
| forms and arms Is going forward as fast
as possible.
1t was stated at Camp Alger by a COL
onel of one of the regiments that even
| his own regiment was only moderately
we'll equipped. and tha. he did not be-
| lieve. IL the. corps at Camp Alger were
ordered out today. that there would be
| more than 80 per cent perfectly fitted for
| service as to equipment. arms and uni
| forms. 1t would nOc. from the general
! expression. be perhaps excessive to esti-
mate that at least % per cent of the vol
unteers are not now effectively equipped
for the field.
This % per cent being deducted would
| lcave in regulars and volunteers about
| 1l5.oo men. regulars and volunteers, fit
| in every way to meet the Spanish army
in the Philippines. Porto Rico and Cuba
The Spanish army in Spain is not here
taken account Of. though the best troops
are still held there. numbering altogether
| under arms some 5000. This was stated
today by an authority in war figures
| who may he relied upon. OF the remain
| ing 215.0O9 Spanish troops. the 10000 in
| probably not quite so many as this: 20
COO guerrillas. beng Cubans and accus-
| toned to the Cuban manner of warfare
| but on the Spanish side: co. 600 volunteers
| composed of shopkeepers. artisans and
others from civil life. unframed and only
| partially mobiiized.
The infantry in Cuba have plenty Of am
| munition, there being good small arm
| ammunition factory in Havana. The
| Spanish regulars use the Spanish Mauser
| rifle. distinguished from the German
| Mauser or the Argentine Mauser. The
Remington rifle used by the volunteers
| and guerrillas Is almost as good, these
two divisions of the forces using mach
| etes also.
ing troops to Porto Rico ever since the
| war began, there being now, 1t is con-
! servatively estimated on good Informal
| ton. 1900 regulars and 1000 volunteers
| Many of these volunteers have been i'm
pressed. and it is contemplated to in
| crease its number of them to 10000.
Although the figures commonly put
!, down for the Philippine has been S.0G0
| there are quite many as 1900 Spanish
| troops there. There are a great many
| natives even among the regulars, called
| on the Islands 'negritOs-" Then there
| are Malays also among them. More
| troops may also have been sent there re-
| Gently from Barcelona. from which place
| there was a report of an embarkation
| of 10000 men. which. however. has not
| been confirmed.
| These estimates of the opposing forces
| and their disposition come from carefully
| prepared sources and do not vary far
| from the actual facts
At Tamra-
| Tampa, Fla, May Sit is now almost
| a certainty that the Sevensy-first New
York Regiment. together with the Sec
| ond Massachusetts,, will be the only vol
| unteers selected by Gen. shafter to take
| part in the first advance on Cuba
! Formation of all the regular and volun-
| teer troops massed in Florida into corps,
| divisions and bTigades was completed in
! a general order issued by Major General
| Shafter, commanding the Fifth Army
| Corps.
| The Fifth Corps, which will psobab::
| be the first to land ON Cuban so1, is made
| up entirely of regular troops. nth the
| exception of the two regiments OK vOiun-
| teers at Lakeland. the Sevan.y-:irst New
| York ard the Second Massachusetts. This
| corps also embraces the cavalry ri, isicn
| composed of the First and ren,1 Regi-
ments at Lakeland, and the Thrill. Si.th.
| and Ninth. at Tampa. under Major Sen.
| Joseph Wheeler; the artillery brigade I'm
der command of Lieut.. Col w. y. Lam
! do!ph and the Signal Corps. in all nerrly
| 5000 men.
| The Seventh Corps. under comrnand of
Major Gen. Fitzhuyh Lee, embraces the
| volunteer troops at Tampa. five regi-