The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-08-25
TO MUSTER OUT THETROOPS
Preparations Making TO Reduce
the Volunteer Army.
The First Regiments TO Be Returned 10 Civil
Life Will Be Those Who Fought in
Skaters Army Before Santiago

tons began and their conclusion
was imminent, preparations have
been in progress in the Office of the
adjutant general looking toward the
mastering out Of large portion Of
the volunteer army. Tentative lists
of regiments were made out and
discussed by General Corbin and
secretary Alger, and the question of
what number of troops could be
safely dispensed with carefully can
vassed
While the list Of regiments TO be
fret mustered out has not been
finally determined upon, it is under
stood that the volunteers who have
seen service in Cuba and Porto Rico
are to be the fret selected The
volunteers under General Skaters
command, which have been subject
cd to the casualties of battle and
disease, are thought to have earned
the right to earliest consideration in
this respect AS soon as their places
are taken by other troops, most of
those in General Brooke's command
10 Porto Rice will be ordered home
for muster out. 1t is intended to
shortly disbaud the regiments and
batteries mustered in under the
second call The ten so-called i'm
mune regiments will probably be
retained III the service for some
months to come.
Pending a decision by congress of
what the permanent strength of the
army is to be, it is the intention of
the administration to retain one half
of the volunteers in service and to
employ them il garrisoning Cuba
and Porto Rico
One regiment now on its way to
Honolulu will remain on station at
that point until relieved. The troops
in the Philippines can scarcely be
withdrawn before the FIRST Of the
year, since ratification of the treaty
of peace, which will finally deter
mine our rights in these islands,
cannot be had at date much before
the regular session of congress and
further Legislation will doubtless be
required before the status OF the
army is decided upon.
Should the treaty give to the
United States the island of Luzon,
we shall need from 10000 to 5000
troops to garrison Manila and main
tain order
A smaller number will be required
for foreign service in Porto Rico.
But no one doubts that for some
time to come there must be strong
military occupation of Cuba, and
that a large army distributed
throughout the island in It's various
provinces will be required to main
tain order and carry out the policy
Of the government.
There is a general consent, in
view OF these considerations, that
one of the FIRST duties Of congress
will be to provide for an increase of
the regular army from its peace
footing of $4,000 men, fixed by Law,
to from $4,000 to 100000 of all
branches. The force now authorized
by special legislation is 1000, but
the total amount in service is con
less than $4,000. Many of
these are invaded
Until a permanent policy is decid.
ed upon the regular army must be
supplemented by the volunteers. It !
seems to be fully decided that the |
Seventh corPs. under General Lee, /
5 to be in large part retained for
The occupation Of Eastern Cuba after
is evacuation by the Spanish troops. |
None Of the Fifth corps, now home
md On their way home invaded. are
10 be returned to Cuba until thor.
,ughly recovered.
New York, Aug. 1.-THE WASH
ngton correspondent 0. the New
York Evening Post says:
Army officers insist that the array
f occupation for Havana will not
oe sent to Cuba until late in Ocso-
ler when Gen Lee uiIlhrnrllI =